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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fire Service (6 Oct 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: I do not mean this disrespectfully in any way to the people who sit opposite, but it is regrettable that the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, is not here to take this Topical Issue. Anyone from the Dublin Fire Brigade who is watching will not be surprised. They have sought a meeting with the Minister. I would be very grateful if the Minister of State could pass on that request directly to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Four-Day Working Week: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: I apologise for missing the first few minutes of the meeting. I was speaking in the Chamber. I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I had a chance to read them prior to the meeting. I echo what has been said. There is nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come. The fact we are all speaking about this is good. We need to be clear about what we are speaking about. We...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Four-Day Working Week: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: Excellent. I thank Mr. Barnes for that. It is important by way of context that when we discuss this we discuss the actual benefits not just to the worker but those passed on in terms of productivity. My next point has already been mentioned and I would like to hear from Ms McElwee on it. Clearly there is an issue with regard to the right to disconnect and people being contacted and...

Childcare Services: Motion [Private Members] (5 Oct 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: I commend my colleague, an Teachta Funchion, not just on this motion but on all the work she has done and continues to do with regard to childcare. The cost of childcare has come up often in my time in this Chamber. It is one of the most recurring issues we discuss week after week. The crisis across the childcare sector has been raised in this House and, indeed, across the airwaves. It is...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (30 Sep 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 163. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the situation facing many cardiac patients, who are no longer able to access insurance products as a result of their medical condition, particularly after Brexit, given many insurance providers no longer offer services to the Irish market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47239/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (30 Sep 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 339. To ask the Minister for Health the status of any review of eligibility policy for medical services as outlined in Sláintecare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47237/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (30 Sep 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 340. To ask the Minister for Health the way that patients with progressive, life-limiting conditions will be able to access medical cards in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47238/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Sep 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: Will the Government consider a moratorium?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: Hear, hear.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: Eight affordable houses.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: Of eight houses.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: Not many blocks.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: Well, fix it then.

Data Centre Moratorium: Motion [Private Members] (29 Sep 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: We are having this discussion in the context of a broader discussion on fuel poverty. I heard one of the Minister's colleagues, a junior Minister, last night, on a show I do not often watch, advise people who cannot afford to heat or light their homes that they can access an exceptional needs payment. Heating your house is not an exceptional need. It should be a basic right. If that is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Control of Exports Bill 2021: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (29 Sep 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the Chairman and our witnesses for coming in and for the comprehensive presentation. This is very technical, so I have written my questions down to ensure that I can keep some order to them. My first question relates to the ten categories that are listed, which Dr. Cahill has informed us are in the region of 1,850 and there are 50 types of dual-use items. Can Dr. Cahill give our...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Control of Exports Bill 2021: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (29 Sep 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: Part 3, the section on military controls, states that the Bill seeks to set high common standards for the management of and restraint in the transfer of military technology and equipment. Key to that, the general scheme tells us that this is “to prevent the export of military technology and equipment which might be used for internal repression or international aggression or contribute...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Control of Exports Bill 2021: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (29 Sep 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: Am I correct in saying that the guidance, in the first instance, comes principally from the Department of Foreign Affairs? I understand that there are international considerations, etc., across the European Union but in the first instance the advice and guidance that Dr. Cahill's Department would seek in this comes from the Department of Foreign Affairs.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Control of Exports Bill 2021: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (29 Sep 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: In appendix 2, on assessing licensing applications, the Department states that 22 export licences were denied in 2020 and 38 were denied in 2019. Could Dr. Cahill give us the reason for those denials? I note that in his presentation he mentioned concerns about end use, protection of human rights, the risk of diversion and EU sanctions. Are there specifics on which he could elaborate to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Control of Exports Bill 2021: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (29 Sep 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: In head 5, under the section Offences and Penalties, subhead 14, it states that "authorised officers will have discretionary powers to impose administrative penalties in lieu of criminal prosecutions for violations of control of export laws". Could Dr. Cahill give us an update on this? To me, that is fairly wide-ranging. I am not suggesting at all that any person involved would come with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Control of Exports Bill 2021: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (29 Sep 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: These powers are quite substantial. I would not like to think - and I am pretty sure it was not Dr. Cahill's intention to give this impression - that somehow this authorised officer might look at a situation and think that because criminal prosecution is very expensive and heavily resource-dependent, he or she will go for something else. The resources need to be made available if a criminal...