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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition Act 2002 (Section 27) Order 2018: Motion (16 Oct 2018)

James Reilly: It seems very sensible.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition Act 2002 (Section 27) Order 2018: Motion (16 Oct 2018)

James Reilly: I commend the Minister on taking action. As Deputy Kelleher has already pointed out, anything that reduces costs to small businesses and business generally, as this does, is to be welcomed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Irish Membership of CERN: Discussion (16 Oct 2018)

James Reilly: What is maximum available? There is no cap for full members. Approximately €350 million is available in grants. The figures about which we are speaking are a tiny percentage of this sum. Can countries outside Europe be full members? Are there full members outside Europe? Is membership limited to the 27 or 28 member states of the European Union?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Irish Membership of CERN: Discussion (16 Oct 2018)

James Reilly: Do they have a vote?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Irish Membership of CERN: Discussion (16 Oct 2018)

James Reilly: In that case, my only comment is whatever about us not having a sense of it before, we now have a very clear sense of its value, as well as the hidden unseen value in networking, education, opportunities and multipliers, let alone the hard and fast side of things - jobs and the opportunities presented. I am very supportive of membership. I do not know whether I am wrong, but I thought the...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: School Accommodation Provision (23 Oct 2018)

James Reilly: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire nua. Go n-éirí leis sa phost nua tábhachtach seo atá aige. I thank the Minister for coming to the House to take this. The lack of secondary school places in Rush and Skerries is a huge concern for parents. Fingal is one of the fastest growing parts of the country, if not in Europe. We have a very large young population and this is not...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: School Accommodation Provision (23 Oct 2018)

James Reilly: I thank the Minister for his response. However, as whoever wrote it speaks about Howth and Donaghmede and places miles away from the area I am addressing, I will say no more about it. The bottom line is that additional accommodation has been approved for of one portacabin in Skerries when three are badly needed. That is what the school applied for. I am glad to hear that a more permanent...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2018)

James Reilly: I raise the matter also raised by other Members of structural issues in Ardgillan Community College and some 29 other colleges. We should not be in this position. I had the Minister here in the House earlier today to address accommodation issues in Rush and Skerries and he alluded to this problem in Ardgillan too. We have new schools built in the last ten years and we find that some of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)

James Reilly: I apologise. I did not expect to find myself in this position. As I did not even know if I would get here, I did not bring all of my information with me. I am a big supporter of the credit unions, Irish Rural Link and the Sparkasse model. When I was in Germany yesterday, I spent the full day hearing about it, with some people who are in the committee room. So enthusiastic were they...

Seanad: Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018: Second Stage (24 Oct 2018)

James Reilly: I strongly support the intentions behind this Bill. I thank Senator Ó Céidigh for introducing it with the support of Senators Ian Marshall, Victor Boyhan and Michael McDowell. I also welcome the Minister's response. A lot of energy, effort and thought has clearly gone into this. The Alliance for Insurance Reform had ten requests and this was one. It is not that somebody would...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)

James Reilly: Supposition.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)

James Reilly: By whom?

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)

James Reilly: Déarfaidh mé cúpla focail mar gheall ar Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin ar dtús. Fear uasal ab ea é agus múinteoir agus ceoltóir iontach a bhí ann freisin. I wish to address some issues relating to previous contributions on insurance. There is no doubt that we have a serious problem in this country. I have raised the issue on the...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)

James Reilly: A contribution relating to a comment about one of the greatest musicians of our time should not be taken as-----

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)

James Reilly: I will take a leave out of Senator Norris's book and carry on.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)

James Reilly: Of course, if I had not been interrupted by the august Leas-Chathaoirleach, I would have finished by now.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)

James Reilly: There we have it. Anyway, in respect of the current situation, action must be taken. There is no rationale for us having awards four to five times greater in this country than across the water in the UK. There is something seriously wrong with our system and we need to address it. We have a serious problem when there is no consequence for perjury and fraud. If we listen to the insurance...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)

James Reilly: I know this much: people are being put out of business. Small and medium-sized businesses are struggling because of this and people are afraid to set up in business because of it. We need more certainty in these legal cases. Many people have endured the horror of insurance companies settling without consulting the person insured. There have been many comments about the Taoiseach's...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)

James Reilly: I fully respect my colleagues who work in medicine, and I want to put that on the record of the House. I have worked on Christmas day myself as recently as last Christmas. Their commitment and the commitment of their families to our system are to be admired and cherished.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)

James Reilly: The interpretation that has been put on some of the comments made has not been remotely helpful.