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Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (18 Nov 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 39. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the supports that are in place for shopping centres affected by the public health restrictions. [37245/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (18 Nov 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 40. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if there are grant supports are available for shopping centres affected by the public health restrictions. [37246/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Wage Subsidy Scheme (18 Nov 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 41. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment 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. [37251/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Single Euro Payments Area (18 Nov 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 55. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether SEPA payments made through UK-based providers will be unaffected in January 2021; if an examination has been carried out at the potential number of Irish consumers that would be affected if these providers fail to secure an EU licence before January 2021; if the Central Bank will signal some flexibility for Irish banks to continue to...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Facilities (18 Nov 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 69. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if Portmarnock swimming pool and swimming pools in general will be allowed to operate at set times to allow elite swimmers preparing for future Olympic and European competitions to train given that elite athletes such as elite swimmers are allowed to train and to operate under level 5 restrictions but cannot do so without access...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (18 Nov 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 73. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason Fáilte Ireland is informing shopping centres that they are eligible for the Covid-19 adaptation fund only to discover upon submission of application that they are not. [37247/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gambling Sector (18 Nov 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 155. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department will be bringing forward legislation to regulate the area of online gambling and gambling advertising given the lack of regulation combined with scale and nature of problem gambling which has been extenuated during the public health lockdowns. [37242/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Employment Rights (18 Nov 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 175. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department and the HSE will ensure that workers' rights and decent pay and conditions are adhered to in circumstances in which they spend public money on externally contracted services, specifically relating to private ambulances, in which it is alleged that paramedics working for HSE contracted private ambulance services are being paid low wages...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (18 Nov 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 176. To ask the Minister for Health if reflexologists and other personal health and well-being therapists are allowed to operate under level 5 restrictions. [37248/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (18 Nov 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 177. To ask the Minister for Health if plans and guidelines are being drafted regarding the selling of Christmas trees under the different public health restriction levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37252/20]

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (18 Nov 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the Tánaiste for attending and for the information. First, I will be a small bit parochial. I very much welcome the funding for the Tyndall Institute. It is not in my constituency, as members will be aware. I mean parochial in a different way. I used to represent the workers in the Tyndall Institute so I am happy to see some money going to them; they are good people. With...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (18 Nov 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: Many of them were badly burned and while they might have no debt now, they are only emerging from having had debt previously. There is a nervousness. I encourage the Tánaiste to track those schemes and track the uptake. There is an explanation and, as he said, he is worried about some of them so I encourage him to keep an eye on those. Does he believe enough funding has been given...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (18 Nov 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: Is the Tánaiste saying in the event that is needed, there might be additional funding if they require the staff to deal with the volume? I am aware of the volume of calls that are coming in and the number of companies seeking their assistance because they are good at what they do. That will cause a major problem. It will be welcome to know a review mechanism is in place and the...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (18 Nov 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: I asked about the ancillary scheme announced in budget 2021, but obviously it was linked to the overall supports. The Covid restrictions support scheme, CRSS, is an advanced tax credit scheme. The recipients will essentially pay back the money, as it is not a grant. I have been contacted by businesses without fixed premises, such as Event Labs, which organises events such as Bingo Loco. I...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (18 Nov 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: Is there a timeline for that? Is the Minister agreeable for me to forward him the names of some companies that have contacted me? I expect he will be across most of them already. This is not to intervene on an individual basis but as a means of demonstrating how those companies are falling through the cracks. They are in need of help but there does not seem to be anything that they can...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (18 Nov 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: I am happy to help with that.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (18 Nov 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: No, I understand.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (18 Nov 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: Absolutely. I thank the Minister.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (18 Nov 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: To follow on from Deputy Paul Murphy's question on content moderators, my understanding is that if they have not made contact with the Minister they will do so. It is very welcome that this meeting can be set up. I would not agree with the Minister on the issue of them working from home. They should be given the choice to be at home. The problem a lot of them have is that they are under a...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (18 Nov 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: I would be interested to know what those figures are because I believe there are people who could reasonably work from home who do not want to go to work. I get a sense that the figure might be a bit larger than the Tánaiste thinks but I too would be interested to know those figures if they are attainable from the WRC. I turn to the issue of public money and the need for that to be...