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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: On the number of inspectors, how will we stand in January 2024, when we take into account retirements and new hires? I know there was money in the budget but how will that leave us in terms of numbers of inspectors?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: Excellent. Specifically, I want to know how many there will be on 1 January. One of the few things certain in public sector jobs is that, on the day a person starts, they know the day they will finish. There is nothing more certain than a retirement day. Can we get a picture of what retirements will look like for 2024? That is not to name any individual; it is a function of their age,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: It does. It is a tricky area. There have to be rules but we have to respect each state’s right to control what happens within its own borders as well. I want to speak briefly on the sectoral employment order, SEO. The construction SEO was issued in 2021 and enacted in 2022 but we also know the challenge was withdrawn by the security industry once the minimum wage increase was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I refer to the actual orders themselves. It seems as if every SEO necessitates a trip to the courts. Is the Department looking at any way to prevent that or to minimise that happening?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: They are but that is the problem. It is only a small number of employers who are delaying it for everybody else.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I refer to the cynical way the challenge to the security SEO was dropped, almost in the same moment as the recommendations came out from the Low Pay Commission. You could clearly see the difference of 20 cent. It is not going to go to court for the sake of 20 cent. It should be on the Department's radar to strength the SEOs to limit that challenge. We cannot take away a person's right to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: It is more about the generality, not specifically one case, although one case was reported in the media. We know there are cases separate from that case and possibly separate from what is happening in Gaza right now. In general terms, does Dr. Coates think the Unfair Dismissals Act is sufficiently robust to provide protection for workers who wish to express a view? We have spoken about how...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (14 Nov 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 124. To ask the Minister for Finance if interest payable on phased payment arrangements for tax liabilities owed under the tax debt warehousing scheme will be made tax deductible, as is the case with bank loan interest. [49443/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (14 Nov 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 133. To ask the Minister for Finance the money owed to Revenue due to overpayments arising from the employment wage subsidy scheme, by sector, in tabular form. [49947/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (14 Nov 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 135. To ask the Minister for Finance the money owed to Revenue due to ineligible businesses accessing the employment wage subsidy scheme, by sector, in tabular form. [49949/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (14 Nov 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 134. To ask the Minister for Finance the money owed to Revenue due to overpayments arising from the temporary wage subsidy scheme, by sector, in tabular form. [49948/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (14 Nov 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 136. To ask the Minister for Finance the money owed to Revenue due to ineligible businesses accessing the temporary wage subsidy scheme, by sector, in tabular form. [49950/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (14 Nov 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 161. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 382 and 383 of 7 November 2023, if he will provide a breakdown of general employment permits (not critical skills employment permits) issued in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, by 4-digit SOC Code of employment and further broken down (details supplied). [49405/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (14 Nov 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 162. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 382 and 383 of 7 November 2023, for a breakdown of general employment permits (not critical skills employment permits) currently held in the State by 4-digit SOC Code of employment and further broken down (details supplied). [49406/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (14 Nov 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 96, 112, 115, 355 and 382 of 16 May 2023, for an update on the report her Department received proposing the introduction of a teacher relocation scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49472/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (14 Nov 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for further delays in the delivery of the permanent four-special-classroom-extension project at a school (details supplied); when the project will be delivered; and if she will respond to communication on this project from a named organisation. [49442/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (9 Nov 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 309. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 294 of 15 June 2023, if the shortage of the pain medication (details supplied) has been resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49115/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Supports Required for Businesses to Meet Decarbonisation Targets: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I welcome our guests and thank them for their contributions. I will start with the representatives from Skillnet. Where does decarbonisation, climate and sustainability come in its engagement with businesses, specifically SMEs? Are people coming to Skillnet looking for this information or is it chasing them with it? I am struck by the figure in the SEAI submission that 80% was produced by...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Supports Required for Businesses to Meet Decarbonisation Targets: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: Skillnet is obviously keeping an eye on that. It is enterprise led and to a certain extent, it has to wait for people to come to it. Is there a sense that there is a gap there? I am thinking about a bridge between getting the companies to come to Skillnet for this specifically rather than the other work with which they would be more familiar with Skillnet? Or is it happening at a pace...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Supports Required for Businesses to Meet Decarbonisation Targets: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: That is good. I would tend to agree that the appetite is there. It is sometimes a case of letting people know that they need not be as worried as they might be and there is a bit of help there. In that vein, can I ask about the supports that are in place? I refer to the preliminary supports, such as the climate action voucher. Are they working as a funnel to get businesses in, nearly as a...