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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022: Discussion (30 Mar 2022)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the officials.

Seanad: Consumer Protection (Regulation of Retail Credit and Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2021: Second Stage (24 Mar 2022)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the Chamber today for this debate. The Labour Party very much welcomes the Consumer Protection (Regulation of Retail Credit and Credit Servicing Firms) Bill. I wish to begin by paying tribute to the work of Mr. Michael Tutty, the former official in the Department of Finance who put together the aforementioned report. The report was published in...

Seanad: Humanitarian Support for Ukrainian Refugees: Statements (23 Mar 2022)

Marie Sherlock: It is very important that we are having this session today. I want to start off by saying how proud I am, and I know so many others are, of the enormous humanitarian response by the Irish people. We saw a vote taken in Westminster yesterday that effectively makes it illegal for Ukrainians to arrive in the UK without proper paperwork, with a risk of up to four years in prison. The contrast...

Seanad: Gambling (Prohibition of Advertising) Bill 2021: Second Stage (23 Mar 2022)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister of State very much for coming into the Chamber. I echo the thanks my colleague, Senator Wall, has given in that the Government has allowed time for us to debate this Bill today. I grew up in a household where there was, if I may call it this, a healthy scepticism of the two main political parties at the time. While there would be a discussion about the issues of the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Mar 2022)

Marie Sherlock: I want to express my solidarity with the 800 P&O Ferries staff who were sacked last Thursday. I want to express my outrage at the manner in which P&O Ferries effectively fired one fifth of its workforce over a Zoom call.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Mar 2022)

Marie Sherlock: It was absolutely disgraceful that a company would operate in that manner. It is important to note that up to 100 workers on the island of Ireland who were working with P&O Ferries have been affected by this and have now lost their jobs. This is a case of Irish Ferries mark II. Some Members will remember that Irish Ferries engaged in the very same practice in 2005. It pulled a stunt...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Mar 2022)

Marie Sherlock: Hear, hear.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Mar 2022)

Marie Sherlock: The image from Ukraine that many of us saw last night and today in the newspapers and in other media of the heavily pregnant woman being stretchered out of a bombed maternity hospital is one that will stay in my head and, I am sure, the heads of many others for a long time. Russia is waging a barbaric war. I have been struck, having talked to Russians and Slavs here in Ireland and abroad...

Seanad: Proposal for a Council Decision on Hate Speech and Hate Crime: Motion (10 Mar 2022)

Marie Sherlock: I welcome the Minister to the Chamber. The Labour Party welcomes the motion that the Government intends to work with EU institutions to define and combat hate crime and hate speech. It is important to acknowledge the work of Senator O'Loughlin and her colleagues in proposing a Bill in 2020. The Labour Party had similar measures in our 2020 manifesto and we are conscious it is a programme...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (3 Mar 2022)

Marie Sherlock: It is just good manners.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Mar 2022)

Marie Sherlock: I realise the ambassador has left but I very much want to welcome her to the Chamber. Veliko Tarnovo in Bulgaria and the people there have a very special place in my heart. I am delighted to be able to congratulate them on their national day. The issue I wish to raise this morning relates to the National Gallery of Ireland, which is one of a number of extremely important cultural...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2022)

Marie Sherlock: I thank Ms McElwee and Ms Harkin from IBEC, and Ms King and Ms Bambrock from ICTU for attending this session. In the Labour Party, we are extremely clear that we need to build towards a right to flexible working in this country. We agree with ICTU in that we need robust legislation guaranteeing fair procedure and that we ensure a greater balance between employers and employees. I refer...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2022)

Marie Sherlock: What I am hearing is that there is a question of trust in respect to workers. Of the challenges Ms. McElwee outlined, I believe many employers have managed them in recent years and can manage them with workers continuing to work from home. The other issue I want to ask is about costs-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2022)

Marie Sherlock: What Ms McElwee is saying is that people have to be in the office for an employer to be able to verify that they are actually working the hours they say they are working. As for costs, what detailed information does IBEC have from its members with regards to the costs of remote working and, indeed, the benefits? I read Ms McElwee's submission in detail. I have seen many of the complaints...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2022)

Marie Sherlock: Can they be shared with us?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2022)

Marie Sherlock: I would love to see a survey from IBEC on the cost because that would help the work of the committee. I have two quick questions to ICTU.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2022)

Marie Sherlock: I will put the questions and the witnesses can answer them at a later stage. I agree with everything Ms King said in her submission. On the waiting period of 26 weeks, does she think that is appropriate before an employee can request a right to flexible work? What is her view on the impact of having to wait 26 weeks, particularly for those who seek remote working opportunities? We need to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2022)

Marie Sherlock: This is the last question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2022)

Marie Sherlock: I just wish to put the question. On the waiting period of one year before an employee can submit another request, I know Ms King dealt with it in her detailed submission. She might refer to that in her comments later on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2022)

Marie Sherlock: When I read the Government’s remote work strategy that was published last year, there was a certain ambition in it on the role that flexible and remote work could play in expanding work opportunities to those who want to work but who cannot do so because of structural barriers in their lives, particularly those with a disability or disabled people and I am also thinking about lone...