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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (23 Nov 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 52. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if it is his intention to set out in primary legislation how a workers’ employment status will now be determined following the recent Supreme Court ruling in a case (details supplied). [51437/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Intellectual Property (23 Nov 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 75. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the work for a referendum on Unified Patent Court. [51440/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Energy Prices (23 Nov 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 152. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the successes and/or failures of the temporary business energy support scheme; the amount of funding issued under the scheme; the current underspend under the scheme; and if there is any possibility the underspend can be used to support businesses with rising energy costs, instead of reverting to the Exchequer, given nearly a third of...

Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: Hear, hear.

Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: Last Thursday was one of the most shocking days I have ever witnessed in my home town. I know that Deputies across the whole House will want to state their feelings strongly and express their revulsion at the heinous attack on the innocent children and their carer. Like everyone, the minute I heard the news of the horrific knife attack on small children, and on the people minding them, I...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I am a proud Dubliner. I was born and bred in this city. I raised my family here. This is a city of positivity, a vibrant city full of decent, hard-working people who believe in community. Like all Dubliners, I am heartbroken by what happened in Dublin last Thursday. How in the name of God did we come to this? Three young children and their carer were stabbed outside their school in...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: They did not get that. Not a single lesson has been learned because the Minister is not listening. In any other walk of life or organisation, the person presiding over such a colossal failure would be sacked.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: Clearly, the Minister is not the person to restore people's confidence in public safety. Her position is untenable. You should resign.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: The Minister is not, and cannot be, the person to provide the leadership necessary to resolve these issues because she will not even acknowledge that control was lost of Dublin city centre for several hours. She spoke about what we will not forget. We will not forget the sight of a lone garda on O’Connell Street beset on all sides and terrified. We will not forget that the GRA said...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: We will not forget that the Minister, who is supposed to provide leadership, does not even seem to understand the scale of the problem. This picture shows what greeted those children six days after the traumatic and horrific event that happened to three of their classmates and one of their staff members. The school is terrified and traumatised. The school community wants answers and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: No one is identifiable in the picture. The situation is very clear.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: No one is identifiable in it.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: We published those proposals months ago.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: The Minister lost control of Dublin city.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: Stability.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: That is all the Minister can say.

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (30 Nov 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: A good planning system is vital for any well-functioning society. It enables us to plan and to build in a co-ordinated and sustainable way to provide houses, schools, hospitals and transport infrastructure, to create and sustain jobs, to ensure our businesses and communities have access to renewable energy, and to protect our urban and rural environment. Much of our planning system works...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (30 Nov 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: During the course of those hearings, significant criticism was levelled at the process by which the Bill was drafted and its contents. Some of the most damning criticism came from our planning professionals and the legal experts who work in the area of planning law. Others, including local authorities, developers, community organisations and environmental NGOs, also highlighted profound...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (30 Nov 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: -----and other Opposition spokespersons, seeking to work on a cross-party basis, across Government and Opposition, to get this Bill right.

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (30 Nov 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I am sorry, but this is my time. Can we keep that until after? I thank the Minister.