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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (27 Jul 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 2892. To ask the Minister for Health the amount allocated to the drugs strategy to fund an organisation (details supplied) in CHO9; the number of projects and HSE services funded; the name of each project; the services and amounts received by each in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39493/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Reopening of Further and Higher Education Institutions: Discussion (22 Jul 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I commend the Minister and Minister of State. I was curious as to how the Department would work. Both the Minister and the Minister of State have made this new Department work. I hope that this Department is a feature of public policy into the future because it would be very difficult to have this type of conversation in the old Department that had everything under its remit, with one...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (15 Jul 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 451. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made on the case of a child (details supplied) with complex needs who is having difficulties accessing respite care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33100/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Jul 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The issue here, if we get beyond the sloganeering, is very real. In my community in Marino, there has been a discovery this week about a development on Griffith Avenue. When it was being proposed, there was a lot of internal debate in the community about its size and scale, which was making people uneasy. There was also a lot of sentiment in the local area that development was needed to...

Companies (Rescue Process for Small and Micro Companies) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I move amendment No. 7: In page 31, line 2, after “be” to insert “other than the employees,”. This is a very straightforward amendment which aims to include in the Bill the amended wording: Where a company is a creditor, any person who is duly authorised under the seal of that company to act generally on behalf of that company at meetings of members and...

Companies (Rescue Process for Small and Micro Companies) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I was going to say that I will revisit the matter and bring forward an amendment on Report Stage but I will not be in a position to do that. I will revisit it.

Companies (Rescue Process for Small and Micro Companies) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I move amendment No. 8: In page 31, lines 17 and 18, to delete “60 per cent in number representing a majority in value” and substitute “66 and two-thirds per cent in number representing 66 and two-thirds in value”. This amendment is very simple. It aims to increase what is considered to be a majority in the Bill from 60% to 66%. This is two thirds and...

Companies (Rescue Process for Small and Micro Companies) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I move amendment No. 2: In page 16, line 39, after “proceedings” where it secondly occurs to insert the following: “, other than proceedings taken by or on behalf of an employee to the Workplace Relations Commission or the Labour Court,”. The Minister of State will see what we are trying to do in the section on relevant courts powers to stay proceedings or...

Companies (Rescue Process for Small and Micro Companies) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I noticed the word "typical". The Minister of State's reply indicates this situation is not typical but that does not mean this provision will not necessarily be needed. We want it to be explicit within this legislation that workers will still have the opportunity to take these proceedings as they see fit.

Companies (Rescue Process for Small and Micro Companies) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I accept that the Minister of State's function is to try to pass a Bill he believes will do a lot of good for many companies. I accept that is the reason he is here and why he feels so strongly about the legislation. We have no problem with that. I do not think we in the Opposition have a difficulty with that. He said we need to get this done. That phrase is generally that we need to get...

Companies (Rescue Process for Small and Micro Companies) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I want to make a general point. I cannot accept what the Minister of State has just said in regard to the amendment, namely, regardless of how justifiable it is or how it will enhance the Bill, he is just not going to accept it because he does not have the time. We have concerns about this legislation contradicting European directives yet his stock answer to all the amendments is that he...

Education (Student and Parent Charter) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second Stage (7 Jul 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire as a bheith anseo chun éisteacht linn mar gheall ar an mBille seo. This is good legislation which the Labour Party is happy to support. We need to change the conversation around education in its totality. With that in mind, it is beyond time for us to discuss the establishment of a citizens' assembly on education. Seeing as we hope that we are now...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (6 Jul 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the stage of the process her Department is at in purchasing a site for use as an ASD unit and school hall for a school (details supplied); and the school year in which the first intake to the unit is envisaged. [36009/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Birth Certificates (6 Jul 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 344. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a birth certificate application by a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36008/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (6 Jul 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 524. To ask the Minister for Health when the four additional epilepsy specialist nursing posts approved in 2018 to help manage the mandatory safety checks for women prescribed sodium valproate will be filled. [29788/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (6 Jul 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 523. To ask the Minister for Health when the inquiry into the historical licencing and prescribing of sodium valproate announced in November 2020 will be established. [29787/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (6 Jul 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 525. To ask the Minister for Health if he will establish a stakeholder group to review safety and risk measures in relation to the distribution and prescribing of sodium valproate. [29789/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (6 Jul 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 543. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider requesting the vaccination strategy team to consider offering a choice of an alternative secondary or primary dose of vaccination to those in the older age groups who already have received a vaccine (details supplied) but who are concerned regarding its efficacy and risks. [29924/21]

Companies (Rescue Process for Small and Micro Companies) Bill 2021: Second Stage (2 Jul 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: This is a Bill whose aims we in the Labour Party consider reasonable. The objective is to try to put in place a SCARP to reduce the number of companies that go into liquidation and instead to give them access to an affordable rescue plan, an alternative and lower cost version of examinership. In the context of Covid, there is pressure on hundreds if not thousands of companies in affected...

Workplace Relations (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (2 Jul 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: It is good to be back in this House. I think it is the first time since December. Hopefully we can resume regular business here soon. The Labour Party is happy to support the Workplace Relations (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021. This Bill has been brought before us without pre-legislative scrutiny as a matter of urgency. Unlike some other Bills which have been rushed through, this...