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Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 1299. To ask the Minister for Health if beauty therapists, hairdressers and photographers can still operate to provide their services to brides, grooms and facilitate weddings going ahead in view of the fact weddings of 25 persons are allowed to go ahead under level 5. [32996/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services (3 Nov 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 1212. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE can provide a timeline and an update on the provision of respite care for person (details supplied) who has been identified as a code red by their service provider and is on the emergency residential list with the HSE. [32670/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 1213. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to counter pseudoscience, falsehoods and denial in respect of Covid-19; his views on whether the State is doing enough to counter these falsehoods, which have increased since the announcement of a second lockdown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32675/20]

Finance Bill 2020: Second Stage (4 Nov 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Finance Bill. It is an important Bill, a version of which we see every year giving effect to the financial and tax measures in the budget. With that in mind, I want to speak to some of those tax changes, specifically in respect of the Covid restrictions support scheme, CRSS, and on some business and workers' rights related matters. One key measure...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Duffy Cahill Report: Discussion (4 Nov 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the witnesses for giving their time this morning. I have five minutes and I have a couple of questions to ask. I have to leave after this but I will watch proceedings from my office. Do either or both of the witnesses have a preferred option? Part of the difficulty that we have faced arising from the comprehensive report is that none of it has been implemented. No one has made...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Duffy Cahill Report: Discussion (4 Nov 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: They are all connected. I thank Mr. Duffy. Apologies, I did not give Ms Cahill an opportunity to answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Duffy Cahill Report: Discussion (4 Nov 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: We have currently under way a long and protracted dispute regarding the workers in Debenhams. Their shop stewards and union have called for the implementation of the Duffy Cahill report and we have talked a great deal about it. In many respects this is good because it means people are talking about employment law and workers' rights but it is bad because we are only talking about it and we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Duffy Cahill Report: Discussion (4 Nov 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: Indeed, I am. I made a fair living out of custom and practice for a number of years.

Education (Admission to Schools) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (5 Nov 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the Deputies for introducing this timely and important Bill. With respect, it is difficult to believe that the Minister does not support it. It has a basis in equality and I do not know what possible reason she has to object to that. She did not outline any when she spoke. Perhaps she might enlighten the House at some stage. School places are at a premium in my constituency....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (5 Nov 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 83. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will engage with assisted driving instructors and their trade union regarding their being deemed essential workers. [34432/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (5 Nov 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 316. To ask the Minister for Health the outcome of the meeting of the rare diseases technology review committee in the week commencing 21 September 2020; the status of the assessment of the two medicines referred to the committee; and the specific dates which he expects the committee to meet in 2020 and 2021. [34429/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Stroke Care (5 Nov 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 317. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 768 of 29 September 2020, if further information will be provided on the estimated number of persons living with disability post stroke; the location the figure cited in the 2008 stroke audit by an organisation (details supplied) came from; if there has been a recent update on the figure in view of decreases in stroke...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (5 Nov 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 318. To ask the Minister for Health the reason elite athletes such as elite swimmers are not allowed to continue training during the level 5 lockdown restrictions; if he has had any engagement with an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34433/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (5 Nov 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 319. To ask the Minister for Health if the contract secured by a group (details supplied) to hire additional healthcare and administrative staff to deal with the Covid-19 crisis went through the proper tender procedures and process; if not, the reason that is the case; and the way in which the group was chosen [34435/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (5 Nov 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 331. To ask the Minister for Health the data used regarding the decision to close golf courses under level 5 restrictions; the impact of golfing on the R number; the potential reduction in the R number through the application of golf closures; the number of Covid-19 cases linked to golfing; the location of those golf courses by county; and the general data which informed the decision to close...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Workplace Safety (10 Nov 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 27. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many content moderators for social media platforms are being subject to serious psychological damage and injury due to being exposed to explicit content during the course of their work; and if his Department will engage with workers and social media platforms to address this situation...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Workplace Safety (10 Nov 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: My question is a straightforward one. It relates to people working as content moderators for social media platforms. I want to ask if the Ministers are aware of this new form of work and the fact that the people engaged in it are subject to serious psychological damage and injury due to being exposed to explicit content during the course of their everyday work, and if the Tánaiste will...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Workplace Safety (10 Nov 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: To expand a little on the kind of work that these people are engaged in, they are responsible for assessing user-generated content submitted to these online platforms. They have to look at videos and other content that users of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other platforms upload to see if it complies with the standards. I am not talking about the funny videos with headings such as, "I...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Workplace Safety (10 Nov 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: Facebook is the largest of these platforms, and the one where most of the violence, and, indeed, disturbing content, is shared. The content moderators in Dublin have been outsourced. This is despite the fact that their work is essential. It is deemed essential by Facebook. It has to carry on and as the Tánaiste stated, artificial intelligence will only do so much. It will not do the...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Employment Rights (10 Nov 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 29. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if legislation will be brought forward to ensure workers have a legal right to remote working following on from the publication of guidance for working remotely by his Department. [34903/20]