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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 Sep 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 190. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if workers at an airline (details supplied) that were in receipt of the temporary wage support scheme and on significantly reduced working days will have their claims for short term work support backdated for the period for which they were in receipt of the temporary wage support scheme. [26185/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Sep 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 266. To ask the Minister for Health the new regulations in relation to christenings in Dublin; the number permitted to attend; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26187/20]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Sep 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: Ms Patricia King of ICTU and Mr. Gerry Light of Mandate have been left with no option but to walk away from the Low Pay Commission. As the Taoiseach has said, the commission is not a arm of the Government. The representatives know that. They have walked away because they could not achieve at the table the minimum increase they required, of 2%. That was not a target; it was their floor....

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Sep 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: They are on the minimum wage that has been set by the Government and they want to know whether the Taoiseach, as Head of Government, intends to legislate for a meaningful increase. He does not need to wait for a report from the Low Pay Commission; he can actually do it now.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Sep 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: With the greatest of respect, this is about people on low pay.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Sep 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: This is about low earners.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Sep 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: This is not about people who come in here; this is about low earners. What is the Taoiseach going to say to them: "I'm all right, lads"?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Sep 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: This is about workers on low pay.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Sep 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: This is about workers on low pay.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Sep 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: This is about workers on low pay. The Government just wants to have a cheap deal-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Sep 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: They are listening to the Taoiseach.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Sep 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: People on low pay-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Sep 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: No.

Sick Leave and Parental Leave (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Sep 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the Deputies for introducing this legislation, but I cannot let this go without remarking on how the former Minister, Deputy Howlin, stated that sick pay was a moral imperative even before Covid. He was bang on. It was a moral imperative when he cut the entitlement of public servants, including our nurses, to sick pay in half. I campaigned against that cut.

Sick Leave and Parental Leave (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Sep 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: For my entire working life, I have campaigned for workers' rights. I will continue to do so. There is no need for Deputy Howlin to interrupt me. He has made his point. He made his point while-----

Sick Leave and Parental Leave (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Sep 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: -----he was a Minister, when he cut in half the sick leave entitlements of public servants. I was a trade union official at the time and I well recall it. In fact, we managed to stave off the worst of what the Deputy was trying to do, but what public servants were left with was a sick pay scheme that was effectively half of what it was before he entered government. However, his road to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Redundancy Payments (23 Sep 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 145. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the extension of the restriction on redundancy rights precludes a laid-off worker who cannot afford to wait to be rehired and takes another job, and loses their entitlement to redundancy lump sum payments from the original employer; and if they will qualify for that redundancy payment at a future date when the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff (23 Sep 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 196. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the situation facing HSE workers in the Dublin north mental health services that are now having large pay deductions due to a payroll error by the HSE; and the reason the HSE and Dublin north mental health services are continuing to refuse to engage with the workers and their trade unions in order to come up with a payment...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Drug Treatment Programmes (22 Sep 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: The Minister of State said that individuals affected by problem drug or alcohol use often have higher levels of physical comorbidity and that alcohol may make an individual‘s immune system less affective. That is offensive. These people are in recovery. Many of them have not had a drink for years. The Minister is saying they will never be out of recovery because in his eyes they...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Drug Treatment Programmes (22 Sep 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: I will go briefly through the sequence of this matter if the Minister of State, Deputy Feighan, does not mind. On 20 August my colleague, an Teachta Gould, wrote to the Minister of State seeking information and an update on the status of drug and alcohol support group meetings. I do not think anyone will dispute how important they are. We know they are. On 26 August an Teachta Gould...