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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Unfair Dismissals (29 Jun 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 5. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on strengthening the redress available under section 7 of the Unfair Dismissals Act 1977 to employees unfairly dismissed from their employment. [31680/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Unfair Dismissals (29 Jun 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: What are the Minister's views on the redress available to workers who have been unfairly dismissed according to the Unfair Dismissals Act 1977. To be fair, the Act is nearly as old as us, although I do not include the Minister of State, Deputy Richmond, in that, and it is definitely due a re-examination.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Unfair Dismissals (29 Jun 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I said "as us". I was including myself.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Unfair Dismissals (29 Jun 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: My problem with the redress available under the Unfair Dismissals Acts is that some employers, especially large ones, can dismiss workers if they see them as troublesome, awkward, annoying or whatever, and they can take a chance because they know the likelihood is that, at a time of full employment, the employee will be re-employed and all the employer will be on the hook for is four weeks'...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Unfair Dismissals (29 Jun 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: That is welcome. If the Minister is looking for case studies, he could look at the case of the Murphy 4, who were dismissed from Murphy International Limited in Limerick in circumstances they say arose from their trade union activities. It is my opinion that if the redress under the Unfair Dismissals Act had been more appropriate, that could have acted as a deterrent in this instance and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Artificial Intelligence (29 Jun 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: We had a very good session on AI at the Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment last week. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan raised the issue of jobs being displaced. I would have a particular concern about jobs being displaced by AI. Effectively, we are talking here about a platform worker who has not necessarily been sacked but who, because of the way the algorithm works, does not get...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Business Supports (29 Jun 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 12. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the scheme for businesses impacted by kerosene price increases will go live; and if it will be expanded to businesses impacted by liquid petroleum gas and liquefied natural gas price increases. [31537/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Business Supports (29 Jun 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: When will the scheme for businesses impacted by kerosene price increases go live and does he plan to expand the scheme to businesses impacted by liquid petroleum gas and liquefied natural gas price increases?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Business Supports (29 Jun 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I welcome the simplification. The Minister will be aware Sinn Féin has raised this issue on a number of occasions. My colleagues, Deputies Conway-Walsh, Kerrane and Mairéad Farrell and others, and I, have been raising this matter, so we are pleased the Government was listening and is going to act on it. I encourage the Minister to engage with those businesses that use...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Inflation Rate (29 Jun 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 13. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on European Central Bank data that corporate profiteering is contributing more to inflation than wages, and similar data from the Central Bank of Ireland’s quarterly report that profits have contributed more to domestic inflation than wages; and if he believes that profit restraint will have a key role in reducing...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Flexible Work Practices (29 Jun 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 25. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he can provide an update as to when the WRC Code of Conduct for remote working will be published. [31536/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Information and Communications Technology (29 Jun 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 45. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if consideration will be given to the establishment of a Departmental forum on AI in the workplace, comprising experts in the area and trade unions representing workers whose employers use automated systems to monitor workers, to better understand how firms deploy automated technology for worker surveillance. [31538/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (29 Jun 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how the free schoolbook scheme is supposed to be applied by schools; if she is aware that some schools using the scheme are still charging parents for other school supplies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31889/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (4 Jul 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 259. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of a court injunction (details supplied). [32267/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Food Industry (4 Jul 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 266. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the meetings held by his Departmental officials from assistant principal level upwards with representatives of the food industry in relation to the issue of infant nutrition in Ireland from June 2022 to date, including the issue of infant formula; the dates, attendees and the matters that were discussed at each meeting; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (4 Jul 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the situation whereby some school secretaries may be worse off financially under the new changes to regularise the employment, terms and conditions and pension rights of school secretaries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32268/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry (4 Jul 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 463. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the meetings held by his departmental officials from assistant principal level upwards with representatives of the food industry in relation to the issue of infant nutrition in Ireland from June 2022 to date, including the issue of infant formula; the dates, attendees and the matters that were discussed at each meeting; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Special Educational Needs (4 Jul 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 479. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of any assistance available to childcare providers or summer camp operators, or directly to parents, for children with additional needs who receive supports in school and who wish to access after-school, childcare or summer camps during school holiday periods; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Community Care (4 Jul 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 509. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of the length of time that children in CHO 9 wait for supports from the CDNT; if he will examine a case (details supplied); the advice he can give to the parents of this child, who are concerned about their school attendance and who need the assistance of the CDNT; if he can provide a realistic...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pension Provisions (4 Jul 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 599. To ask the Minister for Health when retired HSE workers will receive their pension increments; the reason former HSE staff are awaiting over a year for these increments to commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32269/23]