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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Reactivation of Economy Following Pandemic Restrictions: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jun 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank our guests from the CCMA for appearing before the committee. I am particularly glad to see Mr. Shakespeare from my area in Dublin City Council here. I pay tribute to the council officials on the ground, particularly for the enormous efforts they made when the pandemic kicked off last year. It was an incredible response and it has continued in the months since. I acknowledge the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Reactivation of Economy Following Pandemic Restrictions: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jun 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank Mr. Shakespeare. I am conscious that my time to ask questions is limited. I have three specific questions for him and a broader question for the other county managers. We are in the middle of imagining a different city for ourselves. What steps have been taken regarding arts and cultural space in Dublin city? We know there has been a hollowing out over the past 12 months. What...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Banking Matters: Permanent TSB (23 Jun 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank Mr. Crowley and his team for appearing before the committee. I acknowledge his commitment to retaining the existing branch network and indeed I think he committed to expanding it. However, I want to ask about the form that will take. I am conscious that in a number of its branches PTSB is withdrawing the cash desk service and moving to automated machines. I believe the number of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Banking Matters: Permanent TSB (23 Jun 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank Mr. Farrell. What will be the loss of service by moving to an automated machine service within a branch? Did the 98% figure refer to transactions or services? I was not sure which will continue to be provided. What comprises the 2%? I have a second question relating to what he said. Am I to understand that the bank is moving to a model of staff physically going out into the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Banking Matters: Permanent TSB (23 Jun 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank Mr. Farrell. My last question relates to mortgage competition. We have a particular issue in this country with regard to competition in the mortgage market. PTSB launched a new product in February or March that allows customers to fix their mortgage for a term of four years at 2.25%. However, this is only available to new customers rather than the existing customer base. Some...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Banking Matters: Permanent TSB (23 Jun 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Chairman. That is all from me.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Jun 2021)

Marie Sherlock: Over the weekend we had yet another devastating blow for aviation. When will we see a comprehensive response from the Government? This has not come out of the blue. We have had disgraceful dithering on antigen testing, along with unacceptable uncertainty for a vital sector in this country. We need to see a comprehensive response from the Government. I also want to raise the mica crisis...

Seanad: Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2021: Second Stage (14 Jun 2021)

Marie Sherlock: The Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, is welcome to the Chamber. I am delighted that we are finally debating Second Stage of this Bill today. It has been a while coming. I pay tribute in particular to my colleague, Senator Bacik, who introduced legislation in this space four years ago. I wish to make two main comments about the Bill. The first is how important it is to understand the enormity...

Seanad: Public Service Pay Bill 2020: Second Stage (14 Jun 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I very much welcome the opportunity to speak on this important legislation. As a Senator elected to the labour panel following nomination by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions and as a former SIPTU official, I am conscious of the real impact that the Building Momentum wage agreement will have on workers across the public sector, particularly...

Seanad: Employment Equality (Amendment) (Non-Disclosure Agreements) Bill 2021: Second Stage (14 Jun 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I warmly welcome this Bill and I thank Senator Ruane and the Civil Engagement Group for bringing it forward. The Labour Party is very happy to support this Bill. We have spoken a great deal in recent years about believing, listening to and supporting women but that talk is hollow unless we act and legislate to fight harassment and abuse with the powers available to us as legislators. I was...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Jun 2021)

Marie Sherlock: Today is a very important day because the Government's national economic recovery plan has been published. It should be a good day. Yet, people woke up this morning to hear that a key plank of the plan is a phased cut to the PUP starting from next September. Thankfully, there will be thousands more people back to work by this September. Thousands more will face a very long and bleak...

Seanad: Civil Legal Aid (Exclusion of Value of Free or Partly Free Board) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (31 May 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I welcome the Minister of State. I warmly welcome this Bill and acknowledge and pay tribute to the enormous work Senator Boylan undertook to bring it to this point. She has detailed the very many communications and efforts over the past year and longer to try to get the Government to move on this. I welcome the fact that the Government is now moving on it, albeit belatedly. Following on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosure Legislation: Discussion (27 May 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank our guests, Transparency International and Mr. Mick Clifford. It has been a very informative session. I pay tribute to their enormous work over the years in this area. Some things they have said in both submissions are stark with regard to the delays in investigation, accountability as to who undertakes an investigation, and the issue of penalisation. My first question relates...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosure Legislation: Discussion (27 May 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I would like to hear Transparency International’s perspective on that as well, please.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosure Legislation: Discussion (27 May 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank Mr. Devitt and Mr. Clifford for their responses. I would like to pick up on what they said with regard to experiences in other countries. We have the transposition of the EU directive later this year. Particularly on the detail of the Bill we will have to enact in this country, are there practices in other countries we can adopt here? Mr. Devitt spoke about the experience in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosure Legislation: Discussion (27 May 2021)

Marie Sherlock: Mr. Devitt has answered some of it in terms of best practice from elsewhere. I have a question regarding the heads of the Bill we have now, particularly the reversal of the burden of proof in the context of the WRC. I am conscious Mr. Devitt has said it should not have to go to the WRC but, for the cases that do, it seems a positive development that the reversal of the burden of proof puts...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosure Legislation: Discussion (27 May 2021)

Marie Sherlock: With the Chair’s indulgence, I will ask a short question that requires a short answer. Is that okay?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosure Legislation: Discussion (27 May 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I was struck by Mr. Clifford saying in his submission in regard to the long delays in investigation that it was only when he shone a spotlight on it, brought it to public attention and wrote about the issue that the investigation was speedily conducted and concluded. In its research, has TI Ireland picked up on how long it takes to undertake investigations? When a protected disclosure goes...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Insurance Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank Mr. Power and Mr. Lyons for their submissions and contributions. They have painted an extremely worrying picture of the undersupply of insurance to the sector in which they are engaged and have described the real threat to the viability of practices and firms in the sector. There will also be a spillover effect to the wider construction sector and the possibility of delays if fire...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Insurance Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I am sorry, but can I just get one last question in?