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Thu, 11 May 2023
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Departmental Bodies
Louise O'Reilly
159. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a list of the agencies under his Department that had an underspend in 2022. [22202/23]
Thu, 11 May 2023
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Departmental Programmes
Louise O'Reilly
160. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a list of the programmes or schemes under his Department for which there was an underspend in 2022. [22203/23]
Thu, 11 May 2023
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Departmental Bodies
Louise O'Reilly
161. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated cost of hiring an additional ten health and safety (HSA) inspectors, in terms of first-year cost and full-year cost, in tabular form. [22204/23]
Thu, 11 May 2023
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Workplace Relations Commission
Louise O'Reilly
162. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated cost of hiring an additional ten Workplace Relations Commission inspectors, in terms of first-year cost and full-year cost, in tabular form. [22205/23]
Tue, 9 May 2023
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Tax Credits
Louise O'Reilly
336. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the changes announced to the rent-a-room scheme, to allow council tenants to be eligible for the scheme, will also apply to tenants in approved housing body tenancies. [21392/23]
Tue, 9 May 2023
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Departmental Data
Louise O'Reilly
602. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of lung injuries and all other injuries arising from e-cigarette use admitted to the HSE in 2022 and to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21293/23]
Thu, 4 May 2023
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Consumer Prices
Louise O'Reilly
157. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware of the impact of inflation on breast feeding baby formula which has increased by up to 25%; if he is also aware of reports by the European Central Bank that corporate profiteering has been one of the biggest contributors to price increases; what options are available to help parents in the face of these price hikes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20995/23]
Thu, 4 May 2023
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Tobacco Control Measures
Louise O'Reilly
259. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the funding spent on tobacco cessation measures in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20922/23]
Thu, 4 May 2023
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Consumer Prices
Louise O'Reilly
270. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the impact of inflation on breast feeding baby formula which has increased by up to 25%; if he is also aware of reports by the European Central Bank that corporate profiteering has been one of the biggest contributors to price increases; what options are available to help parents in the face of these price hikes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20996/23]
Thu, 4 May 2023
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Louise O'Reilly
271. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if the staff at health facility (details supplied) are entitled to the pandemic special recognition payment; and if so, when they will receive said payment. [20997/23]
Wed, 3 May 2023
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Departmental Contracts
Louise O'Reilly
27. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of contracts his Department currently has with a company (details supplied); and the estimated value of those contracts. [20195/23]
Wed, 3 May 2023
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Public Sector Pensions
Louise O'Reilly
50. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of the statutory obligation imposed on An Post under the Postal and Telecommunications Services Act 1983 (details supplied); if he is aware that retired postal workers are now being treated less favourably in terms of their pension entitlements in apparent contravention of the obligation in the Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20487/23]
Wed, 3 May 2023
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Waste Management
Louise O'Reilly
56. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he is aware of plans by a company (details supplied) to significantly increase fees for waste collection across black, green and brown bins; if he is also aware that there is no competition in terms of waste collection across large swathes of north County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20608/23]
Wed, 3 May 2023
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Aviation Industry
Louise O'Reilly
81. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of the alleged backlisting of air traffic controllers by the Irish Aviation Authority; if he is aware this is happening at a time when Dublin airspace is regularly forced to close because of air traffic controller staffing issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20353/23]
Wed, 3 May 2023
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Aviation Industry
Louise O'Reilly
82. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of the alleged backlisting of air traffic controllers by the Irish Aviation Authority. [20354/23]
Wed, 3 May 2023
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Tobacco Control Measures
Louise O'Reilly
118. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 136 of 26 February 2019, the reason the data differs from that given in the answer to Parliamentary Question No. 347 of 21 March 2023 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20660/23]
Wed, 3 May 2023
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Employment Rights
Louise O'Reilly
133. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he plans to amend legislation to address the situation where job interviewees are given malicious and false references by a former employer, resulting in the offer of employment being withdrawn from the interviewee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20211/23]
Wed, 3 May 2023
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Employment Rights
Louise O'Reilly
137. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has carried out research into the profiling of workers' electronic equipment by employers, given reports internationally of the increasing use of monitoring software and privacy-busting software to track workers throughout the working day. [20340/23]
Wed, 3 May 2023
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School Transport
Louise O'Reilly
151. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education if she is aware that a school bus (details supplied) providing school transport for children with additional needs has ceased to operate since before the Easter school holidays; and her plans to immediately resolve the situation. [20346/23]
Wed, 3 May 2023
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Employment Rights
Louise O'Reilly
330. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he plans to amend legislation to address the situation whereby job interviewees believe they have been discriminated against by employers at job interview stage, especially in instances where interviewees have taken cases to the WRC and believe they have been discriminated against due to taking said cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20210/23]