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Home Care: Motion [Private Members] (8 Nov 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: It is 15 years since I first engaged with politicians in relation to the issue of home carers and home helps. I was representing them at the time and we warned politicians that there was a crisis coming in home care because of the terms and conditions of employment and because of the privatisation which, as the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, will be aware, fired the starting gun for the...

Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I will be shocked if I take 15 minutes, as will everybody else in the Chamber. I promise I will not try to do so. I welcome the opportunity to speak in this debate. The Bill is short and fairly technical but, as the Minister of State outlined, it will, when passed, have significant ramifications for business. Its purpose is to make certain amendments to the Credit Guarantee Act 2012 to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Offences (8 Nov 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 168. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the establishment of an online portal, in light of Assistant Garda Commissioner Paula Hillman's comments to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice meeting on 4 October 2022 that she and senior members of An Garda Síochána support the creation of an online portal for members of the public to efficiently upload...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (8 Nov 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration will be given to providing public transport options for Dublin airport workers in north Swords who want to be able to get to work without using their cars; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55237/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Regulations (8 Nov 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 377. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a comprehensive copy of the briefing notes and recommendations that he received from his Department in respect of the 2022-2023 General State-wide Wild Birds Declaration that he signed on 6 July 2022. [54567/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Regulations (8 Nov 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 378. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department and or the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) retains the records/file pertinent to the research, consultation and preparatory work for the drafting and final approval of S.I. No. 254/1986 - European Communities (Wildlife Act, 1976) (Amendment) Regulations, 1986; if, in so doing, his Department is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (8 Nov 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 834. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the establishment of an online portal, in light of Assistant Garda Commissioner Paula Hilman's comments to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice meeting on 4 October 2022 that she and senior members of An Garda Síochána support the creation of an online portal for members of the public to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ministerial Responsibilities (8 Nov 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 1037. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied). [54643/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (8 Nov 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 1264. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied). [54642/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (8 Nov 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 1265. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied). [54644/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (8 Nov 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 1266. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied). [54645/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (8 Nov 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 1267. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied). [54646/22]

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I will ask a couple of questions after making an observation. I tabled a number of amendments that have been ruled out of order. Amendment No. 39 would have transposed into this Bill the Organisation of Working Time (Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2020, which was sponsored by Deputy McDonald and me. The Bill was not opposed by the Government, so I do not understand why my amendment has been...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: That answers my question. There will be two tiers of staff and it will be a bit upstairs-downstairs in the public service after the enactment. Deputy Sherlock referred to a list of reasons a person might be availing of this leave. This is something I want to put to bed and I am assuming that the Minister will be in a position to do that today. The reasons they might be availing of this...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: It will be just that the leave is to be taken. Can I ask about the list, which I do not have in front of me because I left it upstairs? Is it the case that the list that contains the reasons is a non-exhaustive list, that is just an example and that it is not intended to be for any of these reasons?

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: That is okay. With regard to the normal daily rate of pay, and this is something we had considered at the Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment, the question is always about whether premiums are included and about what constitutes a normal rate of pay. I am assuming it will be similar to how one would calculate a bank holiday entitlement, which is on a pro ratabasis, and that it...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: Unless it is confirmation from the Minister and Government that every person who takes unpaid leave for any reason is in fact replaced in the civil and public service. They are not.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: They are really not. Anyone who deals with the public service, as the Minister does, knows they are not. It is not a matter of routine that they are replaced.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Industrial Relations (27 Oct 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I join the Deputy in urging the Government to take action on this as quickly as possible. It is not all vessels and it is not all employers. Where it happens, however, it is awful. We have people working 17 hours a day in unconscionably awful conditions. They are extremely vulnerable. These are migrant workers. It is already tough for workers who work on land and who might have...