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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: According to the documents provided to us, the HSA carried out in excess of 7,500 workplace inspections across all sectors, of which 7,400 addressed alleged breaches of the Covid-19 mitigation measures as provided for in the protocol. However, in its contact unit, the HSA handled 5,000 complaints, 47% of which related to Covid. Less than half of complaints were directly Covid related yet...

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 suspect, as the Minister must do himself, that that has a lot do with Covid. My concern is around the complaints that were referred and not followed up. The Minister said that when the HSA goes in inspect, it inspects a range of issues but does he have the figures to back that up? There were 7,400 workplace inspections. Arising out of those, has he heard from the HSA specifically 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: I thank the Minister. I think it would paint a full picture. People do not go to the authority on a whim. It is something they do when they feel they have no other option. Very often, they have raised the issues at workplace level but they have not had any traction on it. My concern is that the concentration on Covid, while completely understandable, may have allowed other breaches. I...

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 thank the Minister very much. I genuinely wish I shared his optimism with regard to the bar being raised simply because people are now more aware of the need for separation, hand washing, etc. My fear is because of the time lost. It is in the Minister's statement that he will bring forward workers' rights legislation, some of which will be welcome and some of which will have to be...

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: My time is up now. I appreciate what the Minister said about the constraints but I would appreciate even more a response from him that would indicate that he acknowledges the constraints and will be able to ensure that figure of 11% does not get any bigger. He has just accepted it will get bigger. There does not seem to be any limit set by the Minister or his Department. By the way, it is...

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: No, it is the percentage.

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: The Minister has already said that we are constrained in volume the electricity we produce. They are using 11% and that is only going to rise. As he said, 11% is a very high figure so 11% of a bigger figure is an even higher amount of electricity. That is the only direction in which it is going.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (3 Feb 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 20. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she is taking to safeguard the jobs including the terms and conditions of the workers in jobs clubs now run by Turas Nua; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5311/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Maternity Leave (3 Feb 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 338. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he can provide an update on the recommendation of First 5: A Whole-of-Government Strategy for Babies, Young Children and their Families for a review of the relevant provisions of the Maternity Protection (Amendment) Act 2004 on the issue of extending the current entitlement to paid time off-work for...

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: The Minister said he expects we will all see a slowdown in the number of data centres being established. Could he put some figures on that? The figure of 11% is a lot. I do not hear anyone saying it is any more than 11% but I hear people saying it is currently at 11%. That is where we are sort of starting from today. It is only going in one direction. It is only going up so 11% of the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (8 Feb 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 382. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if an update will be provided in relation to a passport for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6495/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (8 Feb 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 660. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken to address a shortage of an anti-epileptic medication (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6085/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (8 Feb 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 714. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that, due to underfunding across north County Dublin, dentists are not able to treat medical card holders; his plans to address the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6320/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: European Union (8 Feb 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 715. To ask the Minister for Health , further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 307 to 309, inclusive, of 20 January, if he will provide the contact details for the sub-group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6321/22]

National Minimum Wage: Motion [Private Members] (9 Feb 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I move amendment No. 1: To insert the following after "real cost of living": "— produce a roadmap to deliver a living wage within a strict timeframe.". I am sharing time with colleagues. I thank the Deputies who brought this motion to the floor of the Dáil this morning. It is very important. Before I address the substance of the motion, I want to make clear that the...

National Minimum Wage: Motion [Private Members] (9 Feb 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: Was the Government not a bit concerned when it was giving an €81,000 pay hike to Robert Watt of the potential for a knock-on consequential claim out of that? Was it happy it could ring-fence it and just do it for one person? The Government was not one bit concerned about the impact that was going to have on wages. In fact, unfettered, the man seems to be granted endless pay rises....

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (9 Feb 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to speak on this legislation. This is comprehensive and complex legislation which transposes an EU directive, while also making additional changes to benefit the national competition authorities, namely, the CCPC and ComReg. The CCPC is the primary enforcement body for competition law in this State. It has the power to play an enormous role...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (9 Feb 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 133. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the membership of the National Therapeutics Advisory Group that has been established by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6837/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (9 Feb 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 134. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the membership of the Therapeutics Operational Group that has been established by the HSE; the way that this group will identify vulnerable patient cohorts; if the group will liaise with clinical leads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6838/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Feb 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 135. To ask the Minister for Health if and the number of the 1,000 treatment courses of the first delivery of the monoclonal antibody, xevudy also known as sotrovimab which arrived in Ireland on 20 January 2022 that have been distributed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6839/22]