Results 1-20 of 88 for going forward speaker:Joe O'Reilly

Seanad: Smartphone and Social Media Use: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)

Joe O'Reilly: ...motion are very similar to the findings in the recent report I did. As you know, Acting Chair, I have been a long-standing member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. I brought forward a report to the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development. I was rapporteur for a report on children and how they are affected by online violence, of which...

Seanad: Defence Forces Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (30 Jan 2024)

Joe O'Reilly: ...who sullied their name must be outed in every sense of the word. I acknowledge the appointment of Ms Justice Ann Power to do this work. As was said earlier, she is a person of great eminence. Before I go into more of the detail, as I saluted our Defence Forces in general and their personnel, I also salute the Women of Honour who, I gather, are among us today. They have shown great...

Seanad: Restoration of Oireachtas Library and Reading Room: Motion (28 Nov 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank and congratulate Senator Michael McDowell for bringing forward this issue. It is his vigilance that has brought it to our attention, and it is typical of him that he would be concerned about such an issue. We are grateful to him for this. He has done an important service tonight. This cannot go under the radar. I happen to have the privilege of working alongside in this House...

Seanad: Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: ...our joining of the global partnership and the investment in the National Cyber Security Centre. I salute the Minister of State for all this. It is a great pleasure to hear from him. I look forward to his response, which will be very interesting. I am happy to welcome and endorse the Fianna Fáil motion. I congratulate the party on conceiving a motion that is very much of the...

Seanad: Situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Motion (18 Oct 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: ...unanimously, or unambiguously, rather, condemning Hamas and the horrors of the attack on the concert, etc. It is like an equivalent to our Electric Picnic or whatever being similarly attacked. To go on to some of these substantive points I want to make, I could use a simple expression that we are all familiar with, which is that is that two wrongs do not make a right. Disconnecting...

Seanad: Visit of Slovak Delegation (4 Oct 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: ...to bring this issue to the Minister, also the Tánaiste in this instance, and perhaps have a special debate about it. A very high-profile recruitment campaign for the Defence Forces is needed, going into schools, etc. Retention procedures are also needed. With that, there needs to be pension reform. The Department of Finance and the Department of Public Expenditure, National...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by An Taoiseach (28 Sep 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Taoiseach. Tagann sé anseo go rialta agus bíonn sé réidh le ceisteanna a fhreagairt i mbealach cuimsitheach. Molaim sin. I will digress into a brief retrospective as a Border person to thank the Taoiseach for his management of Brexit and the avoidance of a hard border. Moving to the present day, I am very happy that child poverty is a...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: ...on it. This very serious issue is question of where are we at with the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, CAMHS. In other words, what levels of waiting lists are there? What are we going to do about resolving them? If we do not intervene in time with young people in distress, or with whatever myriad of difficulties, then the problem is exacerbated and gets worse. I need to...

Seanad: Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (11 Jul 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: .... In fact, I know of no family, including my own and every family in the country, that is not affected by this issue. It is not something abstract, and we congratulate the Senator on bringing it forward. I also recognise the Minister of State for her absolute commitment in this area. There is a very active parent's disability group in Cavan and she is aware of it. She has met members...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Engagement with the Reserve Defence Force Representative Association (11 Jul 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank the Cathaoirleach for that. I am replacing a colleague in the Seanad and I want to go back there. There is a good reason he is not present today. I join the Cathaoirleach in welcoming the RDFRA and he sums it up well with the word "stark". We have a proud tradition of the RDF, formerly the FCA, in County Cavan, where I am from. There is a big tradition there and a high level of...

Committee on Scrutiny of Draft EU-related Statutory Instruments: Committee Work Programme (4 Jul 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: ...and a lot of parliamentary experience to the role. I wish him well in the role. It is important that we get up and running fast and get the job on the road. We will learn and develop as we go. We cannot spend the entire month or two navel-gazing. We have to get on with the job and work from there on. I will turn to one or two technicalities in a minute, however. I also welcome the...

Seanad: Disregard of Certain Criminal Records of Gay Men: Motion (17 May 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: ...relevant to the House in a big way. It would be out of order not to attend that. I will say a few brief words. First, I congratulate Senator Warfield and his Sinn Féin colleagues on bringing forward the motion. It is timely and important and will have unanimous support. It is a privilege to lend my own support to it. I acknowledge the presence of Senator Norris today.I did not...

Seanad: Housing: Statements (29 Mar 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: ...by what my colleague the Minister, Deputy Harris is doing. The State is investing in the delivery of student accommodation for the first time ever. Since November, the Minister has given the go-ahead to 1,100 beds across a number of universities including Limerick, Dublin, Galway and Maynooth. The Minister is determined to deliver further on this, including beds in Trinity, UCC and UCD....

Seanad: Location of Victims' Remains: Motion (22 Mar 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: I congratulate Senators Blaney and McGreehan on bringing forward the motion and on their exposition in respect of it. I welcome the victims' families to the Gallery. I met them briefly as I came in. Our hearts go out to them. They are very welcome, and they have all our support. I thank the Minister for indicating in his speech that he will meet the families and that process will be put...

Seanad: Tailte Éireann Bill 2022: Second Stage (30 Nov 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: ...ten minutes, group spokespersons will have eight minutes and all other Senators will have five minutes, and the Minister of State will respond at the end of the debate for up to ten minutes.We will go from there. The Minister of State is very welcome to the House and we look forward to hearing from him.

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (17 Nov 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: ...the Seanad and the Dáil pleasurable. I know they are being escorted around very satisfactorily and I think they are enjoying their day. It was nice to have met them earlier. Tá fáilte roimh go léir go dtí an Seanad. Tomorrow is Latvian national day and I want to make some remarks about it on my own behalf and that of the Cathaoirleach who is absent and would...

Seanad: Passport Office: Motion (5 Oct 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: At the outset, I congratulate Senators Ó Donnghaile and Boylan for bringing forward this important matter. It is an important discussion that should be held in the Seanad. Well done to them on that. We will not be opposing the motion, as was anticipated correctly. We have no difficulty with this at all, in principle or in practice. The first thing I raise is that I assume this office...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Housing Policy (22 Sep 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: ..., is aimed at improving Ireland's housing system and delivering more homes for all types of people with all types of housing needs. We are all aware in this House that housing policy is undergoing a period of immense reform. We are also in agreement that such reform is necessary to prevent the housing crisis from being exacerbated in the years ahead. Few would disagree that Ireland's...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disability Services (17 May 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: .... That is not to suggest that these initial points are not also objective but I will deal with the other issues then. One’s heart would be moved by meeting these parents as they are very good people who are concerned for their children and, in some instances, are very distraught. I spent a good two hours with them. It was a very moving experience and it would be a disgrace if I...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 May 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: We are not going back, we are going forward.