Results 4,981-5,000 of 5,192 for speaker:Joe O'Reilly

Seanad: Unemployment Levels: Statements (15 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Reilly: Ar dtús báire, ba mhaith liom fáilte a chuir roimh an Aire Stáit, go háirithe os rud é go bhfuil an beirt againn ag déanamh cúrsa Gaeilge gach maidin Déardaoin. Is é sin an fáth go bhfuil sé de dhualgas orm fáilte a chur roimhe trí Ghaeilge. The Minister of State will have no difficulty generously accepting that the corporation tax rate of 12.5% was an initiative of the John...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Reilly: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Reilly: On a point of information, that was for employment creation.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Reilly: Is it in order that the speaker misinform the House?

Seanad: School Transport (14 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Reilly: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit go dtí an Teach. The issue of the school bus for the school on the Quivvy Road in Belturbet, County Cavan, is one that could be resolved as a consequence of this debate. It could be resolved without cost to the Exchequer and bring a favourable result to the parents and children of the area. Twelve children eligible for school transport live on the Quivvy...

Seanad: School Transport (14 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank the Minister of State for his courteous reply and, indeed, his courtesy at all times. While I take the point that there is no home pick-up service, and I fully accept that could not be the case, this is a distinct set of circumstances in that we are speaking of a negotiable route involving minimal extra travel — it is only a matter of the bus taking a different route to accommodate...

Seanad: School Transport (14 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank the Minister of State.

Seanad: Money Advice and Budgeting Service: Statements (9 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Reilly: Senator Brady would never say that.

Seanad: Money Advice and Budgeting Service: Statements (9 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Reilly: I know.

Seanad: Money Advice and Budgeting Service: Statements (9 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Reilly: Ba mhaith liom fáilte a chuir roimh an Aire. Táim lán-sásta tacú leis na focail deasa a dúradh mar gheall ar an iar-Aire, an tUasal Séamus Ó Braonáin, ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam. There is one startling statistic that stands out and is the backdrop to much of the discussion today, namely, the 33% increase in the use of MABS this year. While it is a startling statistic, it is not a...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Reilly: Ba mhaith liom tacaíocht a thabhairt dos na daoine a ghlac páirt sa díospóireacht ar chóras baincéireachta natíre seo. It was important that the Members of this House, virtually unanimously, came out to say that the banks should pass on the interest rate cuts to consumers. The great mass of the people were fulsome in their support for the guarantees to the banks. There is a...

Seanad: Primary School Funding: Motion (8 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Reilly: Her argument has expired.

Seanad: Primary School Funding: Motion (8 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Reilly: We did not get that.

Seanad: Primary School Funding: Motion (8 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Reilly: We did not get it.

Seanad: Primary School Funding: Motion (8 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Reilly: Surprise, surprise.

Seanad: Primary School Funding: Motion (8 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Reilly: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Primary School Funding: Motion (8 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Reilly: Is it in order to ask the Minister a question on a point of information?

Seanad: Primary School Funding: Motion (8 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Reilly: Will new schemes be allowed——

Seanad: Primary School Funding: Motion (8 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank the Minister.

Seanad: Primary School Funding: Motion (8 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Reilly: I welcome the Minister to the House and congratulate him on his appointment. It is my pleasure to formally support the motion proposed so eloquently and comprehensively by my colleague, Senator Healy-Eames, and seconded by my other colleague, Senator McFadden. Regarding the debate on education, nobody can deny that investment in education has been fundamental to the economic success of this...