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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Food Industry (29 Jun 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I am on record as having welcomed the establishment of the agrifood regulator. At the beginning of March the European Central Bank highlighted that corporate profiteering was contributing to price rises, as firms are using inflation as an excuse to increase profit margins. To be clear, I am raising this issue on behalf of consumers and also on behalf of retailers and primary producers....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Food Industry (29 Jun 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: The French Finance Minister recently convened a meeting of several large food companies to discuss the price of food items and he managed to secure a pledge from firms like Unilever to cut prices. It is astonishing that it has not been done here. I think it should be done. The Minister will talk about the agrifood regulator and I have said its establishment is very welcome. However, the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Inflation Rate (29 Jun 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 13. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on European Central Bank data that corporate profiteering is contributing more to inflation than wages, and similar data from the Central Bank of Ireland’s quarterly report that profits have contributed more to domestic inflation than wages; and if he believes that profit restraint will have a key role in reducing...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Flexible Work Practices (29 Jun 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 25. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he can provide an update as to when the WRC Code of Conduct for remote working will be published. [31536/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Information and Communications Technology (29 Jun 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 45. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if consideration will be given to the establishment of a Departmental forum on AI in the workplace, comprising experts in the area and trade unions representing workers whose employers use automated systems to monitor workers, to better understand how firms deploy automated technology for worker surveillance. [31538/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (29 Jun 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how the free schoolbook scheme is supposed to be applied by schools; if she is aware that some schools using the scheme are still charging parents for other school supplies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31889/23]

Environmental Protection Agency Water Quality Report 2022: Statements (28 Jun 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important report. Its results, like those of previous EPA reports were, unfortunately, greeted with a sigh of resignation across north County Dublin. It is nothing we have not seen before. For many years, people have been raising their voices to highlight the dire quality of bathing water in Balbriggan. The State and Fingal County Council have...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (28 Jun 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: Yesterday, I was with the Iceland workers in Talbot Street. They turned up for work on Monday morning only to be told that they had been sacked and that the shop is closing. They are owed wages and holiday pay and have no idea when they are going to get either. The examinership process is under way, but it is not acceptable that they have been left in limbo while workers in other stores do...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Control of Exports Bill 2023: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I move amendment No. 3: In page 12, to delete lines 20 to 24. I will address why I have included this. The Minister of State is correct that there is broad support. Amendments Nos. 3 and 6 are broadly similar. All my amendments relate to transparency. I do not know whether there has ever been a more important time for us to address transparency, since everybody is talking about...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Control of Exports Bill 2023: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: On the withholding of information under the reporting on the operation of the Act, will the Minister of State outline why this is necessary? This is important legislation. The purpose is to protect human rights, to prevent arms from falling into the wrong hands and to assist in peace and stability. There is a need for some secrecy; I get that. With the exclusion of important elements from...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Control of Exports Bill 2023: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: The Minister of State spoke about the necessity to protect certain sensitive information. As I am now referring to sensitive information, I ask the Minister of State for an anonymised example of what that information that would not be disclosed would be. To be serious, will he give an example of what type of information we are talking about that might reasonably be held back?

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Control of Exports Bill 2023: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: No, I understand that.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Control of Exports Bill 2023: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: That should never be held back. I understand the point but I believe there is potential to strengthen it somewhere between the Minister of State's position and what I have proposed. I note confidence in the legislation is really important. I do not want to get into it now and would be content to withdraw this amendment - although we may reintroduce it - were the Minister of State to...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Control of Exports Bill 2023: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the Minister of State.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Control of Exports Bill 2023: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: That is it.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Control of Exports Bill 2023: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: That is fantastic. I thank the Minister of State.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Control of Exports Bill 2023: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I will withdraw both of these amendments on the basis of the commitment given by the Minister of State.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Control of Exports Bill 2023: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank Deputy Stanton for raising this matter. Is it the Minister of State's position that this legislation will most likely have to be amended when the AI development-----

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Control of Exports Bill 2023: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: The one difficulty with that, which the committee heard about last week, is that to get things right sometimes the slowest movements move as fast. I understand that there are a lot of moving parts in this but I also understand that the area of AI has potential for negative consequences. It is not all positive and there is a substantial risk involved. AI moves much faster than we thought...