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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: Mr. Vaughan is confident that the systems would be in place to be able to determine that. It is not credible to say that the amendment is not required purely and simply because it might place an administrative burden on someone or might be hard to prove, because the systems can be put in place to determine what has happened. We know, for example, that community transmission is a significant...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: It is welcome that Dr. McGuinness is looking at it and towards introducing a fourth source of information, which is very important. If a fourth source of information is being contemplated, it is because it is necessary. The issues around administrative burden, etc., will apply in the circumstances where a fourth set of information is introduced. That is not a good enough reason not to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: Does the Chair want me to come in? I am not sure how this works.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: To be clear-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: This legislation has been in contemplation for several months, I think since before the RIA was instigated. Notwithstanding that, I believe there is value in this debate, and I thank everyone for participating this morning and in using this to move forward. This was something that was raised by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions with the Minister a year ago. It has been raised again and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: It used to be, but the regulations were changed in 2016. I cannot remember the exact wording that was removed because I am after putting my notes out of sequence. It is not currently, however, and that is why. The other issue is that-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: I want to pick up on a point made by Senator Gavan regarding the administrative burden. I am not in any way convinced that this will place a massive administrative burden on employers. I am a small bit concerned that perhaps the HSA would come in and say this on the basis that employers can answer for themselves. Indeed, they have made a submission. In terms of the practicalities of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: That is a very worthwhile endeavour Proactively interrogating the circumstances surrounding an employer contracting a disease like Covid-19, and being required under legislation to do so is something an employer would actively pursue, benefit from and want. It does not appear that the administrative burden would be so large as to discourage an employer from doing that. The information and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: I understand that. It crosses over with the argument that this is an additional administrative burden if Dr. McGuinness is in a position to say it is already being done. She can see why we are struggling with that concept. Employers will have to do something they are already doing. She said all of the information is already available, albeit without an obligation to report directly to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: Okay. There is-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: A fourth source of information is currently being contemplated. I presume if barriers exist in terms of an additional burden that will be the same if the recommendation comes out. I do not find that argument convincing.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Workplace Relations Commission (25 Mar 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: It is all very well to describe who the inspectors are and what they do. By dint of my former employment, I know well who they are and I know very well what they do. There are 53 of them, which is 37 short of the 90 that were recommended back in 2006. At that time, the parties to the agreement, that is, the social partners, the employers, the employers' representatives, the workers'...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Workplace Relations Commission (25 Mar 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, inspectors do a fantastic job. They are an absolutely vital part of the industrial relations machinery. I am sure the Minister of State will not disagree with me that in an ideal world we would not need labour inspectors. However, we do not live in an ideal world, so we do need them. They perform a vital function. Just by way of illustration of...

Civil Liability and Courts (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 Mar 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank Deputy Naughten and his group for tabling this Bill. As my colleague, Teachta Kenny, has outlined, we support this. However, we believe that it would benefit from discussion on Committee Stage so that we can all work together to improve it. One thing that we are all aware of in our constituency offices is the cost of insurance and its impact on our constituents. There are issues,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Workplace Relations Commission (24 Mar 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 147. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the data which show that 46% of inspections in meat processing plants between 2015 and 2020 uncovered breaches of employment law; the number of workplace inspectors the Workplace Relations Commission has; and his further views on whether this is sufficient for it to successfully investigate and uncover breaches of...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Workplace Relations Commission (24 Mar 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 170. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of inspections carried out by the Workplace Relations Commission in each of the years 2015 to 2020 by NACE sector; the number of breaches detected; and the type of breaches detected in tabular form. [14981/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Data Centres (24 Mar 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 171. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of data centres in the State; and the location and size of each centre in tabular form. [14982/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Brexit Supports (24 Mar 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 172. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if research has been carried out similar to research by Bord Bia on the UK export footprint in key European manufacturing markets; and the actions State agencies are taking to link with Irish manufacturing companies to help secure trade that may arise due to the new trading relationship between the UK and the EU. [14983/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Funding (24 Mar 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 535. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of Ireland's submission of a national plan under the recovery and resilience fund; if Ireland has submitted a draft plan; if so, the feedback the EU Commission has given on the plan including on the issue of the way in which the draft addresses Ireland's country specific recommendations; and if he will make a statement on...