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Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Contracts (23 Mar 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 202. To ask the Minister for Health the number of contracts that his Department has with a company (details supplied); the location, nature, value and type of contract in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15410/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Contracts (23 Mar 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 227. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of contracts that his Department has with a company (details supplied); the location, nature, value and type of contract in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15401/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Contracts (23 Mar 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 240. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of contracts that her Department has with a company (details supplied); the location, nature, value and type of contract in each case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15414/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Fuel Costs: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (23 Mar 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the witnesses for the evidence that they gave us this morning. Mr. Godfrey referenced in his submission that the commission will continue compliance checks on pricing displays. I suggest that it is not the display but the price that has caused the most consternation, much and all as I understand that is part of the commission's remit. I have not received any complaints from people...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Fuel Costs: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (23 Mar 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: Am I correct to say that between 50% and 60% belong to the top four and then the remainder is spread across the rest?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Fuel Costs: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (23 Mar 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: There is mention in the submission about the fact that the commission cannot investigate behaviour that is unethical and I appreciate that the commission is not the morality police. Is there a case for strengthening the law to make unethical practices illegal? I ask because it has been acknowledged in the submission that there are matters that might be unethical and that we would all...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Fuel Costs: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (23 Mar 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I fully appreciate the unintended consequences and Mr. Godfrey is preaching to the choir on that. However, if it is a case that the law needs to be strengthened then I would hope that there would be an open door to that because that is absolutely something that we should do. The scale of the public outcry about what has happened underlines for us that when the commission concludes its...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Fuel Costs: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (23 Mar 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: Fair enough.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Fuel Costs: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (23 Mar 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: They do not really, though, if the price is going up at every station and all they have is a display telling them they cannot afford to fill their car. I appreciate Mr. Godfrey's point but in reality what is bothering people is the fact that they just cannot afford to fill their car. It does not matter where they are stopping. I live in north County Dublin and pass several filling stations...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Fuel Costs: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (23 Mar 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: A few weeks ago the commission said that traders were not obliged to pass on reductions in VAT or other excise charges to consumers. In light of the hardship that people are facing, and Mr. Godfrey will be aware of it from the letters he has received, does he think legislative change might be required to ensure that those measures are always passed on? I appreciate that we have all had a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Fuel Costs: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (23 Mar 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: They will, of course, at the Joint Committee on Transport and Communications this morning. I am just seeking Mr. Godfrey's view on whether legislative change would be required. As it stands we passed the resolution in the Dáil that there would be a decrease in the excise but there is still no legal obligation to pass it on. I am not saying it is pointless because clearly it is not....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Fuel Costs: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (23 Mar 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: The one to which I am specifically referring would not damage the competitive process but would actually enhance it because everyone would be forced to pass it on. There would be an absolutely level playing field.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Fuel Costs: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (23 Mar 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: The commission is not asking the Government for that right now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Fuel Costs: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (23 Mar 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: We are all aware that oil trades in a global market. There are numerous factors and moving parts that influence price increases. Does Mr. Godfrey have a view or any information from his investigations about the scale of what is driving these higher fuel costs? How much of it is down to a rebound in demand in the economy? When we were in lockdown people were not driving about in their cars...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Contracts (29 Mar 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 163. To ask the Taoiseach the number of contracts that his Department has with a company (details supplied); the location, nature, value and type of contract in each case. [15394/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (29 Mar 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 182. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way that his Department responded to the outline text of the compromise agreement reached on the TRIPS waiver for Covid-19 vaccines as presented to the EU Council's Trade Policy Committee on 14 March 2022; if his Department will support this compromise agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16142/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (29 Mar 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 369. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the passports of a parent and child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15986/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Mar 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 482. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are plans to allow single non-widowed persons who are not in receipt of a qualifying payment to receive the living alone allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16352/22]

An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Neodracht), 2022: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Neutrality) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 Mar 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: At the outset, I offer my support and my sympathy to the people of Ukraine in the face of the vicious war of aggression caused by the illegal Russian invasion. I also thank the Deputies who have brought this Bill to the floor of the House and who have given us the opportunity to have this very important debate. Many progressive Deputies down through the years, including some of whom have...

Employment Equality (Abolition of Mandatory Retirement Age) Bill 2022: First Stage (31 Mar 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Employment Equality Act 1998 and to provide for related matters. I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for the opportunity to introduce this Bill. Simply put, this Bill seeks to abolish the mandatory retirement age contained in workers' contracts. Similar Bills have been introduced down through the years, and...