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Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Labour Market (25 Nov 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 28. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if his Department will work with large multinational companies on ensuring that, in circumstances in which international sales jobs necessitating language skills and an understanding of specific areas, such as areas (details supplied), are created, due consideration will be given to hiring workers from migrant communities before the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Network (25 Nov 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 35. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will take urgent steps to enact legislation to reflect the Private Members' motion passed in November 2016 regarding the future of the post office network to ensure the sustainability of the existing community post office network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39092/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (25 Nov 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 34. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 229 of 10 November 2020, if the national broadband plan will bring high-speed broadband to locations (details supplied) in County Dublin. [39086/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (25 Nov 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 54. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some employers are basing the new wage subsidy scheme off workers contracted hours rather than hours worked or 2019 weekly earnings and that this is affecting many workers whose contracts do not reflect their normal working practices. [39091/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (25 Nov 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 63. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there are further grants that can be applied for by a sports club and bar (details supplied). [39085/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (25 Nov 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 64. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the Covid-19 supports available to self-catering businesses; and if more supports are planned by her Department. [39090/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (25 Nov 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 73. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the planning process that the proposed offshore wind farm at Kish and Bray Banks is going through; if environmentalists were involved in site selection; if an assessment has been carried out regarding the impact of the technology on marine life; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39088/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (25 Nov 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 246. To ask the Minister for Health if wedding numbers will be increased to 50 in the event of an easing of restrictions to level 3. [39084/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Implementation of Duffy Cahill Report: Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (25 Nov 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: I welcome the Minister of State and thank him for his submission. He referred to the Debenhams workers and I will refer briefly to them and specifically to the letter sent to the Minister of State on 31 August by Patricia King from the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, ICTU. She made reference to a statutory scheme, and having examined the best practice in other EU countries, for example,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Implementation of Duffy Cahill Report: Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (25 Nov 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: I apologise to cut across the Minister of State but my time is tight. How much work has been done to ascertain this? Does he have view on who should pay?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Implementation of Duffy Cahill Report: Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (25 Nov 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: Has he done any work on establishing how many collective agreements exist?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Implementation of Duffy Cahill Report: Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (25 Nov 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: That was a long time ago.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Implementation of Duffy Cahill Report: Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (25 Nov 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: Does the Minister of State envisage this having retrospective application to encompass the circumstances Debenhams workers are in now?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Implementation of Duffy Cahill Report: Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (25 Nov 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: I suggest to the Minister of State that, given that the matter is still in dispute, the level of retrospection might not actually be required because of the live dispute. Is the Minister of State able to share this legal advice or some version of it with us?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Implementation of Duffy Cahill Report: Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (25 Nov 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: With respect, could the Minister of State just share the advice? I am not a lawyer - I do not know if he is - but if a lawyer has given advice, it would be helpful if it were shared.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Implementation of Duffy Cahill Report: Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (25 Nov 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: I am not trying to be argumentative-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Implementation of Duffy Cahill Report: Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (25 Nov 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: -----but it would be very helpful to us if he could share the advice with us.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Implementation of Duffy Cahill Report: Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (25 Nov 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: In the Minister of State's submission he refers to the section on the employees' rights as creditors. I will come in for a second round if I can, but has any consideration been given to banking the redundancy entitlement as they go in order that it would be there and the employee could be considered a preferential creditor in the event of a redundancy or liquidation such that money would be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Implementation of Duffy Cahill Report: Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (25 Nov 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: Yes, where there is a collective agreement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Implementation of Duffy Cahill Report: Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (25 Nov 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: Yes.