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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Apr 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: He does not know what he is talking about.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Apr 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: If you do not know the answer, just sit down.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Organisation of Working Time (Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Apr 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the Chair and all the members of the committee secretariat for the work that has gone into the session today. I particularly thank our witnesses. I want to say a particular word of thanks to Ms Mulholland because she has outlined in very stark detail the picture of a woman that I could nearly relate to myself. We were all nodding along in recognition of the obstacles around people...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Organisation of Working Time (Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Apr 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: My next question is for Ms Graham and Ms Mulholland. It is more around the current impact of not having any access to paid leave for victims and survivors. Is it their experience that women - and I will say women because it is mostly women but not only women - have lost their jobs? Have they found themselves in that situation because they could not access leave? It is important to put it...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Organisation of Working Time (Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Apr 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: If there is time, I have one more question. The question is addressed first to Ms Benson, and then to the other witnesses. We have more or less covered this issue, but I want to be belt and braces about it. Are the witnesses happy and satisfied that enough consultation has been done? We could say that there is never enough consultation. We could be doing it for the rest of our lives. At...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Organisation of Working Time (Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Apr 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: In my opinion, it is unlikely that anything will emerge at this stage. I feel that there is a lot of research and evidence in the public domain already. I am not saying that we should draw a line under it and stop learning, as every day is a school day for everyone, but perhaps we are in a position to state we know enough now to move forward. I am conscious that I have taken up a lot of...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Organisation of Working Time (Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Apr 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I know I am not a witness but the intention is that it would be taken in the normal way, so that an employee could take a half day's leave or a quarter day's leave. That is why the Bill is an amendment to the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997. Everything has to be done in consultation but it is housed within the Organisation of Working Time Act because it will operate in a similar way...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Organisation of Working Time (Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Apr 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I do not believe there is a need to do so but that does not mean I would be hostile to putting it in. I absolutely would include it if people felt it was necessary. It is already very much implicitly there in the Organisation of Working Time Act. That is how leave operates, in any event, which is why it is there. Employees do not have to take ten days' leave in a block when they might be...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Organisation of Working Time (Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Apr 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: No, I understand. Thank you.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Organisation of Working Time (Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Apr 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: There are standard penalties, but one would have to go to the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, to vindicate that and to assess the level of damage to the person. If people said they had an illness, the employer would be obliged not to visit the local Centra and gossip about it. That obligation already exists. Not to belabour the point, that is why this is being included in the...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Organisation of Working Time (Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Apr 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: Having had this discussion today with the witnesses, I have found it to be really useful and beneficial. I now cannot think of a single, solitary reason to delay this.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Organisation of Working Time (Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Apr 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: That is in the International Labour Organization, ILO, conventions as well, as Ms Benson will know. It is an information campaign. It is not enough to have the legislation and nobody knowing about it. All the leave in the world would be grand if you never knew you had the right to take it.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla – Topical Issue Debate: Domestic Violence (28 Apr 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the Ceann Comhairle and I thank the Minister of State for being here to discuss this issue. I do not believe there is any dispute. It has been recognised and acknowledged, and the Government is taking action on the geographical lottery in the context of refuge spaces. I am fortunate enough to represent one of the constituencies with the fastest growing population and our need is...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla – Topical Issue Debate: Domestic Violence (28 Apr 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the Minister of State for the response and update. I would be very grateful if he could take on board and convey to the Minister, Deputy McEntee, that we really need to start planning for this now. The need has been established. As the Minister of State said, my area specifically, that is, Balbriggan, represents an area in which there is a significant underprovision and this is the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (26 Apr 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 1697. To ask the Minister for Health if patients are represented on the new Covid-19 advisory group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20678/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Protection (26 Apr 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 637. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if assurances will be given that his Department and the National Parks and Wildlife Service species’ derogation considerations which are to inform any and all recommendations made by his Department and the National Parks and Wildlife Service to him for each species considered for control actions will have regard to...