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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sectoral Employment Order (Construction Sector) 2023: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (26 Apr 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: There is one issue I wanted to raise with the Minister of State. The Minister of State said that workers sometimes choose that. Workers may choose to be self-employed, which is fine, but workers do not choose what companies bogusly characterise them as self-employed. They just do not. When I was representing home helps, when we went to the court, every employer that came in would say that...

Re-introduction of Mortgage Interest Relief: Motion [Private Members] (25 Apr 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: Figures produced by the CSO recently show that in real terms wages have fallen by 3.3% because they are not keeping pace with inflation. What that means for people who are facing hikes in their monthly mortgage repayments, people who would benefit from the Sinn Féin proposal that we are debating this evening, is that they are getting squeezed from all sides. They are paying more for...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Data (25 Apr 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 207. To ask the Minister for Finance the volume of larger boxes of cigarettes non-20-pack cigarettes sold in each of the years 2018 to 2022. [19308/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Consumer Rights (25 Apr 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 220. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 233 of 7 March 2023, if a business or a self-employed business person can specify "card not accepted" or "cash payment only"; and if this will ensure the customer cannot subsequently claim a legal right to pay in card. [19386/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Energy Prices (25 Apr 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 239. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the scheme under design aimed at providing support to businesses with increases in their LPG and kerosene oil costs; when the scheme will go live; and what industry experts were consulted in the design of the scheme. [19200/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Bodies (25 Apr 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 242. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide a list of the members of the Working Group on Trustworthy AI Principles and Guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19357/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Policing of Events (25 Apr 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 394. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total cost to the State of providing security for the visit of the US President; and for a breakdown of this cost in as detailed a manner as possible. [19028/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Policing of Events (25 Apr 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 395. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of additional gardaí seconded to Dublin, Louth and Mayo (or other) to provide security for the visit of the US President. [19029/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (25 Apr 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 572. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the sale of larger boxes of cigarettes non-20-pack cigarettes constitutes promotional pricing; and if they are distorting demand for cigarettes upwards. [19309/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (25 Apr 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 573. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to a unit price per cigarette, or if the pricing of larger boxes will be set as a derivative of the price of a 20-pack of cigarettes to ensure against promotional pricing. [19310/23]

Organised Crime: Statements (20 Apr 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I welcome the opportunity to make a contribution to this debate. After 12 years in government, it is clear that Fine Gael is soft on crime. Through its lack of leadership and the lack of funding and resources for An Garda Síochána, organised crime has been allowed to spiral and devastate countless communities. The Government has presided over a continued deterioration in the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (20 Apr 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 274. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable housing units delivered via the cost rental equity loan, the affordable housing fund and project Tosaigh in Fingal in each of the years, 2016 to 2022; and the planned number to be delivered in 2023, with a breakdown of units per scheme and average price of units by unit size, in tabular form. [18765/23]

Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers Bill 2023: Second Stage (19 Apr 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the Minister of State for his remarks. Sinn Féin supports this Bill but will be putting forward amendments on Committee Stage, so it not all good news. This Bill transposes Directive (EU) 2020/1828 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2020 on representative actions for the protection of the collective interests of consumers. The reason for the need...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Digital Services Bill 2023: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I agree with the Cathaoirleach. I want to hear from the officials as to why the Bill is before this committee. My understanding is that a Cabinet decision was made to transfer it to this committee but we will hear from the officials on that. It strikes me that as the committee with the lengthy name referred to by the Chair has concluded a piece of work in this area, it would be best placed...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Digital Services Bill 2023: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: It is an update of the e-commerce directive and it is intended to broaden that out. Am I right?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Digital Services Bill 2023: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: That is my problem. It broadens out the e-commerce directive into online harm, which then crosses over into the area of the media, etc. I have no knowledge of the Media Commission. The expectation here is that this committee will consider the transposition and subsequent legislation, which will result in additional functions for the Media Commission. We have work to do in finding out what...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Digital Services Bill 2023: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I think we would need to seek guidance from the Office of the Ceann Comhairle.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Digital Services Bill 2023: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the witnesses for being here. I am sure they can understand that our concern is not with them but with this process.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Digital Services Bill 2023: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: We have been asked, in a letter, to waive pre-legislative scrutiny.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Digital Services Bill 2023: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: We have the heads of the digital services Bill here.