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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sectoral Employment Order (Electrical Contracting Sector) 2021: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I have a number of brief comments to make. I hugely welcome the giving of the legal effect of the sectoral employment order. It is a real vindication of the processes of the Labour Court. In particular, I want to pay tribute to the perseverance of Connect Trade Union in ensuring that this SEO was considered by the Labour Court, as well as that the Labour Court has now made its decision. ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sectoral Employment Order (Electrical Contracting Sector) 2021: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)

Marie Sherlock: It is all right, I do not require any response.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Redundancy Payments (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Department officials, Ms Breathnach and Ms Mulready, for attending the committee today. I very much welcome this small but important item of legislation that will have a real benefit and impact on those workers who are facing into a redundancy situation in the next number of months and, obviously, a very difficult time. I am conscious that while the Department has responsibility...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Redundancy Payments (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank Ms Breathnach for that response. I also thank the Chair.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with KBC (1 Dec 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank KBC for attending our hearing. Given that KBC is about to exit the market, my questions will primarily focus on its engagement with its workforce, its relationship with its workforce and the package it has put in place. I heard Mr. Blažek talk about the direct engagement model it has with its workers earlier. I am sure it works well but Mr. Blažek would say that. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with KBC (1 Dec 2021)

Marie Sherlock: Mr. Blažek has given his perspective. To me, it seems somewhat hypocritical given that as I understand, the bank has an international code of conduct that refers to the right of suppliers to the bank to be recognised for collective bargaining purposes, yet that inconsistency with regard to its treatment of its Irish staff remains. Mr. Blažek spoke about the results, which, of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with KBC (1 Dec 2021)

Marie Sherlock: To be clear, is the bank going to respond to the correspondence it has received from the Workplace Relations Commission or the Labour Court or not?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with KBC (1 Dec 2021)

Marie Sherlock: The bank is refusing to engage with the industrial relations machinery of the State.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with KBC (1 Dec 2021)

Marie Sherlock: If a letter comes from the Labour Court, therefore, the bank is not going to engage.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with KBC (1 Dec 2021)

Marie Sherlock: We will look forward to that future engagement.

Seanad: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Statements (30 Nov 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Michael McGrath, for coming into the House. He has ten minutes.

Seanad: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Statements (30 Nov 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Ossian Smyth for coming to the Chamber. I also thank the Minister, Deputy Michael McGrath, for his presence earlier. When the Minister, Deputy McGrath, came before the Joint Committee on Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach last week, he made a number of comments, some of which I would like to pick up on. He highlighted that the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Nov 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I also attended that very powerful meeting this morning. The mark of an employer is how well they pay and treat their workers. It is a stain on all of us here in this House, as employers, that our secretarial assistants are paid at the current rate. We cannot control their pay, but there are things that we can do to make sure it changes. Senator Gavan eloquently set out all the arguments....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Nov 2021)

Marie Sherlock: It is very clear that there is not. In 2018, SIPTU lodged the pay claim. In 2019, we had the motion in this House. It is now 2021 and there has still been no progress. We must figure this out right across the House. As Senator Gavan said, we cannot allow this Seanad's term to conclude and have secretarial assistants still being treated so shamefully by the Houses of the Oireachtas...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Nov 2021)

Marie Sherlock: Hear, hear.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Sick Leave Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Nov 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank ICTU and IBEC for attending. As I said at the previous meeting, I am relieved and frustrated in equal measure that we are eventually having the pre-legislative scrutiny of this important proposed legislation. Enormous credit goes to ICTU and to my union, SIPTU, in terms of putting this issue very much on the map some 12 months ago. My big regret, perhaps, is that it has taken until...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Sick Leave Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Nov 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I will be brief and will come back in during the second round of questioning, when I will ask questions of the congress. I want to finish with IBEC. I will turn to the issue of financial sustainability, which is, of course, something we must look at. Ms McElwee said in her opening statement that it would be financially unsustainable for a worker to take three days' sick leave at the end of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Sick Leave Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Nov 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Chair. I direct my questions to Dr. Bambrick of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, ICTU, this time. I was glad the interaction between Senator Ahearn and Dr. Bambrick on clarifying who is entitled to a medical card and GP card took place. It was really useful. Officials from the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment made a number of comments two weeks ago that were...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Sick Leave Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Nov 2021)

Marie Sherlock: Another very important point was made. A discussion took place earlier on the 70% replacement rate. Of course, for a minimum wage worker working a full day at €56 per day of gross income, one day's wages is not even sufficient to pay for a GP visit. Of course, there is a need to have a floor or certainly a minimum guaranteed entitlement. Dr. Bambrick talked about the importance of...