Results 1-20 of 163 for speaker:Eoin Hayes

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Losses (9 Jul 2025)

Eoin Hayes: 35. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a schedule including the total number of notifications of proposed collective redundancies forms (Form CRN1) his Department have received; the total quarterly number of proposed redundancies contained therein on a quarterly basis from Q1 2016 to Q2 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38084/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Creation (9 Jul 2025)

Eoin Hayes: 36. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a schedule of the total number of jobs announcements he and his Department have issued to the press; the job creation numbers to which those relate, on a quarterly basis from Q1 2016 to Q2 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38085/25]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Jul 2025)

Eoin Hayes: I will raise dementia services in my constituency. Last week, I received a report that respite beds for those with Parkinson's disease and dementia in the Royal Hospital Donnybrook would be unavailable from August as funding was withdrawn by the HSE without warning in January. This has created significant distress for the families who rely on this service. The uncertainty regarding HSE...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Jul 2025)

Eoin Hayes: I will raise dementia services in my constituency. Last week, I received a report that respite beds for those with Parkinson's disease and dementia in the Royal Hospital Donnybrook would be unavailable from August as funding was withdrawn by the HSE without warning in January. This has created significant distress for the families who rely on this service. The uncertainty regarding HSE...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Summer Economic Statement (8 Jul 2025)

Eoin Hayes: 321. To ask the Minister for Finance the date his Department plans to publish the summer economic statement; the way in which it plans to account for any proximate announcements regarding EU-US tariffs in its published estimates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37111/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (8 Jul 2025)

Eoin Hayes: 759. To ask the Minister for Health if adults currently excluded from reimbursement of spinal muscular atrophy treatments can be considered for access under the HSE’s individual patient approval system and managed access protocols; the eligibility criteria and application process for such cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37112/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (8 Jul 2025)

Eoin Hayes: 760. To ask the Minister for Health when the approval to backfill recruit two WTE senior speech and language therapists will be given to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 14 in order that the recruitment process can begin to ensure the roles are filled for September 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37113/25]

Select Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Bill 2025: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2025)

Eoin Hayes: I am interested in getting a sense from the Minister and his Department about section 5(4) which states: (a) ... is objectively and reasonably justified by a legitimate aim by the employer, and (b) the means of achieving that aim are appropriate and necessary. What specific examples are envisioned by the Minister and his Department in terms of the phrase "reasonably justified by a...

Select Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Bill 2025: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2025)

Eoin Hayes: To be clear, this would not be defined in law anywhere else.

Select Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Bill 2025: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2025)

Eoin Hayes: It would be at the discretion of the WRC or, if taken further, the courts.

Select Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Bill 2025: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2025)

Eoin Hayes: I must admit that I am fairly new to law making. Is it typical to introduce legislation where something this significant is not defined?

Select Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Bill 2025: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2025)

Eoin Hayes: The Minister spoke about the constitutional rights of employers.

Select Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Bill 2025: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2025)

Eoin Hayes: What are the constitutional rights of employers?

Select Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Bill 2025: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2025)

Eoin Hayes: I remain concerned. If a case goes to the WRC or the Judiciary, would the onus be on the employee to establish the violation of the legitimate aim or is it on the employer to defend that it is a legitimate aim?

Select Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Bill 2025: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2025)

Eoin Hayes: I will ask a hypothetical question. Let us say a business says that it believes that it is "a legitimate aim" for the business to have somebody of a certain age fronting the house, say, for example in a restaurant or hospitality industry. Could that be used a defence in this particular scenario? Could it be enforced?

Select Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Bill 2025: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2025)

Eoin Hayes: Those are all my questions.

Committee on European Union Affairs: Danish Presidency of the Council of the European Union: Ambassador of Denmark to Ireland (2 Jul 2025)

Eoin Hayes: I welcome the ambassador and his official. I thank them for coming in and making the time to do this. I also am honoured to have the other excellencies here today as well. I thank them for coming in. In these kinds of fora, the exchange of views is important and helpful. Sometimes, there are differing views on different things, but it is important to let us exchange those. From my...

Committee on European Union Affairs: Danish Presidency of the Council of the European Union: Ambassador of Denmark to Ireland (2 Jul 2025)

Eoin Hayes: I wanted to come back on something in particular I spoke about earlier, but more related to the MFF and how the Danish Presidency of the EU will pursue that. I noted in his comments he discussed a fiscally responsible approach to the MFF. There is now an opportune turning point in Europe to talk about how we think about fiscal responsibility in this new chapter of global geopolitics and...