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- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Human Rights (11 May 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: Maybe another day.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Human Rights (11 May 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: My question is fairly straightforward. I am looking for the Minister's views on the report by the European Committee of Social Rights, ECSR, which found that the Government is in breach of several aspects of the European Social Charter. That is an important report. We should not be lagging behind on this or seeing this. I am interested in the Minister's views on what was found.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Human Rights (11 May 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: The committee found that we are in breach in several areas, including to the right to organise and the promotion of collective bargaining, which are breached by Ireland's failure to enact laws ensuring that workers cannot be dismissed for trade union involvement or activity. That is an important protection which does not exist. There is also ban on strikes by members of the Defence Forces...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Human Rights (11 May 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: The committee honed in on the lack of protection for trade union activity. I understand, not because of anyone sitting opposite but because we will be compelled by the European Union, that we will bring in legal protections for union organising and representation. Currently, without the protection from discrimination for trade union activity, it is impeding on workers' capacity to organise....
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Human Rights (11 May 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: Affiliation.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Human Rights (11 May 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: Can I respond to that briefly? I am referring to the report that was published and the fact that the right to strike was mentioned in it. I appreciate that. I looked only for affiliation when I spoke to the Minister, as he will know. I have long association with both those organisations and understand exactly what they want.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 May 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: On 26 April, I emailed the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, to bring to her attention the case of a 44-year-old woman in my constituency who has multiple sclerosis, MS, and is a wheelchair user. She had to go into a nursing home due to the lack of home care. She is 44. I am older than this woman and I am nowhere near ready for a nursing home. It is demeaning, dehumanising and not the...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 May 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: I thank the Minister of State.
- Control of Exports Bill 2023: Second Stage (11 May 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: Before I make my contribution, I ask if we can have some form of standardised issue for ministerial contributions. This one, to be fair, is better than most because it is printed on both sides and on recycled paper. We could have narrow margins and smaller print. We do not need it big for reading out.
- Control of Exports Bill 2023: Second Stage (11 May 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: Well, yes, but I think for distribution, it would save a bit of paper if it was standardised. It is nobody's fault. I just think it should be standardised. I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for the opportunity to speak on this important legislation. Export controls on the export of items that can be used for civil or military purposes is an important measure in ensuring that items do...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: That brings me quite neatly to my next question. I thank the Minister. I want to ask about two matters. The first is the expansion of SMEs and microenterprises and ensuring that they have strong exports. Second, once this is achieved, there is the issue of the failure to scale SMEs into mid-caps and then to global corporations. This year alone, we have heard from organisations that have...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: Exactly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: It is not happening organically. By the way, this is very long-standing Sinn Féin policy in terms of growing these companies. Is it the intention of the State to intervene to ensure these companies can make this leap? As the Minister said, and rightly so, there is pressure there which will require some form of support. The Minister listed what those supports could be, but given the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: -----business angels would be grand, but what is the Government prepared to do?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: Yes. It is the second quarter now.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: In fairness, we are well into it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: We are halfway through it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: Excellent.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: No. The targets should not be small. They should be ambitious.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: I wish to ask a very brief question on the proposed corporate sustainability due diligence directive, CSDDD. As the Minister knows, on 1 June 2023 the European Parliament will vote to decide the negotiating position in this regard. The general approach agreed in December 2022 has made access to justice and remedies for victims, which should be at the heart of this law, fairly inaccessible...