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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Shoplifting: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: That is more constant and continual.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Shoplifting: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: I am conscious that our guests from RGDATA have not spoken yet.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Shoplifting: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: Unfortunately, but I hope not.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Shoplifting: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: I understand.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Shoplifting: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: What distance did they have to travel?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Shoplifting: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: There is a lot to be said for youth diversion, investment and community gardaí to deal with activity that is not the high-level activity that requires everybody to jump into a squad car and have a major investigation. It requires personnel, which is the difficulty.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Shoplifting: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: There's definitely a theme emerging. Could I get an answer on the security staff?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Shoplifting: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: By comparison with the alternative. The key point is that there is a need to continue to deploy the additional personnel.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Shoplifting: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: The fear that this will end on 1 January is the main thing.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Shoplifting: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: From talking to people in the security industry, I know it is proving difficult for them to recruit. Women and migrant workers are particularly difficult to recruit. I would say this is replicated in Ms Dorel's business.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Shoplifting: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: There was a reference to a shopping centre in north Dublin as well.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Shoplifting: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: I thank witnesses for all the information they have given us so far. I want to go back to the issue of recruitment and retention. I touched on it earlier. This is something that been raised with me a great deal. I would like the responses to be brief because I do not have as much time as in the first round. I would like a picture of what it is like with regard to staff turnover. We are...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Shoplifting: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: I want to ask about the supports offered to people, including to the witnesses. All of these incidents, whether it is a combination of a lot of minor incidents or one big one, are all traumatic. All the money in the world would not pay for what some people have to deal with on a daily basis. In the aftermath of a traumatic incident what is done? In my previous work I represented...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Shoplifting: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: Or, indeed, what is normal.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Shoplifting: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: Even for people with a very thick skin, it will get in on them. The question was twofold. It related to the people working with the witnesses but also for the witnesses themselves. They are getting it in the neck as well.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Shoplifting: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: You probably need it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Shoplifting: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: Mr. Jennings mentioned in his presentation that his members are sometimes asked why they do not get their own security. I have engaged with security officers and their representatives. I understand security means an additional cost to CSNA members. I get that. Also, security firms are having difficulty recruiting people who want to be the first or last line of defence in a retail...
- Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) (No. 2) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Dec 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: I thank my colleague Deputy Eoin Ó Broin for introducing this Bill and for all the work he does in this area. I hope the Minister will take the time over Christmas to really acquaint himself with the solutions to the crisis we are dealing with. That is what this is. It is effectively an emergency response to a crisis. The Bill seeks to change the law so that ordinary workers,...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Public Sector Pay (12 Dec 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: 88. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 72 of 18 October and 102 of 7 November 2023, if he can arrange for a member of staff to examine the case of person (details supplied), in light of the financial hardship experienced by the individual; if a resolution can be found; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54598/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (12 Dec 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: 287. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 191 of 17 October 2023, to provide an update on whether upholstery and furniture making will be added to the general employment permit list following receipt of the November report containing recommendations in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54594/23]