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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Unified Patent Court: Discussion (13 Jul 2022)
Louise O'Reilly: It strikes me that we are very far behind on this. I do not know that we would be able to catch up but we can tease that out. Mr. Gaffney will be aware that there are well-accredited groups that have a view about that courts such as the UPC limit democratic freedoms and, crucially, interfere with the creation of things such as patent-free medicine. We have had a debate at this committee,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Unified Patent Court: Discussion (13 Jul 2022)
Louise O'Reilly: On the second page of IBEC's submission, it says the "current system of country-by-country patent protection and litigation is ... expensive, time consuming and resource intensive". Will Mr. Gaffney give us an example of the kind of money being talked about when he says it is expensive, relative to a SME? Is it prohibitively expensive, to the point where people decide they cannot afford it...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Unified Patent Court: Discussion (13 Jul 2022)
Louise O'Reilly: Do we have any research on the number of companies that have just one or two patents which could scale the number up?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Unified Patent Court: Discussion (13 Jul 2022)
Louise O'Reilly: Mr. Sweeney referred to one in 100 compared with one in ten. That is true across the European Union. Does he have any information relating to Ireland specifically, such as a survey of companies with certain proportions stating they would issue more patents if they could afford to defend them? The chances are that we are similar to the rest of Europe. What information are we relying on?
- Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)
Louise O'Reilly: It is Government Members who are like the Muppets.
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Regulations (12 Jul 2022)
Louise O'Reilly: 397. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his reasons for continuing to refuse to derogate from the general scheme of legal protection of wild birds in the interests of public health and safety; and the reason that he extended the 2021-2022 derogations for three months and in so doing inflicting another high-density urban gull breeding season on identified impacted...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Regulations (12 Jul 2022)
Louise O'Reilly: 398. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Natural England has now fully implemented its new urban gull policy that it announced in February 2020 (details supplied); the reason that he and his Department despite having identical primary legislation in the Wildlife Act 2000 as amended, continue to refuse to provide any...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Regulations (12 Jul 2022)
Louise O'Reilly: 399. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department and the National Parks and Wildlife Service retain all files and records pertinent to the research, consultation and preparation work for the drafting and approval of S.I. No. 254/1986 - European Communities (Wildlife Act, 1976) (Amendment) Regulations, 1986; if not, if these materials were lodged with the...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Regulations (12 Jul 2022)
Louise O'Reilly: 401. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 226 and 227 of 31 May 2022, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a 17-page formal complaint dealing with extremely serious matters that was submitted by persons to his Department on 23 February 2022 has neither been acknowledged nor replied to; and if he can advise on when...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (12 Jul 2022)
Louise O'Reilly: 400. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide the details of the licences provided to Dublin City Council by the National Parks and Wildlife Service for the five-year scaring programme; and the analyses over the five years that were conducted by the National Parks and Wildlife Service to ensure that the scaring programme was effective, proportionate...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (12 Jul 2022)
Louise O'Reilly: 406. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the Local Authority Housing Delivery Action Plans that were being reviewed by his Department and which were due to be published before the end of Q2 2022; and if he will provide a list of the plans that have been published and the plans that have been delayed and when they are due to be published. [37296/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (12 Jul 2022)
Louise O'Reilly: 407. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the work of the Approved Housing Body Classification Working Group; and the progress that has been made to date towards securing off-balance sheet statistical classification for approved housing bodies. [37297/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (12 Jul 2022)
Louise O'Reilly: 483. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the consideration that was given to facilitating persons with disabilities who may have issues with getting their photograph taken for example a visually impaired person who cannot look directly into the camera or may not be able to stay still to use the online system for applying for a passport; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (12 Jul 2022)
Louise O'Reilly: 589. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the consideration that was given to facilitating persons with disabilities who may have issues with getting their photograph taken for example a visually impaired person who cannot look directly into the camera or may not be able to stay still, to use the online system for applying for a public services card; and if she...
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Housing Policy (12 Jul 2022)
Louise O'Reilly: 721. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress of housing policy objective 25 in Housing for All, the review of the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011; and when the review will be completed. [37100/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (12 Jul 2022)
Louise O'Reilly: 834. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have received paxlovid antiviral treatment in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37298/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (12 Jul 2022)
Louise O'Reilly: 835. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that there are differences in the official guidelines for the use and provision of anti-viral treatments compared to the regulatory approval and licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37299/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (12 Jul 2022)
Louise O'Reilly: 836. To ask the Minister for Health the actions that are being taken by his Department and the HSE to reverse the general lack of awareness among healthcare professionals particularly general practitioners and high-risk patients being 40-50% of the population regarding Covid-19 anti-viral treatment in Ireland; the reason that the treatments are not being promoted more effectively given the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (12 Jul 2022)
Louise O'Reilly: 837. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the treatment pathway for anti-viral medication in Ireland is as effective as it could be; the lessons that are being taken from other jurisdictions in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37301/22]
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport (7 Jul 2022)
Louise O'Reilly: The population of Skerries is more than 10,000 and the population of Balbriggan is nearly 30,000. The Minister of State effectively said that those commuters will be excluded from what is a very attractive scheme. They would not want to be in it if it was not going to be to their benefit. I appreciate the Minister of State being here and I thank him for the reply. However, it will not be...