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Wed, 25 Nov 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Louise O'Reilly
246. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if wedding numbers will be increased to 50 in the event of an easing of restrictions to level 3. [39084/20]
Tue, 24 Nov 2020
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Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service
Louise O'Reilly
735. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Justice if she will request the Irish National Immigration Service to respond to this Deputy in relation to various correspondence sent to it regarding the case of persons (details supplied) for the return of their documents. [38442/20]
Tue, 24 Nov 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Louise O'Reilly
778. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the scientific data underpinning the restrictions on and closure of a sector (details supplied). [37835/20]
Tue, 24 Nov 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Louise O'Reilly
779. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the incidence of Covid-19 caused by the operation of a sector (details supplied). [37836/20]
Tue, 24 Nov 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Louise O'Reilly
780. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if there are bespoke plans for a sector (details supplied) when Ireland egresses from the level 5 public health restrictions. [37837/20]
Thu, 19 Nov 2020
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Departmental Administrative Arrangements
Louise O'Reilly
16. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her views on several Departments monitoring the online posts of journalists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37286/20]
Wed, 18 Nov 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Louise O'Reilly
34. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans being made regarding the redundancy moratorium; and if his Department has engaged with workers and the trade union movement regarding the matter. [37249/20]
Wed, 18 Nov 2020
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Labour Court
Louise O'Reilly
38. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when his Department will sign and implement the employment regulation order for contract cleaning and security industries. [37243/20]
Wed, 18 Nov 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Louise O'Reilly
39. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports that are in place for shopping centres affected by the public health restrictions. [37245/20]
Wed, 18 Nov 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Louise O'Reilly
40. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there are grant supports are available for shopping centres affected by the public health restrictions. [37246/20]
Wed, 18 Nov 2020
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Wage Subsidy Scheme
Louise O'Reilly
41. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some employers are basing the new wage subsidy scheme off workers contracted hours rather than hours worked or 2019 weekly earnings and that this is affecting many workers whose contracts do not reflect their normal working practices. [37251/20]
Wed, 18 Nov 2020
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Single Euro Payments Area
Louise O'Reilly
55. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether SEPA payments made through UK-based providers will be unaffected in January 2021; if an examination has been carried out at the potential number of Irish consumers that would be affected if these providers fail to secure an EU licence before January 2021; if the Central Bank will signal some flexibility for Irish banks to continue to process these payments for a short period after January 2021 if necessary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37241/20]
Wed, 18 Nov 2020
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Sports Facilities
Louise O'Reilly
69. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if Portmarnock swimming pool and swimming pools in general will be allowed to operate at set times to allow elite swimmers preparing for future Olympic and European competitions to train given that elite athletes such as elite swimmers are allowed to train and to operate under level 5 restrictions but cannot do so without access to swimming pools [37250/20]
Wed, 18 Nov 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Louise O'Reilly
73. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason Fáilte Ireland is informing shopping centres that they are eligible for the Covid-19 adaptation fund only to discover upon submission of application that they are not. [37247/20]
Wed, 18 Nov 2020
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Gambling Sector
Louise O'Reilly
155. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Justice if her Department will be bringing forward legislation to regulate the area of online gambling and gambling advertising given the lack of regulation combined with scale and nature of problem gambling which has been extenuated during the public health lockdowns. [37242/20]
Wed, 18 Nov 2020
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Employment Rights
Louise O'Reilly
175. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if her Department and the HSE will ensure that workers' rights and decent pay and conditions are adhered to in circumstances in which they spend public money on externally contracted services, specifically relating to private ambulances, in which it is alleged that paramedics working for HSE contracted private ambulance services are being paid low wages with no protections such as sick pay. [37244/20]
Wed, 18 Nov 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Louise O'Reilly
176. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if reflexologists and other personal health and well-being therapists are allowed to operate under level 5 restrictions. [37248/20]
Wed, 18 Nov 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Louise O'Reilly
177. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if plans and guidelines are being drafted regarding the selling of Christmas trees under the different public health restriction levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37252/20]
Tue, 17 Nov 2020
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Defence Forces Personnel
Louise O'Reilly
55. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Defence the steps being taken to address the retention crisis in the Defence Forces. [36592/20]
Tue, 17 Nov 2020
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Defence Forces Representative Organisations
Louise O'Reilly
65. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Defence the reason an organisation (details supplied) has not been allowed to become a recognised trade union with affiliation to an organisation. [36591/20]
Tue, 17 Nov 2020
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Coastal Erosion
Louise O'Reilly
120. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has met with Fingal County Council to address the issue of coastal erosion in Portrane, County Dublin; if funding has been provided to prevent further erosion in view of commitments to tackle the climate emergency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36590/20]
Tue, 17 Nov 2020
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Office of Public Works
Louise O'Reilly
126. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timeline for the completion of all necessary works on Rush Garda station to allow it to reopen; and the date by which the station is scheduled to be reopened. [36589/20]
Thu, 12 Nov 2020
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Brexit Issues
Louise O'Reilly
100. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if changes to the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020 to allow the migration of Irish securities from their current central security depository, Euroclear Britain and Ireland to the Euroclear Bank after Brexit would delay the settlement or transaction date on which securities are traded; if trades will still be cleared in real time ensuring that the buyer of a security is not waiting for days to attain ownership of a share; if there are financial risks with the new arrangement in respect of these securities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36119/20]
Thu, 12 Nov 2020
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Brexit Issues
Louise O'Reilly
101. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the changes to the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020 to allow the migration of Irish securities from their current central security depository, Euroclear Britain and Ireland to the Euroclear Bank after Brexit will disrupt trading of certain types of securities being traded between Ireland, the European Union and Britain; if so, the securities that will be affected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36120/20]
Thu, 12 Nov 2020
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School Enrolments
Louise O'Reilly
260. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education if she will engage with parents and secondary schools in Swords, County Dublin, on the shortage of secondary school places in the town; if additional modular accommodation and teaching staff will be provided for schools with significant waiting lists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36118/20]
Tue, 10 Nov 2020
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Workplace Safety
Louise O'Reilly
27. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many content moderators for social media platforms are being subject to serious psychological damage and injury due to being exposed to explicit content during the course of their work; and if his Department will engage with workers and social media platforms to address this situation as the practice is causing post-traumatic stress disorder, among other psychological damage, to many workers exposed to such explicit content. [34902/20]
Tue, 10 Nov 2020
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Employment Rights
Louise O'Reilly
29. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if legislation will be brought forward to ensure workers have a legal right to remote working following on from the publication of guidance for working remotely by his Department. [34903/20]
Tue, 10 Nov 2020
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Flexible Work Practices
Louise O'Reilly
48. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will be bringing forward legislation to ensure workers have a right to disconnect from their work outside of office and work hours further to the publication of Guidance for Working Remotely by his Department. [34917/20]
Tue, 10 Nov 2020
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Driver Test
Louise O'Reilly
60. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the industrial relations dispute between assisted driving instructors and the Road Safety Authority over the failure to allow the use of toilet and waiting facilities when learner drivers are undertaking their driving test; and if he will engage with the trade union (details supplied) of the instructors in order to find a resolution to this industrial relations matter. [34918/20]
Tue, 10 Nov 2020
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Health and Safety Inspections
Louise O'Reilly
90. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason to date the Health and Safety Authority has only carried out two return to work safely protocol inspections in educational facilities. [34919/20]
Tue, 10 Nov 2020
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Industrial Disputes
Louise O'Reilly
92. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will engage with the liquidators of a company (details supplied) to encourage them to negotiate a mutually agreed settlement with the workers given the recent failure of the liquidator to engage in a commensurate reciprocal approach with the workers and their trade union. [34916/20]
Tue, 10 Nov 2020
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National Broadband Plan
Louise O'Reilly
229. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications if the national broadband plan will extend high-speed broadband to Portrane, County Dublin. [35264/20]
Tue, 10 Nov 2020
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Traffic Management
Louise O'Reilly
282. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport the status of a report commissioned by his Department to consider measures to address the impacts of growing traffic levels in Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway and Waterford; when the report will make recommendations on the way to manage travel demand in each cities; if a final report recommending measures that should be most effective for each city outlining the impacts of introducing these measures and identifying implementation roadmaps will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35262/20]
Tue, 10 Nov 2020
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Driver Licences
Louise O'Reilly
283. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport if he will allow drivers over 70 years of age whose licences expire during the level 5 restrictions and who have to renew their licences in their local National Driver Licence Service centre to reschedule their renewal appointment for when the restrictions are eased even if in cases in which their licence is expired for a short number of weeks. [35263/20]
Tue, 10 Nov 2020
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School Catchment Areas
Louise O'Reilly
469. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education if her Department has examined schools having a minimum radius, centred on itself, included in its catchment area (details supplied). [35268/20]
Tue, 10 Nov 2020
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Jobseeker's Payments
Louise O'Reilly
529. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason her Department is continuing in its refusal to issue short-time work support payments to workers (details supplied) who were in receipt of the temporary wage subsidy scheme payment from March to August 2020. [35272/20]
Tue, 10 Nov 2020
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Immigration Status
Louise O'Reilly
642. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Justice if she will consider correspondence from a person (details supplied) sent to her Department regarding expediting the immigration and naturalisation process for front-line health workers who have worked across the health service throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. [35265/20]
Tue, 10 Nov 2020
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Tourism Data
Louise O'Reilly
643. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons who have arrived in Ireland for the purpose of pleasure or holiday since March 2020. [35267/20]
Tue, 10 Nov 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Louise O'Reilly
747. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that recovered from Covid-19; and the number of same that still require additional treatment and support due to the effects of the virus. [35266/20]
Tue, 10 Nov 2020
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Health Services Staff
Louise O'Reilly
748. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if registered mental health nurses can apply to be perinatal clinical nurse specialists; if not, the specific skills they need to acquire; and the way in which they can bridge that skills gap. [35269/20]
Tue, 10 Nov 2020
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Nursing Staff
Louise O'Reilly
749. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the reason student nurses are not being compensated for working on the front line of the health services given most student nurses have been used to fill gaps in the nursing workforce due to the recruitment and retention crisis and vacancies due to sick leave and given such these students no longer have recourse to part-time work due to the fact they are working in Covid-19 environments. [35270/20]
Tue, 10 Nov 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Louise O'Reilly
750. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the data behind the decision to close field sports courses under level 5 restrictions; the impact of field sports on the R number; the potential reduction in the R number through the application restrictions on field sports; the number of Covid-19 cases linked to field sports; the locations of same by county; and the general data which informed the decision to restrict field sports. [35271/20]
Thu, 5 Nov 2020
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Driver Test
Louise O'Reilly
83. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport if he will engage with assisted driving instructors and their trade union regarding their being deemed essential workers. [34432/20]
Thu, 5 Nov 2020
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Medicinal Products
Louise O'Reilly
316. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the outcome of the meeting of the rare diseases technology review committee in the week commencing 21 September 2020; the status of the assessment of the two medicines referred to the committee; and the specific dates which he expects the committee to meet in 2020 and 2021. [34429/20]
Thu, 5 Nov 2020
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Stroke Care
Louise O'Reilly
317. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 768 of 29 September 2020, if further information will be provided on the estimated number of persons living with disability post stroke; the location the figure cited in the 2008 stroke audit by an organisation (details supplied) came from; if there has been a recent update on the figure in view of decreases in stroke deaths and increases in persons living with the effects of stroke; if research will be undertaken on a recent figure or extrapolation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34430/20]
Thu, 5 Nov 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Louise O'Reilly
318. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the reason elite athletes such as elite swimmers are not allowed to continue training during the level 5 lockdown restrictions; if he has had any engagement with an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34433/20]
Thu, 5 Nov 2020
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Health Services Staff
Louise O'Reilly
319. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if the contract secured by a group (details supplied) to hire additional healthcare and administrative staff to deal with the Covid-19 crisis went through the proper tender procedures and process; if not, the reason that is the case; and the way in which the group was chosen [34435/20]
Thu, 5 Nov 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Louise O'Reilly
331. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the data used regarding the decision to close golf courses under level 5 restrictions; the impact of golfing on the R number; the potential reduction in the R number through the application of golf closures; the number of Covid-19 cases linked to golfing; the location of those golf courses by county; and the general data which informed the decision to close down golf courses [34498/20]
Tue, 3 Nov 2020
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Company Registration
Louise O'Reilly
207. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the Companies Registration Office extension for annual company filings, which expires on 31 October 2020, will be extended. [32379/20]
Tue, 3 Nov 2020
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Company Registration
Louise O'Reilly
208. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department will make efforts to help struggling SMEs and microbusinesses, in addition to tax agents and accountants, with their annual company filings to the Companies Registration Office in view of the list of deadlines that exist for business owners and small companies in October 2020 alone (details supplied). [32380/20]