Results 461-480 of 12,393 for speaker:Louise O'Reilly

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (23 Jul 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: 1969.To ask the Minister for Health when the recommendation of the Expert Review Body on Nursing and Midwifery that clinical nurse specialists in infection prevention and control would continue on the clinical nurse manager 2 salary scale, including the addition of one further scale point and the introduction of a long-service increment, will be applied; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (23 Jul 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: 2006.To ask the Minister for Health if an organisational medical card, rather than an individual medical card, can be provided for registered charities supporting victims of domestic violence, so those receiving supports through the charity can access medical care where they do not have the means to pay for such care themselves. [31034/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (23 Jul 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: 2007.To ask the Minister for Health if a charity (details supplied) can be provided with a medical card to support victims of domestic violence in their care. [31035/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (23 Jul 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: 2010.To ask the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken to ensure the availability of GP places for persons in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31049/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Low Pay (11 Jul 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: The Minister of State said this is complicated, but it is not. It is very simple. It is equal pay for work of equal value. Yesterday, representatives from Mandate Trade Union appeared before the committee and I asked whether its members who are paid 70%, 80% or 90% of the rate are, in fact, doing 70%, 80% or 90% of the work. The fact is that they are not; they are doing 100% of the work....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Job Creation (11 Jul 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: 4. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware of the proposed decision of a company to transfer its manufacturing activities from its site in Balbriggan to Britain by the end of December 2024; if he will engage with workers and the community regarding the matter; and the measures that can be taken to stimulate the creation of good jobs in Balbriggan. [30127/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Job Creation (11 Jul 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: I previously raised the situation at the Wavin Ireland factory in Balbriggan with the Minister. At the time, in committee, I indicated my intention to raise it on the floor of the Dáil. I would appreciate if he would focus specifically on the steps and measures that can be taken to stimulate the creation of good jobs in Balbriggan. We are sorry to see the jobs go at Wavin Ireland. We...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Job Creation (11 Jul 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the Minister of State for his reply and for the note he sent me outlining his plan to engage with all the relevant parties to ensure the workers are given support and training. He indicated that IDA Ireland will prioritise securing replacement employment in the area. There is serious untapped potential in Balbriggan. There are people in the town who can and should be able to work...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Industrial Relations (11 Jul 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: People are being discriminated against and they are being dismissed because of trade union activity. The simple fact is that if they were not, the Respect at Work campaign would not have come into being. While I completely understand the Minister of State's position with regard to the length of time this is going to take, it is open to the Government to act now. I asked a fairly simple...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Industrial Relations (11 Jul 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: I will take that as a "No" for the moment. I am sure the Minister of State is aware that one in five workers in Ireland, over 420,000 people, are classified as low paid. More than 345,000 workers earn less than the living wage. Workers here work longer hours and have fewer days off than the European Union average. Last year, the WRC found that employment law was broken in every second...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Industrial Relations (11 Jul 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: 2. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will commit to supporting a campaign (details supplied) and its six asks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30132/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Industrial Relations (11 Jul 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: Respect at Work is a civil society campaign aimed at improving workers' rights in Ireland. Will the Minister of State commit to supporting this campaign and, specifically, its six legislative asks?

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (11 Jul 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: 38. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on productivity and competitiveness in the domestic economy; his plans to address issues in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30129/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Process (11 Jul 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: 46. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the Employment (Restriction of Certain Mandatory Retirement Ages) Bill 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30126/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: National Minimum Wage (11 Jul 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: 53. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the report of the Low Pay Commission on sub-minimum, or youth rates of the national minimum wages. [30128/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: EU Directives (11 Jul 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: 55. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the transposition of the EU Adequate Minimum Wages Directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30130/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Policies (11 Jul 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: 245. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a copy of his Department’s customer service standards, including its service levels and procedures for dealing with formal complaints from the public; its undertakings and follow up procedures in circumstances where it fails to meet its published standards and service levels; whether he is satisfied...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (11 Jul 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: 246. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a copy of the National Parks and Wildlife Service’s (NPWS) customer service standards, including its service levels and procedures for dealing with formal complaints from the public; its undertakings and follow up procedures in circumstances where it fails to meet its published standards and service...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (11 Jul 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: 247. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) is an integral part of his Department; if so, the role the secretary general of his Department has in the governance and accountability of the NPWS; and if the secretary general has no role, to whom, and by what transparent means, the NPWS reports directly for top-level...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (11 Jul 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: 248. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide copies of all species control licences issued, and the applications made for these licences, by his Department or the National Parks and Wildlife Service in respect of herring gulls, Greater black-backed gulls and lesser black-backed gulls during the years 2021 to 2024 to date. [30533/24]