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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Plan of Action on Collective Redundancies following Insolvency Bill 2023: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: Yes, but that does not really matter. There is a collective agreement, workers have gone through the process and balloted on it. They get held to every line of it, including the compromise parts, in the run-up to a redundancy but I appreciate the point Ms O'Dea makes. I have a question relating to the fines, some of which are quite small. There is a fine of €5,000 for a failure...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Plan of Action on Collective Redundancies following Insolvency Bill 2023: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: It does indeed. Thanks. My final question is on the employment law review group, ELRG, which the Department has cited as being a significant and valuable resource for ongoing assessment and so on, which is very good. Putting the ELRG on a statutory footing is also very good. How are people going to be appointed to the ELRG? Will they come through the social partners? Will it be possible...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Plan of Action on Collective Redundancies following Insolvency Bill 2023: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: That is excellent. The inclusion of practitioners is very welcome.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Plan of Action on Collective Redundancies following Insolvency Bill 2023: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I have raised the issue of the composition already. Is there an objection to putting down in law how the nomination process for the ELRG is going to work? I respect what the witnesses are saying about the likely outcome and that there will be a balance of workers, employers, academics, experts and all that. Just to be belt, braces and baler twine about it, would it not be better to lay...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Plan of Action on Collective Redundancies following Insolvency Bill 2023: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I want to briefly touch on limited liability. I do not want to go too far into it. We all know that when it is not abused it is grand, but sometimes there can be an attempt to evade responsibility and hide behind the cloak of limited liability. Are the witnesses happy that this has struck that balance? I see in their submission an explanation of what limited liability does, namely,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Plan of Action on Collective Redundancies following Insolvency Bill 2023: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: The witnesses reference the need for the information to be made available in plain English. Simple and accessible language is really important but it also needs to be available in plain Polish, plain Arabic, plain French and plain Spanish. That is really important when circulating the information campaign. If English is not someone's first language, it might be even more important that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Plan of Action on Collective Redundancies following Insolvency Bill 2023: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the witnesses for attending and for their work on this. It is a complicated area but it is also very necessary. In the opening submission, the Department explicitly stated it is not in respect of any one previous company insolvency. I understand that, but it is helpful to think about this in terms of what we know has happened. Certain high-profile cases, such as those involving...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (31 May 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 48. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a breakdown for the current and capital budget allocations for the Skills for Better Business Initiative of the Revised Estimates for 2023; the number of staff required to support the delivery of the initiative; the current pay scale of the staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26443/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (31 May 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 49. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a breakdown for the current and capital budget allocations for the Digital Start Initiative of the Revised Estimates for 2023; the number of staff required to support the delivery of the initiative; the pay scale of the staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26444/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (31 May 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 50. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a breakdown for the current and capital budget allocations for the Enterprise Ireland Innovation Voucher Scheme of the Revised Estimates for 2023; the number of staff required to support the operation of the scheme; the pay scale of the staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26445/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (31 May 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 51. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a breakdown for the current and capital budget allocations for the Enterprise Ireland National Graduate Programme 2023-2025 of the Revised Estimates for 2023; the number of staff required to support the operation of the programme; the pay scale of the staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26446/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Climate Change Policy (31 May 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 52. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a breakdown for the current and capital budget allocations for the Climate Toolkit4Business of the Revised Estimates for 2023; the number of staff required to support the operation of the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26447/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Schemes (31 May 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 53. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the list of current schemes and programmes to support workers with disabilities at the workplace; the steps his Department is taking to support workers with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26448/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Corporate Governance (31 May 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 58. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he intends to accredit independent assurance services providers to carry out the assurance of sustainability reporting, alongside statutory auditors and audit firms, as part of the transposition of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive into Irish law; if he intends to advocate for other states to accredit independent...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (31 May 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown for the current and capital budget allocations for the Apprenticeship Employer Grant of the Revised Estimates for 2023; if there are plans to increase the grant amount; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26449/23]

Respite Care Services: Motion [Private Members] (30 May 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank my colleagues, Deputies Cullinane and Tully, for bringing forward this motion and giving us the opportunity to have this discussion. The disability capacity review shows massive shortcomings. Three quarters of parents caring for an adult or child with an intellectual disability have received no respite whatsoever. Respite is not a luxury. It is not an optional extra. It is what...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Data Protection (30 May 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 107. To ask the Taoiseach if mobile and software applications from a company (details supplied) will be banned from Government devices to protect users’ data from being passed to state security services, in light of information outlined in a media report. [25385/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 May 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports that are in place for a family with a child with a condition (details supplied) who is currently in a mainstream school and then attends a private after-school or creche but whose family has recently been informed that the child will need to be attended by an SNA in order to continue in the after-school or creche; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (30 May 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline the options available to the family of child (details supplied) regarding securing a school place for September; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25851/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Diagnoses (30 May 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 598. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of situations where parents who have children with additional needs in private after-school or crèches have been advised that their child cannot continue to attend the after-school or crèche unless they have an SNA; if he is aware that the SENO has said that they do not provide SNA...