Results 221-240 of 21,128 for speaker:James Reilly

Seanad: Commencement Matters: School Accommodation Provision (23 Oct 2018)

James Reilly: I thank the Minister for his response. However, as whoever wrote it speaks about Howth and Donaghmede and places miles away from the area I am addressing, I will say no more about it. The bottom line is that additional accommodation has been approved for of one portacabin in Skerries when three are badly needed. That is what the school applied for. I am glad to hear that a more permanent...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2018)

James Reilly: I raise the matter also raised by other Members of structural issues in Ardgillan Community College and some 29 other colleges. We should not be in this position. I had the Minister here in the House earlier today to address accommodation issues in Rush and Skerries and he alluded to this problem in Ardgillan too. We have new schools built in the last ten years and we find that some of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)

James Reilly: I apologise. I did not expect to find myself in this position. As I did not even know if I would get here, I did not bring all of my information with me. I am a big supporter of the credit unions, Irish Rural Link and the Sparkasse model. When I was in Germany yesterday, I spent the full day hearing about it, with some people who are in the committee room. So enthusiastic were they...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition Act 2002 (Section 27) Order 2018: Motion (16 Oct 2018)

James Reilly: It seems very sensible.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition Act 2002 (Section 27) Order 2018: Motion (16 Oct 2018)

James Reilly: I commend the Minister on taking action. As Deputy Kelleher has already pointed out, anything that reduces costs to small businesses and business generally, as this does, is to be welcomed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Irish Membership of CERN: Discussion (16 Oct 2018)

James Reilly: What is maximum available? There is no cap for full members. Approximately €350 million is available in grants. The figures about which we are speaking are a tiny percentage of this sum. Can countries outside Europe be full members? Are there full members outside Europe? Is membership limited to the 27 or 28 member states of the European Union?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Irish Membership of CERN: Discussion (16 Oct 2018)

James Reilly: Do they have a vote?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Irish Membership of CERN: Discussion (16 Oct 2018)

James Reilly: In that case, my only comment is whatever about us not having a sense of it before, we now have a very clear sense of its value, as well as the hidden unseen value in networking, education, opportunities and multipliers, let alone the hard and fast side of things - jobs and the opportunities presented. I am very supportive of membership. I do not know whether I am wrong, but I thought the...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2018)

James Reilly: In the interest of fairness and equity, I hope the Leas-Chathaoirleach will extend to me the same latitude he showed the last speaker in terms of speaking time. I wish to raise an issue of great importance to thousands of parents around the country, particularly in Dublin and north Dublin. I refer to secondary school places for the next academic year, 2019-20. All Members will accept that...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2018)

James Reilly: I have submitted one but it was not possible to get it this week so I am hoping that perhaps next week I will be speaking on it.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2018)

James Reilly: No. I would have loved it today. I would have quite liked it on Thursday, but there you go.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2018)

James Reilly: I will finish now. I had asked at the outset that the Leas-Chathaoirleach might allow me to same latitude as the previous speaker, on this matter of considerable importance-----

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2018)

James Reilly: -----to thousands of parents in north County Dublin.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2018)

James Reilly: That may be so.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2018)

James Reilly: Okay. I am merely asking that the Minister would make sure that these requests for urgent school accommodation are acted upon quickly, as I know the Department intends to do. More importantly, we need a Minister to come to the House and ensure the Department of Education and Skills instructs Fingal County Council to purchase a site for the new secondary school. The new road that would open...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2018)

James Reilly: With deference to my colleagues, and as it is girls' day, I will await my turn after Senator Byrne.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2018)

James Reilly: I mark International Day of the Girl and welcome all the girls in the Gallery. It is appropriate that it is nearly all girls who are here this morning. My issue has been raised by a female constituent, though not alone as many others have raised it too. On 3 September, Iarnród Éireann decided to change its timetables and since then has become utterly unreliable. It used to be a...

Seanad: Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (10 Oct 2018)

James Reilly: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and I welcome the Bill. I am very much in support of the legislation in what it sets out to do to regulate foreign language schools in particular, and the many other aspects of the Bill that have been touched on. I share the view that this is not just about protecting students, who we have all seen being exploited and victimised in the most awful...

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (10 Oct 2018)

James Reilly: I commend the Minister on the Bill and all of those who supported it. On this issue, of course every bottle has to be labelled. They have to be.

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (10 Oct 2018)

James Reilly: This is about them being sold as individual bottles.