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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Quarters 1 and 2: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I appreciate that. However, when organising workers, in particular those who are vulnerable, low-paid workers and workers in an environment where there is a lot of transition, time is of the essence. It is very hard when someone is convinced to join the union but their boss does not want them to join the union. We have to stand with them but it becomes very difficult to stay with them at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Quarters 1 and 2: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: Later this year.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Quarters 1 and 2: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: When will the public consultation start?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Quarters 1 and 2: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: With regard to the business energy support scheme, I watched the budget briefing on budget day and it was said that the scheme is open to any business. I have some concerns in that regard. The ability for any business to apply to the scheme could potentially leave us open to abuse while, obviously, the net needs to be cast wide and any business that deserves it should be in the scheme....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (4 Oct 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 193. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason that the National Driving Licence Service has denied a person (details supplied) a full Irish driving licence in exchange for their full Australian driving licence given the existence of a driving licence exchange scheme operating between Ireland and states and territories in Australia. [48174/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Port Tunnel (4 Oct 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of nights that the Port Tunnel has been closed in 2022; the reason for the increase in the number of closures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48483/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (4 Oct 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 227. To ask the Minister for Finance if the application of a zero VAT rate for automatic external defibrillators announced in Budget 2023 is inclusive of associated parts including pads and batteries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48371/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Enterprise Support Services (4 Oct 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 228. To ask the Minister for Finance if the temporary business energy support scheme is available to any and all businesses, providing that they meet the eligibility criteria; and if so, the protections that will be in-built into the scheme to ensure that it is not abused or accessed by businesses that do not need the supports. [48372/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (4 Oct 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 229. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to introduce tax relief for the purchase and repair of a medical product (details supplied). [48373/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (4 Oct 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 450. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will investigate if a person (details supplied) is entitled to a travel pass; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48553/22]

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Financial Resolution No. 6: General (Resumed) (29 Sep 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: Go raibh maith agat, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle, for the opportunity to speak. Delivering a budget - or delivering an alternative budget, as many Opposition parties do - is challenging and onerous, and they are pretty difficult to put together. Therefore, while I do not agree with much of what is in the Government's budget, I wish to state for the record that I recognise that the elements I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Living, Minimum Wage Increases and Report of Low Pay Commission: Discussion (28 Sep 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I welcome Ms Pyke and all the other witnesses. I will make a remark I do not mean in an offensive way but we all know that women are overrepresented in low-paid work. It is regrettable. I welcome the woman who is here but I regret that there are not more women because we are disproportionately represented among the low-paid, as Ms Pyke and the other witnesses will be aware. A simplistic...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Living, Minimum Wage Increases and Report of Low Pay Commission: Discussion (28 Sep 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I understand how inflation works. I am asking Mr. Courtney a simple question. Does he believe that there should be equal emphasis on wherever supports are going and the contribution they could make to inflation? It seems very one-sided when we talk about low-income workers and the potential for them to somehow spark some sort of massive wage spiral of inflation, which I do not buy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Living, Minimum Wage Increases and Report of Low Pay Commission: Discussion (28 Sep 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: When Mr. Courtney says, "whatever is needed to bring the balance up", does that mean he is not ruling out a second recommendation to keep pace?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Living, Minimum Wage Increases and Report of Low Pay Commission: Discussion (28 Sep 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: It has been made previously, so in certain circumstances a second recommendation could be made.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Living, Minimum Wage Increases and Report of Low Pay Commission: Discussion (28 Sep 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: Does Mr. Light have a comment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Living, Minimum Wage Increases and Report of Low Pay Commission: Discussion (28 Sep 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: Absolutely. There is chat about moving to a living wage, but 80 cent is nowhere near a major leap or a major step, particularly in light of the current inflationary pressures that are having an impact specifically on low-income workers. Does Mr. Light have any confidence a living wage can be achieved within the lifetime of this Government, however long that may be, or does he think the pace...