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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights and Covid-19 Vaccines: Discussion (11 May 2022)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the witnesses for attending. I thank the Chair for facilitating this debate, which many of us have pushed for for a long time. I thank People's Vaccine Alliance Ireland for its persistence, including all the involved groups and those who have campaigned for a TRIPS waiver to ensure we can have this hearing. The Labour Party supports the TRIPS waiver. It is unacceptable that low-...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights and Covid-19 Vaccines: Discussion (11 May 2022)

Marie Sherlock: Were the patents lodged after the breakthrough by the mRNA hub in South Africa?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights and Covid-19 Vaccines: Discussion (11 May 2022)

Marie Sherlock: So it is not something that happened in advance. Was it in response to the South African initiative that they lodged the patents?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights and Covid-19 Vaccines: Discussion (11 May 2022)

Marie Sherlock: On the corporation tax rate, the IPHA statement firmly supports the continuation of the 12.5% rate. I am open to correction but I feel sure that the Department of Finance has received letters that highlight the fears of the IPHA member companies unless the 12.5% rate exists. The submission mentions six ways to achieve the goal global vaccine equity. It reads that there should be more...

Seanad: Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (10 May 2022)

Marie Sherlock: I welcome the Minister to the House. We too very much welcome and support the Bill.As stated by Senator Casey, this is, hopefully, the final piece of Covid legislation to come before us, but it reflects what can be done when there is political will to save jobs and keep businesses afloat. While there were some difficulties in the early days in terms of Government not supporting non-rated...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Covid-19 Pandemic (5 May 2022)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the Chamber. I understand the average daily rate for Covid-19 has dropped to under 1,000 over the past 14 days. Concerns remain about future variants and the direction of the trend but we are almost three months into the Government decision to lift almost all restrictions across society and the economy. Yet, across most of the 19 maternity units,...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Covid-19 Pandemic (5 May 2022)

Marie Sherlock: I had a sense of déjà vuwhen listening to the Minister of State's response. We have been here before listening to a communication from the Department of Health setting out what the restrictions or policy should be, when we know the reality on the ground is quite different. Based on the stories women have told me or communicated to others and the Better Maternity Care campaign, we...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 May 2022)

Marie Sherlock: I wish to propose an amendment to the Order of Business that No. 19, the Right to Flexible Work Bill 2022, be taken before No. 1. Those of us who talk to people in our communities know of the enormous demand for flexible work arrangements among those who work and those who want to work but cannot work because of various structural barriers in their lives such as the cost of childcare and...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 May 2022)

Marie Sherlock: On a point of order, I reassure Senator Buttimer that I actually did refer to employers in my contribution this morning. He may not have heard those names but that is really important. We know that employers and employees have been demanding flexible work arrangements.

Seanad: Right to Flexible Work Bill 2022: First Stage (5 May 2022)

Marie Sherlock: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide employees with a right to flexible work, to require an employer to deal with a request for flexible work within a fixed period, to provide that an employer may refuse a request only on grounds of reasonable practicability, to require employers to maintain a policy on flexible work which can be inspected by...

Seanad: Right to Flexible Work Bill 2022: First Stage (5 May 2022)

Marie Sherlock: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 May 2022)

Marie Sherlock: We learned last night that the Government has paused approval of the legal arrangements for the new national maternity hospital for two weeks. I welcome that pause. We need to hear the details of the scrutiny that is going to be allowed for in the Dáil and Seanad. We also need to understand that the concerns that will be articulated during that period will be taken into account. In...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Apr 2022)

Marie Sherlock: I welcome the Polish ambassador to the House and wish to mark International Poetry Day. Today is also international Workers' Memorial Day. It was a privilege to attend the event organised this morning by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, ICTU, IBEC, the Construction Industry Federation and other employers, in conjunction with the Health and Safety Authority, HSA, to mark the lives lost in...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Apr 2022)

Marie Sherlock: I apologise for being late. I will be brief. Amendment No. 105 is similar to amendment No. 104, but it contains additional definitions of what constitutes a party-political programme or broadcast. We understand that this is not currently provided for in the legislation and does not appear anywhere else. It is important that this definition be included and that it is defined as meaning...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2022)

Marie Sherlock: I thank Ms Mangan and Mr. Hegarty for attending the committee today. Ms Mangan gave a passionate contribution on the potential of remote work. I hear what she is saying in terms of legislation alone not being sufficient. It is, of course, vital to have a strong legislative framework. We are here today because we had pre-legislative scrutiny of the right to request flexible work. Last...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2022)

Marie Sherlock: Ms Mangan spoke about the 13 grounds for refusing a right to request remote work as being far too broad. I am conscious that the Tánaiste has said he will come forward with amendments, but that was two months ago and we have yet to see any detail on that. We are conscious that not every worker can work remotely. In the Labour Party Bill, we referred to the grounds for refusal...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2022)

Marie Sherlock: Sure. I am glad Ms Mangan called for there to be recourse to the Workplace Relations Commission for any worker based on the substance of a rejection of a request for a remote working, as opposed to the procedure, which is what is in this Bill.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2022)

Marie Sherlock: On a question to Ms Mangan, a huge part of the conversation today is that remote work was a much smaller feature pre-pandemic and is going to be a much larger feature of the world of work in future years. A key enabler of that is the availability of artificial intelligence, AI. I see that 23% of Irish enterprises rely on artificial intelligence or use artificial intelligence, which I think...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2022)

Marie Sherlock: Precisely.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2022)

Marie Sherlock: I was going to ask about the extent. Traditional management skills are still very much needed. Does Mr. Hegarty have anything to add on this?