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Seanad: Order of Business (6 Mar 2018)

James Reilly: I want to be associated with wishing Tony O'Brien well in any future endeavour he may take. As the Minister who appointed him to that position in the Health Service Executive, I thank him for all his work on behalf of us all in trying to keep our health service going through a very difficult time. I also congratulate the emergency services. I will not list them all but I want to mention...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Mar 2018)

James Reilly: I want to mention also all the family doctors who kept their premises open until it was no longer safe to do so and reopened on Friday afternoon. In the context of the weather, I want to speak about an issue raised earlier, that is, coastal erosion, especially in Fingal and Portrane. I was there yesterday evening and there is nothing like standing within 3 ft. of a 20 ft. precipice to...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Mar 2018)

James Reilly: Ba mhaith liom, le linn Seachtain na Gaeilge, comhghairdeas a dhéanamh le mná na hÉireann agus le mná go hidirnáisiúnta freisin. People have been thinking about the women who have inspired them the most. Many of us look to international figures who have had a real impact on the world. I have looked closer to home and thought of my grandmother who lost her...

Seanad: Flooding: Statements (Resumed) (8 Mar 2018)

James Reilly: I welcome the Minister of State to the House for the second time this week. I will raise with him an issue I raised on the Order of Business two days ago but first I will speak in a general way to the issue of flooding throughout the country and the fact that this will be an ever-increasing problem as a result of climate change, which we have to acknowledge. It does not fall to the Minister...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2018)

James Reilly: I would like to be associated with the comments made on the great work done by the Dublin Fire Brigade last night in saving lives, as well as the work it does day in and day out to protect us. It is a group of individuals, like gardaí and others, who place their lives between us and harm. I wish to acknowledge the great work done not just by the Dublin Fire Brigade but all the fire...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Mar 2018)

James Reilly: Like others, I wish to raise the fact that this is World Autism Awareness Week. There are approximately 65,000 people in this country who suffer with this condition to varying degrees. Including their families, up to 250,000 people are affected by it in a very real way. In my surgery this morning, I met a 14 year old boy who was expelled from his school a year ago because they could not...

Seanad: An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht 2018: An Dara Céim - Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Second Stage (27 Mar 2018)

James Reilly: I welcome the opportunity to speak to this very important Bill. It is, as the Minister has pointed out, an opportunity to be provided to the people of Ireland to have their say on Article 40.3.3° of our Constitution. I fail to see how any democrat would wish to deprive our people of that right, whatever our view is on the issue itself. There is no question or doubt that the current...

Seanad: An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht 2018: An Dara Céim - Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Second Stage (27 Mar 2018)

James Reilly: I want to see this issue rest where it belongs, out of the Constitution and with women and their medical carers. I hope that the Bill will pass and I expect that it will. I commend the Bill to the House.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Business of Joint Committee (18 Apr 2018)

James Reilly: I nominate Senator Aidan Davitt.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Apr 2018)

James Reilly: No. Go ahead.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Apr 2018)

James Reilly: I am fine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Apr 2018)

James Reilly: I reiterate that Deputy Neville was very keen to be here today for this but he is also Fine Gael's lead speaker on mental health and is on the Joint Committee on the Future of Mental Health Care, so there has been a clash. He was here for the quorum at the start of the meeting to enable it to begin. I just wanted to put that on the record because, like Deputy Quinlivan said, this is an area...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Election of Vice Chairman (24 Apr 2018)

James Reilly: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Election of Vice Chairman (24 Apr 2018)

James Reilly: I propose Deputy Tom Neville.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Election of Vice Chairman (24 Apr 2018)

James Reilly: Deputy Tom Neville has been a very diligent attendee at the meetings of the committee. He has shown a huge interest in this area. He will make an excellent Vice Chairman.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2018)

James Reilly: I apologise, but I will have to leave soon to attend another meeting. I thank both delegates for their presentations. As someone with an uncle who was a pharmacist, or a chemist as they were known then, and who also ran the local jewellery store, this combination does not surprise me at all. It must be said my uncle worked in happier times when crime levels were a lot lower. The...

Seanad: Smoking Ban: Motion (25 Apr 2018)

James Reilly: I move:That Seanad Éireann calls on the Minister for Health to take measures via amending legislation or issue directions via a statutory instrument to ban smoking in areas where food is consumed, including in outdoor areas. Would the Chair be kind enough to let me know when I have a minute left?

Seanad: Smoking Ban: Motion (25 Apr 2018)

James Reilly: I thank the Chair. I welcome the Minister of State to the Seanad Chamber and I thank her and her Cabinet colleagues for supporting the proposal to ban smoking anywhere food is served, including outdoors. I begin with the purpose of the motion and the rationale behind it. The purpose of the motion is to encourage the Minister to bring in legislation, either by way of a statutory instrument...

Seanad: Smoking Ban: Motion (25 Apr 2018)

James Reilly: I will not take the five minutes.

Seanad: Smoking Ban: Motion (25 Apr 2018)

James Reilly: You are just better informed. I thank the Minister of State for her support and I mention again the tobacco unit in the Department led by Dr. Fenton Howell. I also remember Ms Dilly O'Brien and Ms Claire Gordon. It is great to have such support and I thank all Senators who offered such support from the various parties. It is much appreciated and it is great when the House can unify on a...