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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Business Supports (21 Feb 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 214. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of businesses that have applied for assistance under the temporary business energy support scheme to date. by county; the number of applications that have been successful. by county; the estimated value or worth of the support to date for each county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8084/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Business Supports (21 Feb 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 216. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the change to the temporary business energy support scheme (details supplied); the businesses that will be eligible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8164/23]

Civil Defence Bill 2023: Second Stage (15 Feb 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the Chair for the opportunity to speak to this important legislation that, as has been outlined, we will support. There is not a Deputy or member of the public who has not witnessed the Civil Defence at work, often at times of need or crisis. What many people do not know is that the Civil Defence is a volunteer-based organisation and that these men and women put themselves on the...

Energy Costs and Windfall Taxes: Motion [Private Members] (15 Feb 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the Social Democrats for bringing forward this motion and giving us the chance to have this discussion. It was slightly less than edifying to see the senior Minister appear to make light of some of the pleas from the Opposition. It does not surprise me coming as it does from that particular quarter. I note that the Minister did not stay for the full debate as he has left the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Business of Joint Committee (15 Feb 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I nominate Deputy Richard Bruton.

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]