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Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2023)

Pat Casey: Amendments Nos. 32 and 33 are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2023)

Pat Casey: Government amendment No. 33: In page 19, lines 21 to 23, to delete all words from and including “and” in line 21 down to and including line 23 and substitute the following: “and may, as part of the review, consider whether the right to request a flexible working arrangement should be extended to all employees. (2) The Minister shall prepare a report in writing of the...

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2023)

Pat Casey: Amendment No. 34 in the name of Senators Keogan and Craughwell has been ruled out of order.

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2023)

Pat Casey: Amendments Nos. 35 to 37, inclusive, and amendment No. 40 are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2023)

Pat Casey: Amendments Nos. 38 and 39 are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2023)

Pat Casey: Amendments Nos. 41 and 46 are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2023)

Pat Casey: Amendments Nos. 42 and 43 are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2023)

Pat Casey: Amendment No. 44 has been ruled out of order. It does not arise out of committee proceedings.

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2023)

Pat Casey: When is it proposed to take Fifth Stage?

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2023)

Pat Casey: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2023)

Pat Casey: When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (28 Feb 2023)

Pat Casey: I welcome the Minister of State to the House.

Seanad: Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (28 Feb 2023)

Pat Casey: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?

Seanad: Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (28 Feb 2023)

Pat Casey: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Citizens Assembly on Drugs Use: Motion (23 Feb 2023)

Pat Casey: I call on the Minister of State, Deputy Naughton, to speak and welcome her to the Chamber.

Seanad: Report on Working Conditions and Skills Shortages in Ireland's Tourism and Hospitality Sector: Motion (22 Feb 2023)

Pat Casey: I welcome the Minister to the House. I thank Deputy Niamh Smyth and Senator Carrigy for the report. I acknowledge the work on the 9% VAT rate, which was critically important and much appreciated. Like Senator Conway, I would love a debate on the wider issue of VAT on the hospitality sector and where it should lie. Drink needs to be brought into it. We must look realistically at where the...

Seanad: Report on Working Conditions and Skills Shortages in Ireland's Tourism and Hospitality Sector: Motion (22 Feb 2023)

Pat Casey: Senator Gavan is right. I am just saying the hospitality sector has challenges that no other sector has. We talk about unsocial hours, weekends and night work. That is the industry. We must work those hours. If we do not work those hours, there is no industry. We talk about seasonal work and irregular hours. That is the industry. That might not be the case in cities where there is a...

Seanad: Report on Working Conditions and Skills Shortages in Ireland's Tourism and Hospitality Sector: Motion (22 Feb 2023)

Pat Casey: Let us see. The problem with reports is they change every year. Let us look at a report from 2021 from the Workplace Relations Commission. There were 38 cases relating to the hospitality sector and nine breaches, 24%, were recorded. The breaches in the administrative and support sector amounted to 38%; in agriculture it was 54%; in construction it was 41%; in electrical contracting it was...

Seanad: Report on Working Conditions and Skills Shortages in Ireland's Tourism and Hospitality Sector: Motion (22 Feb 2023)

Pat Casey: I accept we have challenges, but we treat our staff fairly and well.

Seanad: Report on Working Conditions and Skills Shortages in Ireland's Tourism and Hospitality Sector: Motion (22 Feb 2023)

Pat Casey: Yes. If we did not, we would not be in business. It is as simple as that. Like every other industry at this time, we are struggling to get staff.

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