Parliamentary questions

Gender Equality

Louise O'Reilly

496. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way in which compliance with the Gender Pay Gap Information Act 2021 will be monitored; if the reporting will be monitored by his Department and or if a separate body will be established. [58909/22]

Gender Equality

Louise O'Reilly

497. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has a complete list of all businesses required to report, in order to enable them to track compliance. [58910/22]

Gender Equality

Louise O'Reilly

498. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there will be a register of employers that have not complied with the requirements in relation to gender pay gap reporting. [58911/22]

Departmental Correspondence

Louise O'Reilly

158. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has received correspondence on alleged food fraud by a company (details supplied) that has received at least €100,000 in Enterprise Ireland grants, and in which EI may hold a 9.7% equity stake, according to a credit-safe report of March 2020; the measures that his Department has taken concerning this correspondence; if he will outline Enterprise Ireland's policy on funding companies which have been reported for fraud to the relevant State agencies, including the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57982/22]

Departmental Data

Louise O'Reilly

159. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current staffing levels in IDA Ireland; and the offices, either head office or regional offices, in which these staff are located, in tabular form. [57983/22]

Enterprise Support Services

Louise O'Reilly

160. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current staffing levels at the local enterprise offices; and the offices in which these staff are located, in tabular form. [57984/22]

Enterprise Support Services

Louise O'Reilly

161. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a detailed report on the service-level agreement between Enterprise Ireland and the local authorities under which local enterprise office staff are employed. [57985/22]

Enterprise Support Services

Louise O'Reilly

162. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way in which local enterprise office staff are remunerated; and if they are remunerated by his Department, Enterprise Ireland or local authorities. [57986/22]

Bus Services

Louise O'Reilly

215. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport if workers at Irish Rail, Dublin Luas, Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus and in a company (details supplied) will be provided with free public transport across all public transport networks in the State; and if they will also be provided with free public transport for a nominated partner and family member. [57504/22]

Education Policy

Louise O'Reilly

501. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his Department's views on whether there is a crisis in the English language education sector for students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57672/22]

Education Policy

Louise O'Reilly

502. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department will conduct an income over expenditure analysis for English language education students on stamp 2 visas from the perspective of the student; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57673/22]

Education Policy

Louise O'Reilly

503. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if an independent regulator will be put in place for the English language education sector; and if such a regulator will oversee agents operating as intermediaries between students and English language education sector schools. [57674/22]

Education Policy

Louise O'Reilly

504. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department will ensure that agents operating as intermediaries between students and English-language sector schools comply with the rules regarding escrow accounts when receiving payment for English-language education sector courses from students. [57675/22]

Departmental Schemes

Louise O'Reilly

175. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will ensure residents on halting sites, who are currently being treated as commercial electricity customers by local authorities, will receive the electricity credit. [55956/22]

Road Traffic Offences

Louise O'Reilly

168. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport his views on the establishment of an online portal, in light of Assistant Garda Commissioner Paula Hillman's comments to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice meeting on 4 October 2022 that she and senior members of An Garda Síochána support the creation of an online portal for members of the public to efficiently upload dash-cam evidence of dangerous driving; if the creation of such an online portal would require primary or secondary legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54155/22]

Public Transport

Louise O'Reilly

223. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport if consideration will be given to providing public transport options for Dublin airport workers in north Swords who want to be able to get to work without using their cars; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55237/22]

Wildlife Regulations

Louise O'Reilly

377. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a comprehensive copy of the briefing notes and recommendations that he received from his Department in respect of the 2022-2023 General State-wide Wild Birds Declaration that he signed on 6 July 2022. [54567/22]

Wildlife Regulations

Louise O'Reilly

378. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing; Local Government and Heritage if his Department and or the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) retains the records/file pertinent to the research, consultation and preparatory work for the drafting and final approval of S.I. No. 254/1986 - European Communities (Wildlife Act, 1976) (Amendment) Regulations, 1986; if, in so doing, his Department is in contravention of the terms of the National Archives Act 1986 Regulations 1988 which require Government Department records/files to be transferred to the Office of the National Archives when they are thirty years old; and if so, if he will instruct his Department and the NPWS to provide a full copy of the records/file. [54568/22]

Road Traffic Offences

Louise O'Reilly

834. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Justice her views on the establishment of an online portal, in light of Assistant Garda Commissioner Paula Hilman's comments to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice meeting on 4 October 2022 that she and senior members of An Garda Síochána support the creation of an online portal for members of the public to efficiently upload dash-cam evidence of dangerous driving; if the creation of such an online portal would require primary or secondary legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54154/22]

Ministerial Responsibilities

Louise O'Reilly

1037. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied). [54643/22]