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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Contracts (13 Jan 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 1107. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department or State agencies under the aegis of his Department have awarded contracts to a company (details supplied); if so, the value of such contracts; if the contracts were tendered for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44779/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Contracts (13 Jan 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 1194. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department or State agencies under the aegis of her Department have awarded contracts to a company (details supplied); if so, the value of such contracts; if the contracts were tendered for; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44792/20]

Brexit Readiness for the End of the Transition Period: Statements (17 Dec 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: I want to address some elements of Brexit but I want to first raise with the Minister an issue that was brought to my attention early this morning. It relates to an apparent rush in deportations under the Dublin III Regulation. This is being done despite an assurance given by the Taoiseach that save for in the instance of national security, there will not be deportations during the course...

Covid-19 Task Force: Statements (17 Dec 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: I am grateful for the opportunity to speak about this important task force, to which, as my colleague pointed out, we offer our full support. We know that vaccination programmes save lives. There can be no equivocation on that and they must, in and of themselves, be supported. When we speak this evening, the words of Dr. Mary Favier are in my mind. More importantly, she said that vaccines...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: This morning, I was contacted by members of Fingal Communities Against Racism, a group of which I am a member. They advised me that despite the commitment given by the Taoiseach in this House last week that there would be no deportations, a young man was deported from Dublin Airport at 11 o'clock this morning. They stated: By the time we were informed, within 1 hour of him being lifted to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: He said there would be no deportations. This very morning a man was deported from Dublin Airport.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2020)

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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Corporate Governance (17 Dec 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 93. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the interactions he has had with the Director of Corporate Enforcement regarding the Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill 2018. [44126/20]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Dec 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: There is no suggestion that public services would be undermined. People have an entitlement to take their annual leave. If the Tánaiste reads the legislation, it provides for cases where leave cannot be taken, not cases where workers are banking their leave. I note that the Minister's first port of call is to blame the workers themselves for not taking their annual leave or to suggest...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Employment Rights (17 Dec 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the Tánaiste for his response. There are 491 jobs in the balance at the moment. That is 491 people with families, bills to pay, etc. I appreciate what the Tánaiste is saying regarding the appointment of the provisional liquidator. However, these people are in work today. They are looking at their collective agreement. They are looking at what happened to the workers in...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Employment Rights (17 Dec 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: I do not want to get into a slagging match about that but I am someone with a fair amount of industrial relations experience. I am not in the habit or in the practice of interfering in industrial disputes but I see a very clear role for the Government in this regard. I have spoken at length with representatives from Mandate. It is not good enough for the Tánaiste to simply say that he...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Dec 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 91. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the Organisation of Working Time (Amendment) (Carryover of Annual Leave) (Covid-19) Bill 2020 which was introduced on 26 November 2020, which seeks to allow workers to carry over untaken annual leave which they could not take due to the impact of Covid-19; if his attention has been drawn to the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Dec 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: Again, this is a fairly straightforward question. It is to ask if the Tánaiste is aware of the Organisation of Working Time (Amendment) (Carryover of Annual Leave) (Covid-19) Bill 2020 introduced in November. It seeks to allow workers carry over untaken annual leave and to give them a legal right to be able to do that. This is leave accrued as a result of Covid-19. I am aware that in...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Dec 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: They may indeed refer a complaint to the Workplace Relations Commission but they need a rest now and as the Tánaiste knows, it can take months, if not years, to get those complaints resolved. The purpose of the legislation is to reflect these extraordinary times we are in and while I respect the conversations he has had with employers and others with regard to them saying it is not a...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Employment Rights (17 Dec 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 90. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that provisional liquidators have been appointed to a group (details supplied); and if he will engage with the workers and their trade union to ensure that, regardless of what happens, the company will honour the workers' collective agreement. [44124/20]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Employment Rights (17 Dec 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: Before the hostilities break out, as they inevitably will, I want to take this opportunity to wish the Minister, the Ministers of State and their families and the staff in the Department a very happy Christmas and a safe and - fingers crossed - healthy new year. I know how hard everybody has been working and I am sure they are all, like myself and all of us on this side of the House, very...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Flexible Work Practices (17 Dec 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 73. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has considered working with local authorities to establish hubs for remote working in towns and cities to facilitate new ways of working into the future. [34915/20]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Ministerial Meetings (17 Dec 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 118. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to a commitment he made during Priority Questions of 10 November 2020, and further to correspondence from this Deputy and the office of an organisation (details supplied), if he will meet a representation of content moderators and their representatives and trade unions early in 2021; and if he will instruct his officials to...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Measures (17 Dec 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 147. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to update the legislation governing European Works Councils. [43822/20]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (17 Dec 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 154. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has considered additional grant aid support for the wet pub sector since it has been under enforced closure for nine months and has had to remain closed during the sectors busiest period of the year. [43824/20]