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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges Facing Small and Medium Enterprises: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I want to ask the Exporters Association about two points that are referenced in its submission. Firstly the failure of the State to link up with micros and bring them into the exporting loop, and the failure to develop SMEs and mid-caps into larger global corporations. Will it elaborate on this, especially in regard to the latter where Irish SMEs often sell up to foreign buyers rather than...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges Facing Small and Medium Enterprises: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: It is as though a piece of the jigsaw is missing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges Facing Small and Medium Enterprises: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: That is very interesting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges Facing Small and Medium Enterprises: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: The situation to which Mr. Picard referred with regard to employment permits is something we will discuss. There are a range of views and all those will be taken into consideration by this committee and, indeed, all parties. He referred to what might be classed as an underappreciation or lack of focus on the indigenous SME sector from Government, and the manner in which that is maybe...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges Facing Small and Medium Enterprises: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I will agree with Mr. McKeever on that. What Enterprise Ireland does, it does incredibly well, as does the Industrial Development Authority, IDA, Ireland. There is that kind of necessary transfer, however. I am conscious of the time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges Facing Small and Medium Enterprises: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I agree.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges Facing Small and Medium Enterprises: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: It is that pathway to lead them through.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges Facing Small and Medium Enterprises: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: Would Mr. McDonnell like to comment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges Facing Small and Medium Enterprises: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank Mr. McDonnell very much.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges Facing Small and Medium Enterprises: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: There is, therefore, consistency.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges Facing Small and Medium Enterprises: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges Facing Small and Medium Enterprises: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: That is interesting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges Facing Small and Medium Enterprises: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: Indeed. How well did that go?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges Facing Small and Medium Enterprises: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: There is a thread going through this discussion, which is that before this became a full-blown crisis or emergency, there was a perception that it was more an urban issue than a rural one but it is now in every town, village and townland.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (1 Mar 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional resources will be provided to a school (details supplied) to help it tackle the huge waiting lists it is facing and allow for a greater intake of first-year students in September 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10559/23]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport (28 Feb 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: Before I respond, I must acknowledge and thank Deputy Stanton for swapping his slot with me. In his contribution, the Minister of State has said that the Government is strongly committed to providing all citizens with reliable and realistic sustainable mobility options and that public transport plays a key role in the delivery of this goal. I am not being smart, but I would genuinely...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport (28 Feb 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I agree with Teachta Ó Cuív. I am always conscious when we raise this, and I do not mean this in a disrespectful way to the person who has turned up, that there is a rule. It is disrespectful to expect us to come in when the relevant line Minister does not. That is not directed to the Minister of State. I am very conscious that he is here and I do not mean that in a...

National Ambulance Service: Motion [Private Members] (28 Feb 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I want to start by acknowledging the really good and hard work done every day of the week by workers in the Dublin Fire Brigade and the NAS. Despite this Government, they are holding the service together with their hard work and dedication. Even in a well-staffed service and a service where Government provides leadership - unlike in this instance - those workers are under pressure. Their...

Credit Union (Amendment) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Second Stage (28 Feb 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank An Cathaoirleach Gníomhach, Deputy Ó Snodaigh, for the opportunity to speak on the Bill. Sinn Féin will support this Bill and we look forward to working with the credit union movement to make any amendments necessary to improve it further. I am glad the legislation has been forthcoming as part of the programme for Government commitment to review the policy framework...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Feb 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: People who live near Dublin Airport are well used to airport noise. The Taoiseach will know this from his own constituency. However, residents in Ballyboughal, St. Margaret's, Kilsallaghan, Ridgewood and surrounding areas have been subjected to new flight paths. Houses that never had an aeroplane go over them or near them are now subjected to this daily. The attempts by the Dublin Airport...