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Loan Guarantee Schemes Agreements (Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (12 May 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: In page 4, between lines 31 and 32, to insert the following: “Interest and repayments 5. The Minister shall engage with the relevant business and agriculture stakeholders and representee groups regarding the application of favourable interest rates to monies loaned in accordance with this Act.”. I note the Minister of State's earlier reference to the banking sector in...

Loan Guarantee Schemes Arrangements (Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland) Bill 2021: Second Stage (12 May 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for the opportunity to speak to the Bill this evening. The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment had a very healthy discussion on this Bill some weeks back. Due to the need for the expedient passage of this legislation, we agreed to waive pre-legislative scrutiny. The Minister of State will know that I have no difficulty with...

Private Security Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 May 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: Reform in the area of private security has been long needed. It is much to be lamented that the catalyst for this change has been the appalling behaviour of some security workers when evicting people from a property on Dublin's North Frederick Street and also the scenes some years back in Roscommon. Members of the public were appalled by those scenes and by gardaí standing by and...

Companies (Protection of Employees' Rights in Liquidations) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 May 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important legislation. I thank the Deputies for bringing it forward and for facilitating the debate. I want to ask the Government when, for the love and honour of God, is it going to be the right time. From what I can see, it is never the right time for this Government - like the previous Government and the one before that - to do the right...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Authority (12 May 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 78. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the RSA stakeholders forum members who have exceeded their tenure will be asked to step down to allow for new members to be elected to the forum. [24974/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Authority (12 May 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 79. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the required qualifications for driving test staff for each level of driver license testing. [24975/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Authority (12 May 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 80. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to renew out of date permits for driving instructors. [24976/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Authority (12 May 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 81. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to follow-up on the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Transport and Communications Networks recommendation to open regular communication and consultation between the RSA and the union representatives for approved driving instructors. [24977/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Authority (12 May 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 82. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the 40 newly-recruited driving testers will be fully trained and qualified to commence driving licence testing; the level of training being given; the body providing the training; and the qualifications of the personnel that are carrying out this training for the new staff. [24978/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Reviews (12 May 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 114. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if information will be provided on his Department's review of siting and size conditions for rooftop solar panels on homes and review of exemptions for educational and community buildings as part of the current development of interim planning regulations; if further information will be provided on the stated need to consider...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Online Content Moderation: Discussion (12 May 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: Time is tight. I would like to let the members and witnesses know that I am due to speak in the Dáil Chamber, so I will be stepping in and out of the meeting, but I will be following the proceedings. I wish to address Ms Plunkett directly for a moment. I want to thank her and commend her on her bravery. I know that it is not easy. It is never easy to do something like this,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Online Content Moderation: Discussion (12 May 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank Ms Plunkett. If I could address a few questions to Ms Ní Bhrógáin, greenfield organising is tough and I commend the Communications Workers Union on the work it is doing on this. This is important work to be done. In terms of organising these workers, bringing them together and giving them a collective voice, what impact does the outsourcing have? It seems there is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Online Content Moderation: Discussion (12 May 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: If I could come to Ms Cori Crider briefly, is the NDA something that is used internationally? In my experience, these types of non-disclosure agreements do not exist to a huge extent in the State. I would be worried, the same as with all trends that batter workers, that it might catch on. Is this an international phenomenon right across the board or is this unique to us here?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Online Content Moderation: Discussion (12 May 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: Will Ms Ní Bhrógáin outline for us briefly the impact of these NDAs? I refer to the idea that you sign it, it gets taken off you, you cannot refer to it then but you are constantly being told there is something on a piece of paper that you have signed that means that you cannot do what you want to do. In terms of organising and giving the workers a voice, what is the impact...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Online Content Moderation: Discussion (12 May 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: Is it true that you are not supposed to talk to the person you live with, notwithstanding the bile and traumatic content that you might see during the course of your work, that when you go home in the evening you are not allowed to tell the person you split the bills with, share the house with or whatever - the person who is there when you go in in the evening - who you work for, what you do...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Online Content Moderation: Discussion (12 May 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: I can only imagine the impact that has. Perhaps Ms Plunkett will outline for us the mental health impacts. In her evidence she described some of the impacts. Will she now share that with the committee? I will not get a chance to speak again but I must thank and salute Ms Plunkett. She is doing a very good job here on behalf of her union and on behalf of her colleagues.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Online Content Moderation: Discussion (12 May 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: I had to step out earlier to make a contribution on legislation. I have been keeping up, however, and people have been live tweeting this session as well, which was helpful. I was able to keep an eye on what was going on. I have a question on health and safety in respect of these roles. This is a key issue we must focus on. A culture of secrecy has clearly been outlined, and it is guarded...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Online Content Moderation: Discussion (12 May 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: It concerned an analogous grade we could point to as an example of where this is done right.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Online Content Moderation: Discussion (12 May 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank Ms Ní Bhrógáin. It might be worthwhile if the committee investigated the analogous grades and how they are treated. In the little time remaining to me, I once again thank Ms Plunkett for the work she has done and for the light she is shining on this issue, because it is very important. I will leave my last few minutes to Ms Plunkett, if she might want to say some...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (11 May 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Road Safety Authority has met its requirements under the EU third directive on periodic training for all driver testers in driving skills, assessment and evaluation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24277/21]