Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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245. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of meetings his Department, including the current and previous Minister, Ministers of State, and Department officials, have had with food delivery platform companies (details supplied) in the past 24 months; the reason for these meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33429/23]

Neale Richmond (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
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Over the past 24 months, a number of meetings as set out below, have been held on the Platform Workers Directive.

• The then Minister of State Damien English met with officials from Deliveroo in October 2021 – in relation to enhanced benefits for their delivery riders.
• The then Tánaiste Leo Varadkar met with officials from Deliveroo in November 2021 – in relation to enhanced benefits for their delivery riders.
• Department officials met with Bolt in April 2022 - to hear their concerns with the draft Directive.
• Department Officials met with Deliveroo in April 2022 - to hear their concerns about the text in the draft Directive .
• A Department official had an online meeting with Deliveroo in June 2022- to discuss the draft Directive.
• The then Minister of State Damien English and officials met Bolt, Buymie, Gigable and Deliveroo on 6 July 2022 - to discuss the draft Directive.

Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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246. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of meetings his Department, including the current and previous Minister, Ministers of State, and Department officials, has had with trade unions regarding the EU Platform Workers Directive. [33430/23]

Neale Richmond (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
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A meeting took place on 9^thMarch 2021 between the then Tánaiste Leo Varadkar and Department officials with trade union officials from SIPTU. This meeting was regarding the general working conditions of delivery drivers not specifically regarding the EU Platform Workers Directive.

A further meeting took place between the then Tánaiste Leo Varadkar and Department officials and trade union officials from ICTU on 24th March 2021. Again, this meeting was regarding general working conditions of 'gig' economy workers rather than the EU Platform Workers Directive.

Informal updates on the Directive have been provided at Labour Employer Economic Forum Sub-Group Meetings which comprises trade union representatives.