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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Employment Rights (15 Sep 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: When the provision of this money is eventually announced, the Government should not give it to companies also that are viable. There was an issue during the pandemic when companies were on the one hand in receipt of State aid and on the other hand paying massive dividends to their shareholders, and that is not acceptable. The Tánaiste referred to the need for businesses to reduce...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Employment Rights (15 Sep 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: That is very welcome. The Tánaiste is right; they have to be helped now. The longer-term solutions can wait. What businesses want to hear and what I want to hear from the Tánaiste is what that will look like because there is so much uncertainty. There are things far beyond the control of any person in the Chamber and we fully accept and appreciate that. Notwithstanding that, as...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Employment Rights (15 Sep 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 9. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures his Department is taking to uncover, to tackle and to reduce bogus self-employment, especially in State-funded agencies or where public moneys are being spent, in light of a recent judgment of the Workplace Relations Commission against a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43743/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Employment Rights (15 Sep 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I have raised this issue with the Tánaiste in different guises on a number of occasions. On the one hand, when there is an industrial dispute, he and others in government will advise people to use the third-party machinery of the State, and that is entirely appropriate. On the other hand, however, we have agencies funded by his Department that then ignore these rulings in some...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Employment Rights (15 Sep 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: That is okay.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Employment Rights (15 Sep 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: The Minister of State referred to the changing world of work as if it is something that has just recently happened. Of course, it has not. I was trying to work it out there, but I think it is about 17 years since the first time I heard the phrase "no mutuality of obligation" in a Labour Court recommendation. The Minister of State will know what that phrase means. It has been knocking...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Employment Rights (15 Sep 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: It is a serious problem, a growing problem and one that needs to be tackled absolutely head-on. As I said, there was a time when people thought it was a niche issue. It is not. It is in the gig economy, IT, construction, universities, journalism and broadcasting. We know that it is happening; what we do not know is what the Government is actually going to do about it. The workers...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Enterprise Support Services (15 Sep 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the Minister of State. While we disagree on a huge amount, there is broad agreement that the gap needs to be addressed. We know the IDA has attracted thousands of multinationals since its establishment. The success can be seen in the results for 2021, where we see more than 275,000 people employed in the multinational sector. Enterprise Ireland is also doing a good job in its...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Enterprise Support Services (15 Sep 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 3. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will commit to establishing an Irish enterprise agency to assist small and medium enterprises trading domestically; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45398/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Enterprise Support Services (15 Sep 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: Will the Tánaiste commit to the establishment of an Irish enterprise agency to assist small and medium-sized enterprises that are trading domestically? As the Tánaiste will know, this is a long-standing policy of Sinn Féin. Recently, IBEC have publicly backed a similar idea. We believe that this would be a great benefit to our small and medium-sized businesses,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Enterprise Support Services (15 Sep 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: In October 2020, the Tánaiste, in response to Deputy Quinlivan, said that the idea of a new agency is certainly something that he had an open mind on and that many business people he spoke to felt that there was a gap. When business is very small it can get help from local enterprise offices and when it is a bit larger or is an exporter, it can get help from Enterprise Ireland but there...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Living Wage (15 Sep 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 1. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when workers can expect the progression towards a living wage to begin; the estimated timeframe for its delivery; if he will outline the benchmarking which will be used to calculate a living wage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43739/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Living Wage (15 Sep 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: When can workers expect to see some serious progression towards a living wage? Will the Tánaiste outline the estimated timeframe for delivery and the benchmarking that will be used to calculate it? We can all agree we are in the middle of a cost-of-living crisis. This is going to have more of an impact on those workers on low pay than on those who are not. They do not have a cushion...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Living Wage (15 Sep 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: The progression towards the living wage is a commitment given in the programme for Government. I acknowledge the advances that have been made by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, specifically in regard to the straw-man proposal and the public consultation. As the Tánaiste is aware, however, the 80 cent increase in the minimum wage was recommended by some, but not all,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Living Wage (15 Sep 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: It will not pay the rent in my constituency and I doubt it will in the Tánaiste's constituency either. It is not that I do not acknowledge that there is a move. However it is not adequate. It goes without saying that I agree with the minority report of the trade union representatives. The majority may have voted in favour of the 80 cent but the workers' representatives on the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Redundancy Payments (15 Sep 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 23. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will clarify the progress made to date on enacting the recommendations of the Plan of Action – Collective Redundancies in order to protect workers in cases of mass redundancies, tactical insolvencies and other such instances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43741/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Energy Prices (15 Sep 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 36. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide details of his and his Department’s engagement with the business community regarding the cost of doing business, specifically the cost of electricity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43740/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (15 Sep 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 286. To ask the Minister for Health the meetings that have been held by him or his officials from assistant principal level-upwards with representatives of business or trade representative groups and organisations since his appointment as Minister; the dates, attendees and matters that were discussed at each meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45197/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers Bill 2022: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the Chairman and our witnesses. This is pretty complicated, so we need to be sure we get it right. I am aware that there are substantial concerns, as expressed this morning. We had representatives of the Department here before the summer recess. Obviously, the representatives will have watched the proceedings. I asked for more information on what body would be a qualified entity....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers Bill 2022: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: The fact that we are still in the dark about this is somewhat concerning.