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Joint Committee on Disability Matters Report: Motion (26 Oct 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: ...is the one piece I think we got right this time in the budget. What we got right was something that in actual fact we were trying to do for three years. The Irish Business and Employers Confederation, IBEC, has been saying it all along. If we could reduce the wage subsidy scheme from the mandatory 21 hours back to 15 hours, it would give employers a better opportunity. It was delivered...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Post-Budget Engagement: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2023) See 3 other results from this debate

Barry Cowen: I welcome Mr. Fergal O'Brien, executive director, and Ms Hazel Ahern-Flynn, economist, Irish Business and Employers Confederation, IBEC; Mr. Owen Reidy, general secretary, and Dr. Tom McDonnell, co-director of the Nevin Economic Research Institute, NERI, Irish Congress of Trade Unions, ICTU; Mr. John McGeady, CEO, Ms Susanne Rogers, research and policy analyst, and Ms Michelle Murphy,...

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: ...the lowest revenue takes across of all the taxation systems in western Europe. This is part of the reason that the scale and quality of our public services falls well short of what is considered the norm among more advanced economies in western Europe. On budget day, I quoted Danny McCoy from IBEC saying we did not need tax cuts. He said what this country needed was substantial numbers...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Bodies (24 Oct 2023)

Leo Varadkar: Membership of the Labour Employer Economic Forum (LEEF) is made up of a labour delegation, led by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, and an employer delegation led by Ibec, which also includes the Construction Industry Federation and Chambers Ireland. The current membership reflects long standing and established arrangements for engagement between Government, employers and trade unions on...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Measures (24 Oct 2023)

Neale Richmond: ...and best practice in other jurisdictions as part of finalising a working draft Code. I understand a working group has been established and a first meeting, attended by representatives from ICTU and Ibec, was held on 5thOctober at the WRC. It is anticipated that the group will meet every 2 weeks in order to complete the Code. It is intended that the remote working provisions of the Act will...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Bodies (24 Oct 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...for Social Protection and consists of an independent Chairperson, two members nominated by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) and two by the Irish Business and Employer's Confederation (IBEC). I can confirm that all the above bodies continue to have dedicated email contact addresses in place for members of the Houses of the Oireachtas. These mailboxes are monitored daily and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Flexible Work Practices (17 Oct 2023)

Neale Richmond: ...best practice in other jurisdictions as part of finalising a working draft Code. I understand that a working group has been established and a meeting, attended by representatives from ICTU and Ibec, took place on 5th October. It is anticipated that the group will meet every 2 weeks in order to compete the Code. Whilst taking into account the constructive discussions between the employer...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (17 Oct 2023)

Simon Harris: Skillnet Ireland is a Company Limited by Guarantee. Article 26 of Skillnet Ireland’s Articles of Association provide for its Board of Directors to comprise 13 members including:One nominee of IBEC who will act as the chairperson.Six employer/business representatives comprising:three nominees from IBEC;one nominee from the Small Firms Association;one nominee from the Construction...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Martin Kenny: ...needs to recognise that measures have to be put in place to provide housing for those people across the country. The issue we spoke of earlier regarding enterprise is one of the key parts of that. When I meet IBEC representatives in the north west, they tell me they have a whole lot of businesses that want to and are prepared to create more employment but that if they create those jobs,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (12 Oct 2023)

Simon Coveney: ...in detail the recommendations contained in the LEEF Final Report on Collective Bargaining. This Group met at the end of June, and another meeting is being scheduled for the coming weeks. ICTU and Ibec are represented on the Group. In September, ahead of the last full LEEF Meeting, ICTU circulated a paper with their views on how the recommendations can be brought forward. The paper...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...on housing. I have said it before, but housing is the civil rights issue of this generation in Ireland. It is a workers’ rights issue. Lack of housing is hindering our economic growth and hampering our public services. On that point both ICTU and IBEC agree. Ireland must build at least 50,000 homes a year to address this crisis. We know that and the Taoiseach said earlier that...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Flexible Work Practices (11 Oct 2023)

Neale Richmond: ...and best practice in other jurisdictions as part of finalising a working draft Code. I understand a working group has been established and a first meeting, attended by representatives from ICTU and Ibec, was held on 5thOctober at the WRC. It is anticipated that the group will meet every 2 weeks in order to complete the Code. It is intended that the remote working provisions of the Act will...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Budget Statement 2024 (10 Oct 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Róisín Shortall: ...from a philosophy or ideology which does not understand the importance of equality as a means to bring about social and economic success. It is a mindset which does not appreciate the huge benefits of universal public services and sees the provision of public services as being some kind of necessary evil for those who cannot afford to go private. This budget could have been...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Flexible Work Practices (10 Oct 2023) See 2 other results from this debate

Neale Richmond: ...code. A working group has been established, which is working towards agreeing the contents of this draft code. The group includes representatives of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, ICTU, and IBEC to ensure it can represent employees and employers alike. This group met again just last week on Thursday, 5 October. We expect the group to meet every two weeks to complete this code as...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Business Supports (3 Oct 2023)

Marc MacSharry: ...the need for refrigeration, freezers, etc. From 2019 to 2023, its wage inflation was 44% and the cost of electricity increased by between 72% and 100%. We must find ways to offset some of this. IBEC, Chambers Ireland, RGDATA or the other retail and trade associations such as the Restaurants Association of Ireland, the vintners, etc., all acknowledge that these are vital improvements for...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (3 Oct 2023)

Micheál Martin: ...Trade and Employment on the issue of employment protection measures for those RDF members so deployed. Engagements on an informal basis have also taken place with representatives from ICTU and IBEC where useful exchanges of information have taken place. On foot of these engagements a number of potential courses of action remain under consideration. It would be premature at this point...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Finance and Economics: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2023) See 12 other results from this debate

Fergus O'Dowd: ...or witnesses that some people will be online, appearing from different locations, while participating. On behalf of the committee, I welcome from the Irish Business and Employers Confederation, IBEC, Mr. Fergal O'Brien, executive director of lobbying and influence, and Mr. Michael D'Arcy, programme lead with the IBEC-CBI joint business council. Today, we are continuing our series of...

Eviction Ban Bill 2022: Motion (27 Sep 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...of housing and act with greater urgency and ambition, we are met with derision and dismissal from the Government benches. That is unacceptable. Like many others, I attended briefings this morning from IBEC and Chambers Ireland. I will attend a Focus Ireland event shortly. What we are hearing from employer bodies, business organisations, homelessness organisations and civil society...

Reversal of Planned Fuel Price Increases: Motion [Private Members] (26 Sep 2023)

Martin Kenny: ..., and to withdraw them in October. I am asking the Minister of State to ensure the Government does that, steps back and scraps these proposed increases. Yesterday morning, I and others met IBEC in Donegal, along with many businesses operating in the Border region. One of the big issues in the Border region is that there are two jurisdictions right beside one another. Filling...

Affordable Housing: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (21 Sep 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...for their sewerage systems. Where is the money for the infrastructure to allow us to house people in County Limerick? That would support Limerick city. The Minister and I were both at an IBEC meeting. The whole focus of that meeting, which met in analogue the other day, was the affordability of houses for people who IBEC wants to work for industries in Limerick. Eli Lilly was looking...