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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: Mr. O'Rourke and his team are very welcome. I wish him the very best in his role. We look forward to ongoing engagement with him and the team. Since we are all mentioning our teams, I will not go without saying "Up the Dubs". We can move on from that. In his opening statement Mr. O'Rourke mentioned his own CV and his work history, which is broad and comprehensive. He mentioned his...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank Mr. O'Rourke. His opening statement referred to areas of concern. This is fair enough because it cannot all be smiles, rainbows and roses. We know there are global factors that are important to consider. Reference was made to global uncertainty. The Department of Finance recently cited a rapidly changing global economy and deglobalisation as the key trend that will transform our...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank Mr. O'Rourke for that answer. I do not wish to be negative but he did refer in his submission to challenges that affect our ability to compete in a changing world. As he said, we must have the right enabling policies in place. We have had heard from plenty of witnesses who have referred to the challenges being faced by businesses. These are pretty much the same ones as everyone...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: I agree progress is necessary in those areas. We have heard from IBEC and other business representative groups and they have spoken in stark terms about how the housing crisis is impacting on their capacity not just to maintain the current situation but in respect of fundamental issues like recruiting and retaining staff. If people cannot afford to live near where they work or within a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: That is it, yes. It has moved on and it moves very quickly. The Department of Finance recently cited the four Ds, namely, demographics, decarbonisation, digitisation and deglobalisation, which just trips off the tongue, as key trends that are likely to be transformative for our economy over the next decade. The belief among some business stakeholders is that high-value, emerging...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: This is going to be a feature of the future. How is the IDA managing future-proofing in this context?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: I am sorry for taking more time, Chair.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Infrastructure (21 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: 35. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware of situations whereby a broadband distribution box is fitted at a residential property to serve a number of houses, but the property owner where the distribution box is fitted refuses to allow access via their property to the box; what options other residents and broadband providers have in such...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (21 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: 71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address delays in the home tuition grant which are causing dire financial difficulties for a school (details supplied). [8161/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (21 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: 108. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if any changes to provide children's benefit payments to 18-year-olds in full-time education will be backdated for the school year in which the change is introduced. [8162/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (21 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: 148. To ask the Minister for Health if he will commission a report on the commercial determinants of health; if, like the CMO in Wales, his Department will examine the strategies and approaches used to promote products and choices that can have a positive and a negative influence on our health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8164/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (21 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: 149. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times officials from his Department, in health and well-being and the food unit, have met with Coimisiún na Meán; if he can outline the dates of and delegates attending each meeting, as well as the topics of discussion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8165/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Food Industry (21 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: 150. To ask the Minister for Health if, and which, industry trade bodies have signed up to the Roadmap for Food Product Reformulation in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8166/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Levels (21 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: 151. To ask the Minister for Health what work is under way in his Department on the successor to the Obesity Policy and Action Plan; if he can outline what reviews and evidence gathering is under way; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8167/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Levels (21 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: 152. To ask the Minister for Health what suite of policy options on nutrition for Ireland were identified by the WHO to inform the midterm review of the Obesity Policy and Action Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8168/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (21 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: 153. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is involved in JA PreventNCD, an EU initiative bringing together 25 participating nations to tackle non-communicable diseases; if so, which unit is responsible for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8169/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: Is there anything specifically that members of the committee, as policymakers, can do? I know I am out of time but, very briefly, is there anything we can do to assist?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (20 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: 269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 342 and 343 of 20 September 2023, if she has made a decision on the Stage 2B planning report received by her Department in relation to a school (details supplied); and if she can share an update on the progression of the project. [7540/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (20 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: 347. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the review of Housing for All is due to commence; and how long the review will take. [7597/24]