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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Sep 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister for coming before the committee. Let me be clear that I remain utterly unconvinced, as do others in my party, on the need for this alternative dispute resolution system. It is a good argument that we have an existing dispute resolution system within our domestic courts that functions well. The argument for an alternative is weak, other than on grounds of efficiency....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Sep 2021)

Marie Sherlock: It is alarming that such a conversation has not taken place at EU level. It is important to say that it was 15 of the 28 EU member states, because the UK ratified and, of course, they are no longer part of the Union. My other question relates to the reassurances the Government can provide with regard to the trade deal. I am aware that trade unions have repeatedly expressed concern about...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Sep 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister; that is all from me.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Jul 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I extend our best wishes to Senator Norris and we hope he will be back in full health in the autumn and in here with us. Senator Boyhan used the lovely phrase of a “Leinster House family” earlier. I also express my thanks to all those involved in ensuring that we can operate here day in, day out. I thank the Cathaoirleach for his great encouragement and especially to those of...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second and Subsequent Stages (16 Jul 2021)

Marie Sherlock: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. I am certainly one of the people who is very worried about the current infection numbers, where they will go and the possibility that restrictions in some other form will need to be reimposed. That is shared by many in the community. Alongside that worry is the sense that for workers, young people, those living on their own and families, we must now start...

Seanad: CervicalCheck Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (15 Jul 2021)

Marie Sherlock: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. The Labour Party will be supporting this legislation, as we did in the Dáil. It is a technical amendment to the 2019 Bill to extend the existence of the tribunal. This in itself is unobjectionable. We will not be found wanting in ensuring those who want to go through the tribunal can do so. I must express frustration, however, as have others, that...

Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I am speaking to amendment No. 22, which seeks to delete section 58 of the Bill. Time and again, as we have heard this afternoon in this Chamber, we hear about the importance of the role of local authorities with regard to city and county development plans and all the other great work they do. The reality for many of us who have sat on a local authority, however, is that very few powers are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Between Ireland and the Palestinian Territories: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)

Marie Sherlock: Cuirim fáilte roimh Mr. Bertie Ó hAinmhire, Mr. Hugh Lovatt agus Mr. Martin Konený. Táimid an-bhuíoch as a bhfocail ar maidin agus as a bhfeachtas agus a n-obair ar son daoine Palaistíneacha chun deireadh a chur leis an ansmacht sa Phalaistín. I thank the speakers. We are very grateful to Sadaka and to Mr. Lovatt and Mr. Konený for all their work...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Between Ireland and the Palestinian Territories: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I have a question regarding the recommendation on requiring domestically domiciled businesses to conduct enhanced human rights due diligence in conflict-afflicted areas. Can the witnesses talk about some of the best practice in other countries with regard to that type of legislation and what lessons we might take from other countries for this country?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Jul 2021)

Marie Sherlock: On behalf of the Labour Party group, I thank the Cathaoirleach, the Leader and everybody else for their congratulatory words to Deputy Bacik. I know she would be very touched by all the kind words and messages from Senators from across the Chamber on Friday, over the weekend and today. It is, of course, an enormous privilege for her to have been elected as a Deputy for Dublin Bay South. It...

Seanad: Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (12 Jul 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister of State for coming into the House. We all need to recognise the necessity for the extensions contained within the Bill as they relate to the EWSS and the CRSS. In that context, we would have been minded to support the Bill were it not for section 13 and the railroading of section 14 into the Bill, which means we cannot support it. Before I deal with those sections I...

Seanad: Workplace Relations (Miscellaneous Provisions Bill) 2021: Second Stage (12 Jul 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House. We in the Labour Party are also pleased to be supporting this Bill. I thank the Minister of State for engaging with the members of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment and providing us with a briefing on the Bill a number of weeks ago. We have seen two very serious challenges to workers’ rights...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges Facing the Retail Sector: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank Mr. Graham and Mr. Rogers from Retail Excellence for attending today. I thank also Mr. Doyle, Mr. Light and Ms Quinn. It is great to see them as worked alongside them for many years. There is very much a common agenda here in that we need to ensure the survival of the retail sector. It is the largest employer in the country, and one which is in every town, village, city and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges Facing the Retail Sector: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)

Marie Sherlock: Having talked to local businesses where I am based in Dublin Central, I am aware a deal have been done with some businesses and other businesses have been refused a deal. This is a serious issue. It would be helpful for this committee and for myself if Mr. Graham's organisation could undertake a survey of its members and provide us with the specific detail of its findings. Otherwise, it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges Facing the Retail Sector: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank Mr. Graham.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister for joining us today. Like some of the others, I had lots of non-LPT questions as well for the Minister but I will confine them to the LPT for the time being. Head 5, regarding section 11 relates to the enhanced leasing scheme and the long-term leasing scheme, I welcome that the lessor is the liable person for the LPT. Are there any circumstances or situations where...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)

Marie Sherlock: Okay. Head 10, in respect of section 133 refers to the deferral and the phasing out of the adjustment of the income for mortgage interest payments. I want to understand the basis or grounds for phasing out that allowance or adjustment of the mortgage interest payment. Who will this phasing out apply to? It seems from my read of it that anybody who will be newly paying the local property...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I appreciate the initiative taken with regard to containing the change for a large number of households on the review of the bands. As I understand it, that adjustment of income for mortgage interest was put in place to deal with households that are low income and have mortgage interest payments to make. It would be very unfortunate to withdraw that now, particularly in our current...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I refer to the movement from €25,000. The thresholds are being increased to €30,000 and €42,000. There is no provision in the Bill to allow for them to be indexed or increased in future years.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)

Marie Sherlock: This is a comment more than a question. The issue of the necessity for a vacant site tax or vacant house tax has been articulated by others. Many of us believe there is an urgency now in terms of the collation of the data the Minister is seeking to undertake in making these houses be registered in the context of LPT. I ask for a commitment on when the Minister expects his review of that...