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Workplace Relations (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (2 Jul 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: It is good to be back in this House. I think it is the first time since December. Hopefully we can resume regular business here soon. The Labour Party is happy to support the Workplace Relations (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021. This Bill has been brought before us without pre-legislative scrutiny as a matter of urgency. Unlike some other Bills which have been rushed through, this...

Companies (Rescue Process for Small and Micro Companies) Bill 2021: Second Stage (2 Jul 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: This is a Bill whose aims we in the Labour Party consider reasonable. The objective is to try to put in place a SCARP to reduce the number of companies that go into liquidation and instead to give them access to an affordable rescue plan, an alternative and lower cost version of examinership. In the context of Covid, there is pressure on hundreds if not thousands of companies in affected...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (1 Jul 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made on the promised review of the impact of the provision of section 62(10)(b) of the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018 in November 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34786/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (1 Jul 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent of the delay in planning for the transfer of a school (details supplied) to the existing building of another school for the start of the new academic year in September 2021; and the extent of the delay in planning for the transfer of the school to the existing building of the other school. [34790/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Jul 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the promised catch up fund; the amount that has been put aside for same; the use it will be put to; and when the funds will be available. [34789/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Youth Unemployment (1 Jul 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 138. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the latest figures for youth unemployment; the action that is being taken to tackle the unprecedented levels of youth unemployment that have emerged during the pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29301/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (6 Jul 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the stage of the process her Department is at in purchasing a site for use as an ASD unit and school hall for a school (details supplied); and the school year in which the first intake to the unit is envisaged. [36009/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Birth Certificates (6 Jul 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 344. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a birth certificate application by a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36008/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (6 Jul 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 524. To ask the Minister for Health when the four additional epilepsy specialist nursing posts approved in 2018 to help manage the mandatory safety checks for women prescribed sodium valproate will be filled. [29788/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (6 Jul 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 523. To ask the Minister for Health when the inquiry into the historical licencing and prescribing of sodium valproate announced in November 2020 will be established. [29787/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (6 Jul 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 525. To ask the Minister for Health if he will establish a stakeholder group to review safety and risk measures in relation to the distribution and prescribing of sodium valproate. [29789/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (6 Jul 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 543. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider requesting the vaccination strategy team to consider offering a choice of an alternative secondary or primary dose of vaccination to those in the older age groups who already have received a vaccine (details supplied) but who are concerned regarding its efficacy and risks. [29924/21]

Education (Student and Parent Charter) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second Stage (7 Jul 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire as a bheith anseo chun éisteacht linn mar gheall ar an mBille seo. This is good legislation which the Labour Party is happy to support. We need to change the conversation around education in its totality. With that in mind, it is beyond time for us to discuss the establishment of a citizens' assembly on education. Seeing as we hope that we are now...

Companies (Rescue Process for Small and Micro Companies) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I want to make a general point. I cannot accept what the Minister of State has just said in regard to the amendment, namely, regardless of how justifiable it is or how it will enhance the Bill, he is just not going to accept it because he does not have the time. We have concerns about this legislation contradicting European directives yet his stock answer to all the amendments is that he...

Companies (Rescue Process for Small and Micro Companies) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I accept that the Minister of State's function is to try to pass a Bill he believes will do a lot of good for many companies. I accept that is the reason he is here and why he feels so strongly about the legislation. We have no problem with that. I do not think we in the Opposition have a difficulty with that. He said we need to get this done. That phrase is generally that we need to get...

Companies (Rescue Process for Small and Micro Companies) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I move amendment No. 2: In page 16, line 39, after “proceedings” where it secondly occurs to insert the following: “, other than proceedings taken by or on behalf of an employee to the Workplace Relations Commission or the Labour Court,”. The Minister of State will see what we are trying to do in the section on relevant courts powers to stay proceedings or...

Companies (Rescue Process for Small and Micro Companies) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I noticed the word "typical". The Minister of State's reply indicates this situation is not typical but that does not mean this provision will not necessarily be needed. We want it to be explicit within this legislation that workers will still have the opportunity to take these proceedings as they see fit.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I confirm that I am in Leinster House and thank the witnesses for their presentations. Following on from Deputy Ó Laoghaire's questions about data, I am not utterly convinced that those two fora for collecting the data are going to help us in the long term. The whole-school evaluation only happens every five or six years as I understand it. It is not a regular interaction with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Can I ask a quick follow-up question? I do apologise. Am I right in saying that there is no requirement on schools to detail the nature of each bullying incident, whether it was racially motivated or whether it involved a seven-year-old, a 12-year-old or a four-year-old? None of that is a requirement of schools, as I understand it

Companies (Rescue Process for Small and Micro Companies) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I move amendment No. 7: In page 31, line 2, after “be” to insert “other than the employees,”. This is a very straightforward amendment which aims to include in the Bill the amended wording: Where a company is a creditor, any person who is duly authorised under the seal of that company to act generally on behalf of that company at meetings of members and...