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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Section 39 Organisations: Discussion (31 Jan 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Can the witnesses confirm for the record, and I know it because I was there at the time, that it was an instruction effectively that pay would be cut, exactly as Mr. Bell outlined? Will they confirm that it was an instruction that did not leave the witnesses in any doubt that there was anything else they could do and that it was not just an implicit but an explicit instruction?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Section 39 Organisations: Discussion (31 Jan 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Absolutely, some more willing than others, Ms Flynn. It was done.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Section 39 Organisations: Discussion (31 Jan 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: On a very brief point of order, Ms Flynn referred to the section 39s being forgotten. I wish to correct the record. They were not forgotten. They were included, and representations were made by the trade unions at the time to have them included but we were told very firmly and clearly that they were not part of that process and that they would be part of another process. I fully agree...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Section 39 Organisations: Discussion (31 Jan 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I have a number of questions. Most of the witnesses will be aware of my trade union involvement prior to being elected. Was Ms Cody involved in instructing the section 39 organisations to cut pay? When the cut was imposed, was it the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform that advised the Department of Health to pass it on? I am trying to figure out where the cuts started from? ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Section 39 Organisations: Discussion (31 Jan 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I am sorry but that reply is not acceptable. It cannot be the case that all these disparate agencies came to the same conclusion. It was my feeling at the time, although not all of the correspondence were shared with us, and it is my clear understanding now, with the benefit of hindsight, that an instruction was issued, or advice. When the grant was cut, I presume the Department was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Section 39 Organisations: Discussion (31 Jan 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: That really underlines why we need to have staff from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform present.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Section 39 Organisations: Discussion (31 Jan 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: With respect, there is no way that answers the question. The organisations' representatives were here just before the delegates who are present and they were very clear that the communication with which they were issued was in the form of an instruction.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Section 39 Organisations: Discussion (31 Jan 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: What funding did the HSE seek?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Section 39 Organisations: Discussion (31 Jan 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: We were talking about it before Mr. Mulvaney came into the room. A figure somewhere in the region of €12 million to €13 million was mentioned.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Section 39 Organisations: Discussion (31 Jan 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Mr. Mulvany might explain what they are because I do not understand it. The previous delegates were very clear on the minimum amount they thought it would take to begin the process and I think it excludes increments. Rather than go into the figures, Mr. Mulvany might explain why he thinks the issue is sensitive. That is not clear to me.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Section 39 Organisations: Discussion (31 Jan 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: That Mr. Mulvany will not share it with us is relevant. It has superseded the figure. He said he will give consideration offline to sharing it with us. He might do so and communicate it to us.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Section 39 Organisations: Discussion (31 Jan 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I asked a very specific question about Labour Court recommendation No. 21609, which makes specific reference to the need for what it calls an administrative exercise by the HSE. The delegates might comment on it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Section 39 Organisations: Discussion (31 Jan 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I am sorry to keep interrupting, but that directly contradicts what the representatives of the section 39 agencies said when they were here a few moments ago. They were very clear that they had been advised by the HSE to go through the industrial relations channels. Ms Mannion has been involved with this issue for a long time and knows that one cannot keep running into and out of the Labour...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Section 39 Organisations: Discussion (31 Jan 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: The court and representatives of section 39 agencies disagree fundamentally with what Ms Mannion has just said.

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (30 Jan 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: There is a whole swathe of people out there, particularly young people, whose dream of owning a house has been quite literally taken off them. I have a 22-year-old daughter. She told me recently that she does not think she will ever own a home. My husband and I bought a house when I was aged 24. I do not know anyone in the current climate who could even hope to be able to do that, which...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (30 Jan 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Will the Taoiseach comment on reports that the Dublin Region Homeless Executive, DRHE, proposed restrictions on the right of charities dealing with homeless citizens to speak to the media? Can the Taoiseach state whether Cabinet committee D at any time discussed this proposal and if the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, or his officials, had any act or part in this action...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 Jan 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I join the Taoiseach in commending the Irish peacekeeping troops based in Lebanon who are contributing to UN efforts to maintain peace in that dangerous region. I acknowledge his concern about the decision made in December by the US President, Mr. Trump, to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The decision is in contravention of established international understandings and UN...

Order of Business (30 Jan 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: According to media reports, the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Shane Ross, brought a memorandum to the Cabinet meeting today proposing primary legislation to replace existing laws on noise restrictions with less restrictive EU regulations dating from 2014. This is a major issue for those who live in the environs of Dublin Airport and are anxious to have noise restrictions...

Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I assure the Taoiseach that Sinn Féin will co-operate fully with the Department of Health to ensure the legislation is processed as soon as possible. I reiterate my call to publish the full advice of the Attorney General. I do so because this is one of the recommendations that the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution did not endorse. The committee received its...

Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: When the Taoiseach spoke at last night's press conference, he showed leadership and spoke for all of us who want to see the eighth amendment repealed. I thank the Taoiseach most sincerely for that. Today is a momentous day for Irish women and Irish society. The insertion of the eighth amendment into the Constitution was a grave wrong perpetrated on Irish women. My colleague, Deputy...