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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills Needed to Support the Economic Recovery Plan: Discussion (8 Dec 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: I will try not to take the full time, given that other members wish to contribute. I agree 100% with Senator Garvey's comments on HETAC. I used to work for HETAC, which no longer exists. It was subsumed into Quality and Qualifications Ireland, QQI, but the work continues. A large amount can and should be done around the national qualifications framework and the European qualifications...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies Registration Office: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the witnesses for coming in today and for the evidence they have given us. I have three questions. The first relates to the reform in the shape of the legislation on worker co-operatives. I have a question about why it has taken so long. The reason I am asking this is because we know that right across Europe, the co-operative model has been found not only to be productive, but to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies Registration Office: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: Is the Department a bit tougher than the Fine Gael press office then?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies Registration Office: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the witnesses. That is very encouraging. I honestly believe that this cannot come quick enough. I appreciate the need to get it right and I understand 100% that it is complex. I sincerely hope that when we see it, it does not fall into the trap of trying to make co-operatives companies, because they are not. While issues relating to responsibility and governance are important,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies Registration Office: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: That is good to know. I want to briefly touch on the area of bogus and fake companies. Mr. Newham will be aware that my colleague, the Chair of the committee, an Teachta Quinlivan, has written to the Department about the CRO’s response to this. It is an area that I know the Chair has done quite an amount of work on. I ask Mr. Newham to outline what the Department has done since...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies Registration Office: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the Chairman for giving me the opportunity to come back in. I will refer to a newspaper article that referenced companies that have been in receipt of pandemic subsidies and have subsequently paid out dividends. One company in particular - it is named in the article so I will name it here - O'Flaherty Holdings, which made operating profits of €10 million in 2020 through MML...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies Registration Office: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: I mentioned the specific name because it is mentioned in the article, but I would be very grateful for a reply. I also have a view about this practice. I am sure my view is shared by the vast majority of people, perhaps not those in the Isle of Man, but certainly those who are paying their taxes here. I will leave it at that.

Violence Against Women: Statements (19 Jan 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: When I was about eight years old I was on my first Take Back the Night march with my mother. It stuck in my mind what we chanted: "No matter what we are or where we go, 'Yes' means 'Yes' and 'No' means 'No'". That was 40 years ago, give or take. I have been on to too many protests, I have been marching too many times and we have worn out too much shoe leather. We know what the issues are...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Jan 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: On 30 September last year, the term of seven members of the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, board came to an end. That board now cannot be constituted and four months later there is still no sign of new appointees taking office. When will the appointments be made and if those appointments are to be delayed, would it be possible, even on a temporary basis, to reappoint some of the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Banking Sector (19 Jan 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 86. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will engage with a company (details supplied) regarding a Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland future growth loan, given the company refuse to engage with the business making the loan application. [1133/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (19 Jan 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 120. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps his Department has taken to prepare schools with onsite shops for the introduction of the deposit return scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63395/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (19 Jan 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 121. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if funding for reverse vending machines as part of the deposit return scheme will be made available for schools to enable them to fully participate in the deposit return scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63396/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (19 Jan 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the exact nature of the state aid changes made and approved recently by the European Commission to the Irish scheme to compensate airport operators in the context of the coronavirus outbreak; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63108/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (19 Jan 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 729. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to school place shortages in a school (details supplied); and if she has plans to address the situation. [63291/21]

National Maternity Hospital: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jan 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: There are two reasons I wished to make a small contribution to this debate. One is to state that I absolutely accept that we need a new maternity hospital. We needed one in 1995 when my daughter was born in Holles Street. Indeed, I well recall being wheeled back from the labour ward and the bed being still warm because the woman ahead of me had just vacated it. My grandson was also born...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (20 Jan 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 26. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has a workplace policy on domestic and sexual violence and abuse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60806/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: European Union (20 Jan 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 307. To ask the Minister for Health the way his Department is working with the new Healthier Together – EU Non-Communicable Diseases Initiative aiming to help member states reduce the burden of non-communicable diseases particularly in relation in cardiovascular disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2819/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: European Union (20 Jan 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 308. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is engaging with the co-creation process to prioritise topics as part of the new Healthier Together – EU Non-Communicable Diseases Initiative aiming to help member states reduce the burden of non-communicable diseases; the Irish representatives that engage with this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2820/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: European Union (20 Jan 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 309. To ask the Minister for Health if there are Irish representatives on the Steering Group on Health Promotion sub-group to support the governance of the Healthier Together- EU Non-Communicable Diseases Initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2821/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Registration of Births (19 Jan 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 881. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason women who were previously married but subsequently obtained a divorce are being asked to secure the signature of their divorced partner when they attempt to register the birth of a child with their new partner; if she will raise this with the General Register Office; and if she will make a statement on the...