Results 10,001-10,020 of 12,487 for speaker:Louise O'Reilly
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: White Paper on Enterprise Policy: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (8 Mar 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: Absolutely. As I said, the Chair launched our report this morning. We are all pointing in the one direction.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: White Paper on Enterprise Policy: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (8 Mar 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: MS Teams can be a nuisance. Turning to investment in research and development, the White Paper tells us innovation is the best way to generate "sustainable long-term" productivity growth. Who is going to argue with that? I agree with that of course. I think we all would. Analysis of European and global indicators, however, shows that Ireland is drifting in the wrong direction on...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: White Paper on Enterprise Policy: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (8 Mar 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: Okay.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: White Paper on Enterprise Policy: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (8 Mar 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: Regarding targets, Mr. Hegarty was previously asked about jobs and employment targets. I could make a very political point about the Government setting targets and failing to meet them, but I will not. I will refer to the situation of targets not being set. As I said, we are drifting. We have gone from 12th to 19th in the international Institute for Management Development competitiveness...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: White Paper on Enterprise Policy: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (8 Mar 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: I thank Mr. Hegarty. I have one remaining very brief question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: White Paper on Enterprise Policy: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (8 Mar 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: Regarding the expansion of SMEs, will Mr. Hegarty chat to us briefly about what can be done to deliver improvements in terms of what needs to be undertaken to address the situation where we have SMEs that sell up rather than scale up? This is a problem. It is something I have been doing a fair amount of work on. What can be done by the State to encourage our SMEs to scale up and not just...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: White Paper on Enterprise Policy: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (8 Mar 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: Has the Department any timelines for that work? It is incredibly important and I would be concerned that this might drift. I fully appreciate that everyone is busy. I have outlined about 90 priorities this morning and I know everything cannot be a priority. In terms of this element, though, what stage is the working group at and how is this going to work?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: White Paper on Enterprise Policy: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (8 Mar 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: That is by the end of June.
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Consultations (8 Mar 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: 56. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 138 of 15 December 2022, the name of the company that won the tender for research to examine the potential social, economic and environmental implications of a transition to reduced working time, including a four-day workweek; the value of the funding; and if he will make a...
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (9 Mar 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: 73. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports in place for indoor vegetable growers who rely heavily on electricity and gas to grow their crops. [11800/23]
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Mar 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: Over the past number of weeks, I have been contacted by staff who work for the company Iceland. It appears that in January, the company was sold to The Project Point Technologies company. Workers were told at the time that it would be a standard transfer of undertakings and that they had nothing to worry about. In recent weeks, however, many have not been paid and some have been paid...
- Finance Bill 2023: Second Stage (21 Mar 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: I am grateful for the opportunity to speak on this legislation. I will confine my words in the main to section 5 of the Bill, which amends sections 100 and 101 of the Finance Act 2022. The sections in question provide for the TBESS, which was announced as a flagship support for SMEs in budget 2023. The escalating energy crisis posed a direct threat to the viability of many small businesses...
- Eviction Ban: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: No.
- Eviction Ban: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: What about individual cases?
- Eviction Ban: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: No, the Minister does do not.
- Eviction Ban: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: The Minister is shameless.
- Eviction Ban: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: We are trying to get legislation passed.