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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Oct 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: They are not public service organisations but they are providing public services. They are doing it on wage rates that are way behind those who are their exact and direct equivalents within the public service. The Tánaiste said it is his hope that the dispute will be resolved, but he could do a little bit more than hope. He could actually be proactive about it, and that is what the...

Screening of Third Country Transactions Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (4 Oct 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I support the amendment. As the Minister of State has pointed out, it arises from an amendment I proposed on Committee Stage. I thank the Minister of State, the officials and the staff of the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel for their work on this. It is very important that sanctions from the EU, UN or International Criminal Court should also be notified to the Minister. If we are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: The Circular Economy: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the Minister of State and Ms Higgins for their contributions. I have a couple of questions for them. As has been said, the committee is very positively disposed towards this endeavour on the part of the Government. If anything, we would like to see more of it, which is always a good thing. What role could employee-owned businesses, which I might call workers' co-operatives, play...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: The Circular Economy: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the Minister of State. He should always keep social enterprises in his thoughts as well as workers' co-operatives. Incredible work is being done on a shoestring. The organisations based on the social enterprise model have a massive role to play. There may be people waiting to be asked when the net could be spread a little wider. Social enterprises should always be kept to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: The Circular Economy: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: To follow on from that, I read recently in the newspapers that Irish hospitals discard 50 million plastic aprons every year. Nobody disputes that they are necessary and a natural part of the health service. Dr. Mary O'Riordan and her cousin Lisa O'Riordan of HaPPE Earth are trying to engineer a more sustainable solution to this with their aprons. Can the Minister of State point to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: The Circular Economy: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: Very impressive.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: The Circular Economy: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: It is and that is why I picked the health sector as an example because it is an area with great scope. However, as the Minister of State says, it has difficulties with infection control. You can always be guaranteed that when opening the seal on something that it is going to be medically clean. An issue was raised by another Deputy a couple of months ago in the Dáil regarding the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: The Circular Economy: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: That is huge. That is a massive part of it. Members of any residents' association Facebook groups will often see posts with questions on how to get a washing machine fixed. Half the replies will be people saying "Just throw it out, you can get one for €99 in a certain shop". That is common. There is a real appetite for repairing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: The Circular Economy: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: My apologies, my time is up.

Childcare Fees: Motion [Private Members] (3 Oct 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank my colleague, Teachta Kathleen Funchion, for bringing forward the motion and all of the work she has done and engagement she does on a daily basis with providers and early childhood educators. We all know it is an essential service, but like many essential services in the State it has suffered from significant neglect by successive Governments. It has been more or less left to the...

School Transport 2023-2024: Statements (3 Oct 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I very much welcome this debate. I wholeheartedly endorse Deputy O'Dowd's call for change. It has never been more needed. I am also trying hard not to enjoy all the Government speakers coming to the House to speak about the deplorable state in which the Government has left transport for kids trying to get to school. We all know that school transport is an essential service,...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Oct 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: It is not agreed. On 17 October, workers in section 39, section 56 and section 10 agencies will be taking industrial action. As the Taoiseach and I know, this is the last thing they want to do. It is very much the last thing that service users and their families want to happen. Can we put time aside this week to discuss that dispute? The families are watching this debate and feel like...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pension Provisions (3 Oct 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 191. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that pensioners of a company (details supplied) are struggling with the cost of living because their pensions were cut and are in no way keeping pace with inflation; if he has any plans to meet with them or their representatives to discuss their pension issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42275/23]

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency Bill 2023: Second Stage (28 Sep 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I start by acknowledging Emma Reidy and the staff and volunteers who run the Aoibhneas domestic abuse support service in my own area. I am sure we all acknowledge this because we know the work they do. Many of us will refer people from our own constituency offices to the local service so there is nobody under any illusions about how acutely underfunded and under-resourced they are. As...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport (27 Sep 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: The Minister of State will forgive a little bit of cynicism on my part when she mentions projects like MetroLink. There are people in my constituency who bought houses off the plans from brochures that had a picture of MetroLink on them. They thought their kids might be able to use it to go to school and perhaps college, and maybe at some point their kids might be able to use it to get into...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport (27 Sep 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I bring to the Minister of State’s attention issues that occur regularly in my constituency regarding the provision of public transport. I am lucky to represent one of the youngest and fastest growing parts of this island. The needs of the communities I represent are many and varied but the one thing that comes back time and again is dissatisfaction with the quality and frequency of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: SME Energy and Carbon Demands, Green Initiatives and Technology: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank all the witnesses for being here. I apologise for being a little late; I had a Topical Issue in the Dáil Chamber. This is very interesting. When I read through the submissions yesterday, I noted that a fair amount of work is being done, but there is also a thread running through both the submissions. I do not think it is a reluctance on behalf of EI's client companies; I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: SME Energy and Carbon Demands, Green Initiatives and Technology: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: Yes, that is a challenge.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: SME Energy and Carbon Demands, Green Initiatives and Technology: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I am conscious of the time. I do not have my glasses on and thought I had three minutes left. My apologies.