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Screening of Third Country Transactions Bill 2022: Second Stage (21 Sep 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I welcome the newly appointed Minister of State, Deputy Calleary. I wish him all the very best in his role and I very much look forward to working constructively with him over the remaining period of government, although we all may wish different things for the duration of it. I wish him the very best. I am grateful to have an opportunity to say a few words on this important Bill. It...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Dental Services (21 Sep 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the Minister of State. I will highlight one of the sentences in her reply: I have been assured by the HSE that the local services on the ground will assist any persons who are still experiencing problems in accessing a service. I refer the Minister of State back to the direct experience of the woman to whom I spoke. She said she contacted the HSE about the dentist and the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Dental Services (21 Sep 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the Minister of State for attending to take this debate. This issue is not unique to anyone's constituency, but I hope to hear from the Minister of State what I can tell my constituents when they ring my office. I will provide an example and call the woman involved "Mary". That is not her real name, but I am sure she does not want her name used. Mary has multiple sclerosis and...

National Retrofit Plan: Motion [Private Members] (20 Sep 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: There is 20 minutes of Government time and the Deputy knows it.

National Retrofit Plan: Motion [Private Members] (20 Sep 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank my colleague, an Teachta O'Rourke, for bringing forward this motion and providing us with an opportunity to have this very important debate. The Minister of State referred to all of us being on the same page. We are not really all on the same page, though, are we? Some of us are not even in the same book if truth be told. On the Minister of State's page, there are 9,000 people...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Sep 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: The Taoiseach was asked a very simple question.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (20 Sep 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 129. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way in which mentors are chosen for the Enterprise Ireland mentoring network; the way in which these mentors are evaluated; if Enterprise Ireland staff have received training on how to evaluate mentors capabilities; the amount that has been spent on mentors by Enterprise Ireland in the past 3 years, in tabular form; and if he...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Sep 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: We do not mind.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cost of Living Issues (15 Sep 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: The Tánaiste referenced in his remarks the public sector pay deal and the increase in the minimum wage. There is a cohort of workers not covered by either of these who are being creased by inflation. They desperately need a pay rise. The Minister and I both know, whether we say it publicly or not, that the best way for a worker to achieve a pay rise is not to wait around for the...

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

Louise O'Reilly: Question No. 11 is a simple one and I am conscious this was discussed earlier. I refer to an earlier comment made by the Tánaiste in which he said that viable but vulnerable businesses need to be prevented from failing. I understand this issue was discussed already. I ask this question on behalf of Deputy Gould.

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

Louise O'Reilly: Yes, it was. I was substituting for Deputy Gould and was not included in the grouping, which is why I am asking it now.

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

Louise O'Reilly: I was not called and I did alert the Leas-Cheann Comhairle to it.

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

Louise O'Reilly: If the Tánaiste and the Minister of State are agreeable, we could cut the time for the question. My question is fairly straightforward.

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

Louise O'Reilly: I did approach the Leas-Cheann Comhairle because I was not certain and just wanted to be sure.

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

Louise O'Reilly: I will be quick because I know Deputy Ó Ríordáin has a question.

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

Louise O'Reilly: The question relates to the supports currently in place for businesses. However, I want to ask about the Tánaiste's remarks, that he wants to prevent viable but vulnerable business from failing. How will he identify those businesses and how will he ensure the supports get to the business that are struggling with their energy costs?

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...