Results 261-280 of 13,128 for speaker:Louise O'Reilly
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Poverty Data (25 Sep 2025)
Louise O'Reilly: Maybe when he comes back in, the Minister can tell me when the dashboard, which will allegedly contain a number of child poverty measurements, will be available. I know it will come from the child poverty unit so is not, strictly speaking, the Minister's Department, but I am sure it will be involved in it. Here is my difficulty. The consistent poverty rate for children is running at 8.5%,...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Meals Programme (25 Sep 2025)
Louise O'Reilly: 84. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of schools under contract to a supplier (details supplied) under the hot school meals programme; the number of these schools that exclusively cater to additional educational needs; the number that are DEIS schools; the number that are DEIS+ schools; his plan to provide parents of children affected by the cessation...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Meals Programme (25 Sep 2025)
Louise O'Reilly: The question relates to the sudden cessation of an element of the hot school meals programme. I am specifically interested in the number of schools impacted that are DEIS schools or that exclusively cater for children with additional educational needs. The Minister has to be aware that this news came as a bolt out of the blue for parents. It seemed there was no contingency in place when it...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Poverty Data (25 Sep 2025)
Louise O'Reilly: 82. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he is aware that the measurement 'consistent poverty' obscures the full number of people both at risk of poverty and in material deprivation; if he is aware that 'consistent poverty' fails to account for housing costs; if he will consider using both 'material deprivation' and 'at risk of poverty after housing costs' as...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Poverty Data (25 Sep 2025)
Louise O'Reilly: In keeping with my form, this question is fairly straightforward. It is to do with the use of the measurement of consistent poverty, which obscures the full number of people both at risk of poverty and in material deprivation. I hope the Minister tells me he will do what I am asking, which is to consider alternative measures. We all have an interest in tackling poverty but we cannot do...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Poverty Data (25 Sep 2025)
Louise O'Reilly: The problem is that the level of children in consistent poverty is currently 8.5%, that figure having doubled since 2024. However, the consistent poverty measure, in and of itself, does not account for housing costs. The Minister and I both know that for reasons of Government policy, housing costs are out of control. People who are at risk of poverty or living in consistent poverty are not...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (25 Sep 2025)
Louise O'Reilly: 137. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is any process by which former partners who were divorced or separated from the bereaved ie, widows; widowers; surviving civil partners and surviving cohabitants, who are not covered by the bereaved partners pension may access compensation or financial assistance for funeral costs; the costs of raising the...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Poverty (25 Sep 2025)
Louise O'Reilly: 151. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he is aware of the ESRI's recent findings from their report on 'Poverty, Income Inequality and Living Standards in Ireland' that almost one in five children are at risk of poverty after housing costs; if he is aware of the ESRI's recent finding that almost half of lone parent families are at risk of poverty after housing...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (25 Sep 2025)
Louise O'Reilly: 168. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will consider removing means-testing for access to social protection supports e.g. fuel allowance and the household energy package, for people with an end-of-life cancer diagnosis; if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) funded research in which people reported energy hardship in households where people...
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Airport Authority (25 Sep 2025)
Louise O'Reilly: 193. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has received any complaints, disclosures, or internal correspondence regarding governance concerns, conflicts of interest, or procedural irregularities regarding the recent appointment of a chief executive at a company (details supplied); if he will confirm whether the advertised eligibility requirements were met and...
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Airport Authority (25 Sep 2025)
Louise O'Reilly: 194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will set out whether the recent appointment of a chief executive at a company (details supplied) was conducted in full compliance with statutory and advertised criteria; if his Department received or reviewed any complaints, disclosures, or governance evaluations indicating conflicts of interest, procedural irregularities, or...
- Auto-Enrolment: Statements (24 Sep 2025)
Louise O'Reilly: That is fine. I did not want to take any time from my colleagues. That is all.
- Auto-Enrolment: Statements (24 Sep 2025)
Louise O'Reilly: I am indeed. It is something which is not spoken of often enough.
- Auto-Enrolment: Statements (24 Sep 2025)
Louise O'Reilly: Yes. I will continue until six minutes are left and my colleagues will take three minutes each, if that is okay.
- Auto-Enrolment: Statements (24 Sep 2025)
Louise O'Reilly: Yes, but there are nine minutes left so we will have three each. I probably will not even take that. I want to use my words to conclude. I think there might have been too much time put up, but we can only go with what is on the clock. In short, the Government's scheme for auto-enrolment is unfortunately and regrettably a missed opportunity. That it did not take our suggestion to task...
- Auto-Enrolment: Statements (24 Sep 2025)
Louise O'Reilly: I welcome the opportunity to speak this afternoon about auto-enrolment pensions. I acknowledge my dad in the Public Gallery. Both of us have spent a large chunk of our working lives working hard to improve the situation for workers. I genuinely wish I could support the Government's auto-enrolment proposals. Although I am someone who fundamentally believes in decent pensions, I think this...
- Child Poverty and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2025)
Louise O'Reilly: Speak directly to the 5,000 homeless kids, Minister. On you go.
- Child Poverty and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2025)
Louise O'Reilly: There are 5,000 homeless children.
- Child Poverty and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2025)
Louise O'Reilly: Are you not a bit ashamed?
- Child Poverty and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2025)
Louise O'Reilly: Are you not a bit ashamed?