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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (29 Sep 2022)

Réada Cronin: In his opening statement, the Minister acknowledged that collective bargaining is an important element for ensuring stable industrial relations in Ireland. Under the EU directive, which we discussed last week with ICTU, member states that do not have enough collective bargaining are being obliged to ensure that there is. Deputy Bríd Smith mentioned two Bills that are going through the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (29 Sep 2022)

Réada Cronin: I am sorry to interrupt but representatives of ICTU were before the committee last week. The threat was always that an increase in wages would result in more unemployment. However, that was never the case. That is never how it has turned out. The Minister is soon to move into the position of Taoiseach. Does he think it would be appropriate for all Departments and semi-State bodies to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (29 Sep 2022)

Réada Cronin: The general consensus is that it could take ten years for us to get to the living wage. The programme for Government hoped that would be achieved in four years.

Housing for All Update: Statements (4 Oct 2022)

Réada Cronin: I am happy to be able to speak on this issue as well because I had my constituency clinics in Kildare North yesterday, and the issues of housing, homelessness and eviction notices were coming in thick and fast. I was not a bit surprised at the record homeless figures released last week. Housing is required for everybody, for all the reasons that make life worth living, including safety,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Prices: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Réada Cronin: The witnesses are very welcome to the meeting. In north Kildare, constituents of mine tell me that they are cutting down drastically on their electricity use. Some of them are taking the alarming advice to use dishwashers, washing machines and dryers at night time, about which I am sure every fireman and firewoman in the State would be very anxious. I also want to ask the witnesses about...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Prices: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Réada Cronin: Yes, I mean how Electric Ireland engages with them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Prices: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Réada Cronin: What percentage of Electric Ireland customers have actively engaged with it around using their smart meters correctly?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Prices: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Réada Cronin: I am sorry if I miscommunicated that. I mean elderly people; people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, COPD, who need a regular temperature; and people who rely on stairlifts and overnight dialysis.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Prices: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Réada Cronin: How does Electric Ireland engage with them? Has it written to all customers asking if they are vulnerable?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Prices: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Réada Cronin: What about monthly bills?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (4 Oct 2022)

Réada Cronin: 240. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to any practice of banks operating in the Irish market of assigning debt or chose in action to vulture funds but of failing to give notice to the debtor of the amounts assigned. [48541/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (4 Oct 2022)

Réada Cronin: 241. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether any instrument of assignment of a debt or chose-in-action in cases in which there has been a failure to pay duty on a chargeable instrument, is inadmissible to prove the assignment, subject to the provisions of section 127(4) of the Stamp Duty Consolidation Act 1999; if he is satisfied that all banks and vulture funds so called must...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (4 Oct 2022)

Réada Cronin: 242. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that the Revenue Commissioners are providing certificates for all payments of duty made on chargeable instruments; if he will publish copies of all such certificates issued by the Revenue Commissioners, together with details of same in tabular form; if deemed necessary if he will request an investigation into the issuing of certificates...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (4 Oct 2022)

Réada Cronin: 383. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of students (details supplied) will be examined; if further information will be provided in relation to same [48159/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Qualifications (4 Oct 2022)

Réada Cronin: 617. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will clarify a matter (details supplied). [48094/22]

Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022: Second Stage (5 Oct 2022)

Réada Cronin: I am happy to speak on this stage of the Bill and thank everybody who has worked on it so far. As the House will be aware, my party works all the time to support and strengthen the rights of citizens with regard to institutional, corporate or Government bodies where the balance of power and, therefore, the balance of financial and professional resources is automatically not in their favour....

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Oct 2022)

Réada Cronin: I raise the decision by Maynooth University not to proceed with the student centre, for which a levy was put on students in recent years. This morning, students in the university staged a walkout in protest, as part of its Where’s my Levy campaign. I have had so much contact from students and parents who paid into the levy and from the wider academic community as well who live around...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Oct 2022)

Réada Cronin: Will the Tánaiste respond to the question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Prices: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Réada Cronin: Should Electric Ireland write to customers explaining what vulnerable means?

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (6 Oct 2022)

Réada Cronin: 299. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of early childhood care and education, ECCE, scheme services that are of standard capitation given that his Department states that a standard capitation ECCE service will receive at least a 9.5% increase through core funding; the number that were higher capitation; the percentage increase awarded by...