Employment Rights

349. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment whether his Department has assessed the extent to which employers have written procedures in place for dealing with requests for reasonable accommodation from employees with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29381/26]

350. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment whether his Department has examined the case for requiring all employers to maintain written procedures for disability accommodation requests, to communicate those procedures to staff and to document informal accommodation requests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29385/26]

351. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment whether his Department has assessed the extent to which employees who request reasonable accommodation may experience retaliation, victimisation, increased scrutiny or adverse performance management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29386/26]

474. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department has examined the case for placing statutory timeframes on employers for responding to requests for reasonable accommodation in the workplace; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29382/26]

475. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the status of the legislation arising from the review of the Equality Acts; the reforms under consideration in relation to reasonable accommodation, redress and enforcement; the expected publication timeline for the Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29383/26]

476. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department has examined the adequacy of current penalties and enforcement mechanisms under the Employment Equality Acts in cases involving failure to provide reasonable accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29384/26]

503. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the timeline for the completion of the review and reform of the Equality Acts insofar as it relates to disability rights in employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29478/26]

504. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department has engaged with employers, trade unions, disabled persons organisations or advocacy bodies regarding the need for stronger statutory protections in employment for disabled workers seeking reasonable accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29479/26]

505. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department has assessed the compatibility of current Irish employment equality law and practice with Article 27 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, particularly in relation to reasonable accommodation, timely responses and protection against discrimination in employment; and if…

506. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department has examined the case for requiring employers to provide reasonable accommodation passports or equivalent portable accommodation records for disabled employees across role changes, management changes and internal transfers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29481/26]

508. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department has collected or requested any data on the average time taken by employers to respond to requests for reasonable accommodation from disabled employees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29483/26]

555. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has assessed the extent to which failures by employers to provide reasonable accommodation may contribute to deterioration in mental health, including crisis presentations, among disabled workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29488/26]

556. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has engaged with the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment on the mental health impacts of workplace discrimination and accommodation denial for disabled employees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29489/26]

557. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has examined the case for guidance or protocols for employers where an employee discloses a serious mental health crisis in the context of an unresolved workplace accommodation issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29490/26]

1097. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will address concerns regarding statutory sick pay and its impact on shift workers in the care sector, raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26758/26]

1177. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if his Department has examined the way in which the statutory sick pay daily cap of €110 interacts with earnings structures that include shift allowances, overtime or unsocial hours payments; if any review of this matter is planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26262/26]

1178. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will commit to review the sick pay legislation to ensure that care sector workers, who are disproportionately reliant on shift allowances, overtime and unsocial hours pay, are not faced with a perverse inventive to work while unwell, given the associated health and safety risks and workers' rights c…

1189. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will address concerns regarding statutory sick pay and its impact on shift workers in the care sector, raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26757/26]

6. Deputy John Brady asked the Taoiseach if his Department or any body under its aegis made a disclosure under Revenue's recent disclosure opportunity to regularise misclassification of self-employment; if so, to provide details of the numbers of workers affected and the amount paid to Revenue. [19505/26]

559. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment when he expects to publish the outcome of the public consultation on the proposal to extend the late working hours exemption for young persons to unlicensed premises under the Protection of Young Persons Act 1996; and whether he intends to introduce new regulations or revise the existing code of practice arising from…

593. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he is satisfied with the adequacy of statutory sick pay in the context of the cost of living crisis; his views on the financial implications of requiring a medical certificate for same; his plans to allow for self-certification of the first two to three days of illness; the international comparators his Department…

594. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment when he expects to publish the outcome of the public consultation on the proposal to extend the late working hours exemption for young persons to unlicensed premises under the Protection of Young Persons Act 1996; whether he intends to introduce new regulations or revise the existing Code of Practice arising fr…

643. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps she will take to address the lack of statutory protections for job sharing or flexible work arrangements for parent carers working in the education sector; if her attention has been drawn to the financial vulnerability created by forcing skilled professionals on to unpaid, or poorly compensated, leave; her plans to a…

935. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he has met with representatives of a union (details supplied) who represent workers in RTÉ; if so, the dates; if he will provide a summary of the matters discussed in relation to the proposed workforce reduction and restructuring plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19197/26]

2099. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the number of students in unpaid work placements in both the health care and education sectors; the total value to these sectors of this work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20273/26]