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Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-out: Statements (2 Jul 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank an Teachta Cullinane for sharing his time with me this morning. I pay tribute to those workers who have been on the front line right throughout this pandemic. While we were all busy having a series of L’Oréal moments in the convention centre, people were putting themselves in harm's way. They were going into Covid wards. They were working in retail. They were making...

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

Louise O'Reilly: I am grateful for the opportunity to make a contribution today on this important legislation. We understand that the issues which arose for the WRC following the Zalewski case and the subsequent Supreme Court judgment are serious and require fairly swift rectification. For that reason, in early April I drafted legislation which sought to accommodate the judgment of the Supreme Court and to...

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

Louise O'Reilly: I think it is safe to say there is more or less unified agreement that there has long been a need for the examinership-lite model, and that is what the small company administrative rescue process Bill 2021 attempts to deliver. The Bill, while long overdue, is welcome, and I will work constructively and thoroughly to ensure there are no undue delays in getting it implemented. There are many...

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

Louise O'Reilly: 22. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if plans for the delivery of a school (details supplied) can be expedited given the pressing need for additional school places in Rush, County Dublin. [35272/21]

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

Louise O'Reilly: 87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there has been any update in relation to the provision of funding for the construction of a PE hall for which planning permission has already been granted for a school (details supplied). [35271/21]

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

Louise O'Reilly: 147. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department is drafting plans to tackle youth unemployment with specific focus on those not in education, employment or training; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29937/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (1 Jul 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 427. To ask the Minister for Health if a drug (details supplied) will be included on the drug payment scheme for pregnant women. [28930/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (1 Jul 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 428. To ask the Minister for Health if public health nurses will be provided with bilirubin meters for conducting checks on newborn babies in order that they do not have to be sent to a general practitioner or hospital to have their reading taken. [28932/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (1 Jul 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 429. To ask the Minister for Health when residents of direct provision centres will receive their Covid-19 vaccine given that their need is particular acute due to rules prohibiting re-entry to centres after a resident has spent a night away means that residents are subject to 14-days quarantine; if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties this is causing; and if he will make a...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Further Revised) (30 Jun 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the Tánaiste for being with us. I hope I can be heard over the bells that are ringing. They will only give me a headache and it is good to know I can be heard over them. I have a few questions. My time is tight and I apologise in advance as I will have to leave to speak in the Chamber shortly. With regard to the Enterprise Ireland funding, there was unspent capital in...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Further Revised) (30 Jun 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: I do not think there would be any shortage of projects if people understand there is cash available to support them. I would hope to see that happen. When I looked at those figures I was genuinely surprised that the funding is quite disproportionate. It involves very small amounts of money and very small numbers of companies in areas that it could be argued need a little bit of help, and...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Further Revised) (30 Jun 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: I agree those sectors that are not unionised are the most vulnerable and the best defence against that is to join a trade union and be active in it. I encourage workers to do that. It would be helpful if a deadline was set. It is a complicated area. The chances are that the report will present a range of options, a little like the Duffy Cahill report did. A conversation will then stem...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Further Revised) (30 Jun 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: I ask the Tánaiste to aim for 90 and see if he can surpass that target. We know the work inspectors do is valuable so recruiting more of them would be beneficial. The Tánaiste has said 60 is the target for the moment but that is a drop in the ocean. More and more people are going to be reliant on the WRC to vindicate their rights under the law. The Tánaiste said that one...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Further Revised) (30 Jun 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: I have one more question, if I might be allowed to ask it.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Further Revised) (30 Jun 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: My question relates to the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement and its funding. I am not asking the Tánaiste to comment on an individual case but merely to assure me that the office has the financial and human resources to deal fully with its investigations into the former chief executive of the Football Association of Ireland. I understand it will be a protracted...

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence: Statements (6 Jul 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: Thank you, a Cheann Comhairle, for the opportunity to make a short contribution to this important debate. I echo the comments expressed by previous speakers. I hardly know a woman among my acquaintances or people I work with who has not been in some way the victim of a sexual assault. It does not necessarily have to involve restraint or penetration but it is that common that it is...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (6 Jul 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 143. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when driving instructors will be given access to toilet facilities at RCA test centres as more of the population are being vaccinated and businesses are reopening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36027/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (6 Jul 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 253. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the practice of requiring details regarding guardianship arrangements for parents applying for passports for their children; if the policy is applied in all cases; if there is a forum to which inconsistencies can be reported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35768/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic (6 Jul 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 347. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the enterprise support grant for businesses impacted by Covid-19 is not available for those who closed their Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment on or after 1 May 2021 given many businesses reopened in May and are excluded from the scheme due to the 1 June 2021 date; and if she will make a statement on the...

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

Louise O'Reilly: 374. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of the new working group to tackle the issue of food poverty; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36516/21]