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Impact of Covid-19 on Women for International Women’s Day: Statements (4 Mar 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: I want to use the brief time I have to pay tribute to the many women who are struggling through the pandemic. They are getting by and the women in the Chamber, and some men as well of course, will know what getting by is like. They are getting by but they are struggling and it would be remiss of us to pretend that people are breezing through this, particularly women, because they are simply...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Research and Development (4 Mar 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 7. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding and grants available for companies developing disruptive technologies. [12372/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Fáilte Ireland (4 Mar 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 65. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the outdoor dining grant will be inclusive of all businesses impacted by Covid-19. [12370/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (4 Mar 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 157. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason workers in the aviation industry on casual contracts due to Covid-19 are not entitled to the pandemic unemployment payment. [12368/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (4 Mar 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding and grants are available for mature students to purchase electronic devices to aid with their studies given courses have moved online due to Covid-19. [12371/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (4 Mar 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 228. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development and delivery of the world leading newborn screening program promised by the Minister and his predecessor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12373/21]

Banking Sector: Statements (3 Mar 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: I welcome the opportunity to speak in this important debate, which is happening at a very opportune time. I wish to raise several points that relate particularly to businesses. The recent announcements by Ulster Bank and Bank of Ireland are of very significant concern for people who hold individual personal bank accounts with those banks. However, the situation for SMEs and family-run...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Mar 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 3. To ask the Taoiseach the costs associated with researching, drawing up and publishing the Resilience and Recovery 2020-2021 Plan for Living with COVID-19. [11257/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Mar 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 193. To ask the Minister for Finance if employees resident in Northern Ireland but working and paying tax here are eligible employees under the employment wage subsidy scheme in cases in which their employers are resident in Northern Ireland. [11280/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Government Procurement (3 Mar 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 240. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the original business case for the setting up of the Office of Government Procurement. [11441/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Mar 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 556. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the Covid-19 rent supplement will be extended beyond 31 March 2021. [11762/21]

Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: It is nine months since NPHET recommended that discretionary elements of travel should end, which is nearly 300 days. Consistently, throughout this crisis, NPHET and others have called for real checks and controls at our airports and seaports. In April of last year, Sinn Féin called for a quarantine regime for people entering the State. On 5 May, I stated in the media that our failure...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (25 Feb 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 198. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to a protest in direct provision centre (details supplied); if he will ensure the person engaged in the protest receives the necessary health supports, physical and mental; the steps he is taking to address the failures with the direct provision system and move towards a humane,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Orders (25 Feb 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 230. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a court order for the sale of a home arising from divorce proceedings can be executed during level 5 restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10869/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (25 Feb 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 243. To ask the Minister for Health the volume of faulty equipment purchased by the HSE in each of the years 2011 to 2019; the details of the type of equipment; the quantity that was faulty; the value of the faulty equipment; the person or body that supplied the faulty equipment; if they were the manufacturer or an intermediary; if any of the costs were recovered; and the locations that the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 Feb 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 28. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the supports announced in Scotland (details supplied) for the wedding industry; and his views on including businesses in the wedding industry without a fixed premises in the Covid-19 business aid scheme. [9999/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (24 Feb 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 29. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to ensure compliance with the construction sector sectoral employment orders by all companies working here. [10008/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (24 Feb 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 30. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he and his officials will meet with an organisation (details supplied) regarding non-compliance with the construction sector sectoral employment orders and bogus self-employment in the construction sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10009/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Further and Higher Education (24 Feb 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 31. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if any of the skill sets on the critical skills occupation list have been removed from the list since it was established; and if his Department will work with the Departments of Education and Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to ensure that Ireland is training and skilling students for these areas. [10010/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Wind Energy Guidelines (24 Feb 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 76. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the upcoming marine planning Bill will include agreed minimum distances for offshore wind turbines based on international and European best practice and informed by ecological and marine biology experts. [10553/21]