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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Research and Development (20 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: 645. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is confident Irish SMEs are benefiting from the European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking; the involvement of private and public Irish entities to date with the undertaking; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7705/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Research and Development (20 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: 646. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is confident the Irish research community is benefiting from the European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking; the involvement of private and public Irish entities to date with the undertaking; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7706/24]

Business Costs for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: I will caveat this by saying there is absolutely no disrespect meant to the Minister of State. I thank her for being here. There are two Ministers of State and one Minister in the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment. I find it a little bit of a stretch that not one of them could find some time to be here. Notwithstanding that, I am very grateful that the Minister of State is...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Data (14 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: 114. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA sponsored companies per county; and the number of jobs in IDA sponsored companies, by county, in tabular form. [6736/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Data (14 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: 115. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of Enterprise Ireland sponsored companies per county; the number of jobs in Enterprise Ireland sponsored companies, by county, in tabular form. [6737/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Data (14 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: 116. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of LEO sponsored companies per county; and the number of jobs in LEO sponsored companies, by county, in tabular form. [6738/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (14 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: 233. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if supports exist for self employed persons with children with special/additional needs; if so, the qualifying criteria; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6739/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (14 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: 236. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is aware of any additional payments/scheme which may apply to persons who are in a house share and who qualify for a social welfare payment which would ordinarily entitle them to the fuel allowance, but have been denied due to the means of the other household members who are not related in any way and who live...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Probate Applications (14 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: 256. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware that delays in processing probate cases are having an impact on prospective home buyers who are having to apply and reapply for mortgage approval while they wait; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6805/24]

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: No. I have three amendments. I am happy to speak to them as we go along, if that is okay.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: I move amendment No. 1: In page 6, line 24, after “representatives” to insert “and employees’ recognised trade union”. I would also like to be associated with the kind remarks made earlier with regard to the recent bereavement suffered by our colleague, Richard, and his family. I apologise in advance if I have to go early as there is a Private Members'...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: I move amendment No. 2: In page 6, between lines 24 and 25, to insert the following: “(b) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (1): “(1A) Where a European Works Council stands established pursuant to the Transnational Information and Consultation of Employees Act 1996 in relation to the employment in which it is proposed to create collective...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: The Minister of State talked about a level playing field, but there is not one at the moment because Irish representative groups through the EWCs do not have access to the State's machinery and they do in other jurisdictions. If the Minister of State is talking about levelling up the playing field then happy days, but he is talking about putting that on the long finger and it is not...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: It is the intention that it be concluded before the end of the-----

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: On the basis of that clarification and pending the Minister of State's consulting the social partners, who I meet fairly regularly as well, I will withdraw the amendment. In the intervening time I will engage and I reserve the right to resubmit this on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: I move amendment No. 3: In page 13, after line 32, to insert the following: “Amendment of Act of 2014 28.The Act of 2014 is amended by the insertion of the following sections after section 621: “Power of the Court to return assets which have been improperly transferred 621A. (1) The court has the following power where, on the application of the Minister or the...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: The Minister of State referenced the creation of two classes of employees. That exists already. There are already workers whose collective bargaining agreements, which might not have statutory underpinning, certainly have an impact at the level of the workplace. As I said, there is give and take. That already exists. If one is in a unionised employment, the chances are one has a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (13 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: 395. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of the qualifying criteria for acceptance onto a cost rental scheme for two non-cohabiting adults with one child; if he can provide information on what can be used to verify that the couple are non-cohabiting adults, that is, an affidavit or similar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6244/24]