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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Places (1 Feb 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a shortage of secondary school places across north County Dublin; and if she has plans to address this issue. [4400/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (1 Feb 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the strategy of her Department to increase the number of students undertaking science, technology, engineering and mathematics for the leaving certificate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4401/22]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Job Losses (2 Feb 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I offer my solidarity and support to the workers in B. Braun Hospicare who are facing the loss of their jobs. The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment has a jobs, enterprise and development programme for the coming year. This programme talks about the creation and sustenance of high-quality enterprise and employment across all regions. Obviously, the IDA has a key role to play in...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Job Losses (2 Feb 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: The total employment in IDA client companies in the Border region is only 8,721. In the south west, it is more than 47,000 and, in the mid-west, it is more than 25,000. As I have previously said, the figure for Dublin is 124,000. Sligo and the other counties in the region need and deserve very specific attention because those figures show a very clear disparity. The loss of these jobs has...

Easing of Covid-19 Restrictions: Statements (2 Feb 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I am grateful for the opportunity to speak on this important matter. Over the past 24 months, a variety of public health measures were introduced. While there might have been differing views on what needed to be done, we accept that at all times those measures were motivated by the public health interest and were guided by public health advice. Nevertheless, it is very welcome, not just...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Feb 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: For a number of years I have been raising the issue of vacant, now derelict, homes on what was formerly the St. Ita's Hospital campus with the Department of Health. It has now been passed and I have been engaging with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage and Fingal County Council. There appears to be no resistance on the part of any of the entities I am engaging with to...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Feb 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I will text a picture of them to the Tánaiste now.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Feb 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: It is nearly a scandal.

Redundancy Payments (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (3 Feb 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I am sharing time with my colleagues. I thank the Chair for the opportunity to speak on this important legislation. It involves a short but important piece of work, which we in Sinn Féin will be supporting. The Redundancy Payments (Amendment) Bill is a specific response to decisions taken at the beginning of the pandemic whereby section 12A of the Redundancy Payments Act was...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Revised) (2 Feb 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I apologise to the Minister for not being here earlier, but I have read his statement. I had a Topical Issue debate this morning and that delayed me. I will not rehearse my and my party's view on the right to be turned down when making a remote working request, which is what some people have nicknamed the legislation. I welcome that the Minister is open to amendments to it and that he...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Revised) (2 Feb 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I appreciate the need to be careful. Equally, there is a need to be ambitious, with which I am sure that the Minister will agree. It is welcome that he is open to looking at the funding for LEOs but he needs to put a bit of action behind that. They have the potential. Notwithstanding the concerns raised about funding one company to put another company out of business, and I get that...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Revised) (2 Feb 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: Is that ten staff over and above the contingency for retirement? Is that ten additional staff? My understanding is that some of the people are coming up to retirement this year. If three of them go then there will only be seven. Does the Minister know what I mean?

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Revised) (2 Feb 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: There is a huge backlog.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Revised) (2 Feb 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: That is one of several cases. I wish that I was only referring to one. That is one of several.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Revised) (2 Feb 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I am just asking the Minister to make a general statement.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Revised) (2 Feb 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I appreciate that Chinese walls exist within the Government and, naturally, they should but these are State-funded organisations. I will not refer to any one specifically but they think that there will be no comeback for them other than that which the workers will do by way of industrial action. We should do everything that we can to avoid employees having no option but industrial action....

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Revised) (2 Feb 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: They do acknowledge the WRC. My issue is not about whether the recommendation is accepted. My issue is about whether organisations will actually go into the WRC and engage in the process. That is the difficulty very often even when a case does not reach the stage of a recommendation being issued. This matter comes under the remit of the Minister, he has direct responsibility for the WRC...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Revised) (2 Feb 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I believe that it is possible because it has been done in other jurisdictions and, therefore, it should be done. To return to the number of inspectors, the Minister will be aware that the Towards 2016 national wage agreement that was agreed and implemented in part but not in full in 2006 recommended more than 90 inspectors. In his remarks, the Minister said he wanted to expand the work and...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Revised) (2 Feb 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: That would be very useful to have so that at least there would be targets. Regarding the number of high-potential female-led start-ups, the output target for 2022 is 22. In 2020, the outturn was 19 out of 22 while in 2021, the outturn was nine out of a target of 22. Is the Minister confident that this year, the target of 22 can be reached? Similarly, is he confident that the targets for...