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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Competition (Amendment) Bill 2021 (Resumed): Discussion (23 Feb 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: My question relates to anti-competitive practices, not just bid-rigging. A recent report showed that Dublin City Council is paying about €100,000 more for construction than it would in the private sector. Practices can be seen in respect of public procurement, particularly for large-scale projects; it is not just bid-rigging. When we addressed this issue at another meeting, we...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 Feb 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 28. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the supports announced in Scotland (details supplied) for the wedding industry; and his views on including businesses in the wedding industry without a fixed premises in the Covid-19 business aid scheme. [9999/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (24 Feb 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 29. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to ensure compliance with the construction sector sectoral employment orders by all companies working here. [10008/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (24 Feb 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 30. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he and his officials will meet with an organisation (details supplied) regarding non-compliance with the construction sector sectoral employment orders and bogus self-employment in the construction sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10009/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Further and Higher Education (24 Feb 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 31. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if any of the skill sets on the critical skills occupation list have been removed from the list since it was established; and if his Department will work with the Departments of Education and Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to ensure that Ireland is training and skilling students for these areas. [10010/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Wind Energy Guidelines (24 Feb 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 76. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the upcoming marine planning Bill will include agreed minimum distances for offshore wind turbines based on international and European best practice and informed by ecological and marine biology experts. [10553/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Compliance (24 Feb 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 197. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to allegations of abuses of the travel and subsistence payments that is country money within the construction sector; and if his Department is engaging with the Revenue Commissioners to ensure such abuse is brought to an end. [10007/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Construction Contracts (24 Feb 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 246. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of complaints that have been made to his Department with regard to the fact that State agencies such as county and city councils have not ensured that projects managed by them are only using construction companies that are legally compliant with the construction sector sectoral employment orders, SEO. [10005/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Construction Contracts (24 Feb 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 247. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the oversight being carried out by his Department to ensure that State agencies such as county and city councils are only using construction companies that are legally compliant with the construction sector sectoral employment orders, SEO. [10006/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Feb 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 270. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if wedding bands will receive funding from the moneys allocated to her Department in Budget 2021, given that wedding bands have been out of work since March 2020, are excluded from the Covid restrictions support scheme and the Covid-19 business aid scheme due to the fact that they have no fixed premises, and were excluded from...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Sick Pay Scheme (24 Feb 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 456. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has received correspondence in relation to person (details supplied); and if her officials will be requested to engage with the person to resolve the matter. [10002/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (24 Feb 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 680. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding is available under the funding allocated for third level courses through the July stimulus package for a course (details supplied). [10001/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Feb 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 922. To ask the Minister for Health if book shops will be added to the list of essential services. [10003/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (24 Feb 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 920. To ask the Minister for Health if a copy of the review into a health facility (details supplied) will be provided. [9996/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (24 Feb 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 921. To ask the Minister for Health if he or the HSE have considered alternative drugs and treatment plans for patients in the absence of the approval of a drug (details supplied). [9998/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Feb 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 923. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown by location for the transmission of the Covid-19 virus listed as community transmission; if a more detailed breakdown of the locations in which the virus is spreading in the community will be provided; and if the spread of the virus is too rapid, the areas transmission is occurring. [10004/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (24 Feb 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 1042. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 969 of 10 February 2021, the breakdown of the hospitals that these ventilators were destined for in tabular form. [10554/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Library Services (24 Feb 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 1122. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if libraries can operate an online click and collect system for book borrowing during the level 5 public health restrictions. [10003/21]

Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: It is nine months since NPHET recommended that discretionary elements of travel should end, which is nearly 300 days. Consistently, throughout this crisis, NPHET and others have called for real checks and controls at our airports and seaports. In April of last year, Sinn Féin called for a quarantine regime for people entering the State. On 5 May, I stated in the media that our failure...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (25 Feb 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 198. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to a protest in direct provision centre (details supplied); if he will ensure the person engaged in the protest receives the necessary health supports, physical and mental; the steps he is taking to address the failures with the direct provision system and move towards a humane,...