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Leaders' Questions (14 Jun 2016)

Alan Kelly: That is impossible.

Insurance Costs: Motion [Private Members] (8 Jun 2016)

Alan Kelly: The Labour Party will support the motion which is a good one. I congratulate my colleagues across the floor on putting it forward. It is very badly needed and many in the House will support it. We need it because we need to do something about the insurance industry. It is as simple as that. I have seen this before in other areas also and the industry certainly needs the scrutiny of this...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services Provision (2 Jun 2016)

Alan Kelly: 55. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no commitment on delivering an extended range of general practitioner services in the new programme for Government; and how he will develop the delivery of key health services at general practitioner and primary care level, including direct access for general practitioners to ultrasound and X-ray services, enhanced minor surgery services,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services Provision (2 Jun 2016)

Alan Kelly: 82. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to roll-out free general practitioner care for the entire population, given the success of the programme for children under six years of age and adults over 70 years of age; if he will confirm that he has not abandoned the roll-out of free general practitioner care to other cohorts of the population; and the estimated timeline for this programme....

Workers' Rights: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 Jun 2016)

Alan Kelly: Hear, hear.

Workers' Rights: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 Jun 2016)

Alan Kelly: We call on the Government to legislate for the protection of workers in these "informal insolvency" and collective redundancy situations. Tesco is seeking to rewrite the contracts of some of its workers without adequate justification or the agreement of their representatives. I welcome that Tesco has recently chosen to negotiate with Mandate as the representative body of the workers where...

Workers' Rights: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 Jun 2016)

Alan Kelly: Further, it is my fundamental belief as a former SIPTU shop steward that people have a right to feel safe and secure in their workplaces. The Government must legislate to provide statutory redress for the victims of workplace bullying. I wish to highlight the rights of workers beyond PAYE employees. We must support small businesses, local enterprises and the self-employed but this...

Workers' Rights: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 Jun 2016)

Alan Kelly: It is clear that Sinn Féin would rather party political point scoring than meaningful engagement on this issue-----

Workers' Rights: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 Jun 2016)

Alan Kelly: This speaks to Sinn Féin's true intentions. While the Labour Party in the Republic is trying to form a coalition of political thought and trade unions to tackle if-and-when and zero-hour contracts-----

Workers' Rights: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 Jun 2016)

Alan Kelly: -----Sinn Féin in government in Northern Ireland stands over one of the highest proliferation rates of zero-hour contracts of anywhere in the whole world.

Workers' Rights: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 Jun 2016)

Alan Kelly: Let me repeat that: anywhere in the whole world.

Workers' Rights: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 Jun 2016)

Alan Kelly: Do something about it.

Workers' Rights: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 Jun 2016)

Alan Kelly: While the Labour Party struggled against conservative interests trying to undermine trade union rights during the previous Government, which was a battle that we won, Sinn Féin cheerleaded hard-left Governments across Europe that equivocated on public sector pensions and collective bargaining rights-----

Workers' Rights: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 Jun 2016)

Alan Kelly: -----and enforced cuts on working people far beyond any measure introduced in Ireland. It was because of the sterling work of trade unions right across Ireland in concert with the Labour Party in government that workers were protected during the past term.

Workers' Rights: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 Jun 2016)

Alan Kelly: It is notable that Sinn Féin did not use its first Private Members' business to support workers' rights and instead tried to force the redundancy of thousands of workers.

Workers' Rights: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 Jun 2016)

Alan Kelly: It is clear that while Sinn Féin talks a big game in opposition, it will not follow through on false commitments.

Workers' Rights: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 Jun 2016)

Alan Kelly: Just yesterday, I met a number of Clerys workers-----

Workers' Rights: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 Jun 2016)

Alan Kelly: Could I have my time, please, a Cheann Comhairle?

Workers' Rights: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 Jun 2016)

Alan Kelly: If the Sinn Féin Deputies would be polite enough to listen, the workers are sitting above looking down at them.

Workers' Rights: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 Jun 2016)

Alan Kelly: I will.