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Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (2 Nov 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 916. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults in north County Dublin waiting for a mental health appointment at 1 October 2021 or the latest date available; the length of time they have been waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52459/21]

Covid-19: Reframing the Challenge, Continuing our Recovery and Reconnecting: Statements (21 Oct 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to speak today on the challenges that we still face in this pandemic. The announcements made by the coalition leaders on Monday regarding the new format of the reopening of our society and economy have some welcome elements but have also caused additional difficulties, especially for businesses and workers. I will focus on a small number of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (21 Oct 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 342. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Stroke Strategy; when it will be published; when an implementation plan for same will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51901/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (21 Oct 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 343. To ask the Minister for Health if the €50 million for clinical strategies announced in Budget 2022 is inclusive of the Stroke Strategy; if not, the way the Stroke Strategy will be funded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51902/21]

Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality: Statements (20 Oct 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: As of yesterday, more than half of the Sinn Féin representatives in the Assembly in Stormont are women and the lights are still on and the world has not stopped turning. Indeed, the work will continue. This can and will happen in this and other Parliaments and it will be a good thing, a positive thing and something that we should celebrate. We are not nearly there yet. There is a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Resourcing and Capacity of the Workplace Relations Commission: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the witnesses for their evidence and the information they have provided. I have a few questions. I am looking at the report published by Maynooth University in this area. It is a decent report. One of the key recommendations of the report, recommendation 3, states: "The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) and the Marine Survey Office of the Department of Transport (MSO) should...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Resourcing and Capacity of the Workplace Relations Commission: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: I appreciate that. On that specific point, I understand that if a vessel arrives during the middle of the night it might be difficult to scramble a team together, much less a team of interpreters equipped with all the language skills. At a guess, however, the vast majority of inspections do not take place in the middle of night. Where one has notice of the arrival of a vessel and that will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Resourcing and Capacity of the Workplace Relations Commission: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: Do the inspectors bring with them material in a range of languages to distribute to the workers, or is it only in English? We dealt with an issue related to work permits at the committee previously and while information on them was on the WRC's website in a range of languages, which is welcome, the signposts signalling people to go to the website was only in one language. The information is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Resourcing and Capacity of the Workplace Relations Commission: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: That is welcome. Could Mr. O'Brien comment on the use of interpreters?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Resourcing and Capacity of the Workplace Relations Commission: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: Prosecutions, including these 20, are not notified to the Department of Justice as a matter of course.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Resourcing and Capacity of the Workplace Relations Commission: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: Seriously?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Resourcing and Capacity of the Workplace Relations Commission: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: Is it expected that officials in the Department of Justice will just google to try to find out if there have been prosecutions? It strikes me that much more could be done by the WRC in this instance. I and Senator Gavan, who is also on this call, have used the services of the WRC as former union officials and I appreciate that it is stretched. It does not strike me as best practice,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Resourcing and Capacity of the Workplace Relations Commission: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: There was a slight dropout on the call and I did not hear that information. Did Mr. Kelly say that there were one or two employers involved?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Resourcing and Capacity of the Workplace Relations Commission: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: That is fine. I thought I had heard that all 20 of the prosecutions had been for one or two employers. The repeat offenders, therefore, are not-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Resourcing and Capacity of the Workplace Relations Commission: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: Those employers are abusing the scheme, so the WRC should definitely report those prosecutions to the Department of Justice. It is worrying that the WRC has not been doing that already. I apologise, because I had intended to give some time to Mr. O'Brien to allow him to comment. Perhaps I may get an opportunity to do that in the next round of questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Resourcing and Capacity of the Workplace Relations Commission: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: I will get back to the recommendations but I join with Senator Gavan and others in expressing our thanks to Mr. Ken Fleming for all the work he did in this area. Nobody can dispute that he was passionate and committed to shining a light on poor work practices. I say again, for the record, that we are not dealing with the majority of employers in this instance but employers who want to do...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Resourcing and Capacity of the Workplace Relations Commission: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: Will Mr. O'Brien elaborate on the issue with a Twitter campaign? That is a version of social media but anybody who uses social media knows there are horses for courses. Will Mr. O'Brien detail how the Twitter campaign may have been limited in its reach? What could be done about that? If there is a social media campaign and we add town hall meetings to it, what else can be done to reach...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Resourcing and Capacity of the Workplace Relations Commission: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: That is very good advice and I was aware of it because I live in a small fishing community. The full moon does things to prawns, although I do not know what. There was a submission from Mr. O'Brien and the ITF to the committee and it references the penalties applied, arguing they are not dissuasive enough to prevent repeat offending by some vessel owners. I stress it is a small number of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Resourcing and Capacity of the Workplace Relations Commission: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: That is welcome.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Resourcing and Capacity of the Workplace Relations Commission: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: That is very welcome. Does Mr. Kelly have a timeframe for the establishment of these town hall meetings and when they will happen?