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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Emergency Accommodation (8 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Overseeing provision of accommodation on this scale during this timeframe for all those who require it remains immensely challenging. Due to the urgent need to source accommodation, my Department has contracted in excess of 37,000 beds to accommodate Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection (BOTPs) in more than 650 settings including hotels, guesthouses, B&Bs, hostels, commercial...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Emergency Accommodation (8 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Overseeing provision of accommodation on this scale during this timeframe for all those who require it remains immensely challenging. Due to the urgent need to source accommodation, my Department has contracted in excess of 37,000 beds to accommodate Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection (BOTPs) in more than 650 settings including hotels, guesthouses, B&Bs, hostels, commercial...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Strategies (8 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Programme for Government includes specific commitments that the Government will develop and implement a new Migrant Integration Strategy and a new National Strategy for Women and Girls, in addition to reviewing the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy and ensuring that the successor strategy has a stronger outcomes focused approach. While initially due to conclude in 2020, and...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (8 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 280, 281 and 282 together. Since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine on 24 February, and the invoking of the Temporary Protection Directive by the European Union shortly afterwards, my Department has worked intensively as part of the cross-governmental response to the Ukraine crisis. The operational challenges brought about by responding to the conflict...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (8 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: The information being sought by the Deputy is currently being collated and the response will issue as soon as possible.

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 33: In page 20, between lines 32 and 33, to insert the following: “Amendment of Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014 21.The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014 is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 45: “45A.(1) Subject to section 45, a person who was a member of the staff of the Human Rights...

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 34: In page 21, to delete lines 7 to 9 and substitute the following: “(b) in section 41(7)— (i) by the substitution in paragraph (c)(iii) of “father or other parent” for “father”, (ii) by the substitution in paragraph (g) of “the occurrence of the dispute,” for “the occurrence of the dispute,...

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 35: In page 21, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following: “Amendment of Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022 21.The Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022 is amended— (a) in section 5(2), by the insertion of “In this section,” before ‘‘ ‘public body’ ”, (b) in section 25(2), by the insertion...

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 36: In page 21, to delete lines 10 to 18.

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Yes.

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: A PLS process has been undertaken on the original proposals in terms of the right to request remote working. PLS was also undertaken in terms of the work life balance Bill. The core recommendation from that PLS process was the use of that code of conduct. That is central. There are 20 recommendations and six of them referred to the importance of the code of conduct, and they also referred...

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 31: In page 19, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following: “PART 4 CODE OF PRACTICEDefinitions – Part 4 28. In this Part— “Act of 1998” means the “Commission” means the Workplace Relations Commission; “Minister” means the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment. Code of practice 29....

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 32: In page 20, between lines 32 and 33, to insert the following: “Amendment of 20. The is amended in section 100— (a) by the substitution of the following for subsection (5): “(5) Subject to subsection (7), the members present at a meeting called under subsection (4) shall choose one of their number to chair the meeting.”, and (b)...

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank the Deputies for their contributions. Deputies spoke about the process both in terms of the work we have done through committee on the original Work Life Balance directive and of course the work that was done through the Right to Request Remote Work Bill. I am aware that a very detailed pre-legislative scrutiny, PLS, process was undertaken and the detailed PLS report was published....

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 28: In page 18, between lines 29 and 30, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 22A of Principal Act 13. Section 22A of the Principal Act is amended in subsection (1), by the insertion of “other than Part IIA” after “this Act”.”.

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 29: In page 19, line 6, to delete “3 years.” and substitute “3 years,”.

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 30: In page 19, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following: “PART 3 REQUESTS FOR REMOTE WORKING ARRANGEMENTSInterpretation (Part 3) 14.(1) In this Part— “Act of 1998” means the Parental Leave Act 1998; “Act of 2015” means the Workplace Relations Act 2015; “adjudication officer” means a person appointed...

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: With respect, I have answered this question every time the Deputy has asked it. What we are introducing is a statutory minimum provision that will apply to all workers across all sectors. Obviously, in many sectors in both the public and private sphere, employers provide more than a statutory minimum, whether that is with regard to leave, pay or a variety of issues. What we are providing...

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 12: In page 12, line 5, to delete “section 13C(1)(a)” and substitute “section 13C(1)(b)(i)”.

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 13: In page 12, to delete lines 21 to 41, and in page 13, to delete lines 1 to 42 and substitute the following: “Obligation on employer to consider request under section 13B 13C.(1) An employer who receives a request for a flexible working arrangement submitted in accordance with section 13B(6) shall— (a) consider that request, having regard to his or...