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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Transport Issues: Engagement with Minister for Education (21 Sep 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Will that be a comfort to them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Transport Issues: Engagement with Minister for Education (21 Sep 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: No, I would prefer that the people who were previously-------

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Artists' Remuneration (20 Sep 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 253. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of the 2,000 artists selected for the basic income project that have been accepted; and if there is a standby list for consideration to replace any who may not have been accepted. [45912/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Site Acquisitions (20 Sep 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 467. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department will obtain a status update from the Office of Public Works on the acquisition of a site for a proposed Garda station in an area (details supplied). [46049/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (20 Sep 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 546. To ask the Minister for Health the number of those who are waiting for home care packages in CHO 9, broken down by each of the three geographical areas within CHO 9. [45843/22]

Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage: Waste Management (15 Sep 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank the Minister of State and I am encouraged by what she said. It is true that this is fundamentally a responsibility for the local authority but what I get from her answer is that the Department is aware of the issue, that it is engaging with the local authority, DCC, and with An Garda Síochána on the issue. It comes to the stage now where it requires a multi-agency...

Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage: Waste Management (15 Sep 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank the Minister of State for facilitating this debate at this late hour. Last Wednesday, I attended a safety forum in Darndale. Safety forums across the northside are meetings that take place to discuss issues of concern in the local area, attended by local city council officials and gardaí. They are an effective way for local communities to raise their concerns with local...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cost of Living Issues (15 Sep 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Herein lies the debate. What we have had for a very long time in Ireland is a disproportionate number of people on low pay. We also have a disproportionate number of people in insecure work. Perhaps the more we say this the more people will notice. A statistic I always tell the Tánaiste, and I know that he knows it, is that 23% of Irish workers are on low pay. He does not have to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cost of Living Issues (15 Sep 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The Minister mentioned again that he does not have to accept the recommendation. My point is that he could take it as the minimal rate by which he could increase it. He could increase it by more. He has to recognise the number of people on low pay and the costs they already have. We have had a cost-of-living issue in Ireland for as long as I can remember. There are various costs I have...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cost of Living Issues (15 Sep 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 12. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action that he will take to ensure that wages for workers increase to meet the rise in the cost of living. [45081/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cost of Living Issues (15 Sep 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The Labour Party has been saying for some time that Ireland needs a pay rise. What actions will the Tánaiste and his Department take to ensure workers across the board will get a pay rise? Not least of which the reason would be to tackle the cost-of-living crisis and energy bills they are facing in their households.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Prices (15 Sep 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: We need to see from the Tánaiste’s Department some kind of projections and worst-case scenario as to what sections of the economy are more at risk from higher energy prices and the knock-on effect of unemployment. I am sure that there are senior officials in his Department who can have some kind of an opinion as to what we are facing into in a worst-case scenario and what...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Prices (15 Sep 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I appreciate that we have experience through the Covid-19 period as to what is necessary and we are going to have to do that at least but I hope the Department may be in a position to prepare for that worst-case scenario because it is going to need to have some plans in place that, hopefully, it will not have to revert to. If we have a situation where businesses go under and unemployment...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Prices (15 Sep 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 2. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the actions that his Department plans to take to quantify and address the threat to jobs created by the massive increases in costs for energy-intensive enterprises across manufacturing, hospitality, tourism and other service industries. [45080/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Prices (15 Sep 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I wish to ask the Tánaiste about what is probably the biggest issue the Department will face over the coming months, which is rising energy prices and their impact on small and medium enterprises, SMEs, and the potential knock-on impact on employment. What sort of analysis has the Department made on the potential impact on employment in the coming months? What supports will be put in...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Relations (15 Sep 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 39. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact identified by the European Directive on the minimum wage that Member States with high collective bargaining coverage tend to have a low share of low-wage workers; the actions that his Department proposes to take to increase collective bargaining coverage in the private sector; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Low Pay (15 Sep 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 66. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures that he has taken to implement the 2022 Low Pay Commission Report on progressing to a living wage; if a commitment will be given to implement the recommendation of a living wage target of 60% of the median wage of all workers; and his Department’s target date for achieving same. [45191/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: National Minimum Wage (15 Sep 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 65. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will implement an immediate increase in the minimum wage. [45109/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (14 Sep 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding progress on the development of a new permanent school building for a school (details supplied). [44371/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (14 Sep 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the transfer of a school (details supplied). [44372/22]