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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges Facing Small and Medium Enterprises: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank Mr. McDonnell very much.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges Facing Small and Medium Enterprises: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: There is, therefore, consistency.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges Facing Small and Medium Enterprises: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges Facing Small and Medium Enterprises: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: That is interesting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges Facing Small and Medium Enterprises: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: Indeed. How well did that go?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges Facing Small and Medium Enterprises: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: There is a thread going through this discussion, which is that before this became a full-blown crisis or emergency, there was a perception that it was more an urban issue than a rural one but it is now in every town, village and townland.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (1 Mar 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional resources will be provided to a school (details supplied) to help it tackle the huge waiting lists it is facing and allow for a greater intake of first-year students in September 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10559/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Business Supports (2 Mar 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 155. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a list of supports for businesses and enterprise under his Department; the funding breakdown for same, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10775/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Business Supports (2 Mar 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a list of supports for businesses and enterprise under her Department; the funding breakdown for same, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10776/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Priorities (7 Mar 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: Workers in section 39 agencies recently deferred their industrial action following strong encouragement from the Taoiseach's Government to convene at the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, to resolve outstanding issues regarding pay and conditions. These workers quite rightly feel like they are being treated as if they are somehow second-class. They deliver all the services that public...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Priorities (7 Mar 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Priorities (7 Mar 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: They have no capacity to settle and the Taoiseach knows this.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (7 Mar 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: Chambers Ireland is the latest business body to tell the Government that housing is the biggest challenge that faces enterprise this year. Social and affordable housing targets are woefully low and yet the Government has been unable to meet them in the past three years. Time and again, the Taoiseach responds to questions on the housing crisis as if it has suddenly sneaked up on him. There...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (7 Mar 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: Perhaps we may allow our business and deliberations to be informed by one simple phrase, namely, "Trans rights are human rights". I wish to ask the Taoiseach about the thousands of adult education tutors employed by education and training boards, ETBs, across the country who still have no permanent contracts. Unlike other educators within the public sector, they have no incremental pay...

Environmental Protection Agency (Emergency Electricity Generation) (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (7 Mar 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I am grateful for the opportunity to make a contribution to this debate. I support the concerns and criticisms raised by my colleagues. While we will be supporting this Bill, the manner in which it has been rushed before the House is unsatisfactory and it is not an acceptable way to legislate on any issue, let alone one as important as this. The genesis of this legislation is a failure to...

International Women's Day: Statements (8 Mar 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I wish the Ceann Comhairle and everyone here a happy International Women's Day. As women, today is our day to celebrate, to mark time in our struggle for equality and to remind ourselves of the importance of international solidarity. On International Women's Day I express my solidarity with the women of Ukraine, Palestine, Yemen, Syria, Cuba and Afghanistan, and with all of those women who...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (7 Mar 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 95. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the sale of tracker mortgages to vulture funds that were redressed or compensated as a result of the tracker mortgage examination; his views on these sales; and if he will engage with the Central Bank on the issue. [11393/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Business Supports (7 Mar 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 107. To ask the Minister for Finance further to his commitment at the Select Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Trade, and Employment, if he has devised a way to include those businesses using kerosene oil and LPG gas in the temporary business energy support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9182/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Bodies (7 Mar 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 143. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if person (details supplied) is still on the Enterprise Digital Advisory Forum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11000/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (7 Mar 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 144. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what due diligence was carried out by Enterprise Ireland for its investment in a company (details supplied); if there was oversight at board level; and if recent developments will lead to a re-evaluation of investment strategies and oversight. [11001/23]