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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Employment Rights (10 Feb 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 7. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has engaged with the trade union movement regarding the draft right to request remote work Bill 2021; the measures could be introduced to strengthen the rights of workers under the Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7014/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Employment Rights (10 Feb 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I want to know what engagement the Minister has had with the trade union movement on the draft right to request remote working Bill 2022.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Employment Rights (10 Feb 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The issue the Labour Party has with the Bill as drafted is that the provisions state that a worker would have to wait 26 weeks before requesting permission to work remotely and then potentially 12 further weeks for an answer. That is 38 weeks, which is the length of a pregnancy. The grounds for refusal from an employer are so wide that the Bill is effectively meaningless. We want a right...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Employment Rights (10 Feb 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Nobody likes the Bill is effectively what the Minister is saying. I take what he said in good faith and if he is willing to look at the timelines and the grounds for refusal, that is fair comment. We will work with him on that but he will have to appreciate that the power balance in any of these situations very much lies with the employer. Workers are unlikely to feel very confident in...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Feb 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Two weeks on from voting down the Labour Party's plans to address the cost of living crisis, the Government will announce some token measures today. The package that is emerging is around €450 million, which is a drop in the ocean compared with what ordinary families are having to grapple with. The official Government advice from Ministers is to shop around for better value but those...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Feb 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: What the Tánaiste is engaged in is Bertienomics. He is trying to convince people that the Government can cut their taxes, tinker around with public services and it will all be fine. What the Labour Party has suggested is that there should not be tax cuts. The Tánaiste may think that is an easy thing for an Opposition party to say but it is not. We are telling the people of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Feb 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Exactly; childcare. Spending €10,000 a year on childcare. That is the point.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Feb 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: By the Labour Party.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Feb 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Thank you.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Relations (10 Feb 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 14. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the aim to increase the current collective bargaining coverage level of only 30% to the level of 70% threshold stated within the European Commission proposed directive; and if he will withdraw his objection to the use of a directive as a mechanism to achieve that objective. [7015/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Measures (10 Feb 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 36. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will address concerns in relation to the enforceability of Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022 due; and his views on whether an employer who withholds tips from employees should be subject to criminal sanction. [7017/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Measures (10 Feb 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 62. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will reconsider the exclusion of service charges and the distinction between mandatory and voluntary payments from the Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7016/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Low Pay (10 Feb 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 94. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether the best way to ensure that workers in the hospitality sector are properly paid is the establishment of a joint labour committee and the implementation of a sectoral employment order which could ensure workers were paid properly for the work they do. [7018/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (10 Feb 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 214. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of applicants for home energy grants administered by the SEAI in each of the years 2019 to 2021; the number of those applications that resulted in grant payments being made to the applicant as distinct from the applications being initially approved in each of the years 2019 to 2021; and the percentage of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (10 Feb 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 243. To ask the Minister for Finance the efforts that have been made to recover Covid-19-related payments from companies whose performance during the pandemic allowed them to pay dividends and bonuses to management and owners. [7019/22]

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Revised)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (10 Feb 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I welcome the Minister and the Minister of State. My contribution will be on the same themes. We are anxious that an assessment be ongoing within the Department of the damage that has been done to the educational experience of children and young people. Covid is still having a massive effect and influence on children's and young people's day-to-day educational experience. I would not want...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Social Partnership Meetings (15 Feb 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The cost of living is the dominant political issue at present. The package announced last week is a sticking plaster for the problems families and workers are facing. The private sector committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions met last week and recommended that unions seek pay rises in the range of 2.5% to 5.5%. Does the Taoiseach agree with workers seeking pay rises? The committee...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (22 Feb 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 437. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the widespread concerns and questions (details supplied) among school principals, parents, SNAs and other stakeholders regarding practical elements of the allocation of special needs assistants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9264/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (22 Feb 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 491. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the date will be set for the 2022 junior certificate cookery exam; if the reason for the delay is that the State Examinations Commission has been awaiting a final decision on the format of the junior certificate examinations from her Department; if a decision will be made and clarity given as soon as possible in view of the requirement...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (23 Feb 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made in the provision of a permanent site within the catchment area for a school (details supplied). [10169/22]