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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Jul 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: It would have been helpful if that had been put into the record last week to avoid creating confusion for the public.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Jul 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank Mr. Ó hÓbáin for making that clear. Would the Department be happy to come back to the committee in writing if there is any other testimony it wishes to provide a comment on or if there are issues which occur either to members or the officials that were not covered today due to the constraints of the debate? This is a very serious matter. It raises enormous questions...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Jul 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: Yes. In so far as it can be achieved without losing the sense, I ask that it be put in language that is suitable to send to the people who elected us and which they can read.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Jul 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: It is all about them. I thank the witnesses.

Seanad: Climate Action Plan: Statements (4 Jul 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank the Acting Chairman-----

Seanad: Climate Action Plan: Statements (4 Jul 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: I do not mind, I am happy to wait.

Seanad: Climate Action Plan: Statements (4 Jul 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: It was my pleasure. We could not deny the House the Senator's eloquence.

Seanad: Climate Action Plan: Statements (4 Jul 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: I welcome my colleague, the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Deputy Bruton. If the Action Plan for Jobs, which he initiated, launched, supervised and managed, is a yardstick or indicator as to what will happen in this instance, we can be extraordinarily optimistic. It is good that we have clear objectives of meeting our 2030 target and reaching zero emissions by...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Travellers Towards a More Equitable Ireland Post-Recognition: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: It would be important to show no displays of mediocrity after that.

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Travellers Towards a More Equitable Ireland Post-Recognition: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank the Chairman for that endorsement. I welcome our visitors, the Traveller people, who are with us today. It is historic, as my colleague, Senator Ó Ríordáin, stated earlier. It is wonderful that they are here. It is also wonderful that it is a public session. I warmly welcome them and endorse it, and I hope it is part of an ongoing dialogue. I commend my...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Travellers Towards a More Equitable Ireland Post-Recognition: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: I anticipated the Chairman's interruption.

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Travellers Towards a More Equitable Ireland Post-Recognition: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: They are the victims of prejudice and ignorance on the part of our community. We should begin by admitting that and that there is much wrong at our end. It is an important starting point. There is no point in avoiding that or dressing it up in any other form. The onus is on us as community leaders to try to lessen that. I served on the Traveller accommodation committee on my local...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Travellers Towards a More Equitable Ireland Post-Recognition: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: I understand the Traveller community has a problem with bullying in secondary schools but I would like to ask the witnesses about the transition to secondary. How is that transition evolving? At the stage where I was leaving teaching, there was a movement into secondary education of a greater degree. There is bullying there and there are also some barriers. I would like to ask them about...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: ESB Networks: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: I welcome Mr. O'Loughlin and acknowledge his very successful career in the ESB. He referred to propane gas and stated he found serious shortfalls in the areas of fluid-filled cables, sulphur reporting and flexible earths. He then went through a list. He acknowledges that the position has changed in each case. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: ESB Networks: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: Somebody watching these proceedings could reasonably ask where is Mr. O’Loughlin’s evidence that the same results could not have been achieved within normal structures in the ESB and without a public outcry about this.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: ESB Networks: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: Did Mr. O'Loughlin investigate all opportunities before he went down this route? Is he convinced beyond reasonable doubt that he tried every opportunity to work within the structures to achieve the same objectives?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: ESB Networks: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: Is he absolutely sure of that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: ESB Networks: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: It has occurred to me that there was a degree of reform and ongoing improvement in the company's health and safety and structure, which was necessary. Mr. O'Loughlin was right in his fundamental analysis but this was happening and the company was improving. Were Mr. O'Loughlin's actions necessary to achieving that? Was that process likely to happen anyway? How sure is Mr. O'Loughlin that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: ESB Networks: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: I am happy with that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: The questions I have relate to Mr. Godfrey's last answer to Deputy Dooley. They are repetitive to a degree but it is important that we get this clear and that I understand what ComReg is doing. Does ComReg regulation go as far as state regulation? Does ComReg deal with state aid?