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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Oct 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: I join Senator Horkan in welcoming our dignitaries from the Czech Republic and wishing them and our Czech population here a good day. The budget has been revolutionary and radical in its improvements for children, a vulnerable section of our population that is the future of our country but that would not necessarily have a voice. A couple of radical things happened in the budget. The...

Seanad: Situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Statements (19 Oct 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: At the outset, I welcome the Tánaiste and I thank him for his sure-footed, excellent handling of this sensitive issue. It has been a desperate issue over the past number of days. I will quickly acknowledge the presence of Ambassador Dana Erlich and Jeremy Wilmshurst from the UK embassy, with whom I have picked up a good friendship over the years. It has become ritualistic, but it is...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: Yesterday, we had healthcare workers from the private nursing homes across Ireland present at the Dáil and they have a very serious issue. There are approximately 1,000 of these people and I met some of them yesterday and I also met their leadership, one of whose officials is former Deputy Ruth Coppinger. I met them outside as a group, as a collective, together with some of their...

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

Joe O'Reilly: I second amendment No. 12, which, as the proposer stated, expresses our abhorrence at the attack on the hospital. It is an absolute low. The motion begins in a very balanced fashion by 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...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and Departmental Matters: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and for Defence (17 Oct 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank the Tánaiste for being here and for his presentation. I welcome the fact, as we all do, that the Tánaiste has condemned Hamas and its actions in Israel. They are unspeakable. That is a starting point about which there can be no ambiguity, and there is no ambiguity, but I welcome the fact that he has said that clearly again. It has to remain part of our narrative on all...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and Departmental Matters: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and for Defence (17 Oct 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: Fine. That is okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and Departmental Matters: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and for Defence (17 Oct 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: It occurs to me, moving on, that there is a human dimension to this, that it is very dangerous for the region and that Israel, as Hamas intended, is making its decisions in anger. I think that was the Hamas strategy, and it seems to be working. As was said, international law and international order have to apply in how Israel conducts its business in Gaza. Does the Tánaiste see any...

Seanad: Visit of Slovak Delegation (4 Oct 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: We were very proud as a nation last week, collectively and properly, of our Naval Service and how it dealt with the drugs haul. It certainly distinguished itself and made us proud. It brings into question the entire resourcing of our Naval Service, our Defence Forces in general and our Reserve Defence Force. There is a twin problem in our Defences Forces. First, there is the problem of...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Second Stage (4 Oct 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: I welcome the Minister to the House and recognise the fact, as Members do, that she is a particularly reforming Minister who takes a much broader perception of what the Department is about and a more holistic view of how things should be done. That has been visible in the area of domestic violence and so on and it is clear here today too. It is necessary. That is not to say that she strays...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Second Stage (4 Oct 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: The media reports are spurious in that regard.

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Second Stage (4 Oct 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: Children's University Hospital Temple Street: Motion (4 Oct 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: I second the motion. I welcome the Minister, Deputy Stephen Donnelly. Senator Conway's exposition was of such quality that I cannot add to it. I will, therefore, formally second the motion.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Current Issues Facing Members of the Defence Forces: Representative Association of Commissioned Officers (3 Oct 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: I welcome our guests. The general public got a wake-up call and an alert to the significance of our Defence Forces, and specifically our Naval Service, last week. That was good thing. It certainly is the case for some background. I wish to congratulate - as we all would - the personnel involved there. There may be an element of repetition in my questioning now as a lot of the points have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Current Issues Facing Members of the Defence Forces: Representative Association of Commissioned Officers (3 Oct 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: The first-line Reserve being you. It should work that way.

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: I want to join in the words of sympathy to the families and colleagues of Flor O'Mahony and Damien O'Reilly. In deference to the recommendation that we raise one issue, I will attempt to do that and stick to one. It is an issue that I intend to raise repeatedly until we arrive at some level of satisfaction on it. This very serious issue is question of where are we at with the Child and...

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

Joe O'Reilly: Yes, if the Leader could supply the information first and then we will do it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Implementation of the Recommendations of the Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: I concur with Deputy Carthy, not in the latter part of his remarks but where he wished the Secretary General well. I wish him great success. Hopefully we will be two more years or near it together yet, working here, and there will be no election for a long time. To move into the issues, I would like to focus on the Reserve Defence Force. Deputy Carthy dealt with some of it at the latter...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Implementation of the Recommendations of the Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: That would at least keep the core that is there.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Implementation of the Recommendations of the Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: Without going back, a Chathaoirligh, what of the delays in swearing in and the matter of whether a retired person can come back from the Permanent Defence Force to the Reserve? I thank the Chief of Staff and the Secretary General for their answers.