Results 1-20 of 459 for long speaker:Louise O'Reilly

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: I did not expect to see the "welfare cheats cheat us all" slogan being taken out for another spin, but here we are. Sinn Féin has long advocated for a proper pay-related social insurance system. The current system carries that name but the available supports, such as jobseeker's benefit, are not pay-related. Payment is given at a flat rate. This is unfair on working people who are...

Ireland's Recognition of the State of Palestine: Statements (28 May 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: ...do more than symbolism, although symbolism is important. In the few moments I have, I want to pay tribute to the men and women of the trade union Friends of Palestine and the work they have done. Long before we had social media to bring us our news, we had the trade union Friends of Palestine bringing the message of the Palestinian struggle to union conferences, training sessions and...

Business Support Package: Statements (23 May 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: ...do this, the State must invest to help SMEs adopt international best practice management skills and constant upskilling of the workforce; SMEs need to be facilitated in improving capital investment and have access to finance through long-term, low-interest, State-backed loans; there has to be greater funding for SMEs to facilitate technology adaptation and improved digital skills; and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Businesses: Discussion (15 May 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: ...the Irish Centre for High-End Computing in Galway, has been obsolete from November 2023? There is no replacement supercomputer in the pipeline despite the fact that we have known about this for a long time. The State will now have to use the supercomputer in Luxembourg. Such failures of public investment in capital infrastructure for computing and our national supercomputer will have a...

Report of the Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Motion (2 May 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: ...the negative impacts of energy crises arising from global events that are out of our control. Sinn Féin believes that the decarbonisation of the energy system must be harnessed in a manner which delivers long-term social and economic benefits for Irish society ensuring that our natural resources are translated into national wealth. Decarbonising our energy system will require...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 May 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: ...ánaiste. All she wants is for her child to be able to live her best life and to thrive. In order to be able to do this she needs a place in the ASD unit. There is an urgent need to build the long-promised four additional ASD classes. Grant approval was given in 2019. Last October, the Minister for Education said that plans would be signed off shortly but we are still waiting....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Role and Operation of the Health and Safety Authority: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: Why do they not come into the courts system for a long period? Is it down to general delays?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Role and Operation of the Health and Safety Authority: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: Talk to me about that. How long is the short notice?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Role and Operation of the Health and Safety Authority: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: Yes, I would say there is. It is one of those things that maybe we did not talk about for a long time. There was probably a bit of stigma associated with it. Certainly from talking to my father, it was not the case that back in the eighties there was no bullying going on in the workplace. That is not the case. There just was nowhere to report it and a culture whereby people were expected...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Offshore Wind Energy Strategy: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (17 Apr 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: ...visited Belfast Port, which is the only port capable of facilitating the construction of offshore wind farms. If we had access to a time machine, we could possibly go back and start this a long time ago. If we do not get our ports ready now, does Mr. Tobin think that we could lose the jobs and the supply chain business and that the multibillion euro projects could go to other states?...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (16 Apr 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: 627. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE's Breastfeeding in a Healthy Ireland action plan has been extended; if so, for how long; what plans are in place for the development of a successor policy; when stakeholder engagement will begin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15997/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Employment (Restriction of Certain Mandatory Retirement Ages) Bill 2024: Discussion (10 Apr 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: ...have an appointment with a radio station in about half an hour. I apologise for that. I will get back if I can. I really welcome this discussion. The abolition of mandatory retirement is a very long-standing Sinn Féin policy. We have been campaigning in this space for well over a decade. I brought forward legislation that would have the same effect as this Bill. To be fair, it...

Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (28 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: ...with the European Works Council.”,”. The Minister of State will be aware that representatives of both Irish and European trade unions as well as Irish and European businesses stakeholders, along with the European Commission, have identified that the Irish legislation transposing the European works council, EWC, directive, the Transnational Information and Consultation...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Operation and Resourcing of Coimisiún na Meán: Digital Services Commissioner (28 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the witnesses for attending and for their evidence. I apologise, as I will have to leave. I am due to speak in the Dáil, but I will stay for as long as I can. This is a large area and I have quite an interest in it. Hands up, I do not know a great deal about it, but I am trying to read myself into it and learn as much as I can. I will ask a couple of questions and, if I get...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (20 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: 347. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the review of Housing for All is due to commence; and how long the review will take. [7597/24]

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: ...to reaching agreement, initiate consultation with the European Works Council.”,”. This relates to what representatives of both Irish and European trade unions as well as business stakeholders, along with the European Commission, have identified as an issue, namely, that Irish legislation transposing the European works council directive, specifically the Transnational...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: ...to the State's machinery and they do in other jurisdictions. If the Minister of State is talking about levelling up the playing field then happy days, but he is talking about putting that on the long finger and it is not necessary for us to wait. I appreciate the work that has been done and am not trying to undercut it in any way. When the new Commission comes into place post the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Employment Rights (8 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: ...bit sceptical about the Government's intention in this regard. The Minister says he wants to make remote working a feature. Remote working is a feature of work at the moment. In fact, I have long argued that it should be recognised as a specific form of work, like shift work is, because it is a very specific form of work. At the moment, we have the worst of all worlds because there are...

Employment Permits Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (31 Jan 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: ...of this type of permit. I am further concerned that we will also increase the risk of exploitation of the workers who will be employed under these permits. They will not be in Ireland for long enough to learn about or become acquainted with their rights. They will be here for long enough to be exploited but not for long enough to join a trade union. That is a grave concern I have. ...