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Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (8 Jul 2014)

Kathryn Reilly: I move amendment No. 5: In page 11, to delete lines 19 to 22 and substitute the following:"(c) indicate that, if the breach continues during, or is repeated within, 12 months of the tenancy warning coming into effect, then the authority may either—(i) apply under section 12to recover possession of the dwelling, or (ii) where appropriate, apply to the District Court (under section 3 of...

Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (8 Jul 2014)

Kathryn Reilly: I move amendment No. 1: In page 6, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following:“ “authorised advocate” means an elected public representative, social worker, medical or legal professional or a representative of a tenants or housing rights body recognised by the local authority;”.These amendments seek to put in place a system whereby local authority tenants will...

Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (1 Jul 2014)

Kathryn Reilly: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. In my contribution on this issue, I will mention the wider problem of homelessness. A couple of weeks ago, someone came to speak at our party's meeting. One point made was that some of the exits from homelessness were closing, as there was not enough social housing and there were issues with high rents and a lack of availability in the private...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Second Stage (26 Jun 2014)

Kathryn Reilly: I welcome the Minister. I wish to refer to a number of issues during my contribution. One issue I wish to raise is An Post. I also wish to refer to the habitual residence condition. Given the Minister’s presence, I could not miss the opportunity to briefly mention the Youth Guarantee. We are already half way through the year and the Department’s PRSI yield is more than...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Ms Catherine McGuinness (19 Jun 2014)

Kathryn Reilly: Like previous speakers, I welcome our distinguished guest. It is great honour for the Seanad to have her here and to be able to discuss the issue with her. In my very limited time I will speak on direct provision, which is another example of the failure to protect some of the most vulnerable people in our society. Some academics and researchers have criticised it as the new apartheid, a...

Seanad: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Bill 2014: Second Stage (18 Jun 2014)

Kathryn Reilly: I also welcome the Minister. This is my first opportunity to congratulate her on her new role. She did good work in her previous portfolio and I welcome her appointment to her new one. Like Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin will oppose the legislation, as it did in the other House. When the merger of these bodies was originally proposed, Deputy Eamon Gilmore, now Tánaiste, described it...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2014)

Kathryn Reilly: In recent weeks there has been much talk about the national finances and potential tax cuts in the upcoming budget. This morning the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Brendan Howlin, and the Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael Noonan, said the accounts looked positive so far. The IMF post-bailout review is to be released at 4 p.m. Will the Leader facilitate a debate on...

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2014)

Kathryn Reilly: I move amendment No. 104: In page 488, between lines 26 and 27, to insert the following:"(5) Where a breach of employment law is committed by a body corporate or by a person acting on behalf of a body corporate and is proved to have been so committed with the consent, connivance or approval of, or to have been attributable to any neglect on the part of, a person who, when the breach was...

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2014)

Kathryn Reilly: In light of what the Minister has said, I will withdraw the amendment.

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2014)

Kathryn Reilly: I move amendment No. 61: In page 266, between lines 37 and 38, to insert the following:“(d) a certificate of tax compliance,”.This amendment relates to an issue which arose in the context of a young man with a young family who set up a construction company and subcontracted work to a contractor. Over a period of seven or eight years he allowed the contractor to build up a level...

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2014)

Kathryn Reilly: On the basis of what the Minister of State said, I am not going to press the amendment. I will examine the position further and I may, perhaps, consider resubmitting the amendment on Report Stage.

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2014)

Kathryn Reilly: I move amendment No. 52: In page 230, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following:“225. The Act of 1990 is amended by inserting the following in Part X:“205E. (1) In this section—‘amount of turnover’ and ‘balance sheet total’ have the same meanings as in section 8 of the Companies (Amendment) Act 1986; ‘relevant obligations’,...

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2014)

Kathryn Reilly: Yes.

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2014)

Kathryn Reilly: I move amendment No. 31: In page 163, line 34, after "€25,000" to insert "or 4 per cent of turnover or the total wages paid, whichever is the greater".

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2014)

Kathryn Reilly: I move amendment No. 32: In page 164, line 2, to delete "purpose" where it secondly occurs and substitute "purposes".

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2014)

Kathryn Reilly: I move amendment No. 33: In page 164, line 6, after "accordingly)" to insert the following:"or in the case of unpaid remuneration the amount payable under the redundancy and insolvency schemes".

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2014)

Kathryn Reilly: I move amendment No. 34: In page 166, line 28, after "on" to insert "and managed and controlled".The aim of this amendment is to provide further protection for employees. I would be interested in hearing the Minister of State's response.

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2014)

Kathryn Reilly: In light of what the Minister has said, we will not be pressing it.

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2014)

Kathryn Reilly: I move amendment No. 30: In page 163, line 31, to delete "one, at least," and substitute "a majority".Amendments Nos. 30 to 33, inclusive, deal with the bond of €25,000 applying in circumstances where no director is resident in Ireland. In these circumstances it would fall back on the State to make the payment from the insolvency fund. The purpose of the amendments is to save the...

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2014)

Kathryn Reilly: I thank the Minister of State for his reply in which I think he ruled out any possibility of this section being referred to the Human Rights Commission for consideration as, in his opinion, to do so would not be proper or right. Will he confirm that he has ruled out referral of this section to the Human Rights Commission for assessment and recommendation? I do not propose to press the...