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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (19 May 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the July Provision programme will be rolled out in 2021; and the way in which it will operate with particular emphasis on the way students whose school is not running the programme will be catered for. [26730/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (19 May 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 148. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the rules relating to requalify for jobseeker’s benefit and short-time payments will be suspended for workers, such as those at a company (details supplied), can have access to this support. [26733/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (19 May 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason apprentice electricians at GMIT are being requested to do their final exams in an exam hall in person; if this is in line with best practice to stop the spread of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26724/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Domestic Violence (19 May 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received correspondence from an organisation (details supplied) regarding the launch of a domestic violence leave policy; and when it can expect a reply. [26734/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Online Content Moderation and Reactivation of Economy: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the Tánaiste for his opening statement and for meeting with the content moderators. I know they found the meeting to be beneficial. It would be brilliant if one meeting with the Tánaiste or anybody else resolved the issues they have. It will not. This is an ongoing issue. It is one on which the committee heard from the content moderators, in particular one by the name...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Online Content Moderation and Reactivation of Economy: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: I understand I will have an opportunity to contribute again later when we might get another chance to discuss the content moderators. As for the notion that we will spend our summer outdoors, it would, as people say, be a lovely little country if only we could put a roof over it. Last weekend, Dublin City Council put a fence around an open space where people gather. I fully respect that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Online Content Moderation and Reactivation of Economy: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: Yes, but, with respect, other European cities can manage this. Dublin is a beautiful city. It is by far and away one of the loveliest places on earth, in my opinion, so why can we not have outdoor spaces that are similar to those available to citizens in cities right across Europe? We have many open spaces. I was really disappointed to see Portobello Plaza closed and to think this might...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Online Content Moderation and Reactivation of Economy: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: I am not suggesting there should be a delay in opening hotels and I am aware they have been open throughout the pandemic, providing food and essential provisions for essential workers. Would it be possible to carry out ventilation tests, as was done with classrooms such that classrooms were not all deemed either okay or not okay? Could tests be provided on the extent to which restaurants...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Online Content Moderation and Reactivation of Economy: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: On the issue of connectivity, the Tánaiste may be aware of this, but just in case, the route from Dublin Airport to Los Angeles was lost during the economic crash. We could be here all day talking about how that happened and who is responsible, but it was lost in any event and it took eight years to get it back. The issue of connectivity is centrally connected to the issue of jobs....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Online Content Moderation and Reactivation of Economy: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: It is exploitation. It is not that hard to understand. It is workers having this used as a tool against them to exploit them. It keeps the union away from them. We could be here all day talking about the right to organise and union recognition, so let us not go down that road. I understand completely what it is that motivates a company to do it. This tool is working very well because...

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (18 May 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: I commend Deputy Ó Broin not alone on this motion but on all of the work he has done and continues to do to fix the mess that successive governments have created in our housing market. That Government policy has failed is not in question any longer. For decades, the policies of successive governments have failed. They have failed young people, renters, first-time buyers and every...

Redundancy Payments (Lay-off, Short Time and Calculation of Reckonable Service) Bill 2021: First Stage (18 May 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Redundancy Payments Act 1967 in respect of periods of lay-off and short time and the calculation of reckonable service and to provide for related matters. I am grateful for the opportunity to introduce the Bill. Many Deputies in this House and anybody who pays attention to what goes on at the Oireachtas Joint...

Redundancy Payments (Lay-off, Short Time and Calculation of Reckonable Service) Bill 2021: First Stage (18 May 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (18 May 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 597. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons are exiting direct provision without any supports in place to assist with accessing housing; if information will be provided in relation to the supports that are in place for persons as they exit from direct provision; and if he will make a statement on...

Sale of Tickets (Cultural, Entertainment, Recreational and Sporting Events) Bill 2021: Second Stage (13 May 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: As outlined by my colleague, an Teachta Quinlivan, Sinn Féin welcomes the Bill. It has been a long time coming and, as noted by the Tánaiste and Deputy Quinlivan, there have been several attempts to get this done. It is welcome that we are having this discussion. It is regrettable that the opportunity to run with the Bill introduced by Deputy Quinlivan was not taken in the...

Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (13 May 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: That is fine. I thank the Cathaoirleach Gníomhach for the opportunity to speak today. The Bill at hand makes some important changes in the area of personal insolvency and to how supports operate. While it might seem technical in nature, the reality is that the legislation will have far-reaching consequences for those who may end up in the terrible situation of being indebted. This...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 May 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: Next week, Sinn Féin will meet Anne Marie Cagney, assistant commissioner for the Dublin metropolitan region, to discuss the issue of antisocial behaviour in Dublin city and county. I am sure the Tánaiste, like all other Members, has seen social media videos of incidents in Malahide and other areas and I am sure constituents of his who are gravely concerned have contacted his...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (13 May 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional ASD units will be provided for schools in north County Dublin. [25117/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (13 May 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to tackle the lack of primary and secondary school places across north County Dublin. [25118/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Commercial Rates (13 May 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 173. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the Swedish commercial rent rebate scheme to support tenants operating in the sectors for hotels, restaurants, retail and certain other activities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25273/21]