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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Microenterprise Loan Fund (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: That is very helpful. I thank the representatives. I have a final question. If I am reading the submission correctly, the intention is to future-proof and enable expansion.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Microenterprise Loan Fund (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: Is it the intention that targets will be set in terms of expansion or being able to get more money? As Ms Carberry said, MFI has been an unqualified success, so if something is doing well, do more of it. That makes sense. Is this all that is needed, aside from the funding that, of course, is going to be needed? To give more money out, one has to have more money in. I get that. However,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Microenterprise Loan Fund (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: Yes, that is the thing. They are the building blocks for expansion. On staffing and how that works, is there a transfer of undertakings for staff? Will they become civil servants? How is that going to operate?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Microenterprise Loan Fund (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: The intention is that the employer will not change but their status will change inasmuch as they will be allowed access to the new single public service pension scheme.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Microenterprise Loan Fund (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: That is excellent. They are all of my questions, and I thank the witness.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (20 Sep 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 79. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the decision of the NTA not to fund the Local Link service for Knocksedan and Rivermeade, Swords, County Dublin; the reason the funding for this enhanced service has not been approved; and when BusConnects will be in operation for the Swords area and servicing Knocksedan and Rivermeade. [39586/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Costs (20 Sep 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that a school (details supplied) is withholding homework journals from children whose parents cannot afford to pay the school contribution charge-fee; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39985/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (20 Sep 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 342. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of delays to building of a SEN unit at a school (details supplied); if she will instruct her Department to approve the Stage 2B proposal so works can proceed to tender for a contractor and commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40254/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (20 Sep 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 343. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of delays to building of a SEN unit at a school (details supplied); if she will instruct her Department to approve the Stage 2B proposal so works can proceed to tender for a contractor and commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40254/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (20 Sep 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 641. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of providing the WALK providing equal employment routes, PEER, employment support service model in all 26 counties for people with disabilities. [40255/23]

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Jul 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I am glad to the see the Minister here. I thank him for his work on this. This is an important piece of legislation and incredibly welcome. I also thank Together for Safety, which has been absolutely outstanding. I thank Karen and Yvie in particular, along with all its other members. Their lobbying has been incredibly effective. It is part of the reason we are here, and we would be...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Jul 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: Yesterday I met with the Tesco Dot.Com pickers and drivers and their trade union Mandate. Tesco management have imposed roster changes without consultation, much less any agreement. These changes will cost workers thousands and they are, naturally, extremely extra distressed about this. They told me yesterday that when they are out protesting, management are employing tactics of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services (13 Jul 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 293. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of supports available for people making a complaint about a financial product or service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35048/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (13 Jul 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 707. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the total spend on external legal fees for representing the HSE and/or his Department in third-party industrial relations hearings for the period 2016 to 2023, broken down by company and by case type; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35049/23]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2023)

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Investment in Football: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jul 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for the opportunity to contribute. I wish to declare an interest. My grandson is a rising star for the Corinthians football club in Cork, as indeed are all of the under-8s whom I had the pleasure of watching play recently. Irish football is at a crossroads and the direction it takes will be influenced by the support it receives from the State. That is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Statement of Strategy: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (12 Jul 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I welcome Mr. Hughes and his team. I will not name them all but they are all very welcome. I wish them the best and Mr. Hughes the best in his new role. He has a fair bit of work ahead of him but he has a good team around him so he is halfway there. A commitment has been given to transition to the living wage by 2026. This is not as far as I would like it to go but that is where it is....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Statement of Strategy: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (12 Jul 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I apologise for cutting across Mr. Hegarty. Is it his thinking then that the LPC is not going to recommend anything that it does not think employers are going to sustain? In that instance, because of the way it is going to be stepped in, is he saying there is not going to be a need for support? I think we can all agree that what is in the living wage Act is not going to work necessarily...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Statement of Strategy: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (12 Jul 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I apologise for cutting across Mr. Hegarty again but in the interests of time, if the recommendation was a big jump, would he be open to considering those supports or does he not see that happening? I am trying to understand that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Statement of Strategy: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (12 Jul 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: Yes, but that is for an exemption. When the Government and others say we need to move to the living wage, we do not need to move to a situation whereby there can be exemptions from it. That is slightly different. That is something on which some work will have to be done and the recommendations thus far from the LPC have been moderately paced, or slow, depending on how someone looks at it;...