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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Fuel Costs: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (23 Mar 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the witnesses for the evidence that they gave us this morning. Mr. Godfrey referenced in his submission that the commission will continue compliance checks on pricing displays. I suggest that it is not the display but the price that has caused the most consternation, much and all as I understand that is part of the commission's remit. I have not received any complaints from people...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Fuel Costs: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (23 Mar 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: Am I correct to say that between 50% and 60% belong to the top four and then the remainder is spread across the rest?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Fuel Costs: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (23 Mar 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: There is mention in the submission about the fact that the commission cannot investigate behaviour that is unethical and I appreciate that the commission is not the morality police. Is there a case for strengthening the law to make unethical practices illegal? I ask because it has been acknowledged in the submission that there are matters that might be unethical and that we would all...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Fuel Costs: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (23 Mar 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I fully appreciate the unintended consequences and Mr. Godfrey is preaching to the choir on that. However, if it is a case that the law needs to be strengthened then I would hope that there would be an open door to that because that is absolutely something that we should do. The scale of the public outcry about what has happened underlines for us that when the commission concludes its...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Fuel Costs: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (23 Mar 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: Fair enough.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Fuel Costs: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (23 Mar 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: They do not really, though, if the price is going up at every station and all they have is a display telling them they cannot afford to fill their car. I appreciate Mr. Godfrey's point but in reality what is bothering people is the fact that they just cannot afford to fill their car. It does not matter where they are stopping. I live in north County Dublin and pass several filling stations...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Fuel Costs: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (23 Mar 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: A few weeks ago the commission said that traders were not obliged to pass on reductions in VAT or other excise charges to consumers. In light of the hardship that people are facing, and Mr. Godfrey will be aware of it from the letters he has received, does he think legislative change might be required to ensure that those measures are always passed on? I appreciate that we have all had a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Fuel Costs: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (23 Mar 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: They will, of course, at the Joint Committee on Transport and Communications this morning. I am just seeking Mr. Godfrey's view on whether legislative change would be required. As it stands we passed the resolution in the Dáil that there would be a decrease in the excise but there is still no legal obligation to pass it on. I am not saying it is pointless because clearly it is not....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Fuel Costs: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (23 Mar 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: The one to which I am specifically referring would not damage the competitive process but would actually enhance it because everyone would be forced to pass it on. There would be an absolutely level playing field.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Fuel Costs: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (23 Mar 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: The commission is not asking the Government for that right now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Fuel Costs: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (23 Mar 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: We are all aware that oil trades in a global market. There are numerous factors and moving parts that influence price increases. Does Mr. Godfrey have a view or any information from his investigations about the scale of what is driving these higher fuel costs? How much of it is down to a rebound in demand in the economy? When we were in lockdown people were not driving about in their cars...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Company Liquidations (22 Mar 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: As we can imagine, the news that Roadbridge entered receivership came as a massive blow to the workers and their families, and also to the subcontractors who are now in a state of incredible uncertainty. It is scandalous. While the receivers, Grant Thornton, go through the necessary processes over the next 30 days, it is important that affected workers and subcontractors can have access to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Rights (22 Mar 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 78. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps her Department is taking to uncover, address and reduce bogus self-employment from a social insurance perspective, especially in State-funded agencies or in areas in which public monies are being spent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7298/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (22 Mar 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 264. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the proposal on the reform of VAT rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14620/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (22 Mar 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 265. To ask the Minister for Finance the way that his officials will be reviewing the options now available to Ireland in setting VAT rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14621/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (22 Mar 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 290. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has signed off on the revised strategy for RTÉ 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13930/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (22 Mar 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 291. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if funding streams exist through her Department to support locally organised diversity and equality events; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13958/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Conservation (22 Mar 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 309. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 278, 279, 283, 285, 290 and 291 of 14 December 2021, if he will provide a list of the bodies with which his officials are engaging; if he will provide copies of correspondence between his Department and the bodies on this topic; and the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Conservation (22 Mar 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 310. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 278, 279, 283, 285, 290 and 291 of 14 December 2021, the licensing and or other protective options for schools, schoolchildren and staff which have large flocks of gulls which are not nesting on the school properties but are visiting the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (22 Mar 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 527. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school places in schools in north county Dublin and Fingal for children starting secondary school in 2022. [14623/22]