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Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Dec 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 203. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 will be amended to allow workers to carry over annual leave in cases in which they could not take leave due to Covid-19, as has been done in the UK and Northern Ireland; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42800/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: European Stability Mechanism (10 Dec 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 240. To ask the Minister for Finance the examination carried out on the need for a referendum if the proposed changes to the European Stability Mechanism are agreed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42803/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Dec 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 246. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason live music and dancing has been banned at weddings under level 3 restrictions under new Fáilte Ireland guidelines; and her role in contributing to the formulation of these guidelines. [42801/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: House Sales (10 Dec 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 356. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to a mechanism by which the sale of a family home can be compelled in a situation in which one party is refusing to assent to same and in which a barring order is in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42798/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Dec 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 450. To ask the Minister for Health the reason live music and dancing has been banned at weddings under level 3 restrictions under new Fáilte Ireland guidelines; and his role in contributing to the formulation of these guidelines. [42802/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Dec 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 451. To ask the Minister for Health when local exercise classes that take place in local community centres will be allowed to reopen. [42804/20]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Disputes (9 Dec 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: That reply was very disappointing. The Minister of State said the Government would do all it can to protect the jobs, but is it going to do anything, however small, to protect the workers' collective agreement? Of course, we all hope that it will not come to it and that the jobs can be saved. We all recognise, as the Minister of State pointed out, that high-street retail is under pressure....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Disputes (9 Dec 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: I am sure the Minister of State is aware that 491 jobs are in the balance at the moment. Liquidators have been appointed to the Arcadia group, which runs shops such as Topshop, Topman and Wallis, as well as concession stores. I am sure the Minister of State will agree the first objective must be to save these jobs and to do so to the greatest extent possible. I join Mandate, the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Broadcasting Sector (9 Dec 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 82. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the report of the review of the children's commercial communications code that was submitted by the BAI; when the report will be laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42239/20]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Driver Test (8 Dec 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: The Minister of State says that the health and safety of workers should be our priority and she is dead right, but it is not the case if a person cannot access a toilet in the course of his or her work. I like the bit where the Minister of State describes taking a driving test. I think we all know how that happens. The Minister of State talks about the need to protect the building and the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Driver Test (8 Dec 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to speak on this very important workers' rights issue. The denial of basic shelter and hygiene facilities, and for the avoidance of any doubt that is access to a toilet, for these workers is nothing short of a disgrace. They are left waiting out in the freezing cold and the rain while their students take the test in the instructor's car. The...

Organisation of Working Time (Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Dec 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: This has been a very important debate. The people watching it may include some who are experiencing domestic abuse. They are more likely to be women. They will see a unanimity of purpose from their political representatives on this issue, given that the Government is not opposing our proposals in this legislation. That is really important. However, I would prefer if the Government were...

Organisation of Working Time (Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Dec 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I will be sharing time. I feel very privileged to bring forward this very important legislation which seeks to deliver a much-needed support for victims and survivors of domestic abuse, a statutory entitlement to domestic violence paid leave. Today, let us not forget, is the final day of the 16 Days of Activism campaign. Quite simply,...

Organisation of Working Time (Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Dec 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: Legislation has a role in offering protections in the workplace to ensure that victims' rights and entitlements as employees are both enhanced and protected. The provisions in this Bill will enable victims to take the necessary time off work to seek support, find accommodation and attend court in a structured and a supportive environment. I will read the words of a survivor of domestic abuse...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Definitions (8 Dec 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 371. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to designate sodium valproate syndrome as a severe disability to allow children impacted get access to domiciliary care allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41172/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Maternity Benefit (8 Dec 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 396. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) who has moved home from abroad and has made PRSI contributions since but falls just short of the requisite PRSI contributions for maternity benefit will be given maternity benefit; and if not, if either of the solutions (details supplied) will be put in place. [41774/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Hospital Equipment (8 Dec 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 660. To ask the Minister for Health when the translabial scanner which has been procured by the HSE will be available for use to help identify women who have been fitted with a transvaginal mesh device; the reason this service is still not operational three years after the issue of mesh implants was first raised in Dáil Éireann [41706/20]

Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Dec 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: Yes, of course. I do not want to start a row with the Minister of State, but with the greatest of respect, when he says that the issue is being looked at, while I am sure this is not how he intends it, it sounds a little like it is being kept in file in a filing cabinet. I am happy that we are having the debate and that the Minister of State has had the opportunity to outline what the...

Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Dec 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am sharing time with na Teachtaí Patricia Ryan and Martin Browne. I am very grateful to have the opportunity to introduce the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Amendment) Bill 2020. Its purpose is to protect workers in their workplaces. That is its one and only aim. The Bill proposes a straightforward amendment to the Safety,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Parental Leave (3 Dec 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 91. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason the extension to maternity leave is not being introduced until April 2021 as opposed to immediate introduction after budget 2021 or January 2021. [40761/20]