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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges Facing the Retail Sector: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: What I hear from both parties is a willingness to focus on rebuilding. As we are all aware, that when low income workers, in particular, have extra money, they spend it in the local economy. Unfortunately, I have to leave the meeting a little early. I am going to get my second vaccine. It is an appointment I do not want to not keep, so I apologise. I will stay for as long as I can but...

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence: Statements (6 Jul 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: Thank you, a Cheann Comhairle, for the opportunity to make a short contribution to this important debate. I echo the comments expressed by previous speakers. I hardly know a woman among my acquaintances or people I work with who has not been in some way the victim of a sexual assault. It does not necessarily have to involve restraint or penetration but it is that common that it is...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (6 Jul 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 143. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when driving instructors will be given access to toilet facilities at RCA test centres as more of the population are being vaccinated and businesses are reopening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36027/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (6 Jul 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 253. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the practice of requiring details regarding guardianship arrangements for parents applying for passports for their children; if the policy is applied in all cases; if there is a forum to which inconsistencies can be reported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35768/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic (6 Jul 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 347. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the enterprise support grant for businesses impacted by Covid-19 is not available for those who closed their Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment on or after 1 May 2021 given many businesses reopened in May and are excluded from the scheme due to the 1 June 2021 date; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Food Poverty (6 Jul 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 374. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of the new working group to tackle the issue of food poverty; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36516/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: EU Regulations (6 Jul 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 433. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of Ireland's implementation of EU anti-money laundering rules; if the State is subject to any ongoing legal actions by the EU Commission regarding delays in implementation; the fines paid to date by Ireland in the past five years due to a failure to implement or delay in implementation of EU anti-money laundering...

Companies (Rescue Process for Small and Micro Companies) Bill 2021: Second Stage (2 Jul 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: I think it is safe to say there is more or less unified agreement that there has long been a need for the examinership-lite model, and that is what the small company administrative rescue process Bill 2021 attempts to deliver. The Bill, while long overdue, is welcome, and I will work constructively and thoroughly to ensure there are no undue delays in getting it implemented. There are many...

Workplace Relations (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (2 Jul 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: I am grateful for the opportunity to make a contribution today on this important legislation. We understand that the issues which arose for the WRC following the Zalewski case and the subsequent Supreme Court judgment are serious and require fairly swift rectification. For that reason, in early April I drafted legislation which sought to accommodate the judgment of the Supreme Court and to...

Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-out: Statements (2 Jul 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank an Teachta Cullinane for sharing his time with me this morning. I pay tribute to those workers who have been on the front line right throughout this pandemic. While we were all busy having a series of L’Oréal moments in the convention centre, people were putting themselves in harm's way. They were going into Covid wards. They were working in retail. They were making...

Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (1 Jul 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: I will briefly raise the issue of communions and confirmations that have been cancelled. One of the Deputies speaking earlier alluded to the appropriateness or otherwise of compensation for the church. I am not certain if I agree with him on that but there are parents who have put themselves to a considerable amount of expense. They have bought clothes, as is necessary for the ceremony for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (1 Jul 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 22. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if plans for the delivery of a school (details supplied) can be expedited given the pressing need for additional school places in Rush, County Dublin. [35272/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (1 Jul 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there has been any update in relation to the provision of funding for the construction of a PE hall for which planning permission has already been granted for a school (details supplied). [35271/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Youth Unemployment (1 Jul 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 147. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department is drafting plans to tackle youth unemployment with specific focus on those not in education, employment or training; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29937/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (1 Jul 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 427. To ask the Minister for Health if a drug (details supplied) will be included on the drug payment scheme for pregnant women. [28930/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (1 Jul 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 428. To ask the Minister for Health if public health nurses will be provided with bilirubin meters for conducting checks on newborn babies in order that they do not have to be sent to a general practitioner or hospital to have their reading taken. [28932/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (1 Jul 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 429. To ask the Minister for Health when residents of direct provision centres will receive their Covid-19 vaccine given that their need is particular acute due to rules prohibiting re-entry to centres after a resident has spent a night away means that residents are subject to 14-days quarantine; if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties this is causing; and if he will make a...

Industrial Relations (Provisions in Respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired Workers) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 Jun 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the Deputies for bringing forward this important legislation. It gives us a good opportunity to have a discussion about both pensions in general and a specific group of former workers. As has been pointed out, they might be former workers but they most definitely are not former voters. I have some experience of dealing with occupational pension schemes from my previous...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (30 Jun 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 203. To ask the Minister for Health the person or body responsible for the creation of a job advertisement for unpaid assistant psychologist roles within HSE services; and if these positions will be readvertised as paid positions. [26725/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Food Poverty (30 Jun 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 247. To ask the Minister for Health the initiatives being undertaken in his Department in relation to addressing food poverty; the research or scoping exercises being undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27801/21]