Parliamentary questions

Business Supports

Louise O'Reilly

327. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance the reason that liquid petroleum gas has been excluded from the temporary business energy support scheme. [1068/23]

Primary Medical Certificates

Louise O'Reilly

370. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance when he expects the Primary Medical Certificates Appeals Board to be reconstituted and begin hearing appeals; his plans to address the backlog in appeals made to the Primary Medical Certificates Appeals Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2076/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Louise O'Reilly

519. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the fact that retained firefighters in Balbriggan and Skerries have been excluded from the pandemic bonus payment; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that they attended to Covid and medical calls during the pandemic (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63835/22]

Housing Schemes

Louise O'Reilly

560. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the commitment in Housing for All on the reform of a scheme (details supplied); and if he plans to implement a scheme that will standardise such rental payments across the State. [1664/23]

Pension Provisions

Louise O'Reilly

831. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an outline of the options available to a person (details supplied). [63159/22]

Childcare Services

Louise O'Reilly

973. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has plans to help support parents, especially single-parent households, with the significant deposits required in order to enrol children in playschools and day care services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1023/23]

Prison Service

Louise O'Reilly

1093. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Justice if his Department has any plans to establish a statutory compensation scheme for prison officers similar to the compensation scheme that is in place for members of An Garda Síochána who sustain personal injuries in the performance of their duties which helps affected gardaí get support for their recovery and compensates them for their injuries. [63834/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Louise O'Reilly

1160. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health when staff at a facility (details supplied) will receive their pandemic bonus payment. [63157/22]

Rural Schemes

Louise O'Reilly

1892. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the next round of Pobal community centres investment fund grants will be open; and if it will be open to non-community centres, specifically GAA clubs. [63183/22]

Employment Rights

Louise O'Reilly

138. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on the success of the four-day week research project carried out by an organisation (details supplied), University College Dublin and Boston College; and if his Department will provide additional funding for further research in other sectors of the economy to get a holistic understanding of the financial, social and environmental impact of a four-day week across the whole of the economy. [62045/22]

Departmental Strategies

Louise O'Reilly

16. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the Enterprise Digital Advisory Board to be established to support enterprise adoption of artificial intelligence will oversee the rights of workers and customers which are being developed within the European Union, in particular, in the Artificial Intelligence Act and the proposed Platform Workers Directive; if his attention has been drawn to reports that these rights will include the right of a worker or their representatives to have access to algorithms which monitor or allocate work, and for human review of significant decision and human oversight of algorithmic decision making; if the Enterprise Digital Advisory Board will not be responsible for ensuring the protection of these rights, the location that they can be found in the national artificial intelligence strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62411/22]

Departmental Strategies

Louise O'Reilly

17. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the Enterprise Digital Advisory Board to be established to support enterprise adoption of artificial intelligence is not to oversee the rights of workers and customers which are being developed within the European Union, in particular, in the Artificial Intelligence Act and the proposed Platform Workers Directive, if this will mean that the national AI strategy is promoting the adoption of artificial intelligence by enterprise without in any way mitigating against the dangers in these technologies for the rights of consumers and workers. [62412/22]

Departmental Strategies

Louise O'Reilly

18. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has concerns that an overly business-focused national AI strategy will struggle to build trust in new artificial intelligence technologies amongst those who are currently seeing these technologies begin to monitor and manage their work. [62413/22]

Low Pay

Louise O'Reilly

56. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the research report entitled, Low Paid Older Workers in Ireland: A Quantitative and Qualitative profile of Low Pay Among Workers Aged Over 50. (details supplied). [62094/22]

Small and Medium Enterprises

Louise O'Reilly

58. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to research from an organisation (details supplied) that found that 70% of small and medium enterprises in Ireland fear that they may have to close in 2023 due to rising costs. [62095/22]

Joint Labour Committees

Louise O'Reilly

94. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he or his Department have any plans to strengthen the joint labour committees and employment agreements and orders. [62041/22]

Industrial Relations

Louise O'Reilly

108. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a company (details supplied) made him or his Department, aware that it was going to lock staff out of its Dublin office on 18 November 2022. [62046/22]

Taxi Licences

Louise O'Reilly

233. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of delays in the National Transport Authority extending the life of taxis beyond the ten-year age limit for vehicles and the impact this is having on taxi drivers securing a new licence for 2023; if he will engage with the NTA about having the process expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62280/22]

Company Law

Louise O'Reilly

256. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance the assessment that has been carried out by his Department on a recent European Court of Justice ruling, Judgment of the Court in Joined Cases C-37/20, Luxembourg Business Registers and C-601/20, which seems to call into question the principle of a public register of beneficial ownership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62338/22]

Medical Records

Louise O'Reilly

650. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the options that are available for a family to obtain medical records on a deceased relative where the relative was being cared for in a private nursing home (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62281/22]