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Report on Commission on Pensions: Motion (3 Mar 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I welcome Pádraig Peyton and his SIPTU colleagues who are in the Gallery this evening. In 2020, politicians from all parties got a very clear message from the voters. Workers rejected the Government policy of the incremental increases in the pension age. The voters forced a fairly substantial U-turn by the Government parties and the Labour Party. Workers also want the option to...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Mar 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I refer to the case that Julia Marciniak, Lenka Lermanova and their trade union, Unite, took to the Labour Court. I know the Tánaiste is aware of it. The Labour Court decision and related documentation show how determined the workers were and that they were effectively sacked for joining a trade union and being active therein. Every employer would not mind employees joining a trade...

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (2 Mar 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: There may possibly be speakers. I am conscious that business has moved quickly. I have no objections to the legislation going through. My amendments in respect of the previous Bill were, regrettably, ruled out of order. There might be speakers and I am conscious that business is moving quickly. I do not whether there are speakers on the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022 or...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (2 Mar 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I want to raise with the Taoiseach the delay in advancing the urgently needed legislation to identify and guard marine protected areas as required under the marine strategy framework directive. As the Taoiseach will be aware, Ireland has no legal tool with which to define, identify, designate or manage marine protected areas. As a result, many species, habitats and processes occurring in...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (2 Mar 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I want to ask the Taoiseach about the abolition of mandatory retirement. As he will be aware, Sinn Féin tabled legislation that was supported by his party in opposition in the previous Dáil and which we will be reintroducing in the coming weeks. This legislation, when passed, will give workers a choice to retire at 65 or to work on. Forcing workers to retire at 65, as his...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (2 Mar 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: Section 110.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (2 Mar 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I send my solidarity to the Ukrainian people and their families in Ireland and commend those who are doing so much on the ground in our communities to organise relief, collect money and show support. Two people in my town, Tanya, who runs Tanya's Kitchen, and her mam, both of them Ukrainian, will run a fundraiser tomorrow, while Ollie, who runs The Snug, is collecting money as well. So much...

National Driver Licence Service: Motion [Private Members] (2 Mar 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the Acting Chairman for the opportunity to speak to this Private Members' motion and thank the Deputies involved for tabling it. The outsourcing of the issuing and renewal of driver licences has been a farce from the start. Hardly a week goes by without some form of complaint made to my office about the standard of the quality of the service provided by the NDLS. This has nothing...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (2 Mar 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 159. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 134 of 9 February 2022, if he will provide details of the clinical specialities that are represented on the Therapeutics Implementation Working Group; the details of the clinical specialities that are represented on the COVID-19 Therapeutics Implementation Preparedness Programme Clinical Advisory Group; and if he will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the Chairman. I thank the officials for attending and for their submissions. I have a couple of questions. My first is to Ms McElwee. The IBEC submission refers to potential costs for employers and the grave and serious fear it has this is going to run out of control. I come at this from a different perspective, which I am sure will be no surprise to anyone listening. I raise...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: Of course there must be some form of balance but, with respect, there is no balance in the IBEC submission. It is all, I would have thought, fairly negative towards what has been done so far. I add that what has been done so far is, in the eyes of most people, actually quite prohibitive and is not in any way, shape or form going to deliver the right to remote work that people want. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: To continue on that, I agree with Ms King 100% that the legislation, in its current format, will not work for anybody. It is literally a tick box for employers. If they had no imagination at all, they could just read out the lines in the legislation as a mechanism for refusing requests. We know that, but when we are talking about making it fit for purpose and when Ms King is talking about...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: If I came across as being at all supportive of this Bill, Ms King has misunderstood me. I note Ms King referenced the campaign of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions in this regard. Has the engagement to date involved engaging with Government, Government Deputies, Government representatives or representatives from the Department? What response did ICTU get during that engagement? Is it the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I agree with Ms King. My time is up so I will be very brief. To be very clear, what has been lacking from the very start has been meaningful input on behalf of the people the sponsoring Minister tells us will benefit from the Bill. In truth, there can be no benefit from it in its current format. Ms King would probably agree with me that the lack of engagement and the failure to listen to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (1 Mar 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 172. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason that windows and doors have been excluded from the new individual energy retrofit grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11415/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (1 Mar 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 218. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons with a full driver's licence who do not have an insurance policy because they do not own a car, are facing difficulties with short-term leasing of vehicles which require a no claims bonus, or proof of previous driving record, as part of the hiring process; if he has examined ways...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (1 Mar 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties workers from outside the State in are experiencing in obtaining an appointment with the National Driver Licence Service in order to exchange their foreign driving licence for an Irish driving licence; if he has plans to further resource the National Driver Licence Service in order to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (1 Mar 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 535. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the delays experienced by workers from outside the State in a sector (details supplied) in obtaining a personal public service number; if she has plans to expedite the process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11727/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (1 Mar 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 583. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if additional staff have been deployed to ensure there are no prolonged delays for workers undergoing the new enhanced background check given such delays cause difficulties for workers and business alike; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11213/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (1 Mar 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 648. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the membership of the Food Reformulation Task Force; if there will be NGO representation on the taskforce; the exact membership of the Oversight and Monitoring Group overseeing the task force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10955/22]