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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Employment Rights (15 Sep 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 46. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when legislation delivering a right to request remote working will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43777/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Living Wage (15 Sep 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 48. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans for the introduction of a living wage as committed to in the Programme for Government. [43778/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (15 Sep 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 55. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he or his Department has considered any mechanisms that could accommodate workers who need to stay at home with a self-isolating schoolchild due to Covid-19 or due to being a close contact of a person with Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43732/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Dublin Bus (15 Sep 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 124. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he or his office have had engagement with Dublin Bus drivers or their trade unions in relation to the current industrial relations dispute at the company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43728/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Sep 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 90. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, in advance of a phased return to office-based working from 22 September 2021, he and his Department will publicly state that the preferred option of Government is for employers and managers to agree for a blended working model with workers and their trade unions which takes into account the health and safety of workers; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Authority (15 Sep 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 231. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the annual budget allocation for the Road Safety Authority’s digital portal for essential driver training; the number of personnel employed to oversee the IT system; and if the system is monitored 24/7. [43327/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (15 Sep 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 469. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount allocated towards the work placement experience programme. [43328/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Bus (16 Sep 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 93. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had any engagement with Dublin Bus drivers or their trade unions in relation to the current industrial relations dispute at the company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44114/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Airport Authority (16 Sep 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 111. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had any engagement with front-line maintenance workers at Dublin Airport regarding attempts by the Dublin Airport Authority to outsource front-line maintenance work at the airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44115/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Functions (16 Sep 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 140. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he or the Minister of State in his Department have signed the employment regulation order for the security industry which provides for a pay increase for the sector from 1 September 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44242/21]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Sep 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: Workers and families are being hammered by hikes in electricity and gas prices. There have been more than 25 increases from the 14 providers in the past year alone. Many thousands face a price hike of more than €400 this winter. That is even before the budget. People are paying through their noses to light and heat their homes. There are thousands of families who fall outside the...

Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Sep 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: I welcome the opportunity to speak on what is a fairly significant piece of legislation. The establishment of a corporate enforcement authority as a stand-alone entity replacing the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement, ODCE, is an extremely welcome step, and we are on the record as having welcomed this on more than one occasion. The ODCE has worked hard within the remit that it...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport (21 Sep 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: It is regrettable that nobody from the Department of Transport could be here but I thank the Minister of State for being here this evening. This project has been around for decades. There have been plenty of false dawns. When Fianna Fáil crashed our economy off a cliff, it was shelved and delayed. People have bought homes with pictures of the metro they might be getting on going past...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport (21 Sep 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: The report in the paper said 2034. The response the Minister of State read out did not contradict that. For the people who are listening this evening and waiting to have this project delivered, all they have is the report in the paper that it was discussed at the Cabinet, the Tánaiste saying he did not know; he was not listening. I do not know what happened. The date is still 2034...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Sep 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: Before I ask my question, I will briefly raise the issue of the practice of sending opening statements to committees at the last minute, which the Chair has commented on. It happens quite a lot and it is not helpful. It means we do not have an opportunity to engage with the material and it does not enhance the quality of the debate. The Minister said the statement was not cleared until...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Sep 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: Is the Minister talking about, ideally, getting this done in the next couple of weeks, months or by the end of the Government's term?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Sep 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: Is the Minister concerned at all about the introduction of the ICS into our legal system? It is clear that it will put the interests of corporations above those of ordinary people and the rights of people living here. It is not right or sensible to solidify a situation whereby corporations can sue national governments. We know this has happened. The Australian Government was sued for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Sep 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: Okay, I will clarify that. National courts can act in the public interest. Investor courts act in the interests of the corporations. They are separate entities. It is apples and oranges to try to compare the two. These are special investor courts. I am not talking about a trip down to the Four Courts. I am talking about a special, separate system - the Minister knows I am - whereby our...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Sep 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: Indeed, and I appreciate that is the Minister's position. In 2017, his colleague, the Minister for Transport, Deputy Ryan, described CETA as being written and negotiated by big corporate interests and their lobbyists. He said that it was wrong. The Minister clearly does not share those views but I want to go beyond the trade aspect, which is operational. The aspect that gets me every time...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Sep 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: I might return to my question about details beyond the trade aspects of this deal that are operation. I apologise if the Minister disliked the use of the word "enamoured" but what exactly is it that he supports and feels we need that is so important? I am genuinely struggling with it.