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Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2016)

Máire Devine: It is tiresome.

Seanad: Protection of Employment (Uncertain Hours) Bill 2016: Second Stage (16 Nov 2016)

Máire Devine: Well done.

Seanad: Protection of Employment (Uncertain Hours) Bill 2016: Second Stage (16 Nov 2016)

Máire Devine: It seems this House should go into a formal group hug, although I am completely opposed to that, Grinch that I can sometimes be. We should never forget how long the struggle by trade unions and workers has taken to get this legislation.

Seanad: Protection of Employment (Uncertain Hours) Bill 2016: Second Stage (16 Nov 2016)

Máire Devine: I thank colleagues in the Labour Party for attempting to re-establish the principles of Connolly. It is a great pity that the cause of labour comes a bit too late. They sat in government for five years and should have used their influence at the Cabinet table with colleagues in Fine Gael to get this Bill for workers through much more swiftly. Why was it not done? It was not done because...

Seanad: Protection of Employment (Uncertain Hours) Bill 2016: Second Stage (16 Nov 2016)

Máire Devine: Workers own this country - not businesses, not multinational corporations nor TTIP or CETA but the people - and they deserve decent pay. Fine Gael acted with arrogance in the last Government but its strength has been diminished and it now has to answer to its masters, Fianna Fáil. The Labour Party compromised itself and was unable to act against the might of Fine Gael. It watched...

Seanad: Protection of Employment (Uncertain Hours) Bill 2016: Second Stage (16 Nov 2016)

Máire Devine: It concentrates on what will increase its support in the polls.

Seanad: Protection of Employment (Uncertain Hours) Bill 2016: Second Stage (16 Nov 2016)

Máire Devine: It appears that the House will support this Labour Party Bill but we are thinking of the workers sitting at home wondering whether they will make the cut in tomorrow's job market, whether they will be hired if they get a shovel or how they will deal with their child care requirements. I do not understand why there was a problem getting this through but we are where we are. The Bill was...

Seanad: Protection of Employment (Uncertain Hours) Bill 2016: Second Stage (16 Nov 2016)

Máire Devine: That is a bit insulting.

Seanad: Protection of Employment (Uncertain Hours) Bill 2016: Second Stage (16 Nov 2016)

Máire Devine: They were zero-hour contract jobs.

Seanad: Protection of Employment (Uncertain Hours) Bill 2016: Second Stage (16 Nov 2016)

Máire Devine: What the Minister said was insulting and he is glossing over the issue.

Seanad: Protection of Employment (Uncertain Hours) Bill 2016: Second Stage (16 Nov 2016)

Máire Devine: The Minister of State has not got a clue what he is talking about.

Seanad: Protection of Employment (Uncertain Hours) Bill 2016: Second Stage (16 Nov 2016)

Máire Devine: He did not have manners. This is rubbish. I am deeply hurt.

Seanad: Protection of Employment (Uncertain Hours) Bill 2016: Second Stage (16 Nov 2016)

Máire Devine: Finger wagging.

Seanad: Protection of Employment (Uncertain Hours) Bill 2016: Second Stage (16 Nov 2016)

Máire Devine: Weak solutions.

Seanad: Protection of Employment (Uncertain Hours) Bill 2016: Second Stage (16 Nov 2016)

Máire Devine: Senator Nash knows nothing about me.

Seanad: Protection of Employment (Uncertain Hours) Bill 2016: Second Stage (16 Nov 2016)

Máire Devine: I have experience. Senator Nash knows nothing about anybody else.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (15 Nov 2016)

Máire Devine: I seek clarification.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2016)

Máire Devine: I am sure everyone was taken aback this morning when he or she saw the ice sculptures on display outside Leinster House. They really brought home the fact that our planet was melting. This morning I also attended a briefing in Buswells Hotel organised by the Stop Climate Chaos group. It was an eye-opener. The format was great in that Deputies and Senators from particular electoral areas...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Nov 2016)

Máire Devine: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Nov 2016)

Máire Devine: Given the passion and emotion that Trump caused and the shock we all felt in the pit of our stomach yesterday morning, I echo Senator Ó Ríordáin's view. However, a knee-jerk reaction is not positive. I think he is a bit naive, as is the SDLP leader, in saying we will not cross any threshold there. We need to be involved and we need to make sure we can do the best for this...