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Seanad: Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (26 Apr 2018)

James Reilly: I will be as brief as I can but this is a very important issue. I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House to address it. The lack of school places at primary and second level schools for children with a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder, ASD, came to my attention again when a group of mothers formed an action group, the autism schools discrimination committee, ASDC, in...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (26 Apr 2018)

James Reilly: I thank the Cathaoirleach, who has had to leave, for the latitude he has shown me so I will be brief with my response. I thank the Minister of State for her response. I welcome that the Minister will make provision in the admissions Bill to obviate this problem of schools not stepping up to the mark across the country. I welcome the news about Balbriggan but have to point out that Fingal...

Seanad: CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Statements (3 May 2018)

James Reilly: I thank the Minister for coming in. It has been the middle of a busy time but the Minister is right to have been busy and it is proper that he is busy. This is a very serious issue and one in which the Minister has become completely involved in the most proper way. We would not be having this debate today if it was not for the courage of Ms Vicky Phelan. Many have said that but also I...

Seanad: CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Statements (3 May 2018)

James Reilly: -----and the manner in which it can protect women and girls from this illness, which robs so many families of their loved ones. I welcome that we will have an immediate Health Information and Quality Authority, HIQA, inquiry, that we are looking at a statutory inquiry and that a redress scheme is to be put in place. There are broader issues that I want to speak to. I am glad the Minister...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 May 2018)

James Reilly: I would like to echo the comments of Senator Norris on Monica Barnes, who was a superb public representative and fought passionately for what she believed in. She was one of the individuals in our political system who would have spread enlightenment and brought the country forward. In regard to the second point the Senator raised, I would agree with him if I felt there was any attempt to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (8 May 2018)

James Reilly: I welcome the representatives of both groups and thank them for their presentations. We have seen recurring themes in our discussions on the cost of doing business. As the Chairman said, the cost of insurance is a major issue. Rates and the cost of finance are others. Therefore, I am very interested in what Mr. Maye said about pumping up the balance sheets of the pillar banks. We are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (8 May 2018)

James Reilly: Mr. Maye did not get an opportunity to answer the questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (8 May 2018)

James Reilly: I put a number of questions which Mr. Thompson kindly answered directly. I wonder if Mr. Maye would do the same. One was whether he would support the establishment of a Garda insurance fraud unit. I also asked for a comment on concerns the Alliance for Insurance Reform had about the dual role of the Central Bank. Does Mr. Maye have a view on the issue I raised about sections 25 and 26 of...

Seanad: Report on Credit Union Sector: Statements (9 May 2018)

James Reilly: I welcome the Minister to the House and the opportunity to contribute to this important debate because, to my mind, credit unions have been a bulwark for many communities in this country and the saviour of many a small business. We are all aware that more competition is needed in the banking sector. We are also aware that the pillar banks have moved away from communities and have moved...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (17 May 2018)

James Reilly: Go raibh maith agat, a Chathaoirligh. Ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur roimh an Aire agus buíochas a ghabháil leis as teacht isteach. I raise this issue of concern that came to light on Thursday, 10 May at the Fingal, Balbriggan and Swords council area meeting, which Councillor Tom O'Leary attended. A motion was discussed seeking support for a CCTV proposal for the town of...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (17 May 2018)

James Reilly: I thank the Minister for his reply and for the clarity he has brought to the situation. Clearly, the information given at Fingal County Council is not accurate. My understanding is that this information is very much on the record of that council. Therefore, it will have to be corrected. I will speak to Councillor O'Leary to pursue that matter. This is a critically important scheme. One...

Seanad: Community Banking System: Statements (30 May 2018)

James Reilly: I ask the Acting Chairman to let me know when I have a minute remaining.

Seanad: Community Banking System: Statements (30 May 2018)

James Reilly: I welcome the Minister to the House and I also welcome the Government's support and commitment to the post office network outlined. I welcome any proposal that might bring new banking services and competition into Ireland. Clearly, we have a major problem with our banking system. We have a situation where we are clearly, with the pillar banks, running away from face-to-face interaction...

Seanad: Community Banking System: Statements (30 May 2018)

James Reilly: Like other speakers, I strongly support the initiative. Also, I was very determined that its representatives would come before the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Business, Enterprise and Innovation, as well as the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach because of one matter. The cost of doing business in this country, affordability and access to...

Seanad: Community Banking System: Statements (30 May 2018)

James Reilly: -----which are so integral to all our communities. We can give the power back to the people, give control of their money back to the people-----

Seanad: Community Banking System: Statements (30 May 2018)

James Reilly: -----and remove it from the faceless suits that make decisions in faraway places, decisions which in the past have nearly wrecked this country.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jun 2018)

James Reilly: I echo the sentiment of the previous speaker on cycling which clearly has tremendous benefits, both environmentally and to the individual in terms of exercise. There is a dearth of safe places to cycle.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jun 2018)

James Reilly: Would I be so impertinent?

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jun 2018)

James Reilly: I raise a serious matter regarding the housing crisis, which others have mentioned and which the Government is using all its resources to address. The building of many houses has now started. We would like to see that accelerated. One of the places where a lot of development will take place, because this is where most of the land available to us is, is in Fingal in north Dublin. It has...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jun 2018)

James Reilly: The last thing I want to hear from Irish Water is that it will allow this problem to spread to the other towns and villages of Fingal-----