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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights and Covid-19 Vaccines: Discussion (11 May 2022)

Maurice Quinlivan: Does Deputy Stanton wish to make further brief contribution?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights and Covid-19 Vaccines: Discussion (11 May 2022)

Maurice Quinlivan: That concludes our consideration of the matter. I thank all the witnesses. A significant number of groups wished to attend and we received a significant number of submissions, which we condensed into a paper we circulated to members. Following today's meeting, with the agreement of the committee, we will write to the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights and Covid-19 Vaccines: Discussion (11 May 2022)

Maurice Quinlivan: I call Deputy Flaherty.

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2022)

Maurice Quinlivan: House prices are out of control and have been for some time now. The price of homes keeps going up while the available income for many families keeps going down due to inflation. Large numbers of people are being locked out of home ownership and the efforts of the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to address this have been woeful. On a daily basis my constituency office...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Overcrowding (10 May 2022)

Maurice Quinlivan: 672. To ask the Minister for Health the members of the expert group being deployed to assist with overcrowding at University Hospital Limerick; the remit of the expert group; the timeframe, commencement and finish date in which the group is expected to complete its work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22557/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Overcrowding (10 May 2022)

Maurice Quinlivan: 673. To ask the Minister for Health the discussions that he has held with the University Hospital Limerick Group on the establishment of the expert group being deployed to assist with overcrowding at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22558/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (10 May 2022)

Maurice Quinlivan: 747. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) who is waiting for an appointment at Croom Orthopaedic Hospital, Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22852/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (5 May 2022)

Maurice Quinlivan: 177. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport application by a person (details supplied) will be finalised. [22506/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (5 May 2022)

Maurice Quinlivan: 216. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the case of a child (details supplied) who has been advised he will be waiting two years for an MRI at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22368/22]

Rising Rental Costs: Motion [Private Members] (4 May 2022)

Maurice Quinlivan: To put it mildly, renters and especially young people who want to live independently are really struggling. If the cost to rent does not lock people out of the market, it puts huge financial burdens on workers and their families. People from all walks of life are struggling to pay the rent. Families who need to rent a house for themselves and their children are struggling. Young workers...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Business of Select Committee (4 May 2022)

Maurice Quinlivan: I thank the members for participating in today's committee meeting. I remind all members they are required to participate either within the meeting room or remotely from within the Leinster House complex. Should a division occur, members participating remotely will be required to make their way to the meeting room within the normal division time to vote before returning to their original...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sick Leave Bill 2022: Committee Stage (4 May 2022)

Maurice Quinlivan: The meeting is convened for the purpose of considering the Sick Leave Bill 2022, which was referred to the select committee by order of the Dáil on 7 April 2022. The purpose of this Bill is to provide for a scheme of statutory sick leave by employers covering the existing gap caused by illness-benefit waiting days and set a minimum floor of entitlement for employees who are unable to...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sick Leave Bill 2022: Committee Stage (4 May 2022)

Maurice Quinlivan: Yes, if the Minister of State wants to do so.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sick Leave Bill 2022: Committee Stage (4 May 2022)

Maurice Quinlivan: A number of amendments tabled on Committee Stage have, unfortunately, been ruled out of order. Amendments Nos. 1 and 9 in the name of Deputy O'Reilly form a composite proposal which would allow employees to self-certify for sick leave instead of being required to provide a medical certificate. We will come to all of these as we go through the Bill. Amendment No. 7, in the name of Deputy...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sick Leave Bill 2022: Committee Stage (4 May 2022)

Maurice Quinlivan: Does the Deputy want to speak on that?

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sick Leave Bill 2022: Committee Stage (4 May 2022)

Maurice Quinlivan: Amendments Nos. 2, 3 and 16 to 18, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sick Leave Bill 2022: Committee Stage (4 May 2022)

Maurice Quinlivan: Amendments No. 4 to 6, inclusive, are grouped and may be discussed together. Amendment No. 4 was tabled by Deputy Ó Ríordáin, No. 5 by Deputy Paul Murphy and No. 6 by Deputy O'Reilly.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sick Leave Bill 2022: Committee Stage (4 May 2022)

Maurice Quinlivan: Is the amendment being pressed?

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sick Leave Bill 2022: Committee Stage (4 May 2022)

Maurice Quinlivan: Amendments Nos. 7 to 9, inclusive, have been ruled out of order.