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Food Costs and High Grocery Bills: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (9 May 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: ...but I would have preferred to have heard from its members about what they are prepared to do. They treated us to the greatest hits of stuff that they have done. They gave themselves all the pats on the backs, but what are they actually going to do? They threw around the blame when they came in here. They blamed China, Covid-19 and the invasion of Ukraine. All of these are contributing...

Credit Union (Amendment) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Second Stage (28 Feb 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: ...time to do it, and then you are on your own and part of the credit union movement. This is a great testament. They are very welcoming and very open but it is the mammies of Ireland who deserve a bit of a pat on the back for this. The sector is not looking only for improvement in how things are currently done; they are seeking transformative change to maximise the potential of their...

Retained Firefighters: Motion [Private Members] (15 Nov 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: ...have expanded. Firefighters do a professional job. They provide a first class service, yet all they are seeking is respect and decent terms and conditions. They cannot take applause or a pat on the back down to the supermarket and try to use it to pay for their groceries. They are looking for respect, decency and decent wages.

Community and Voluntary Sector Workers: Motion [Private Members] (12 Oct 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: .... You take your case to the court and have two thirds of the decision-making team sitting there. It is a tactic and it was done repeatedly. The people in the room might offer all the tea and sympathy in the world. The Minister gave it: they do great work; pat on the back - all of that. When it comes to fronting up with money to resolve this or a process by which their rights can be...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Employment Rights (9 Dec 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: ...and logistics sector at this time. One of the elements of that crisis is that these jobs are not attractive jobs for people to do. They are highly pressured and now it is a case of, "Have a pat on the back, there is no sick leave or anything else but, congratulations, you are an entrepreneur now." People have to provide their own vehicle but still must work to a roster. There is a lot...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Dec 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: This is my issue. As the Tánaiste mentioned the drop in the number of people receiving the PUP, he might use his own platform to deal with some of what comes from people like Pat McDonagh, who say that those on the PUP are living it large and they will not go back to work. All of the available evidence actually suggests that the minute work is available, people are straight back at it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Reactivation of Economy Following Pandemic Restrictions: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: ...last year, however, 400,000 people voluntarily gave up their PUP claims and returned to work, so all the evidence suggests that the opposite is the case. I refer Mr. McDonnell to a tweet from Mr. Pat Phelan of the SISU clinic. This is backed by Michael Harty of Home Care Direct. Mr. Phelan tweeted: Sick to my back teeth of hearing it's hard to get staff It's absolutely not It's hard...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Reactivation of Economy Following Pandemic Restrictions: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: ...and went back to work when their sectors reopened. Mr. McDonnell is referring specifically to sectors that are not yet fully open. He is talking about part-time work. Whether he has heard of Mr. Pat Phelan or not is entirely immaterial. If we are just trading anecdotes at this stage - and, let us be frank, that is all we are doing because Mr. McDonnell has not provided any hard...

Covid-19 (Enterprise, Trade and Employment): Statements (18 Feb 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: ...the Domino's workers shows that cognisance has to be taken of the actual relationship and not just the contractual relationship. Many of these people are given a bicycle and a navigation system, patted on the back and told they are an entrepreneur now but the pandemic has exposed the real need for action to be taken on this area. We know that this is a playground for unscrupulous...

Pay for Student Nurses and Midwives: Motion [Private Members] (2 Dec 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: ...be proud of the standards of nursing education. Of course we are. We do not need a lecture from her. We are damn proud of our nurses. However, when the Government gives them a round of applause and a pat on the back, that is hardly fair. Would the Minister of State like her kids to work all week for a pat on the back and a round of applause? That is not what I want for my daughter....

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Oct 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: ...in the middle of the night in the Henry Street store. Mandate has responded to KPMG and is seeking that it will proactively re-engage. The workers in Debenhams have been given tea and sympathy and pats on the back. We all agree they have been treated disgracefully, but they are six months out, and now we find that KPMG has gone into the stores and broken an undertaking it gave to the...

Protecting Jobs and Supporting Business: Statements (16 Sep 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: ...important instrument of public health. This State remains one of the few in Europe not to have paid sick leave for all workers. When we talk about what workers want and need, then give them a round of applause and a pat on the back, we have to think about what would be a meaningful legacy after what was done to some workers during this crisis. A really meaningful legacy for those...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Final Report of Nursing Homes Expert Panel (16 Sep 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: ...have views on the supports available to staff now and what else could be put in place? I ask that question because we owe our healthcare workers a little more than just a round of applause and a pat on the head. This crisis has had a mental health impact, and we have yet to deal with that. I address my question to Professor Twomey.

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (17 Jun 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: ...and four minutes, respectively. If it is okay we will do four and three minutes for my slot, with four minutes for questions and three minutes for answers. Earlier this month my husband was an inpatient in Beaumont Hospital. He had an operation for cancer. He is recovering now and is doing extremely well, but I want to take this opportunity to thank the healthcare workers in Beaumont,...

Section 39 Organisations: Motion [Private Members] (17 Dec 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: ...The HSE most definitely knows because it is so heavily reliant on them. In my constituency I am acutely aware of the work that is done by Prosper Fingal across north County Dublin. I acknowledge its CEO, Pat Reen, whom I know is watching proceedings this evening. It is true to say that like all of the other agencies, the very existence of Prosper Fingal is threatened. That makes it a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: I am, but I will not let this issue slide either. It is not a new GP contract. The Minister pats himself on the back enough. Is he aware that 82 patients were on trolleys last night in University Hospital Limerick?

Autism Support Services: Motion [Private Members] (2 Apr 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: ...have had the nerve to read that bullet point, but we can and the people in the Visitors Gallery and those listening to and watching this debate at home can see what this is. It is the Government patting itself on the back and stating it does not need to take any action because everything it is doing is grand. However, everything it is doing means that parents in my constituency have to...

Nurses and Midwives Industrial Action: Statements (7 Feb 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: ...of whom are listening or watching on the picket lines. They want to hear what the Minister has to say, but what has he said to them? He has said that he is terribly concerned about short staffing and patient safety, but every day of the week, nurses and midwives are cancelling procedures. They are experts in that now. They pick up the phone and tell people that there are not enough...

Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage (15 Jan 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: ...us not fool ourselves, that was not the Government's decision. That was a recommendation of the committee that produced the Sláintecare report. I and others sat on that committee and that is from where it came. If pats on the back are being handed out, Deputy Róisín Shortall should probably get one ahead of anyone who sits at the Cabinet table. It was important that...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: HSE Funding (8 Feb 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: ...'s statement. The Minister referred to transparency. In truth, that this information is in the public domain is down to freedom of information requests from Martin Wall. The Minister need not pat himself on the back for having information dragged out of him - it was not volunteered. It is in the public domain because of freedom of information requests. The Minister referred to...