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Sustainability of Stability of Services Provided by Section 39 and Section 56 Organisations on behalf of the HSE and Tusla: Statements (12 Oct 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: The Minister of State knows that these organisations do not have the capacity to raise the money. The money they get is money in and money out. They do not have reserves or the capacity to go in and negotiate in the way that a private sector employer would and to call them privately-owned and operated where they are voluntary services-----

Sustainability of Stability of Services Provided by Section 39 and Section 56 Organisations on behalf of the HSE and Tusla: Statements (12 Oct 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: The Minister of State's Department did.

Sustainability of Stability of Services Provided by Section 39 and Section 56 Organisations on behalf of the HSE and Tusla: Statements (12 Oct 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: To call them that is, as the Minister of State knows, disingenuous in the extreme. Both the Minister of State and I know they deliver services on behalf of the State for a fraction of the money people directly employed by the State get paid. The Minister of State needs to look at what the public pronouncements are and to consider whether or not there could be perhaps more respect shown to...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I welcome the opportunity to speak on budget 2024. While some of the measures in the package announced on Tuesday are welcome, it is clear that the budget has short-changed SMEs. The main announcement for business in budget 2024 was a €250 million package of temporary supports to deal with cost-of-living pressures. It is regrettable that two days on from the budget, we still have no...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Wage-setting Mechanisms (12 Oct 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 2. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has plans to future-proof sectoral employment orders, employment regulation orders and registered employment agreements, REAs, in response to increases in the minimum wage. [44354/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Wage-setting Mechanisms (12 Oct 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: The sectoral employment orders, employment regulation orders and registered employment agreements are an essential part of the industrial relations make-up of the State. They are routinely and regularly challenged in the courts and that renders them, in some cases, ineffective. Is the Minister of State aware of any plans or discussions to future-proof them, by which I mean against those...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Wage-setting Mechanisms (12 Oct 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I commend the work of the trade union movement and all it does in bringing these agreements and orders into place. A lot goes into the discussion only to have an employer swan into court, who has not been part of the negotiations or any other part, and challenge it. Recently, a challenge was withdrawn by the security industry. The increase in the minimum wage will bring it to...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Wage-setting Mechanisms (12 Oct 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: Tuesday saw the mechanical SEO struck down. It is greed that is motivating this. The Minister of State says it is the minimum but for many workers it is what they will get. It may be a minimum and there may be an aspiration towards a higher wage but it does not happen. For these workers, the minimum, which is their wage, will be set and it will be struck down. The Minister of State...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Enterprise Support Services (12 Oct 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 1. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware of the specific barriers that women founders of technology companies face in accessing State supports. [44353/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Enterprise Support Services (12 Oct 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: Is the Minister aware of the specific barriers women founders of technology companies face in accessing State supports? Will he engage with the sector directly and with the stakeholders to address these issues? The issues are many and varied, but a direct engagement would be incredibly beneficial.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Enterprise Support Services (12 Oct 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I understood the figure to be 27%. The Minister states it is 37%, but it does not matter. It is still not 51%. There we are. Women make up 51% of the population. I acknowledge the progress but the Minister should also acknowledge that there is a huge amount of work left to be done. I have spoken with stakeholders in the area. Some of this, unfortunately, is only anecdotal evidence...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Enterprise Support Services (12 Oct 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: With regard to the barriers that women founders of tech companies face in accessing State support, I refer to something that is happening in California. The Governor, Mr. Gavin Newsom, has signed into law Senate Bill 54 which will require venture capital firms in the state to annually report the diversity of the founders they are backing. It is very specific. It is looking directly at the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Flexible Work Practices (12 Oct 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 38. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the status of the remote working code of practice being drafted by the Workplace Relations Commission; if he will provide a timeline as to when the code of practice in come into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44309/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Living Wage (12 Oct 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 52. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the status of the living wage; the expected year at which the minimum wage will reach a living wage as based on current Government projections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44310/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Artificial Intelligence (12 Oct 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 54. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the establishment of the artificial intelligence advisory council; the level of expression of interest to date; and if the council will contain worker representatives from the trade union movement. [44312/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (12 Oct 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 57. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the work to incorporate into legislation the recommendations on collective bargaining made by the high-level group on collective bargaining and industrial relations; if he will provide a timeline as to when the matter will be legislated for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44308/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Health and Safety (12 Oct 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 68. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will meet with retail and security workers regarding workplace safety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44311/23]