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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Oct 2024)

Marie Sherlock: I second the proposed amendment to the Order of Business. I warmly welcome the Bill and the updating of the 2015 legislation. It is hugely important that we talk not only about a living wage but a living income in terms of the adequacy of income, particularly for low-income workers. The issue I want to bring to the attention of the House is that, last Friday a report arrived on the desk...

Seanad: Maternity Protection, Employment Equality and Preservation of Certain Records Bill 2024: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (24 Oct 2024)

Marie Sherlock: I very much welcome that we finally have this Bill here. The campaign fought by the Irish Cancer Society has been a long one. We spoke about this two weeks ago when this Bill was before the House. I very much welcome the work done by the Minister and his Department in eventually bringing forward this legislation as there have been delays along the way. To follow on from what Senator...

Seanad: Maternity Protection, Employment Equality and Preservation of Certain Records Bill 2024: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (24 Oct 2024)

Marie Sherlock: I raised a matter on Second Stage and I will raise it again. It is a huge disappointment that in the context of this Bill, which seeks to recognise that women who go through a severe, serious health condition or illness while pregnant, or just after giving birth to their baby, that the Government seeks to distinguish between a physical health condition and a mental health condition, and that...

Seanad: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2024: Motion (23 Oct 2024)

Marie Sherlock: I rise to propose an amendment to the Government's motion. I find it very frustrating that year after year, we have this vote on funding for two specific sectors. I am deeply conscious that they are sectors that are held in great love and affection in certain rural communities in this country but they also have very serious animal welfare questions to answer, in particular in the greyhound...

Seanad: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2024: Motion (23 Oct 2024)

Marie Sherlock: Vótáil.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Taxi Regulations (22 Oct 2024)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the Chamber. My question relates to the expiry of taxi licences and the situation that will obtain from January next whereby cars purchased in 2015 will be forced off the road because their ten-year licences will have expired but cars purchased between 2012 and 2014 will continue to operate as taxis. Wheelchair-accessible taxis older than ten...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Taxi Regulations (22 Oct 2024)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister of State. He indicated that the Minister for Transport is responsible for policy. However, the Minister is washing his hands of the matter and presiding over a situation whereby there will be fewer taxis across the country this year. I do not believe he can have it both ways. Previous responses from the Minister referred to initiating recruitment campaigns with the...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)

Marie Sherlock: I join Senator Flynn in calling for us to press on with this legislation at this stage. Many hours have been dedicated to this Bill. There have been issues, particularly with regard to definitions, but ultimately we in the Labour Party are supportive of the Bill and what it is trying to do, particularly when we see a rise in the number of reports of attacks driven by racism, homophobia and...

Seanad: Maternity Protection Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Oct 2024)

Marie Sherlock: I am very relieved we finally have this legislation and I thank the Minister for bringing it forward. In particular I pay tribute to the Irish Cancer Society and we have Suzanne Dowd and Krista Costello here today. I was struck when I listened to the experiences of Erica Tierney, Mary Canavan and Emma McGuinness, who spoke so movingly about having to forfeit their maternity leave because of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Oct 2024)

Marie Sherlock: I extend my condolences to my Fianna Fáil colleagues and all her family on the passing of Mary O'Rourke, and also to our Fine Gael colleagues on the untimely recent passing of John Naughten. We have seen newspaper reports in recent days about one of our elected representatives in either the Upper or Lower House being, effectively, a Russian spy. That has been treated with a degree of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Oct 2024)

Marie Sherlock: I absolutely appreciate that but it casts a cloud over us all-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Oct 2024)

Marie Sherlock: -----so it needs to be clarified whether there is an elected representative acting as a Russian spy or otherwise, notwithstanding if no law has effectively been broken. I propose an amendment to the Order of Business to take No. 12, Workplace Relations (Exemplary Damages, Unfair Dismissals and Other Provisions) Bill 2024 as the first item. The purpose of this Bill is effectively to bring...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Oct 2024)

Marie Sherlock: No.

Seanad: Workplace Relations (Exemplary Damages, Unfair Dismissals and Other Provisions) Bill 2024: First Stage (8 Oct 2024)

Marie Sherlock: I move: That leave be given to introduce the Bill entitled an Act to enable the award of exemplary damages in certain circumstances by adjudication officers of the Workplace Relations Commission and by the Labour Court; to make certain non-disclosure agreements unenforceable as against employees who have not received independent advice; to make amendments to the Unfair Dismissals Act 1977...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects (1 Oct 2024)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Carroll MacNeill, for taking this Commencement matter on behalf of the Minister for Education. There is a certain irony to the fact that we are discussing the fate of the school building project for Gaelscoil Coláiste Mhuire on budget day, given that €4.9 billion has been spent on school building projects in the State since 2020 and yet this...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects (1 Oct 2024)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister of State. From what I have heard, we still have no date for completion. We hear that meetings are taking place and I am in contact with the school community, which is being informed of meetings, but we are not clear on what key changes are going to ensure the project is progressed. I have full respect for the Minister of State's campaign for Dún Laoghaire Educate...

Seanad: Budget 2025 (Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform): Statements (1 Oct 2024)

Marie Sherlock: I welcome the Minister of State to the Chamber and thank him for being here today. As this current Government comes to the end of its term, the mark of any Government, indeed successive governments, is the permanent impact they leave on communities throughout this country. Fine Gael has been the common thread in Government since 2011 but we know that, particularly since 2016, we have seen...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)

Marie Sherlock: I thank Mr. Conlon and all his team for attending the meeting today. I congratulate him on his appointment. It is regrettable that he is having to attend the committee in these circumstances. It is very sad for all the OPW staff across the country that such a cloud is being cast over the organisation now. Some excellent work is being done. Regarding the bike shelter, many people have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)

Marie Sherlock: The bollards cost €30,000.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)

Marie Sherlock: In the case of building a house, the costs include labour and materials. Is Ms Collier saying the cost of labour and materials for the bollards was €30,000?