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Seanad: Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (16 Jun 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: There is no requirement to do so.

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (16 Jun 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: It is my pleasure to welcome the Minister, Deputy McEntee, to the House. As Senator Wall has said, we have had two Ministers today on this important topic. Now that all the Senators' contributions have been made on Second Stage, I invite the Minister to respond.

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (16 Jun 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (16 Jun 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Jun 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: Without entering the debate, I endorse the eloquent words of Senators Buttimer and Wall in regard to complimenting our excellent Garda force and expressing the confidence of the Upper House in it.

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Jun 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: We could jokingly accuse the Senator of nepotism in this matter but we will not do so.

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Jun 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: When is it proposed to take the next Stage?

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Jun 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Jun 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: When is it proposed to take the next Stage?

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Jun 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: UN Women's Peace & Humanitarian Fund: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank our guests and welcome them to the meeting. The illegal war in Ukraine has impacted particularly strongly on women and children. It is obviously also impacting on the men who have remained in Ukraine to fight but among the more than six million who have been displaced, many are women and children. That is a particular form of barbarism and is tragedy. The committee is very much...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (28 Jun 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: Good morning colleagues and welcome to the debate on Commencement matters. I begin by welcoming the pupils and their teacher in the Visitors Gallery. It is wonderful to have them here observing the Seanad. We hope you will find some of it a bit interesting. We do not expect to enjoy it all. You are all very welcome.I have received notice from Senator Eugene Murphy that, on the motion for...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Dental Services (28 Jun 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: It is my pleasure to welcome my colleague and somebody I was proud to serve with in the Seanad, the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Frankie Feighan. Appropriately enough, the first matter for the Minister of State is from Senator Eugene Murphy.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Accommodation (28 Jun 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: Beidh an focal scoir ag an Aire Stáit le do thoil.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Accommodation (28 Jun 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: We will debate Senator McGahon's Commencement matter after the next matter. Is that okay?

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Energy Infrastructure (28 Jun 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: It is my pleasure to welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Ossian Smyth, to the House.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs (28 Jun 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank the Senator emeritus and Minister of State, Deputy Feighan, for being with us for a long morning. I also thank Senator McGahon for raising the matter in the first instance. I welcome the visitor in the Gallery. It is good to have her here. I am sure she will have noticed that all politics is local.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs (28 Jun 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: My apologies for cutting the Senator short. I was trying to give the Minister of State a break.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Jun 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: Before Senator Doherty announces the Order of Business, I welcome our guests in the Visitors Gallery. It is lovely to have them here.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Jun 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: While I have no difficulty agreeing with everything the Senator raised, I will only reference his remarks regarding the events in Kyiv. We all stand in horror at that. It is subhuman and blights humanity.