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Seanad: School Transport: Motion (21 Sep 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: I have no doubt she will. It is her intention to do so.

Seanad: School Transport: Motion (21 Sep 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: I am finished effectively. My experience in my office is similar to that of everyone else. It is a very difficult issue if they are working and cannot go. It is the usual things a family deals with. Perhaps somebody in the house is ill and they cannot leave.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Regulatory Bodies (22 Sep 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, to the House. It is good to have her here.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Housing Policy (22 Sep 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: I welcome the Minister to the House. The matter I raise is a continuation of a similar theme. Getting the maximum number of people housed is the issue. Housing for All, the Government's multi-annual, multi-euro programme, is aimed at improving Ireland's housing system and delivering more homes for all types of people with all types of housing needs. We are all aware in this House that...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Housing Policy (22 Sep 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: I could not agree more with the Minister of State's latter comments. The current guidelines came into operation in 1999. They have not been updated since 2009. That makes the review and updating of them very urgent. I am happy to note that there is commitment to immediate progress. We should be looking more at modular homes. We should look at timber-framed homes and at building up in...

Seanad: Budget 2023 (Finance): Statements (27 Sep 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Fleming, to the House for statements on budget 2023. He has 12 minutes to address the House.

Seanad: Budget 2023 (Finance): Statements (27 Sep 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: That is crystal clear. I thank the Senator.

Seanad: Budget 2023 (Finance): Statements (27 Sep 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: Thank you. For what might turn out to be a slightly more jaundiced view of the budget, I call Senator Paul Gavan.

Seanad: Budget 2023 (Finance): Statements (27 Sep 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: Already?

Seanad: Budget 2023 (Finance): Statements (27 Sep 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank the Senator but we have to move on, although not because of the sentiment she is expressing. I call Senator Ruane.

Seanad: Budget 2023 (Finance): Statements (27 Sep 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank Senator Ruane. That concludes the official party spokespersons. We now move to the regular speakers, each of whom has five minutes. Some speakers are sharing time. I call Senator Cassells, who has five minutes.

Seanad: Budget 2023 (Finance): Statements (27 Sep 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: As a courtesy, I will let the Senator know he has one minute remaining.

Seanad: Budget 2023 (Finance): Statements (27 Sep 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank Senator Cassells. As we will be tight on time, I ask all Members to co-operate. I call Senator Kyne, who is sharing time with Senator Seery Kearney. Is that agreed by the House? Agreed.

Seanad: Budget 2023 (Finance): Statements (27 Sep 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: We are keeping to time now as if everyone turns up, it will be very tight. I call Senator Murphy.

Seanad: Budget 2023 (Finance): Statements (27 Sep 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank Senator Murphy for being so helpful with the time. We are motoring on. I understand Senator Ahearn is proposing to share time with Senator Burke.

Seanad: Budget 2023 (Finance): Statements (27 Sep 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: Is that agreed with the House?

Seanad: Budget 2023 (Finance): Statements (27 Sep 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: Agreed.

Seanad: Budget 2023 (Finance): Statements (27 Sep 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank the Senator for that different perspective. I call Senator Ollie Crowe, who has been waiting patiently. I apologise; Senator Lynn Boylan is next.

Seanad: Budget 2023 (Finance): Statements (27 Sep 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: Senator Crowe will have another wait.

Seanad: Budget 2023 (Public Expenditure and Reform): Statements (27 Sep 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: Go raibh maith agat, Senator.