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Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Engagement on Matters Relating to Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jul 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: I will indeed. The Government has signalled that there will not be any one-off measures. What will the impact of that be on the people the witnesses represent?

Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Engagement on Matters Relating to Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jul 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: I asked a question about cost-of-living measures and I would appreciate an answer to that.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (16 Jul 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: 45. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that the recent fare changes have resulted in increased costs for passengers living in Skerries and Balbriggan and that this increase in fares is serving to heap further costs on hard pressed commuters in the middle of a cost of living crisis; if he will review this decision and allow Skerries and Balbriggan into the same...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Wildlife Regulations (16 Jul 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: 126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in the context of the protection of schoolchildren, all school staff, teachers, support staff and caretakers, and their health and safety, if he is aware of serious harms being caused (and escalating) for several years now by high density, breeding gull colonies in many schools around the country; if she has noted the recent very stark...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Regulations (16 Jul 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: 148. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to set out in detail the specific "threats to public health and safety" that underpinned the legal justifications of the derogation for removal of nests and eggs of specified gull species in Balbriggan and its districts each of the years 2017 to 2023 inclusive, including i) such threats as were recognised by successive...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Regulations (16 Jul 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: 149. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in the context of his Department's advice to his Ministerial predecessor which resulted in the revocation of the Balbriggan derogation (2017-2023, originally granted due to "a threat to public health and safety") for removal of nests and eggs of specified gull species, will the Minister inform the deputy as to whether the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Regulations (16 Jul 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: 150. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government given that he is no doubt aware that the State's Courts have consistently emphasised that protection of the health and safety of citizens is a paramount duty of the State within our legal framework, if he accepts, and if he will ensure, that protection of citizens' health and safety is, therefore, assuredly paramount across...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Regulations (16 Jul 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: 151. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government with reference to the book entitled 'Seabirds Count' a census of breeding seabirds in Britain and Ireland (2015-2021), ISBN 9788416728602, (pub. Nov. 2023), and recurring acknowledgements in that book of the 'Lead Partner' role played by his Department/National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) in the conduct of the census...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Regulations (16 Jul 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: 152. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government with reference to the published book entitled 'Seabirds Count' a census of breeding seabirds in Britain and Ireland (2015-2021), which deals with 25 species of seabirds, has the Minister noted that 70+ pages out of 484 pages in the book are given over to the escalating proliferation of high density urban-breeding gull...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Wildlife Regulations (16 Jul 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: 193. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in the context of the recent and annually recurring very stark warnings in respect of Avian Flu issued by his Department, the Department of Health, the Health Surveillance Protection Centre, the Health and Safety Executive, and indeed by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage/National Parks and Wildlife Service...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Health and Safety (16 Jul 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: 194. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in the context of his Department's annually recurring stark warnings to the general public with regard to Avian Flu and appropriate safety precautions and avoidance measures vis. a vis. seabirds, sick/dead birds and faecal waste and nest detritus of wild birds, and the necessary and thorough zonal biosecurity protocols promulgated...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Social Welfare Benefits (16 Jul 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: 300. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of ongoing delays in processing blind welfare allowance applications throughout the Midlands and Western regions; if she will review this matter and establish the role of the Department of Social Protection in any such delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40097/25]

Endometriosis Care in Ireland: Motion [Private Members] (15 Jul 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: I welcome all the endo-warriors who are with us, and their families. I commend them on their fight and on standing up. I also offer my sympathies to them because I know many of them came here tonight in pain. The Minister knows she should withdraw the amendment but just in case she is under any illusions, I spoke to these women and these are the words they use to describe her amendment....

Commission of Investigation (Handling of Historical Child Sexual Abuse in Day and Boarding Schools) Order 2025: Motion (15 Jul 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: I welcome members of the Ryan family to the Gallery this afternoon. We remember their brother Mark and commend all of those survivors, some of whom have had the courage and internal strength to be able to come forward. For the others who we know are watching this at home and who may never have said it out loud, we commend them nonetheless for surviving what they have been through. I...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (15 Jul 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: 721. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average length of time for processing an appeal against a decision of the Garda Vetting Bureau; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39202/25]

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation (Transfer of Functions) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Jul 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the Deputy for bringing this legislation forward. I am disappointed the Government is opposing it because there is significant merit in facilitating the passage of this legislation to the next Stage so we can have that discussion. The Minister of State cited the fact there has been done no pre-legislative scrutiny done on this legislation. Can he point me to any legislation picked...

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: Statements (10 Jul 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: I pay tribute to Women's Aid on its 50th anniversary. I wish to read out the number for anyone that needs it: 1800 341900. We obviously wish there was no need for Women's Aid but there is, and its work is getting harder and more complex. Some of the earlier speakers mentioned the normalising of domestic abuse, and we cannot allow that to happen. We have to speak clearly and with one...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Library Services (10 Jul 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: I was contacted recently by a student living in Balbriggan. He told me that he is there every morning 20 minutes before the library opens because there is a massive queue of people. That is a ringing endorsement of the work done by the people working in Balbriggan library and indeed all our libraries - I understand we in north County Dublin are not unique in that respect. Will the Minister...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (10 Jul 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: I want to take this opportunity, when we are discussing community centres, to make a request. This was a question I had in and it was moved to another Department but I am going to try and wedge it in here anyway. It concerns community childcare. When we are talking about community centres, we need to be looking at harnessing those buildings. We had a discussion on Storm Éowyn and the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rural Schemes (10 Jul 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: This question is fairly straightforward and simple, as I would like to think all my questions are. Has the Minister of State given consideration to establishing a community wealth building fund within his Department? He will know it is very long-standing Sinn Féin policy to support the development of community wealth building. We were in here the other night debating a Bill on ethical...