Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Co-operative Sector

Louise O'Reilly

173. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will re-establish the cooperative development unit as a worker co-operative development unit in order to coordinate the existing worker cooperative network and to provide capital and technical assistance (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16444/21]

Workplace Relations Commission

Louise O'Reilly

201. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 170 of 24 March 2021, the number of breaches to be relayed in relation to the NACE sector in which the breach took place by year in tabular form. [17466/21]

Driver Test

Louise O'Reilly

303. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport the FETAC qualification level currently required for driving testers at national driving test centres; the timescale required to reach the necessary level; if all current testers have the required qualification including all of the 40 new testers recruited recently to clear the driving test backlog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17407/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Louise O'Reilly

385. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance if the tax debt warehousing scheme will remain available for businesses until the full lifting of all restrictions. [17264/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Louise O'Reilly

389. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance the amount of debt that has been warehoused under the tax debt warehousing scheme; the amount of this debt from microbusinesses; the amount from SMEs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17406/21]

Crime Data

Louise O'Reilly

825. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Justice the number of crimes (details supplied) that have been recorded during the pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17267/21]

Public Procurement Contracts

Louise O'Reilly

894. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the status of a competition (details supplied) which was due to go out to public tender in 2017; the progress in relation to the tender; when it will be published or retendered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16440/21]

Public Procurement Contracts

Louise O'Reilly

895. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the reason a tender (details supplied) which was due to go out to public tender in 2017 has been extended each year since, with a further extension until May 2021; the way this was allowed to occur in the years before Covid-19; when the competition will go back out to public tender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16441/21]

Public Procurement Contracts

Louise O'Reilly

896. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the way that the successful company (details supplied) won a tender competition by providing a product without a specific feature on it given that other companies with products without the same feature in question were eliminated from the tender process for that very reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16442/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Louise O'Reilly

1102. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the amount paid to a company (details supplied) since the beginning of the Covid-19 crisis by services provided in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17265/21]

HSE Reports

Louise O'Reilly

1103. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if a copy of a HSE report will be made available (details supplied). [17266/21]

Workplace Relations Commission

Louise O'Reilly

147. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the data which show that 46% of inspections in meat processing plants between 2015 and 2020 uncovered breaches of employment law; the number of workplace inspectors the Workplace Relations Commission has; and his further views on whether this is sufficient for it to successfully investigate and uncover breaches of employment law in the meat processing sector and other sectors. [14201/21]

Workplace Relations Commission

Louise O'Reilly

170. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of inspections carried out by the Workplace Relations Commission in each of the years 2015 to 2020 by NACE sector; the number of breaches detected; and the type of breaches detected in tabular form. [14981/21]

Data Centres

Louise O'Reilly

171. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of data centres in the State; and the location and size of each centre in tabular form. [14982/21]

Brexit Supports

Louise O'Reilly

172. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if research has been carried out similar to research by Bord Bia on the UK export footprint in key European manufacturing markets; and the actions State agencies are taking to link with Irish manufacturing companies to help secure trade that may arise due to the new trading relationship between the UK and the EU. [14983/21]

EU Funding

Louise O'Reilly

535. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of Ireland's submission of a national plan under the recovery and resilience fund; if Ireland has submitted a draft plan; if so, the feedback the EU Commission has given on the plan including on the issue of the way in which the draft addresses Ireland's country specific recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14985/21]

Regeneration Projects

Louise O'Reilly

631. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount allocated by his Department for the Our Balbriggan strategy; the details of the projects funded; the timelines for the delivery of each project; the projects that are part of the Balbriggan rejuvenation plan; the projects that are new; the amount allocated to each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14273/21]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Louise O'Reilly

967. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the grant scheme for persons on the pandemic unemployment payment who are studying for a transport manager's CPC qualification; if there is a mechanism by which a person on the scheme who has started to study can claim this grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14274/21]

Health and Social Care Professionals Registration Boards

Louise O'Reilly

1145. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the actions being taken to help social care students reach the necessary work placement hours in order to register with CORU. [14986/21]

Health Services Expenditure

Louise O'Reilly

1434. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the cost of treating hypertension and high blood pressure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14200/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Louise O'Reilly

1451. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the NPHET advice for approved driving instructors; and if approved driving instructors are being considered in the same category as Road Safety Authority testers for the vaccine roll-out. [14275/21]

HSE Data

Louise O'Reilly

1655. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of premature births to date in 2021; the number in the previous ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14984/21]

Health Services Staff

Louise O'Reilly

1664. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health when section 39 workers at an organisation (details supplied) will receive pay restoration. [15022/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Louise O'Reilly

6. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the details of the Covid-19 business aid scheme will be announced, the qualifying criteria outlined and funding paid out. [13796/21]

School Staff

Louise O'Reilly

123. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education if her Department will be issuing updated guidance for pregnant teachers; the supports or solutions that are under consideration to protect pregnant teachers; and if she is engaging with teachers and their unions in relation to the matter. [13798/21]

Vaccination Programme

Louise O'Reilly

241. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the reason optometrists have been left off the priority vaccination list despite engaging in patient facing work daily; and when they can expect to receive the vaccination. [13797/21]

Departmental Internships

Louise O'Reilly

128. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Taoiseach the number of students who undertook work experience or internships with State and semi-State agencies under his aegis in 2019; the cost in terms of wages and allowances; and the estimated numerical capacity of State and semi-State agencies to provide work experience and internships on an annual basis. [12963/21]

Flexible Work Practices

Louise O'Reilly

135. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and 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. [12646/21]

Departmental Internships

Louise O'Reilly

139. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of students who undertook work experience or internships with State and semi-State agencies under his aegis in 2019; the cost in terms of wages and allowances; and the estimated numerical capacity of State and semi-State agencies to provide work experience and internships on an annual basis. [12952/21]

Customs and Excise

Louise O'Reilly

145. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the developments that have been made in addressing the issues in relation to rules of origin for goods that pass through UK from the European Union that are unloaded and then reloaded and delivered to Ireland, resultantly losing their free trade and single market status. [13521/21]

Trade Data

Louise O'Reilly

146. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department will be appraising quarter two trading data between Ireland and the EU and Ireland and UK given that it will shed more light on the new trading reality compared with quarter one; if a paper will be published outlining the data; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13522/21]

Equality Issues

Louise O'Reilly

147. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has read the research paper by a union (details supplied) which explores inequality and deprivation in Ireland. [13524/21]

Departmental Internships

Louise O'Reilly

179. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of students who undertook work experience or internships with State and semi-State agencies under his aegis in 2019; the cost in terms of wages and allowances; and the estimated numerical capacity of State and semi-State agencies to provide work experience and internships on an annual basis. [12953/21]

Local Authority Housing

Louise O'Reilly

203. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his attention has been drawn to a recently built local authority housing estate (details provided) with no provision for broadband due to a lack of landline infrastructure; and if he will engage with the relevant authorities to resolve the issue. [13332/21]

Departmental Internships

Louise O'Reilly

247. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport the number of students who undertook work experience or internships with State and semi-State agencies under his aegis in 2019; the cost in wages and allowances; and the estimated numerical capacity of State and semi-State agencies to provide work experience and internships on an annual basis. [12965/21]

Departmental Internships

Louise O'Reilly

286. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance the number of students who undertook work experience or internships with State and semi-State agencies under his aegis in 2019; the cost in terms of wages and allowances; and the estimated numerical capacity of State and semi-State agencies to provide work experience and internships on an annual basis. [12954/21]

Economic Data

Louise O'Reilly

309. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance if he has read the economic letter from a former Governor of the Central Bank (details supplied) which outlined that the prosperity of the Irish economy ranks somewhere between eighth and twelfth in the European Union, closer to Italy than the more prosperous Nordic states. [13528/21]

Departmental Internships

Louise O'Reilly

323. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of students who undertook work experience or internships with State and semi-State agencies under his aegis in 2019; the cost in terms of wages and allowances; and the estimated numerical capacity of State and semi-State agencies to provide work experience and internships on an annual basis. [12960/21]

Departmental Internships

Louise O'Reilly

347. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of students who undertook work experience or internships with State and semi-State agencies under her aegis in 2019; the cost in terms of wages and allowances; and the estimated numerical capacity of State and semi-State agencies to provide work experience and internships on an annual basis. [12964/21]

Sports Facilities

Louise O'Reilly

358. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a club (details supplied) does not have a running track or basic facilities; if the matter will be examined in view of the fact that the area has a fast growing population and a growing need for this facility; the supports that are available to develop this facility; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13531/21]

Departmental Internships

Louise O'Reilly

391. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of students who undertook work experience or internships with State and semi-State agencies under his aegis in 2019; the cost in terms of wages and allowances; and the estimated numerical capacity of State and semi-State agencies to provide work experience and internships on an annual basis. [12958/21]

Departmental Internships

Louise O'Reilly

436. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of students who undertook work experience or internships with State and semi-State agencies under his aegis in 2019; the cost in terms of wages and allowances; and the estimated numerical capacity of State and semi-State agencies to provide work experience and internships on an annual basis. [12955/21]

Departmental Internships

Louise O'Reilly

470. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Defence the number of students who undertook work experience or internships with State and semi-State agencies under his aegis in 2019; the cost in terms of wages and allowances; and the estimated numerical capacity of State and semi-State agencies to provide work experience and internships on an annual basis. [12950/21]

Departmental Internships

Louise O'Reilly

515. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education the number of students who undertook work experience or internships with State and semi-State agencies under her aegis in 2019; the cost in terms of wages and allowances; and the estimated numerical capacity of State and semi-State agencies to provide work experience and internships on an annual basis. [12951/21]

School Transport

Louise O'Reilly

537. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education the status of school transport for a person (details supplied). [13241/21]

Food Poverty

Louise O'Reilly

561. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has read the research paper by a union (details supplied) which explores inequality and deprivation in Ireland. [13523/21]

Departmental Internships

Louise O'Reilly

602. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of students who undertook work experience or internships with State and semi-State agencies under her aegis in 2019; the cost in terms of wages and allowances; and the estimated numerical capacity of State and semi-State agencies to provide work experience and internships on an annual basis. [12962/21]

Departmental Internships

Louise O'Reilly

645. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of students who undertook work experience or internships with State and semi-State agencies under his aegis in 2019; the cost in terms of wages and allowances; and the estimated numerical capacity of State and semi-State agencies to provide work experience and internships on an annual basis. [12949/21]

Departmental Internships

Louise O'Reilly

673. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of students who undertook work experience or internships with State and semi-State agencies under his aegis in 2019; the cost in terms of wages and allowances; and the estimated numerical capacity of State and semi-State agencies to provide work experience and internships on an annual basis. [12956/21]

Departmental Internships

Louise O'Reilly

712. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Justice the number of students who undertook work experience or internships with State and semi-State agencies under her aegis in 2019; the cost in terms of wages and allowances; and the estimated numerical capacity of State and semi-State agencies to provide work experience and internships on an annual basis. [12959/21]