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- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2021)
Gerard Craughwell: ...vaccine booster shots up and running. The issue with respect to our secretarial assistants within the Oireachtas is outrageous. The woman who works for me is not only a secretarial assistant but does a massive volume of research on my behalf. To think our secretarial assistants are not regarded in the same light as personal assistants in the Dáil is outrageous. We really need to...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2021)
Mark Daly: Under the Constitution, the European courts are not under our jurisdiction. Therefore, what Members say about courts in other countries does not come under my remit. I am taking the precedent from rulings of the Chair in respect of policy. This is the important part. This House is about debate and about people discussing the issues of the day. Members may and should talk about issues in...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2021)
Mark Daly: ...in this House. I want Members to be able to raise the issues of the day that people are talking about on the street. If we cannot talk about them here when everybody else is talking about them, it does not make this House as relevant as it should and needs to be. Yes, by all means every debate and issue should be brought to this House, but I am conscious of the separation of the...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2021)
Lisa Chambers: ...assistants of Senators do the work of parliamentary assistants because we only have one member of staff. Their workload is not commensurate with their level of pay. Even the title of the role does not do justice to the work they do. In fact, it is quite offensive.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2021)
Lisa Chambers: They are not just doing secretarial work. They are doing research, drafting policy, helping with legislation and doing everything a parliamentary assistant does. They are doing even more because they are also doing the secretarial work. Their work is much larger, and that issue must be resolved. I look forward to the briefing being held by Ms Samantha Long and all those working on the...