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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Businesses: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: I have a couple of questions for everybody and my first question is for Mr. Meade. Concern has been expressed in the US about AI Overviews. Much of what I have read shows that the latter gives results that can be seen as misleading, such as adding glue to a pizza to keep the cheese on it. More seriously, it returns results which state that serial killers and nuclear war have benefits....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Businesses: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: My first question is about the way in which the move from large language models to small language models can make genitive AI more accessible for SMEs and smaller organisations with more limited resources, including charities. At a high level, large language models have created opportunities around productivity and creativity. However, it requires access to big computing to avail of them....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Businesses: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: Okay.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (29 May 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: 59. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a new Employment Regulation Order for workers in the security sector is under discussion; if there is engagement at JLC level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24227/24]

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: I did not expect to see the "welfare cheats cheat us all" slogan being taken out for another spin, but here we are. Sinn Féin has long advocated for a proper pay-related social insurance system. The current system carries that name but the available supports, such as jobseeker's benefit, are not pay-related. Payment is given at a flat rate. This is unfair on working people who are...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (30 May 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: 140. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason the connection date for an area (details supplied) has again been pushed back for connection under the National Broadband Plan; his views on whether it is acceptable that an area less than 20km from Dublin city centre does not have access to high-speed fibreoptic broadband; the measures that will be taken...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (30 May 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: 229. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a Northern Irish marriage certificate can be used by an applicant to prove marriage to an Irish national when they are applying for citizenship in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24527/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (30 May 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: 230. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an Irish-based solicitor can witness a passport from the Isle of Man or if the witnessing must be done in the Isle of Man; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24528/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Small and Medium Enterprises (12 Jun 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: 70. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 249 and 258 of 23 January 2024, the current percentage of Irish SMEs that export services; if exporting by SMEs has increased, decreased, or remained the static since this Government came to office; if his Department has a target to increase SME exporting; if so, the target; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Small and Medium Enterprises (12 Jun 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: 71. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 249 and 258 of 23 January 2024, to provide an update on the percentage of Irish SMEs currently exporting services and the domestic value added in Irish service exports from SMEs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25736/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 Jun 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: 77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools who agreed to open special classes in modular units for the school year starting September 2024; the number of these schools who had their request rejected by the Department; in tabular form by school name and county. [25651/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 Jun 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: 79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department rejected the opening of a special class in a modular unit at a school (details supplied), citing that the area did not have the numbers for additional classes; how this decision was arrived at given the level of need which exists in the Swords area, and given that Fingal is the fastest growing area in Ireland. [25653/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 Jun 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: 78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of secondary schools who agreed to open special classes in modular units for the school year starting September 2024; the number of these schools who had their request rejected by the Department; in tabular form by school name and county. [25652/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (13 Jun 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: 18. To ask the Minister for Health to outline Ireland's position in respect of the European Commission's revision of the general pharmaceutical legislation; if he is concerned about the impact of the proposals on the attractiveness of Ireland as a location for investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23116/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (11 Jun 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: 193.To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 237 of 14 May 2024 and 220 of 21 May 2024, how many companies had failed to engage with the Revenue Commissioners as of 31 May 2024 to date under the debt warehousing scheme; the total tax debt owed by this cohort; the breakdown of this information, by division and by NACE economic sector, in tabular form; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Data (11 Jun 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: 232.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total value of trade between Ireland and Northern Ireland for the years 2018 to 2023, broken down by exports and imports per year, in tabular form. [24844/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Data (11 Jun 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: 233.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the value of trade in goods between Ireland and Northern Ireland for the years 2018 to 2023, broken down by exports and imports per year, in tabular form. [24845/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Data (11 Jun 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: 234.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the value of trade in services between Ireland and Northern Ireland for the years 2018 to 2023, broken down by exports and imports per year, in tabular form. [24846/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (11 Jun 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: 281.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will provide immediate funding and investment for a school (details supplied) to ensure it can deliver the best possible learning environment for all students including the opening of new special classes, as has been requested by her Department;; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24832/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (11 Jun 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: 334.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, given her Department states that "new schools are established by the Department on the basis of identified demographic demand in an area", she is aware of the significant demand in the Swords-Malahide area for a Gaelcholáiste secondary school; how Gaelscoil primary schools in the area, parents, and local community can go about...