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Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Organisation of Working Time (Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2020: Discussion (25 Jan 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the members of the committee for facilitating this hearing. I also want to say a special word of thanks to Sinéad Ní Bhroin for all the work she has put into this legislation. Gender-based abuse and violence is not just a justice issue or a health issue; it is a housing issue, a children’s issue, a worker’s issue and a worker’s rights issue. When a...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Organisation of Working Time (Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2020: Discussion (25 Jan 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank Deputy Bacik for her support. My understanding is that the model in New Zealand is ten days and that is seen as the optimum because it gives enough time for victims and survivors, should they need it, and enough comfort to employers that it will not be excessive. It also means that it is possible to do a certain amount of planning. On the question of stakeholders, I would see...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Organisation of Working Time (Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2020: Discussion (25 Jan 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: The Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science and I were present at the virtual launch of the policy, which is being spearheaded by Dr. Nata Duvvury in the gender studies department of the university. Those involved in its creation noted it was something that was already happening in the private sector. They asked themselves whether they could introduce...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Organisation of Working Time (Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2020: Discussion (25 Jan 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: My experience in my previous life included being a workplace representative. That is the perspective from which we came to this issue. This legislation is an amendment to the Organisation of Working Time Act. Deputy Bacik has similar legislation. This legislation is intended to be there as an addition to leave that exists already. One of the things that does is to bring the conversation...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Organisation of Working Time (Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2020: Discussion (25 Jan 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the Senator. On the question about flexibility, I will say that the ten days can be broken up. If a woman's refuge is far away from her workplace, she would have the opportunity to take that leave parcelled up. I would be open to having a discussion at the next stage about how we could extend it in certain specific circumstances. That is a worthwhile conversation. The Senator...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Organisation of Working Time (Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2020: Discussion (25 Jan 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: My experience tells me that the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 is the place for it. There is no fundamental disagreement between the Minister and me and we all agree that the legislation should be drafted and brought in. If the Minister was here I would tell him that I have a Bill that is ready to go, that has been drafted by the parliamentary legal advisers, that has been...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Organisation of Working Time (Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2020: Discussion (25 Jan 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I was privileged to speak at a conference where I heard from stakeholders from New Zealand. They said that the practical impact is in place and being able to take time off is in place. In surveys there, people reported back that they felt like their employers understood and that they did not have to go and bare their souls after having suffered a trauma. They felt they had that right and...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Organisation of Working Time (Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2020: Discussion (25 Jan 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I apologise, I took it as a general question about whether there could be abuse of this. If people are wrongly refused it, there is a compelling case to be made for these hearings to all be held in private, both for the privacy and the dignity of the person who is requesting it. Apologies, I took the Deputy's question to mean on both sides. I understand that now.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Organisation of Working Time (Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2020: Discussion (25 Jan 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank Deputy Murnane O'Connor. She mentioned the Amber Women's Refuge. The Chair of this committee has me fully across all of the work it does. She has been in touch on a number of occasions to sponsor her and I fully expect that that will happen again. The Amber Women's Refuge has great support from all of the local Deputies and Senators in the area, just as Aoibhneas has in my own...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Organisation of Working Time (Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2020: Discussion (25 Jan 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: Yes.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Organisation of Working Time (Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2020: Discussion (25 Jan 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank Deputy Phelan. They are covered. I did have a quick look. I have the note, although I do not have it with me. I apologise and I will send it to the Deputy straight afterwards. What we do know is that over 20 years, there is a cost of €56 billion to time lost. I apologise for not having the figure with me. I thought I had it with me and I will supply it. I would say to...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Organisation of Working Time (Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2020: Discussion (25 Jan 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: Yes, it can be about simple things like training somebody to replace that person. When people have worked in a place for ten years, they can be on autopilot. They know exactly where everything is and the new person takes twice as long to do everything. It does not mean that they will not learn, it just means that it takes a while. So there is all of that as well. Certainly, having talked...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Organisation of Working Time (Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2020: Discussion (25 Jan 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: It would be done in the same way as parental leave. If there is a refusal to grant it in what would seem to be reasonable circumstances, the worker takes the case. If, before the leave is taken and the employer suspects that the leave is not required and there is no objective reason for it, then the employer can make the referral to a third party for that examination. My point was that all...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Organisation of Working Time (Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2020: Discussion (25 Jan 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: Exactly. I believe that would be very important, given that it is not just a spousal thing and it is for people within the family. It is important that we would have that. I would have to talk to the Minister of State, Deputy English, about how we could do that. That would be an important thing to do also.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Organisation of Working Time (Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2020: Discussion (25 Jan 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank Deputy Dillon for his questions. We had a series of round table engagements. I will briefly outline the history of this legislation. It was introduced in the previous Dáil but it fell when that Dáil was wound up. Up to that point, we had engaged with people who were providing services within the community. I refer here to people running the refuges as well as...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (25 Jan 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 98. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that county councils will not approve mortgages for persons who have been offered affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3352/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Regulatory Bodies (25 Jan 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 241. To ask the Minister for Finance the regulations that are in place and the powers the Central Bank has to ensure that social media influencers or others advertising or promoting the use of crypto-assets adequately warn consumers of the potential risks of such investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2975/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (25 Jan 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 273. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the grant schemes under which sports clubs can apply for funding for lighting not floodlights to facilitate night and winter training; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3404/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Health Service Executive (25 Jan 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 300. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to HSE owned properties in the Portrane area of County Dublin that are currently derelict; if he has plans to work with the HSE to redevelop these much-needed houses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3405/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (25 Jan 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the parents of a student (details supplied) can expect the results of their appeal to her Department under section 29 of the Education Act 1998. [2878/22]