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Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second and Subsequent Stages (16 Jul 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: The Senator has moved. He is an eclectic individual and gets around. Good for him.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second and Subsequent Stages (16 Jul 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: I appreciate Senator Buttimer doing that.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second and Subsequent Stages (16 Jul 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank Senator Buttimer for his co-operation. I suggest we try to get a few people in after Senator Lombard.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second and Subsequent Stages (16 Jul 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: At 2.18 p.m. we complete the entire debate. The Minister is scheduled to come in at 2.11 p.m. We have approximately ten minutes. Senators Doherty, Currie and Crowe are trying to come. Would the Senators agree to four minutes each? Is that agreed? Agreed. I thank the Senators for agreeing to that.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second and Subsequent Stages (16 Jul 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank Senator Doherty for showing the leadership that only the Leader of the House could show to get us through this.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second and Subsequent Stages (16 Jul 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: Can Senator Crowe make a Gettysburg-like speech?

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second and Subsequent Stages (16 Jul 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: I apologise for interrupting, particularly as I have asked others not to interrupt. I ask the Minister to bring his remarks to a conclusion.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second and Subsequent Stages (16 Jul 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank the Minister. He has given us some grave data. That is why I did not want to interrupt him. It is not something to be taken lightly or frivolously. It is very serious. I thank him for his detailed response. As the time permitted for this debate has expired, I am required to put the following question in accordance with the Order of the Seanad on this day: "That the Bill is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Recruitment and Retention in the Defence Forces: RACO (29 Jun 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: I welcome our guests from RACO. I share the view that it is disturbing if we have a crisis of retention in the Army. It is a great difficulty. The Army is one of the great institutions of our State which we are loyal to and proud of. It has measured up to domestic crises as they have arisen down through the years and has done us proud in international service and peacekeeping. It is not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Pre-Budget Submission: Dóchas (14 Jul 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank our guests for their attendance. They have set out a compelling and heart-rending case across all the areas, and I appreciate that. I wish to comment rather than ask many questions. It behoves all members of the committee to state publicly where we and the committee stand on all this. I endorse your opening remarks, Chairman, which were supported by my two colleagues who...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Emigrant Support Services: Discussion (13 Jul 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank our guests for being with us and, more importantly, for the good work they do across the ocean in the US. It is very important to us. We have very keen bonds of kinship with the US and the people there. This session is very important. I salute the good work of the witnesses. I have been very much aware for a long time of Ciaran Staunton's work and have spoken to him by telephone...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Situation in Belarus: Discussion with Ms Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya (15 Jul 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: I concur in welcoming our distinguished guest. I welcome Ms Tsikhanouskaya home. It is great to have her back with us. I salute her courage. We stand solidly in solidarity with her and with the cause of the approximately 550 political prisoners who are being wrongly criminalised and, as the evidence shows, tortured and brutalised. The entire approach to attacking a peaceful protest was...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement: IBEC and Food Drink Ireland (9 Feb 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: I assure you, Chairperson, that I am also in Leinster House. I understand we must confirm that. Can the Chairperson hear me?

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement: IBEC and Food Drink Ireland (9 Feb 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: Obviously, I share the concerns about the Border communities raised by Senator Black and the concerns about qualifications raised by Senator Ó Donnghaile. That said, I wish to raise two specific questions very briefly. I was approached by some niche food importers for specific ethnic smaller communities. They told me that the documentation coming through for customs is too slow. I am...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement: IBEC and Food Drink Ireland (9 Feb 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: Perhaps the gentlemen will answer my question. They may have answered it before I joined the meeting. Do they feel the issue with regard to the protocol has settled down and that it is stabilising and there is no problem now? It would be great to hear a positive answer but if it is not positive, we should know that.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement: IBEC and Food Drink Ireland (9 Feb 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank Mr. Kelly for the comprehensive and excellent presentation. I have a specific question. I did not fully understand Mr. Kelly. Am I correct that Mr. Kelly is saying that, as it stands, there is a €170 tariff on each tonne of flour coming into the country? If I understood him correctly, Mr. Kelly stated that we do not have domestic flour and we import all our flour and that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys and Update on Afghanistan: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (31 Aug 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: I welcome the Minister and thank him for his presentation. I had the privilege of leading the Irish delegation to the Council of Europe for several years. For part of that time, Katherine Zappone was a member of the delegation. I wish to put on the record that she was an exemplary member of the delegation and an exemplary networker. I know that is not the kernel of the discussion,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: I welcome the Minister. I have three questions and may avail of the opportunity to come in later. Will the Minister explain the interplay between himself and the Secretary General? It sounds and reads as if this is something that they brought forward together. I ask the Minister to elaborate and comment on that. What other units of the Minister's Department or entities other than the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Sep 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: At the outset, I join with the felicitous remarks of our Cathaoirleach. I will not repeat them as that is not helpful but nobody would take issue if I again mention that we are delighted about Senator Moynihan's good news. The Deputy Leader will not have an issue with me calling on the father of the House first. It is great to have Senator Norris here.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Sep 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: Under the separation of powers, the situation in this House and in the Dáil is that we are not allowed to comment on the President or his office. I am not impugning anyone. I am being helpful.