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Report by the Interdepartmental Working Group on Mortgage Arrears: Statements (Resumed) (20 Oct 2011)

Joe O'Reilly: Our hearts go out to people in mortgage distress who are having problems with cash flow who find it impossible to repay their mortgages. It is a very difficult place to be and it has dreadful consequences for self-image and family welfare. We must acknowledge that as being the context of what we are discussing. An important principle is that we must deal with distressed mortgages case by...

Closure of Army Barracks: Motion (4 Oct 2011)

Joe O'Reilly: I have been in dialogue over the past few weeks with representatives of PDFORRA, with the families involved and with the local community around the Dún Uí Néill in Cavan and as a consequence of that dialogue, I have been in regular consultation with the Minister and his senior officials in bringing the welfare issues and the general concerns of the personnel there to the Minister. As...

Closure of Army Barracks: Motion (4 Oct 2011)

Joe O'Reilly: It is worth noting that, as alluded to earlier, significant savings of €85 million have been made on foot of these sales. I emphasise that if any further closures were to take place, the money accruing from them would be used to acquire equipment for the Army. The final and critical point I would like to make as part of the backdrop to this debate is that in the event of closures,...

Closure of Army Barracks: Motion (4 Oct 2011)

Joe O'Reilly: We have to look at this debate in the context of the background in which it is taking place. We have to recognise that it would not be taking place at all if it were not for the financial legacy the Government inherited. We have to recognise that some of these decisions are being dictated to us under the EU-IMF deal. We should bring honesty and integrity to the debate and recognise the...

Employment and National Internship Scheme: Motion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2011)

Joe O'Reilly: It merits repeating that there is nothing more soul destroying or as negatively impacting on families as unemployment in terms of their decisions to have children, self development, confidence and so on. It is for that reason that this Government has from the outset treated unemployment as a priority. Everything the Government is doing is predicated on that principle. The Minister, Deputy...

Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (19 Jul 2011)

Joe O'Reilly: I had the privilege of speaking to this legislation on Second Stage in the Seanad and Dáil. I do not propose to repeat the Second Stage arguments except to say that I am a firm admirer and I have a firm realisation of the wonderful, socially constructive role An Post has played in our society throughout the years. I am acutely aware of the universal service An Post has provided, what this...

Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (19 Jul 2011)

Joe O'Reilly: I said what is being done is reasonable.

Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (19 Jul 2011)

Joe O'Reilly: I am saying that at this stage the Deputy is just playing politics.

Criminal Justice Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2011)

Joe O'Reilly: Amendments Nos. 2 and 3 are related and may be discussed together.

Criminal Justice Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2011)

Joe O'Reilly: Amendments Nos. 4, 5 and 8 may be discussed together.

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2011)

Joe O'Reilly: Deputy Ó Caoláin must conclude.

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2011)

Joe O'Reilly: I am afraid so.

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2011)

Joe O'Reilly: Thank you, Deputy Ó Caoláin. I had acted as a constituency colleague and allowed you a little extra time.

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (12 Jul 2011)

Joe O'Reilly: Question 77: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will raise the matter of parents in India having the sex of their young daughters changed to male from as young as one year old with the Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights, with a view to preventing this practice from continuing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19660/11]

Central Bank and Credit Institutions (Resolution) (No.2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2011)

Joe O'Reilly: I wish to share time with Deputy Terence Flanagan.

Central Bank and Credit Institutions (Resolution) (No.2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2011)

Joe O'Reilly: Of the three major banking reports, the Honohan and Nyberg reports stated if a resolution mechanism had been in place at the time of the initial banking crisis, public losses would have been considerably reduced. Therein lies the rationale behind this overdue legislation. The Central Bank and Credit Institutions (Resolution) (No. 2) Bill 2011 will create a permanent and special resolution...

Central Bank and Credit Institutions (Resolution) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (28 Jun 2011)

Joe O'Reilly: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Twenty-Ninth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 3) Bill 2011: Second Stage (28 Jun 2011)

Joe O'Reilly: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Central Bank and Credit Institutions (Resolution) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (28 Jun 2011)

Joe O'Reilly: I call on Deputy Doherty who has 20 minutes.

Central Bank and Credit Institutions (Resolution) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (28 Jun 2011)

Joe O'Reilly: The Deputy has 30 minutes.