Results 361-380 of 11,592 for speaker:Louise O'Reilly

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Healthcare Policy (30 Jan 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: 570. To ask the Minister for Health if he can provide information on what aspects of public health it is envisioned the new agency being set up to deal with emerging health threats will deal; if the agency will deal only with infectious diseases and pandemic preparedness; what definition of "emerging threats to public health" will be used; if threats to public health will be broader to deal...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Healthcare Policy (30 Jan 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: 571. To ask the Minister for Health who is working on the proposal on the scope and functions of the new agency being set up to deal with emerging health threats; what unit has responsibility for this within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4285/24]

United Kingdom Import Controls: Statements (25 Jan 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: The prospective changes on the way will most definitely pose significant challenges to Irish farmers and to the agrifood sector in general. The sector is one of the most important to our State and is especially important among indigenous and exporting SMEs. As a small, open economy, exports are the driving force. As it stands, only 6% of our SMEs export and most of these export to the...

Digital Services Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (24 Jan 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: I move amendment No. 7: In page 40, between lines 16 and 17, to insert the following: “(6) The Commission shall establish a database of trusted flaggers, including aggregate details of complaints, including unsuccessful complaints, to be published publicly on a yearly basis.”.

Digital Services Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (24 Jan 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: I move amendment No. 8: In page 40, between lines 34 and 35, to insert the following: “(3) The Commission shall establish a mechanism for third parties to lodge complaints regarding the actions and workings of trusted flaggers.”.

Digital Services Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (24 Jan 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: I move amendment No. 9: In page 45, between lines 3 and 4, to insert the following: “(3) The Commission shall ensure that fees for different classes of application or review request are not prohibitive.”. This is a fairly straightforward amendment. I would probably say that all of mine are. We had this discussion on Committee Stage. Nobody wants to see a situation...

Digital Services Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (24 Jan 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: I move amendment No. 4: In page 38, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following: “(3A) A recognised trade union who applies for vetted research status under Article 40(8), shall be deemed to be an application under subsection (1) pursuant to a public interest mission recognised by a Member State under Article 2(1), of Directive (EU) 2019/790.”. The Minister of State...

Digital Services Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (24 Jan 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: I move amendment No. 5: In page 38, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following: “(3A) A Non-Government Organisation who applies for vetted research status under Article 40(8), shall be deemed to be an application under subsection (1) pursuant to a public interest mission recognised by a Member State under Article 2(1), of Directive (EU) 2019/790.”.

Digital Services Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (24 Jan 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: I move amendment No. 6: In page 40, between lines 7 and 8, to insert the following: “(2A) The Commission shall ensure the status as a trusted flagger is not awarded to an entity which is partisan and seeks the status as a trusted flagger as means of controlling or influencing content.”. The role of trusted flagger is incredibly important. To me, it is central to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regulatory and Legislative Changes Required for the Transposition of the Adequate Minimum Wages Directive: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the witnesses for coming in and for the evidence they have given us. My first question is for Ms McElwee. In her submission she says we currently have "clear and stable criteria for minimum wage setting", and a good portion of her submission is taken up with lauding the minimum wage-setting mechanisms and so on that exist already. Yet in IBEC's open letter to the Taoiseach the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regulatory and Legislative Changes Required for the Transposition of the Adequate Minimum Wages Directive: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: Sorry. I refer specifically to the bit where IBEC says there should be a pause in further increases in the national minimum wage set under the mechanism that Ms McElwee lauds in her submission. I ask her to speak just to that bit.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regulatory and Legislative Changes Required for the Transposition of the Adequate Minimum Wages Directive: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: That does not make sense to me. IBEC lauds the mechanism that establishes the minimum wage and at the same time says, while using that mechanism, that its members wish to put it back. There is a massive contradiction in that, which I am sure Ms McElwee can see. I appreciate that she comes in here to represent IBEC's members and that they are very well organised, and we will get on to that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regulatory and Legislative Changes Required for the Transposition of the Adequate Minimum Wages Directive: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: I hear exactly what Ms McElwee says and I understand the increase in costs-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regulatory and Legislative Changes Required for the Transposition of the Adequate Minimum Wages Directive: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: -----but what I do not understand is why the burden of that should be shifted onto the lowest-paid workers in the State. What I take from her comments is that there is a contradiction in IBEC's position in that Mr. McCoy says one thing in his open letter to the Taoiseach and Ms McElwee says another thing here. IBEC defends the mechanisms for setting the national minimum wage and then says...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regulatory and Legislative Changes Required for the Transposition of the Adequate Minimum Wages Directive: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: I am aware of that, and IBEC's members can of course go to the Labour Court and argue their case. They do not do that, which tells a story in itself, but they can. They are protected, and nobody, by the way, in this room or any other room, is calling for those protections to be lifted from IBEC's members. Those protections are important and they exist. The fact that IBEC's members do not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regulatory and Legislative Changes Required for the Transposition of the Adequate Minimum Wages Directive: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: That is my assessment and, with respect, this is my time and I have other questions I want to get to, if I may. Mr. Reidy refers in his submission to a set of legislative changes, what I would loosely call and what Sinn Féin calls the right to organise. That is how we describe it. That is our campaign. That is what we say. It gives workers protection in legislation. As regards...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regulatory and Legislative Changes Required for the Transposition of the Adequate Minimum Wages Directive: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: Ms McElwee's submission states that little or no legislative change is required. That is at odds with what ICTU says. As regards the aspiration for union density, IBEC clearly represents a sector that is very heavily organised. It is not a trade union in the strictest sense of the word but it is a representative body, so its members are in the happy position of already being convinced of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regulatory and Legislative Changes Required for the Transposition of the Adequate Minimum Wages Directive: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: The representatives of workers here have said that legislative protection is required. Whether or not it is required to absolutely implement the bare minimum of the directive is separate to that. Does IBEC have a view about those legislative protections? In my opinion, on the face of it there is nothing that any decent employer would fear. Would it be IBEC's position that it would support...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regulatory and Legislative Changes Required for the Transposition of the Adequate Minimum Wages Directive: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: It just trips off the tongue, that one.