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Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2021)

Marie Sherlock: The Bill, as amended, is accordingly reported to the House. When is it proposed to take the next Stage?

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2021)

Marie Sherlock: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2021)

Marie Sherlock: Report Stage ordered for Friday, 9 July 2021.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects (28 Jun 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Madigan, for coming to the House. My question aims to get answers about the unacceptable and intolerable delay to the school building project for Gaelscoil Cholaiste Mhuire. Seacht mbliana déag ó shin, thosaigh an Roinn Oideachas ag caint faoi scoil nua do bhunscoil Choláiste Mhuire. Ag an am seo, ní raibh aon fhéidearthacht ag...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects (28 Jun 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister of State. I am conscious that she is a Minister of State in the Department, that her responsibility is for another area and that she has had to be provided with the detail of this today. However, a clear message must go out. The answer I have got in this Chamber today shows that the project has taken a step backwards. How is it that last December assurances were given...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Jun 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I want to raise the case of Terence Wheelock. Terence was a young man, aged 20, from Seán O’Casey Avenue in Summerhill in Dublin 1 who died in Garda custody 16 years ago. Sixteen years on, his family are still seeking answers about what happened to him in that Garda cell in Store Street. Sixteen years on, there are so many questions with regard to inconsistencies in Garda...

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister for coming to the House. I am very glad we have been given sufficient time to speak on Second Stage of this Bill. Regardless of whether some of us are here for only one term or many terms over future decades in the Dáil or Seanad, this Bill will probably be the most important one with which we will deal. It is important to acknowledge that this is a very important...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second Stage (25 Jun 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister for coming to the House and bringing forward this legislation. We will support the Bill. We have significant concerns about some of the drafting in the Bill and the way it stops short, as we see it, of providing real, urgent and substantial protections for tenants. Nonetheless, the protections included in the Bill represent progress and we are happy to support it. Any...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Reactivation of Economy Following Pandemic Restrictions: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jun 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank our guests from the CCMA for appearing before the committee. I am particularly glad to see Mr. Shakespeare from my area in Dublin City Council here. I pay tribute to the council officials on the ground, particularly for the enormous efforts they made when the pandemic kicked off last year. It was an incredible response and it has continued in the months since. I acknowledge the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Reactivation of Economy Following Pandemic Restrictions: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jun 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank Mr. Shakespeare. I am conscious that my time to ask questions is limited. I have three specific questions for him and a broader question for the other county managers. We are in the middle of imagining a different city for ourselves. What steps have been taken regarding arts and cultural space in Dublin city? We know there has been a hollowing out over the past 12 months. What...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Banking Matters: Permanent TSB (23 Jun 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank Mr. Crowley and his team for appearing before the committee. I acknowledge his commitment to retaining the existing branch network and indeed I think he committed to expanding it. However, I want to ask about the form that will take. I am conscious that in a number of its branches PTSB is withdrawing the cash desk service and moving to automated machines. I believe the number of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Banking Matters: Permanent TSB (23 Jun 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank Mr. Farrell. What will be the loss of service by moving to an automated machine service within a branch? Did the 98% figure refer to transactions or services? I was not sure which will continue to be provided. What comprises the 2%? I have a second question relating to what he said. Am I to understand that the bank is moving to a model of staff physically going out into the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Banking Matters: Permanent TSB (23 Jun 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank Mr. Farrell. My last question relates to mortgage competition. We have a particular issue in this country with regard to competition in the mortgage market. PTSB launched a new product in February or March that allows customers to fix their mortgage for a term of four years at 2.25%. However, this is only available to new customers rather than the existing customer base. Some...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Banking Matters: Permanent TSB (23 Jun 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Chairman. That is all from me.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Jun 2021)

Marie Sherlock: Over the weekend we had yet another devastating blow for aviation. When will we see a comprehensive response from the Government? This has not come out of the blue. We have had disgraceful dithering on antigen testing, along with unacceptable uncertainty for a vital sector in this country. We need to see a comprehensive response from the Government. I also want to raise the mica crisis...

Seanad: Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2021: Second Stage (14 Jun 2021)

Marie Sherlock: The Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, is welcome to the Chamber. I am delighted that we are finally debating Second Stage of this Bill today. It has been a while coming. I pay tribute in particular to my colleague, Senator Bacik, who introduced legislation in this space four years ago. I wish to make two main comments about the Bill. The first is how important it is to understand the enormity...

Seanad: Public Service Pay Bill 2020: Second Stage (14 Jun 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I very much welcome the opportunity to speak on this important legislation. As a Senator elected to the labour panel following nomination by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions and as a former SIPTU official, I am conscious of the real impact that the Building Momentum wage agreement will have on workers across the public sector, particularly...

Seanad: Employment Equality (Amendment) (Non-Disclosure Agreements) Bill 2021: Second Stage (14 Jun 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I warmly welcome this Bill and I thank Senator Ruane and the Civil Engagement Group for bringing it forward. The Labour Party is very happy to support this Bill. We have spoken a great deal in recent years about believing, listening to and supporting women but that talk is hollow unless we act and legislate to fight harassment and abuse with the powers available to us as legislators. I was...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Jun 2021)

Marie Sherlock: Today is a very important day because the Government's national economic recovery plan has been published. It should be a good day. Yet, people woke up this morning to hear that a key plank of the plan is a phased cut to the PUP starting from next September. Thankfully, there will be thousands more people back to work by this September. Thousands more will face a very long and bleak...