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Seanad: Appointments to State Boards: Statements (22 Jan 2015)

Kathryn Reilly: I do not think such people should be barred. I could mention some other appointments that have been made by this Government. Just days before a Cabinet reshuffle-----

Seanad: Appointments to State Boards: Statements (22 Jan 2015)

Kathryn Reilly: I am about to touch on that. The Senator should not worry. I would never-----

Seanad: Appointments to State Boards: Statements (22 Jan 2015)

Kathryn Reilly: I will be very brief.

Seanad: Appointments to State Boards: Statements (22 Jan 2015)

Kathryn Reilly: I am ready for Senator Landy. As a member of an all-island party, I have to acknowledge the question of North-South bodies.

Seanad: Appointments to State Boards: Statements (22 Jan 2015)

Kathryn Reilly: Before last year's Cabinet reshuffle, the then Minister, Deputy Rabbitte, appointed a by-election candidate and a former Fine Gael Deputy to Bord na Móna. That is just once instance. I will touch on the issue of appointments to North-South implementation bodies because it has been brought up. I do not want to be misrepresented. These bodies were established under the implementation...

Seanad: Appointments to State Boards: Statements (22 Jan 2015)

Kathryn Reilly: They are mandated. I am sure the Labour Party can veto it.

Seanad: Appointments to State Boards: Statements (22 Jan 2015)

Kathryn Reilly: Other public appointments in the North are actually made on merit. They are monitored and regulated by the Commissioner for Public Appointments for Northern Ireland, who is independent of both government and the civil service there. The purpose of the public appointments process that was established in the North is to appoint the most suitable candidate for any post. The candidate in...

Seanad: Central Bank (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (22 Jan 2015)

Kathryn Reilly: I will try to keep my comments brief. I also welcome the Minister to the House. Sinn Féin welcomes the inquiry into the bank guarantee as it provides an opportunity to delve into those aspects of the bank guarantee and the financial crisis that have not been explored in detail to date and to get to the crux of the power in the Irish State. The terms of reference of the inquiry were...

Seanad: Irish Collective Asset-management Vehicles Bill 2014: Second Stage (3 Feb 2015)

Kathryn Reilly: I will be brief. Much of the content has been covered this evening and during the passage of the Bill through the Dáil. My party will support this legislation. In the course of the debate in this House and in the Dáil we heard a great deal of praise for a certain industry, with which many people might not be familiar. It is an industry that has a great deal of influence. In...

Seanad: Overseas Development: Statements (4 Feb 2015)

Kathryn Reilly: I welcome the Minister of State to the House, and I welcome this timely debate on overseas development aid in this European Year of Development. Irish Aid, which has long been a central pillar of our foreign policy, retains wide cross-party support. As a post-colonial State which has faced serious food security issues, an Gorta Mór, poverty and underdevelopment, we are uniquely placed...

Seanad: Overseas Development: Statements (4 Feb 2015)

Kathryn Reilly: I am raising general concerns as opposed to making accusations, but I thank the Minister of State for touching on the issue and I look forward to his response once the other Senators have spoken. Although Ireland is renowned for tackling hunger, perhaps we are not seen to be doing enough to tackle climate change, which is the leading cause of food insecurity. The Climate Action and Low...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Dental Services Provision (5 Feb 2015)

Kathryn Reilly: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. A plethora of issues and challenges for young people's health, such as the obesity crisis, are emerging these days. Dental health is just as much an essential issue when it comes to ensuring the future well-being of our citizens. As we all know, dental complications can lead to serious illness and disease. If the Government is serious about...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Dental Services Provision (5 Feb 2015)

Kathryn Reilly: The Minister of State is replying on behalf of her colleague, the Minister for Health, Deputy Varadkar. I ask that she brings to the attention of the Minister my queries about the arrears for children aged 11 to 13 years in Virginia County Cavan and the time line for the commencement of screening.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2015)

Kathryn Reilly: In an article in today's edition of The Irish Times, the Minister of State, Deputy Dara Murphy, who has responsibility for data protection, was asked - I think it was before the recess - about the revelations by leaked documents from whistleblower Edward Snowden that the British spy agency, GCHQ, routinely spied on Irish communications passing over the major subsea telecommunications cables...

Seanad: Regulation of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Feb 2015)

Kathryn Reilly: I move amendment No. 15: In page 7, to delete lines 1 and 2 and substitute the following:“(a) the person has one or more full-time employees and the relevant communications are made primarily to represent the interests of the employer,”.I will be brief because this was also discussed in the other House. The proposed exclusion of lobbying by groups with ten or fewer employees,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Possible Exit of UK from European Union: Colm McCarthy (10 Feb 2015)

Kathryn Reilly: I welcome Mr. McCarthy. In an article he wrote in June last year, he described the response of the Irish Government as a familiar sleep walking routine, with no urgency brought to preparing for contingencies. He suggested today that it should seek to be involved in pre-referendum discussions as well as post-referendum negotiations. In terms of contingency planning, what would he like to...

Seanad: Betting (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (11 Feb 2015)

Kathryn Reilly: This is an amendment my colleague, Deputy Pearse Doherty, proposed in the Dáil. It is a straightforward deletion of an outdated and never implemented section of the Act. While it was not accepted on Committee Stage in the Dáil, I am glad that it is now being proposed by the Government. If one told people that they were in breach of the Betting Act every time they placed a bet on...

Seanad: Betting (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (11 Feb 2015)

Kathryn Reilly: I move amendment No. 16: In page 41, between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following:"39.The Minister shall, within 3 months of the passing of this Act, present to the Houses of the Oireachtas a report on his or her future plans for betting duty and the funding of the horse racing and greyhound racing industries and his or her plans for taxation of other areas of gambling.".I am aware that...

Seanad: Private Rental Sector: Motion (11 Feb 2015)

Kathryn Reilly: I welcome the Minister of State. I would like to address very briefly news reports from this evening on comments made by the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Alan Kelly, who called on social justice campaigner, Fr. Peter McVerry, to be more positive in his comments on the housing and homelessness crisis. However, as we are all aware, Fr. Peter McVerry,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Possible Exit of UK from European Union: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Feb 2015)

Kathryn Reilly: I have a number of questions on agriculture and North-South economic relations. With regard to food labelling, a voluntary beef label was agreed in November 2014 under the voluntary label scheme to deal with the issue of nomad cattle. How do the witnesses think a British exit would affect the market for beef from mixed-origin cattle such as those which are traditionally exported to the...