Results 141-160 of 404 for speaker:Ollie Crowe

Seanad: Sick Leave Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2022)

Ollie Crowe: May I speak?

Seanad: Sick Leave Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2022)

Ollie Crowe: My understanding is that we could speak.

Seanad: Sick Leave Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2022)

Ollie Crowe: I will speak to the Bill.

Seanad: Sick Leave Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2022)

Ollie Crowe: I just want to make a couple of valid points. Naturally, I thank the Minister of State for his continuous presence here over the past number of evenings. As the Acting Chair outlined, I want to speak to the Bill and Senator Casey will speak as well. Many Senators have outlined that throughout the progress of the Bill we have expressed concerns about the impact this will have on small...

Seanad: Sick Leave Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2022)

Ollie Crowe: Now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers Bill 2022: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Ollie Crowe: I thank the officials for their time this morning. As noted earlier, the directive provides discretion in terms of how member states choose to implement it, including whether to provide for an opt-in or opt-out mechanism or a combination of both. This allows the consumer to decide whether or not to be represented by the qualified entity in action or whether or not to benefit from the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers Bill 2022: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Ollie Crowe: Okay. That is fine. I did not fully understand the cross-border action and was looking for clarity on the entities issue. I will leave it at that for now and perhaps will come back in later.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers Bill 2022: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Ollie Crowe: I understand there is a considerable amount of discretion in the implementation of the directive in a number of areas, for example, both our courts and authorities may reject proposed settlements on the grounds that they are not reasonable or unfair. It is also left to the discretion of the member states whether the relevant consumers may refuse to be bound by the settlement. Another...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Jun 2022)

Ollie Crowe: I wish to welcome Deputy Cathal Crowe and the students of the Killaloe Boys National School, who are finishing sixth class tomorrow and moving on to big school. I also welcome their teachers, Mary, Frances and Cathal. I hope they enjoy the day. No doubt, Deputy Crowe will look after our guests. I hope the students get plenty of treats and a few ice creams. Today I wish to raise the issue...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (22 Jun 2022)

Ollie Crowe: I move: That notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders or the order of Seanad Éireann of today the proceedings on No. 3, the Competition (Amendment) Bill 2022, shall commence at 2.30 p.m. and that the House now suspend until 2.30 p.m.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Works Councils and Related Irish Legislation: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)

Ollie Crowe: I thank all our guests for their time this morning. Returning to Mr. Hayes for a moment, in December 2020 in a letter to the Tánaiste he said he discovered from experience there are several matters that can give rise to disputes within a European works council. He then expanded and mentioned two very specific situations where there could be a dispute. One is where there is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Works Councils and Related Irish Legislation: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)

Ollie Crowe: I thank Mr. Hayes. He goes on to say that there are other issues that arise and that some other common causes of disputes can be identified. He referred to some examples of this in his second letter to the Tánaiste. Again, will he expand on these and give us some further examples of the disputes in other jurisdictions and who they were resolved or mediated?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Works Councils and Related Irish Legislation: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)

Ollie Crowe: I thank Mr. Hayes. I am conscious of time. In his first letter, Mr. Hayes said he was expecting more disputes following widespread restructuring that was happening due to Covid-19. Are those happening? Will he also expand on how a body that is established for the sharing of information and consultation can so often find itself requiring outside experts or mediation? Are these disputes...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Works Councils and Related Irish Legislation: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)

Ollie Crowe: Yes.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: An Garda Síochána (15 Jun 2022)

Ollie Crowe: I welcome the Minister to the House and thank him for taking this very important matter. Before I get on to it I acknowledge the Glendalough man who is in the Chair. It is a role that would be very suitable for him in the future but I am sure it is the Lower House he is interested in.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: An Garda Síochána (15 Jun 2022)

Ollie Crowe: I will leave it between ye. Moving on to a more serious matter, I refer to the need for the Minister for Justice to make a statement on the recommendations of the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland in respect of the review of structures within An Garda Síochána with particular reference to the proposed amalgamation of superintendent roles in Galway and west Galway and...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: An Garda Síochána (15 Jun 2022)

Ollie Crowe: I thank the Minister for his detailed response. I welcome the information on the four different areas and that an assistant principal will be appointed to the business services area. I take it that will lead to more gardaí on the ground because there will be civilian staff across that section. That is welcome and it is a road we need to travel further down because, no more than any...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: An Garda Síochána (15 Jun 2022)

Ollie Crowe: Can I be emailed the response on that later from the Seanad Office?

Seanad: Sick Leave Bill 2022: Second Stage (15 Jun 2022)

Ollie Crowe: I thank the Tánaiste for his time before the House. Like other colleagues, I welcome this legislation. Every worker deserves the right to be paid sick leave. Workers have that facility already in the vast majority of countries across Europe and it is time that Ireland joins that list. Covid-19 made clear the very precarious position of many workers, particularly in lower paid roles...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Offshore Renewable Industry Forum and Ireland’s Offshore Wind Industry: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

Ollie Crowe: Coming from Galway on the western seaboard which, as I am sure the witnesses will be aware, has the highest wind speeds in Europe, I believe in the enormous potential and opportunities wind energy can provide not just in terms of meeting our energy needs and climate change commitments but also in terms of job creation, as a number of witnesses stated earlier. I appreciate that the witnesses...