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- Tackling All Forms of Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: Statements (3 Jul 2024)
Louise O'Reilly: I commend Natasha O’Brien and Bláthnaid Raleigh on having the courage to come forward and share their trauma that we might all learn. It is hard to believe that in 2024 women are still having to bear their souls in order to put the issue of gender-based violence onto the agenda. It is also hard to believe that it has been 31 years since Lavinia Kerwick did her ground-breaking...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment (3 Jul 2024)
Louise O'Reilly: I welcome the Minister. I think I have already wished him well in his role. I extend those well wishes again in this forum. I had not intended to raise the situation in Aer Lingus but I do so in response to the view the Minister expressed regarding connectivity. I share his view that connectivity is extremely important. There are many business owners, particularly in tourism but not...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment (3 Jul 2024)
Louise O'Reilly: I specifically asked the Minister whether he has a plan B in the event that the talks are not successful. If he does not, that is fine.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment (3 Jul 2024)
Louise O'Reilly: That was my question. It is regrettable-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment (3 Jul 2024)
Louise O'Reilly: Nobody has suggested that for a moment.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment (3 Jul 2024)
Louise O'Reilly: Nobody has suggested that for a moment. I have not done so and nor has anybody in this room or outside it. The only person talking about it is the Minister. It is deeply regrettable.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment (3 Jul 2024)
Louise O'Reilly: I asked the Minister whether he has a plan B and he said he does not. I have questions I wish to ask him. The Minister brought up the issue of Aer Lingus. I asked him if he has a plan B. He does not. That is fine. That is his position. I regret that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment (3 Jul 2024)
Louise O'Reilly: The Minister regrets the premise of my question-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment (3 Jul 2024)
Louise O'Reilly: -----which is related to the importance of the connectivity not just for business-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment (3 Jul 2024)
Louise O'Reilly: -----and for workers but also because of the potential reputational damage. I asked the Minister if he had a plan B. He said that he did not. That is fine.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment (3 Jul 2024)
Louise O'Reilly: I have questions to ask the Minister-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment (3 Jul 2024)
Louise O'Reilly: -----that relate to the substance of his submission.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment (3 Jul 2024)
Louise O'Reilly: I prefaced everything I said by being crystal clear with the Minister. I share his hopes that the talks will be fruitful, but in the event that they are not, people watching this meeting want to know if there is a plan B and there is not.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment (3 Jul 2024)
Louise O'Reilly: I asked the Minister if he had a plan B.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment (3 Jul 2024)
Louise O'Reilly: His answer was "No".
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment (3 Jul 2024)
Louise O'Reilly: There is nothing dangerous about a fall-back plan.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment (3 Jul 2024)
Louise O'Reilly: We heard it on the radio this morning.