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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (14 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: 236. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is aware of any additional payments/scheme which may apply to persons who are in a house share and who qualify for a social welfare payment which would ordinarily entitle them to the fuel allowance, but have been denied due to the means of the other household members who are not related in any way and who live...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Probate Applications (14 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: 256. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware that delays in processing probate cases are having an impact on prospective home buyers who are having to apply and reapply for mortgage approval while they wait; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6805/24]

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: No. I have three amendments. I am happy to speak to them as we go along, if that is okay.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: I move amendment No. 1: In page 6, line 24, after “representatives” to insert “and employees’ recognised trade union”. I would also like to be associated with the kind remarks made earlier with regard to the recent bereavement suffered by our colleague, Richard, and his family. I apologise in advance if I have to go early as there is a Private Members'...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: I move amendment No. 2: In page 6, between lines 24 and 25, to insert the following: “(b) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (1): “(1A) Where a European Works Council stands established pursuant to the Transnational Information and Consultation of Employees Act 1996 in relation to the employment in which it is proposed to create collective...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: The Minister of State talked about a level playing field, but there is not one at the moment because Irish representative groups through the EWCs do not have access to the State's machinery and they do in other jurisdictions. If the Minister of State is talking about levelling up the playing field then happy days, but he is talking about putting that on the long finger and it is not...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: It is the intention that it be concluded before the end of the-----

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: On the basis of that clarification and pending the Minister of State's consulting the social partners, who I meet fairly regularly as well, I will withdraw the amendment. In the intervening time I will engage and I reserve the right to resubmit this on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: I move amendment No. 3: In page 13, after line 32, to insert the following: “Amendment of Act of 2014 28.The Act of 2014 is amended by the insertion of the following sections after section 621: “Power of the Court to return assets which have been improperly transferred 621A. (1) The court has the following power where, on the application of the Minister or the...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: The Minister of State referenced the creation of two classes of employees. That exists already. There are already workers whose collective bargaining agreements, which might not have statutory underpinning, certainly have an impact at the level of the workplace. As I said, there is give and take. That already exists. If one is in a unionised employment, the chances are one has a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: Mr. O'Rourke and his team are very welcome. I wish him the very best in his role. We look forward to ongoing engagement with him and the team. Since we are all mentioning our teams, I will not go without saying "Up the Dubs". We can move on from that. In his opening statement Mr. O'Rourke mentioned his own CV and his work history, which is broad and comprehensive. He mentioned his...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank Mr. O'Rourke. His opening statement referred to areas of concern. This is fair enough because it cannot all be smiles, rainbows and roses. We know there are global factors that are important to consider. Reference was made to global uncertainty. The Department of Finance recently cited a rapidly changing global economy and deglobalisation as the key trend that will transform our...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank Mr. O'Rourke for that answer. I do not wish to be negative but he did refer in his submission to challenges that affect our ability to compete in a changing world. As he said, we must have the right enabling policies in place. We have had heard from plenty of witnesses who have referred to the challenges being faced by businesses. These are pretty much the same ones as everyone...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: I agree progress is necessary in those areas. We have heard from IBEC and other business representative groups and they have spoken in stark terms about how the housing crisis is impacting on their capacity not just to maintain the current situation but in respect of fundamental issues like recruiting and retaining staff. If people cannot afford to live near where they work or within a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: That is it, yes. It has moved on and it moves very quickly. The Department of Finance recently cited the four Ds, namely, demographics, decarbonisation, digitisation and deglobalisation, which just trips off the tongue, as key trends that are likely to be transformative for our economy over the next decade. The belief among some business stakeholders is that high-value, emerging...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: This is going to be a feature of the future. How is the IDA managing future-proofing in this context?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: I am sorry for taking more time, Chair.

Healthcare Provision in Rural Communities: Motion [Private Members] (21 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the Deputies for bringing forward this motion and for giving us an opportunity to discuss the dire state of access to GP care across the State. I represent north County Dublin. My constituents are no different from the people we have heard described here. They wait for GP services and appointments, and they cannot get onto lists. Only last week, I spoke to a woman who has three...