Results 1-14 of 14 for buttimer speaker:Damien English

Seanad: Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (29 Nov 2022)

Damien English: ...;25,000 for businesses and, in some cases, it provides a 12-month non-repayment option as well as lower interest rates if people work through the local enterprise offices, LEOs. As referenced by Senator Buttimer, we all recognise that the LEOs are doing great work throughout the country. I am delighted to say I have got them all up and running in the past year. On behalf of the Houses,...

Seanad: Sick Leave Bill 2022: Committee Stage (29 Jun 2022)

Damien English: ...re-qualify for sick leave entitlements on a regular basis if laid off over the summer, such as in education or childcare-related jobs. This would be a difficulty and it has been dealt with. Senator Buttimer touched on the issue of balance. We are trying to get a balance to recognise that this is a new employment law. It is a new statutory right and one of which we are all supportive....

Seanad: Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Damien English: ...a worker’s contractual earnings. It also makes sure the key objective is that workers will be entitled to receive tips and gratuities paid in electronic forms, such as by debit or credit card, even though Senator Buttimer will still use cash. That is fair enough and I am the same as him. The Bill requires that these tips and gratuities should be distributed in a fair and...

Seanad: Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Damien English: ...to base enforcement provisions. Electronic payments create an evidential trail that can be examined if there is a complaint. We have to recognise that most payments, except maybe those of Senator Buttimer and a few others, are now being made electronically.

Seanad: Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Damien English: Senator Buttimer need not worry. I am only slagging. I am the same. I see it in practise. Many people pay their bill electronically and then pay the tip in cash separately. The issue we would have, exactly, as Senator Casey said, is how the Workplace Relations Commission would trace the case. This legislation has to be workable and enforceable if we are to achieve what we want to...

Seanad: Workplace Relations (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Jul 2021)

Damien English: ...officer to do some of this work in private when it is justified. The proposed amendment refers to the adjudication officer to whom a complaint of dispute has been referred. In response to Senator Buttimer, the chair of the WRC will assign a case to the adjudication officer. There is an issue in relation to their qualifications and independence that we will deal with again. I did touch...

Seanad: Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (23 Jul 2020)

Damien English: ...than 70% of this guarantee will be made available in an open call to all lending institutions. Credit unions and other sectors can compete for that and I hope they do. As a few Senators, including Senator Buttimer, mentioned, credit unions have a lot of money available, which they want to either loan or invest. There is great potential to tap much more into the credit union movement....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health and Safety (26 Sep 2019)

Damien English: I thank Senator Buttimer for raising this matter. I am taking it on behalf of the Minister of State, Deputy Daly, who could not be here but who welcomes the discussion on this important area. We continue to discuss issues of mental health in the workplace and training for people involved in that area. It is an area of high priority for the Government for many reasons, including those put...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health and Safety (26 Sep 2019)

Damien English: On behalf of the Minister of State, Deputy Daly, I thank Senator Buttimer for raising this important matter. I will bring back to the Minister of State the points the Senator has made on considering more ways to encourage best practice by employers and the need for training and discussion on this issue. I am not sure that legislation is the way forward, but I will mention that to the...

Seanad: Traveller Accommodation: Statements (6 Mar 2019)

Damien English: ...happier. We want to make that happen on a larger scale. We will see what comes forward in the expert panel's report but, without a doubt, we want more action, not just talk. I accept that. Senator Buttimer referred to the culture change, the mindset and how to drive change. We will use this independent expert panel to drive the necessary change in this area in the years ahead. I...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects Status (19 Apr 2018)

Damien English: ...as quickly as possible. It is on the list and will be done. All involved in the Department would like to see it progress and will work with the local school to do that. Again, I thank Senator Buttimer for raising this issue on behalf of his constituents.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2018)

Damien English: ...committees, all the questions that were asked and all that discussion has been part of our finalisation of this legislation. That is what has happened during the past few months. As referenced by Senator Buttimer, the final consultation with the public was held last September or October. More than 1,000 submissions were received, 150 of them were from Oireachtas Members, councillors,...

Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (28 Jan 2016)

Damien English: ...with a couple of issues. Colleagues are correct that some of them were dealt with already by the Minister, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, yesterday and probably on Tuesday and on Committee Stage. Deputy Buttimer might not have been present for the full debate so I will clarify the position for him. The TUI has consistently sought a full process of consultation in regard to the process and...

Gaeltacht Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Jul 2012)

Damien English: I wish to share time with Deputies Griffin and Buttimer.