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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: Is Dr. McGann saying that in order to enter healthcare assistant roles, workers should have a lower skills requirement than is currently the case? I appreciate what she is saying about grandfathering and that people already in the sector should be skilled up. We are talking about the entry of workers from outside the European Union into employment in Ireland. Should there be a skills...

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: Depicting it as low-skilled may not be helpful when talking about the skills need and employment need in the care sector. On my second question, I thank Dr. McGann for the detailed document which complemented today's presentation. She talks about a competition between the construction industry and the manufacturing and food processing industries for workers. Will she go into more detail...

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: Concern about the cost of housing in the country is shared across parties and by our guests from IBEC and the Irish Congress for Trade Unions. Our guests talked about allowing more third country workers to come to Ireland and take up employment, particularly in the low-margin industries, which I take to mean jobs in which workers earn the minimum wage or barely above it. Do our guests have...

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: Should that condition be extended to all the other permit schemes about which Dr. McGann is talking and proposing should be introduced?

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: Precisely.

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 asked questions earlier, but I will follow up. A number of statements were made on the rationale for the appeal to extend the employment permits system, which has been made on the basis of low-margin sectors, the need to maintain competitiveness and, by extension, low wages within particular sectors. We need to see more evidence from IBEC on this. I note, in particular, the reliance on...

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: There is no attempt to tar whole sectors with the one brush, but there are many stories and reports of exploitation within certain sectors and by certain companies. To level the playing field for good employers, I make a particular appeal to IBEC to throw its weight behind ensuring there is a much more robust and better functioning enforcement system.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I thank Ms Rowland and Mr. Sibley for attending today. My question relates to the investigation process. We have heard much about the administration sanction procedure and how individuals cannot be investigated until the investigation of the firm is completed. I ask Ms Rowland about her view on the design of the administration sanction procedure. Why could the fitness and probity regime...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I hope Ms Rowland will appreciate we are under tight time constraints. Is it not possible to prosecute under the fitness and probity regime until the administration sanction procedure is completed? It seems there are clear breaches of the fitness and probity regime. Under the Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act 2001 making a gain or causing a loss by deception is an offence....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I note a call on six separate occasions between October 2018 and October 2019, and it was noted in Ms Rowland's comments today, for the introduction of a senior executive accountability regime. We have seen no action by the Government since the first call two and a half years ago. Is it a source of huge frustration to the Central Bank of Ireland?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2021)

Marie Sherlock: A number of committee members have already referenced the length of time that this investigation took. It took seven years from when the original action took place and five years since the High Court case. We know that the staff count within the Central Bank has almost doubled over the past ten years. Is it the case that within the enforcement section, all energies were devoted to the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Gender Equality (8 Mar 2021)

Marie Sherlock: It is great to have the Minister in the Chamber today. It is difficult to convey the enormity of the challenge of trying to close the gender pay gap in this country. Senator Bacik spoke about the hourly wage gap but we all relate to weekly or monthly earnings and the average weekly earnings for women in this country are 25.05% less than the average weekly earnings of men. That is because...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Mar 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I wish my fellow Senators and all those who are watching a happy International Women's Day. I second the proposed amendment to the Order of Business that the Quality in Public Procurement (Contract Preparation and Award Criteria) Bill 2021 be introduced. Most of us, as public representatives, are familiar with the appalling waiting list for speech and language therapy services, the absence...

Seanad: International Women's Day: Statements (8 Mar 2021)

Marie Sherlock: It is good to see the Minister in the Chamber. In the short time available to me, I want to address the profound impact that the pandemic has had on women workers in particular and on their position in the world of work.We already know that between the end of 2019 and the end of 2020, approximately 13,600 women left the labour force. These are women who had to retire early, who were forced...

Seanad: Seachtain na Gaeilge: Ráitis (8 Mar 2021)

Marie Sherlock: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire agus roimh an Aire Stáit. Tá áthas an domhain orm nach bhfuil ceiliúradh amháin againn inniu ach dhá cheiliúradh - Seachtain na Gaeilge agus Lá Idirnáisiúnta na mBan. Tá áthas orm, mar urlabhraí na Gaeilge Pháirtí an Lucht Oibre, go bhfuilim anseo chun páirt a ghlacadh sa...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (5 Mar 2021)

Marie Sherlock: I welcome the Minister of State. While we would have loved to have the Minister, Deputy Catherine Martin, with us, he will convey our message to his Green Party ministerial colleague. As the Minister of State knows, it is almost a year since the arts, culture and live entertainment sectors had to shut down operations. A series of good and positive initiatives have been designed by the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (5 Mar 2021)

Marie Sherlock: As I said earlier, I appreciate that much good work has been done in the Department, but I came to the debate to learn something new. Many others have asked about the €50 million fund and, unfortunately, we have not heard any new information.With the greatest respect, I have heard the Minister, Deputy Martin, speak about the lessons that have been learned. The Minister of State...

Seanad: Local Government (Use of CCTV in Prosecution of Offences) Bill 2021: Second Stage (5 Mar 2021)

Marie Sherlock: When it comes to our communities, whether they are urban, rural, inner city or remote, there is not a single issue that animates such a large number of people or drives them more crazy than that of illegal dumping. Many of us have previously served as councillors and the housing shortage and illegal dumping are probably two of the most frustrating and intractable issues that we have had to...

Seanad: Local Government (Use of CCTV in Prosecution of Offences) Bill 2021: Second Stage (5 Mar 2021)

Marie Sherlock: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?

Seanad: Local Government (Use of CCTV in Prosecution of Offences) Bill 2021: Second Stage (5 Mar 2021)

Marie Sherlock: Is that agreed? Agreed.