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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Cooperative Societies Bill 2022: Discussion (15 Feb 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the witnesses for the very valuable information they have provided. I will apologise in advance because I must go to the Chamber to speak so I will not be able to stay for the entire session but I can look back on it. During pre-legislative scrutiny on the general scheme officials from the Department told us they were not considering the re-establishment of the co-operative...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Cooperative Societies Bill 2022: Discussion (15 Feb 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: That is fair enough.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Cooperative Societies Bill 2022: Discussion (15 Feb 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I want to ask Dr. Carroll and Dr. McCarthy about worker co-operatives as a distinct entity. I am a fan of worker co-operatives. They put the worker at the centre and sustainability is one of the core objectives. We should be doing more of it, if you ask me. The legislation does not recognise or protect worker co-operatives as a distinct legal entity. Do they believe this is a missed...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Cooperative Societies Bill 2022: Discussion (15 Feb 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I have a concern they would potentially get swamped if they do not have protection. They are a very particular form of enterprise and a very particular form of working. Does Dr. McCarthy think that by not recognising any particular type there is scope to recognise them all? How does she feel the general scheme of the legislation addresses this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Cooperative Societies Bill 2022: Discussion (15 Feb 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: Even if it were your favourite? I am only joking. I have one more question after which I will pass over to my colleague, Senator Gavan. We were told in our hearings that the principles have not been updated since the 1980s and that they cannot be amended to include a clause that will insist on co-operatives respecting and upholding workers' rights as a principle. I disagree with this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Cooperative Societies Bill 2022: Discussion (15 Feb 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I dearly wish it did.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Cooperative Societies Bill 2022: Discussion (15 Feb 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: And so we all should be but we are dealing with co-operatives this morning.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Cooperative Societies Bill 2022: Discussion (15 Feb 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the witnesses and I will hand over to my colleague.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Business Supports (15 Feb 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 70. To ask the Minister for Finance if the thresholds for the temporary business energy support scheme, namely the need to experience a 50% or more increase in electricity and or natural gas average unit price, and the claim for 40% of the increases in energy bills, are the fullest extent to which the relaxed State aid rules can be applied for the scheme; if not, if the Government has scope...

Cost-of-Living Supports: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (14 Feb 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: If anyone needed proof of how out of touch the Government is, they got it in spades this evening. I hope the Minister is proud of herself. There has been a lot of speculation recently about the Government’s intentions regarding people struggling with the cost-of-living crisis. The Government has told homeowners they are on their own if they are struggling to pay their mortgage...

Cost-of-Living Supports: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (14 Feb 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: One of the Minister’s colleagues specialises in renaming government services that have failed. She did her magic with the Passport Office. She needs to get another campaign going to rename the emergency payment as a “wait until your emergency is a crisis” payment because people are left waiting weeks for it.

Cost-of-Living Supports: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (14 Feb 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I spoke to a young mother in my constituency last week. She lives in Swords and has a daughter who is autistic and needs supports. She has been forced to cancel the therapies she pays for privately for her child. She said to me - forgive my language, Leas-Cheann Comhairle – “I have been made to feel like a shit mother.” She is not a "shit mother". She is doing her...

Cost-of-Living Supports: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (14 Feb 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I apologise, Leas-Cheann Comhairle. It was a direct quote.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (14 Feb 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to improve the position of PhD candidates as a means to grow the talent pool of workers in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6944/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services (14 Feb 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 288. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide full details of the past and present role of a person (details supplied) at the Irish Embassy to Colombia, including if any potential conflicts of interest were investigated or identified between the person’s official role at the Embassy and at a company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6608/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Feb 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 873. To ask the Minister for Health the process by which pregnant women experiencing extreme nausea and vomiting can obtain the drug cariban; the reason the drug cannot be prescribed by a GP on the drugs payment scheme as the majority of women do not see a consultant until after 12 weeks; if the current prescription process for the drug is out of line with standard practice in other EU...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Health Services Staff (9 Feb 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 111. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the new rules that allow doctors who have been working in the State for more than two years to immediately be able to access a stamp 4 permission and spousal work rights; the number of doctors who applied under the new rules; the number that were approved; the number who were rejected; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Schemes (9 Feb 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 128. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 38 and 39 of 1 February 2023, when he will sanction the changes to the amended Ukraine enterprise crisis scheme. [6228/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (9 Feb 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 272. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that older people are being charged significant sums of money by GPs to carry out certification of fitness to drive check-ups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6294/23]

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Revised) (9 Feb 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I welcome the Minister, who is before the committee for the first time, as well as his team. I thank him for the overview he has given. I apologise but I have to leave fairly sharpish because I have a meeting in my constituency that I cannot change. I wish to touch on the WRC and the HSA. The Minister may or may not be aware that in 2006, under a national wage agreement entitled Toward...