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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Apr 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I second the amendment to the Order of Business proposed by my colleague, Senator Mark Wall. In 2020, the new national childcare scheme was launched and for working parents it represented great progress in establishing the principle of universal subvention for childcare. The subvention was small but it was progress nonetheless. A significant number of early years services located in some...

Seanad: Gambling (Prohibition of Advertising) Bill 2021: First Stage (19 Apr 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I second the proposal.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Apr 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank our guests from MII and the MRCI for attending. MRCI sent in a detailed note with eight recommendations so that is welcome and I thank our guests for that. In the limited time available to me, I will ask a number of specific questions of MII. I want to understand the lack of labour supply in that sector better. From 2015 to 2018, there was an unemployment rate of in or around 4%....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Apr 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I am sorry to interrupt, but the live register figures are clear. What precise initiatives did MII's sector take to recruit? I want to hear the numbers in terms of apprenticeships and Skillnet programmes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Apr 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank Mr. Ryan. It is important to say that, in light of the efforts that have been mentioned, there should be no need to go beyond the EU to seek skills. If those efforts are being undertaken as Mr. Healy says they are, there should be no reason the industry cannot recruit in this country, given the scale of unemployment we have had and will have into the future. A number of weeks ago,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Apr 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I am sorry to interrupt but my time is limited. I am asking what the margin is. I am aware that the information is limited. That is why I ask the question of the witnesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Apr 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank Mr. Carroll. I am aware of that data, which does not break down to the level of the meat industry which he represents. It relates to food processing. There is an issue with regard to disentangling or disaggregating the figures. I move on to my next question. We have had repeated news reports on the sector engaging in exploitative work practices, including bogus self-employment....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Apr 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I support Migrant Rights Centre Ireland's call for labour market mobility to be associated with employment permits in future. I utterly reject the current situation whereby workers on permits here are treated like a second class of worker when compared with other employees in terms of their access to the Workplace Relations Commission. Under head 6 in the more detailed document, a concern...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Apr 2021)

Marie Sherlock: My second question is directed to the representatives of Meat Industry Ireland. The Labour Party produced a Bill on sick pay last September. Obviously we strongly believe that every worker should have access to paid sick leave in this country. While I welcome that Meat Industry Ireland is not opposed to the introduction of paid sick leave, with all of the attention on the sector in recent...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Apr 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I have a specific question on the costs. If a worker falls ill at the moment, is there replacement cover put in place for him or her? I am really interested when I hear employers talk about the costs associated with sick pay. Is it the case that other workers must cover the person who is ill or is the replacement cover put in place?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Apr 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank Mr. Carroll. That is a very welcome clarification because, from my perspective, it is important to understand that when temporary cover is not put in place, a company just continues to pay the worker as if he or she were there even when he or she is out sick.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the representatives from the HSA, HSE and Congress for their submissions and for participating in the hearings today. I very much support the Bill. The INMO, Congress, SIPTU and others made clear last year their express desire for this amending legislation and they indicated there is a serious deficiency with regard to the reporting legislation. I have three specific questions....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the representatives for that comprehensive answer. I am conscious that I probably have very little time left in my slot. I have a question each for the representatives of the HSA and Congress. With regard to the HSA, it was stated that a number of workplaces are open and that it is hoped a much larger number will be open in the coming weeks and months. I note the representatives'...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Marie Sherlock: Sorry, I did not hear the Chairman.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Marie Sherlock: My question specifically for Congress is to ascertain the impact on workers if there is a failure to make progress on this Bill. Serious concerns have been articulated by Congress. I want to understand what message it would send out and the impact on workers.

Seanad: Reports on Department of Health Policy in RTÉ Investigates Programme: Statements (29 Mar 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House and for her comprehensive statement. I join Senator Bacik in welcoming the Minister of State's statement on the publication of the senior counsel's report. Like so many other people, I was horrified by what I learned from the "RTÉ Investigates" programme but we must keep reminding ourselves that at the heart of all of this are...

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

Marie Sherlock: I too want to express my horror at what we learned in the "RTÉ Investigates" programme last night. It is important to remember that at the heart of all this are families with children, some of whom are the most vulnerable children in our State, and those families' quest to try to vindicate their children's essential constitutional right to an appropriate education in this country. Yet,...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disability Services Provision (12 Mar 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, for coming to the House and for making herself available for this important question. As the Minister of State knows only too well, the HSE is currently rolling out its reconfiguration of disability services for children and it hopes to complete the centralisation of services July of this year. I understand that when there are waiting lists as...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disability Services Provision (12 Mar 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister of State for her response and I understand that she understands the seriousness of the issue. Any of us who have dealt with families and children with a disability who are waiting know the distress involved. I understand what the HSE is doing across the country but not for the schools where there is already a good service in place and this had caused the greatest...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Mar 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the witnesses for joining us and for making their submissions. I have three questions and one comment, which are directed primarily to Dr. McGann and Ms Redmond. There can be no doubting the labour demand in the sectors that the witnesses have identified, including care, manufacturing and agrifood, over the coming years. I want to focus on care. In the witnesses' submission, there...