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Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)

Kathryn Reilly: I move amendment No. 5: In page 55, to delete lines 13 to 26.We oppose this section and do not believe the so-called conservation grant is anything other than a concession forced from the Government by opposition to water charges and Irish Water.The proposed database is simply another means to force consumers to register in order to be billed.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Sep 2015)

Kathryn Reilly: Yesterday on the Order of Business, and indeed this morning, we heard about the €30 million of rural funding that was announced. I know the Leader was asked yesterday to have a debate on rural Ireland and this issue. The package that was announced by the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Alan Kelly, and the Minister of State, Deputy Ann Phelan, at...

Seanad: Pre-Budget Outlook: Statements (30 Sep 2015)

Kathryn Reilly: I welcome this afternoon's debate and I will try to be brief with my comments. I have a great deal to get through. Speaking about recovery would seem like crazy talk to many people, given the struggle everyday life remains for working families, those looking for a job or those who may be caring for others, as was discussed earlier. We in Sinn Féin are under no illusion: recovery is...

Seanad: Pre-Budget Outlook: Statements (30 Sep 2015)

Kathryn Reilly: I feel privileged that I am the only person being talked over here this afternoon. The argument about savings is redundant following EUROSTAT's comprehensive destruction of the attempt by the Government to have Irish Water counted off the books. The abolition of water charges is not only fair but also achievable and affordable. The Sinn Féin vision for a fairer tax system will mean...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects Status (1 Oct 2015)

Kathryn Reilly: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. The Holy Family school in Cootehill is very much still in limbo with regard to funding for the provision of new school accommodation. I seem to have received the same reply every time I have raised this issue since I became a Member of the House. There does not seem to be any commitment to make financial provision for this project. This year...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects Status (1 Oct 2015)

Kathryn Reilly: I thank the Minister of State for taking this Commencement matter. In the response it was mentioned that there was a 24% increase this year over the past five years. This would meet the criteria of trying to deal with significant demographic growth. I mentioned in my own contribution that because demand keeps rising, the school has to keep changing the goalposts. It was mentioned that a...

Seanad: State Claims Agency: Motion (7 Oct 2015)

Kathryn Reilly: There are parts of this Private Members' motion which Sinn Féin supports, including the call for an open practice of acknowledgement of wrongdoing by the State in instances where it, its agents or those employed to deliver its services have been responsible for wrongdoing or injury. There are other aspects of the motion, however, that we do not support, including its commendation of the...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects Expenditure (8 Oct 2015)

Kathryn Reilly: I welcome the Minister of State back to the House. On 30 September 2015, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Howlin, was in this House to speak on the budget. On health, education and social protection he said, "Our commitment to our citizens in these areas requires that we consider these trends into the future and make plans accordingly." Later in his speech, on the...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects Expenditure (8 Oct 2015)

Kathryn Reilly: I thank the Minister of State for his response and welcome the clarity provided therein. I welcome in particular that the approach taken by the Department is to identify the need for additional school places and then to examine the capacity of existing schools in the area to cater for the overall level of demand. I welcome also the Minister of State's clarification that the plan will...

Seanad: Budget 2016: Statements (13 Oct 2015)

Kathryn Reilly: Senator Gilroy mentioned that the Opposition would be scrambling for something to criticise. Unfortunately, some people did not have to look very far to find criticism in the budget. I will go through some of that later. The key to any budget day announcement is that there should be some long-term programme, because only then will we be able to see how the details of any budget service that...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: North-South Interconnector (22 Oct 2015)

Kathryn Reilly: I thank the Minister for coming into the House this morning to take this Commencement Matter. The issue of the North-South interconnector is one which I, and other Senators and Deputies, have raised over the past number of years. The North-South interconnector planning application by EirGrid is poised to have a huge detrimental impact all across the north-east area. It is a project that...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: North-South Interconnector (22 Oct 2015)

Kathryn Reilly: Does the Minister believe there was a failure to consider the undergrounding option, in particular now that EirGrid has conceded that undergrounding is feasible but that it had not examined a specific route along roads for the North-South interconnector? Does he believe it is time to carry out an objective analysis? If such an analysis was to be carried out and undergrounding was considered...

Seanad: National Mortgage and Housing Corporation Bill 2015: Second Stage (4 Nov 2015)

Kathryn Reilly: Like other Senators, I thank Senator Barrett for all the hard work that he and his team have put into drafting this Bill. I also thank Senators Quinn and Crown who proposed the Bill. As has been mentioned, the Bill deals with an issue of major social importance but it is also politically and economically important. The aim of the Bill is admirable. It seeks to create a system where...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Economic and Monetary Union: Discussion (4 Nov 2015)

Kathryn Reilly: I have brief question on the fiscal union. In the presentation, Mr. Tutty referred to the suggestion that was made on the "euro area treasury where collective decision making would take place" and he noted the report does not spell out what decisions would need to be taken collectively and this is an area in which early discussion be desirable. Where do the witnesses envisage this...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Services for People with Disabilities (12 Nov 2015)

Kathryn Reilly: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, for coming to the House. I am raising this matter because of responses received by several families in the Cavan-Monaghan area about physical and occupational therapy assessment waiting lists. One particular letter, dated 4 November, advised that the waiting time for these assessments was 29 months. Owing to these backlogs in...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Services for People with Disabilities (12 Nov 2015)

Kathryn Reilly: I thank the Minister of State for her reply. When will the national caseload capacity review be concluded and what actions are likely to be taken arising out of its conclusions? Also, the Minister of State mentioned that the Cavan-Monaghan implementation plan for progressing disability services for children and young people proposes to establish a network of paediatric teams at primary care...

Seanad: Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Second Stage (12 Nov 2015)

Kathryn Reilly: Together with other Senators, I welcome the Minister of State to the House and I will try to be brief in my comments. As stated previously, this miscellaneous provisions Bill is a mishmash of a few different issues all in one and I will deal with each element in turn. First, in respect of the Single Resolution Mechanism, all Members are aware it has been considerably more than half a decade...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2015)

Kathryn Reilly: I welcome the Minister of State to the House to discuss this legislation, particularly in light of announcements in recent weeks. We have known for a number of years that a shortage of housing and an absence of meaningful rent regulations were leading to continual and unsustainable rent increases across the State. As Senator van Turnhout mentioned, data from daft.ieshow that, since...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2015)

Kathryn Reilly: I move amendment No. 27:In page 10, between lines 14 and 15, to insert the following:“6. Section 12 of the Principal Act is amended in subsection (1) by inserting the following:“(i) provide that the dwelling shall have access to suitable and adequate pest and vermin proof refuse storage facilities, which shall be provided in such a manner so as not to be visible from the public...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2015)

Kathryn Reilly: In light of what the Minister of State said, particularly on storage facilities and the planning process, I will not press the amendment this time.