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

Louise O'Reilly: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Women's Health Action Plan: Statements (31 Mar 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: We expect much of the Minister but we do not expect him to master the art of bilocation, and we thank him for his apology. I welcome the publication of the women's health action plan. It is a positive step and I am thankful for the opportunity to discuss it. It is a good plan but, as the Minister knows well, it will succeed only if it is backed up with funding, commitment and dedication...

National Maternity Hospital: Statements (31 Mar 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I came into the Chamber to hear some answers and, unfortunately, I have not heard any. We might as well say that. We had hoped to get answers from the Minister. I do not think anyone in the House disputes the need for a new maternity hospital. I gave birth in Holles Street in 1995 and we needed a new hospital then. My daughter gave birth to my grandson in Holles Street in 2015 and we...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (31 Mar 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 318. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a husband and wife can receive the fuel allowance in circumstances in which both are in receipt of a contributory pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17311/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (31 Mar 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 429. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a delay of up to two months for children’s blood tests at Children’s Health Ireland hospitals; his plans to rectify this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17310/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (31 Mar 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 441. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 752 and 753 of 15 February 2022, if he will provide a further update on the publication of the stroke strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17407/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (31 Mar 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 442. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 752 and 753 of 15 February 2022, if he can provide an update on the way the stroke strategy is going forward for consultation regarding implementation and consideration through the HSE 2022 national service planning process for funding opportunities, looking at alignment, synergy and integration with other current...

Childcare Fees: Motion [Private Members] (5 Apr 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I was the first person in my family to go to college. I cannot say that loudly or often enough and I am very proud of it. I would not have been able to do it without access to affordable childcare. At the time, the crèche in UCD was subsidised from the student hardship fund. One had to make an application but getting it was pretty much a foregone conclusion. There was recognition...

Vacant Properties: Motion [Private Members] (6 Apr 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I move amendment No. 1: To delete the following words: "—extend the Help to Buy scheme to first-time buyers of second hand and vacant properties;" I thank the Regional Group of Independents for bringing forward this motion. It is a very timely motion. We in Sinn Féin welcome any opportunity to contribute to a debate about vacant homes and how we need to do better on being...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (5 Apr 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 409. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps that will be taken to help a person (details supplied) who needs to retrieve their passport which was submitted as part of the application process for their son given they require the document in order to travel due to an emergency. [17849/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Trade Agreements (7 Apr 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 1. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the policy of his Department regarding trade agreements and trade missions to countries that have been found to be in gross violation of human rights. [18637/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Trade Agreements (7 Apr 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: The question is fairly straightforward. It is similar to a question I put to the Tánaiste on 30 July when I asked whether the State has a trade-at-any-cost position. I ask the Tánaiste for an update on the policy of the Department with regard to trade agreements and trade missions to countries that have been found in gross violation of human rights.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Trade Agreements (7 Apr 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the Tánaiste. On 30 July the Tánaiste told me the Department pursues free trade and open market policies but these policies are subordinate to Ireland's responsibility to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, to promote regional stability and to promote and protect human rights. It is similar to the response the Tánaiste has given now. It outlines...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Trade Agreements (7 Apr 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I do not know that I would draw the same equivalence between Saudi Arabia and the United States as the Tánaiste has done. That is fair enough; that is his opinion. I am referring to what Amnesty described as acts that are protected by the rights to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association, in other words gross violation of human rights. I refer specifically to the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Trade Unions (7 Apr 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 3. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on collective bargaining rights for trade unions in order to secure better pay and conditions for workers in view of his comments earlier in 2022 that workers deserve a pay rise. [18638/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Trade Unions (7 Apr 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: This question is fairly straightforward. There are what could be called mixed messages from the Government. On the one hand, the Tánaiste himself is saying that workers need a pay rise but, on the other, the Head of Government is preaching wage restraint. What is the Tánaiste's view on collective bargaining rights for trade unions to allow them to secure better pay and conditions...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Trade Unions (7 Apr 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: Along with members of Viktor Orbán's Government in Hungary, the Austrian Government and a few others, the Tánaiste is a co-signatory to a letter to the Commission seeking to water down the provisions of a draft directive aimed at ensuring that at least 70% of workers are covered by collective bargaining agreements. I may have some difficulties with how the directive is written...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Trade Unions (7 Apr 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I think the best way to do it is to create the conditions for workers to organise. That involves recognition and protection for those who are seeking to bargain collectively on behalf of their members. I have stated previously that the best way for any worker to secure a pay rise is not just to join a trade union, but to be active in his or her trade union. Is it the Tánaiste's...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022: Discussion (30 Mar 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the witnesses for coming in. I agree with the Chairman that it is much better to meet in person than remotely now that we have the chance. On head 4 and the data protection impact assessment, will people need upskilling to handle the data? Is it envisaged that it will be pretty much in line with what is done at the moment? Will there be a change in the type or increase in the...