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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Enterprise Support Services (12 Oct 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 1. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware of the specific barriers that women founders of technology companies face in accessing State supports. [44353/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Enterprise Support Services (12 Oct 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: Is the Minister aware of the specific barriers women founders of technology companies face in accessing State supports? Will he engage with the sector directly and with the stakeholders to address these issues? The issues are many and varied, but a direct engagement would be incredibly beneficial.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Enterprise Support Services (12 Oct 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I understood the figure to be 27%. The Minister states it is 37%, but it does not matter. It is still not 51%. There we are. Women make up 51% of the population. I acknowledge the progress but the Minister should also acknowledge that there is a huge amount of work left to be done. I have spoken with stakeholders in the area. Some of this, unfortunately, is only anecdotal evidence...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Enterprise Support Services (12 Oct 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: With regard to the barriers that women founders of tech companies face in accessing State support, I refer to something that is happening in California. The Governor, Mr. Gavin Newsom, has signed into law Senate Bill 54 which will require venture capital firms in the state to annually report the diversity of the founders they are backing. It is very specific. It is looking directly at the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Flexible Work Practices (12 Oct 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 38. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the status of the remote working code of practice being drafted by the Workplace Relations Commission; if he will provide a timeline as to when the code of practice in come into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44309/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Living Wage (12 Oct 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 52. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the status of the living wage; the expected year at which the minimum wage will reach a living wage as based on current Government projections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44310/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Artificial Intelligence (12 Oct 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 54. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the establishment of the artificial intelligence advisory council; the level of expression of interest to date; and if the council will contain worker representatives from the trade union movement. [44312/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (12 Oct 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 57. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the work to incorporate into legislation the recommendations on collective bargaining made by the high-level group on collective bargaining and industrial relations; if he will provide a timeline as to when the matter will be legislated for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44308/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Health and Safety (12 Oct 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 68. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will meet with retail and security workers regarding workplace safety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44311/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Apprenticeship Landscape in Ireland: Institute of Physics (11 Oct 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank our witnesses for the information they have shared with us this morning. While I was reading the submission last night, I was having a think about this. Naturally, you think about your own schooling, when many of us were first exposed to physics, although I have a cousin who is a physicist who tells me that physics is all around us so we have been exposed to it since we were babies....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Apprenticeship Landscape in Ireland: Institute of Physics (11 Oct 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: That is a very good point. Ms Longmuir is right; the negativity is coming from both ends of the spectrum, if that is even possible. She makes an interesting point on the adults being the influencers. The tendency is to ask young people why they are not doing things better or why they have not fixed what we did wrong. We should actually be talking directly to the people who are influencing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Apprenticeship Landscape in Ireland: Institute of Physics (11 Oct 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: That is very interesting. In her statement, Ms Longmuir said "approximately half of physics-related jobs do not require a degree, making further education and training a valuable and underutilised tool in the closing of the skills gap". Will Ms Longmuir speak about the type of jobs and sort of training that workers will undertake? As she said, the stereotype is such that someone thinks if...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Apprenticeship Landscape in Ireland: Institute of Physics (11 Oct 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I would have thought it would be. I was trying to get a picture in my head. If one is going to say, they are the stereotypes and they are over there but we are going to look at the reality, it is helpful to know exactly what it is, practically speaking, that people do. Will the witness speak about the role the Institute of Physics could potentially play in building apprenticeships and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Apprenticeship Landscape in Ireland: Institute of Physics (11 Oct 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I agree with Ms Longmuir. The role of the Institute of Physics as convenor in that regard is interesting because it brings both elements. The consortium model puts employers in the driving seat, which is not always 100% a positive thing but there are a lot of positive elements to it. The potential for expansion is there. I guess that we have not reached the peak or anywhere near it in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Apprenticeship Landscape in Ireland: Institute of Physics (11 Oct 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: It is about exposing kids to a range of options. I am conscious of the time. I am delighted that our witnesses this morning are 50-50 but that is not true of the industry and - the witnesses will know - it is not true of the area. There are a lot of very gendered stereotypes that relate to physics, science and STEM. Apart from having 50-50 representation at panels and for our witnesses, I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Apprenticeship Landscape in Ireland: Institute of Physics (11 Oct 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: It is very positive.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Apprenticeship Landscape in Ireland: Institute of Physics (11 Oct 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I take that point. I was just trying to home in on that one. It is vast. It is made up of a number of elements.