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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Insurance Industry: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Marie Sherlock: We urge Mr. O'Rourke to do more because, at the moment, there is no coverage in some of those sectors. They have to go to England and further afield.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Insurance Industry: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank Mr Brennan. Would Mr O'Midheach like to come in?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Insurance Industry: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank Ms Tobin. That is it from me, Chairman.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 May 2021)

Marie Sherlock: Over the past two weeks, we have seen the Government scramble to contain the outrage expressed by many that entire housing estates were being bought up by cuckoo funds or institutional investors. That will culminate in decisions made by the Cabinet today. What has been really striking about all this is that we are somehow outraged that investment funds are elbowing out prospective home...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Online Content Moderation: Discussion (12 May 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I sincerely thank Ms Plunkett, Ms Ní Bhrógáin and Ms Crider. Ms Plunkett's testimony was extremely powerful and we owe a huge debt of gratitude to her for telling her story, as well as to the CWU and Foxglove for working with her and the other workers and bringing us to where we are today, which is allowing this story to be told. I thank them for all the work they have done...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Online Content Moderation: Discussion (12 May 2021)

Marie Sherlock: That is my fault. Ms Plunkett should not have to apologise at all. What about qualifications?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Online Content Moderation: Discussion (12 May 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank Ms Plunkett.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 May 2021)

Marie Sherlock: It is really important to acknowledge the very important research undertaken by the ESRI, published this morning, on how young workers now fare worse in wages and access to housing compared with previous generations. For years, trade unionists and others on the left raised this and we were told Ireland was different because we had the most highly educated workforce across any EU member...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 May 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister of State for attending. It is with considerable relief and a welcome that society and the economy are reopening significantly today. I am conscious the Government needs to be cautious about easing restrictions, but we still have no guidance as to when music, dance and drama classes can recommence. This is the simple question I wish to raise with the Minister of State....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 May 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I can assure the Minister of State and whoever wrote the script that I do look at the media, including newspapers, on a daily basis. The guidance last week was welcome but it involves the organisation of cultural activities outdoors. The key appeal here concerns enabling children and teenagers to be able to plan and have certainty or some degree of certainty as to when decisions will be...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 May 2021)

Marie Sherlock: We are on the cusp of seeing a significant reopening of society and the economy this Monday. Obviously, this is a very exciting development in the context of the pandemic. However, we have no guidance as to when dance, drama or music classes can recommence. I ask that the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Deputy Catherine Martin, be written to in order to...

Seanad: Protection of Employment (Platform Workers and Bogus Self-Employment) Bill 2021: First Stage (7 May 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to declare the relationship between employer and employee to be a status relationship, to declare the question whether an individual is an employee or is self-employed to be a question of law to be independently determined, to provide that the description given by the parties shall not be conclusive in determining the true...

Seanad: Protection of Employment (Platform Workers and Bogus Self-Employment) Bill 2021: First Stage (7 May 2021)

Marie Sherlock: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: National Childcare Scheme (30 Apr 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister for taking the time to come to the House. There is a glaring and urgent need to review the national childcare scheme. For many families, the subvention is very welcome and helps to pay for childcare but it would be incorrect to say it is a universal subvention available to all parents. The Labour Party acknowledges that there has been progress in the Department over...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: National Childcare Scheme (30 Apr 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister for that most detailed reply. I very much look forward to the findings of the review of the first year of the scheme. I am heartened to hear that it is being undertaken. I must say , however, that the lack of emphasis on after-school care is most problematic. The Minister spoke about how, during term time, the child's development needs are generally met through school...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Protection of Young Persons (Employment) (Exclusion of Workers in the Fishing and Shipping Sectors) Regulations 2021 (27 Apr 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I welcome the regulation insofar as it sets out to try to protect young workers in the fishing sector. With regard to the exemption proposed with regard to engagement in night-time work for essential training purposes, is it possible to define and set out in detail an appropriate rest period? This is important in the context of night-time work. Perhaps this question is a reflection of my...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Protection of Young Persons (Employment) (Exclusion of Workers in the Fishing and Shipping Sectors) Regulations 2021 (27 Apr 2021)

Marie Sherlock: To be clear, it is notifiable at present. That is great. To whom does the notice go?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Protection of Young Persons (Employment) (Exclusion of Workers in the Fishing and Shipping Sectors) Regulations 2021 (27 Apr 2021)

Marie Sherlock: That is super. I thank the Minister of State.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I express my delight at the outcome of the Citizens' Assembly on gender equality and at the recommendations it issued on Saturday last. The breadth of the recommendations reflects how large the job to be done with regard to gender equality remains. The focus of the assembly was women and work and the recommendations are seismic. Crucially, the assembly recognised that there are no silver...

Seanad: Post Office Network: Motion (26 Apr 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank Fianna Fáil for the motion, which sets out how this is about post offices in urban and rural areas. While there is, obviously and inevitably, much focus on the viability of rural post offices and their important place in rural communities, I can attest to the great importance of post offices in urban villages like my village of Phibsborough. I grew up in a small place called...