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Seanad: Peat Harvesting: Statements (13 Oct 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: I am reading from the list prepared by the office.

Seanad: Peat Harvesting: Statements (13 Oct 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: By 5.30 p.m. I call Senator Carrigy.

Seanad: Peat Harvesting: Statements (13 Oct 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: Senator Carrigy should be allowed to speak without interruption.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Oct 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: I wish to raise an issue which, as the Leader well knows, needs to be dealt with and which presents a huge threat to our economy and way of life, namely, the current labour shortages in our country. The shortages affect many sectors. I will go through just a few of them. In respect of agriculture, there is intensive pig farming in County Cavan. The processing sector there is experiencing...

Seanad: Sláintecare Implementation: Statements (19 Oct 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: Is í an chéad chainteoir eile ná an Seanadóir Mac Giolla Phádraig. An féidir le Seanadóirí a bheith an-chúramach leis an am? Munar féidir, ní bheimid in ann gach duine a thógáil isteach. Bígí an-chúramach leis an am, le bhur dtoil.

Seanad: Sláintecare Implementation: Statements (19 Oct 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: There are three speakers outstanding, and a possible fourth. Could the Senators agree to four minutes each? In other words, the Minister of State must respond at 6.20 p.m.Is that acceptable?

Seanad: Sláintecare Implementation: Statements (19 Oct 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: Do your best. That is all anyone can reasonably do.

Seanad: Sláintecare Implementation: Statements (19 Oct 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: Táimid buíoch díot as ucht an chomhoibrithe sin.

Seanad: Sláintecare Implementation: Statements (19 Oct 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank the Senator. No one could accuse her of forgetting the people from her home area. I invite the Minister of State to conclude the debate.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Planning Issues (20 Oct 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank the Minister of State and I welcome him to the Chamber, as always. I ask the Senator to respond to him and he has one minute to do so.

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (21 Oct 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: I have received notice from Senator Seán Kyne that, on the motion for the Commencement of the House today, he proposes to raise the following matter: The need for the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to make a statement on the potential of an offshore wind development at Ros an Mhíl pier, County Galway. I have also received notice from Senator Joe O’Reilly of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Wind Energy Generation (21 Oct 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: I am delighted to welcome my friend and colleague, the Minister of State, Senator Hackett, to her own Chamber.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Gambling Sector (21 Oct 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: I welcome my good friend and colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Feighan, to the House, of which he is a former Member. I am delighted he is back here in his ministerial capacity at the Department of Health. I was happy to have heard in recent days the good tidings that a gambling regulation Bill and the establishment of a gambling regulator may be imminent. I have advocated very...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Gambling Sector (21 Oct 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank the Minister of State. I agree with his assessment of the problem and all its human repercussions. My basic point, which I would like the Minister of State to bring back to the Minister for consideration, is the Department of Health should accept addiction to gambling is an issue for it and there should be ring-fenced money and delineated services, as for other illnesses. I appeal...

Seanad: Death of Sir David Amess MP: Expressions of Sympathy (21 Oct 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: I did not have an opportunity to join with the Cathaoirleach in expressing my personal sympathy, and I know I speak for all Members, with the wife and family of the Sir David Amess MP in the UK. It was a horrendous crime against a wonderful family and against democracy. It is a crime against good values and everything that is right in humanity. It is a horror. We are conscious that today...

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

Joe O'Reilly: I thank the Leader.

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

Joe O'Reilly: I thank Senator Keogan. I am conscious that we have to move on today because of the mass but I will say this: I am from that community and I know the exact case. I know that, tragically and sadly, everything Senator Keogan has said is true. It is a horror. It is an unspeakable event and the events leading to it are unspeakable. I thank Senator Keogan for raising it. I look forward to...

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

Joe O'Reilly: To make it clear to colleagues who have arrived, I am taking the prearranged list first and then will move to give the vacant slots.

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

Joe O'Reilly: I thank the Senator. I certainly relate to that matter because my wife does those checks every day.

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

Joe O'Reilly: I thank the Leader for her responses, particularly the last one. I also thank Senator Keogan. I hope, please God, that we can discuss the matter again because it is beyond serious. Senator Marie Sherlock has moved an amendment to the Order of Business: "That No. 15 be taken before No. 1." Senator Craughwell seconded the amendment. The Leader has indicated that she is prepared to accept...