Results 1-20 of 126 for cavan speaker:Joe O'Reilly

Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Jan 2013)

Joe O'Reilly: In the three minutes at my disposal I register my concern and protest that County Cavan will lose 13,000 voters when the west Cavan electoral area is removed from County Cavan. Effectively, this is being done to respond to the reasonably held concerns of the Leitrim people. When Leitrim was divided, various associations there expressed their annoyance and made representations. Rightly so....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Oct 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: The second bit of good news from Cavan this morning is that Liberty Insurance is creating 120 new jobs in Cavan town. I joined my colleague, the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Heather Humphreys, in making that announcement. These new workers will join 143 people who are already employed in the company, which is now rooted in Cavan. It understands Cavan has good...

Seanad: Sport and Recreational Development (26 Sep 2007)

Joe O'Reilly: ...ministerial office and wish him continued success in that role. I take the opportunity to welcome to the Visitors Gallery Mr. Seamus O'Reilly, county commissioner of Scouting Ireland in County Cavan, and Mr. Johnny Hancock, county programme co-ordinator of Scouting Ireland for Cavan-Monaghan. With regard to the substantive issue, in 1997 Castle Saunderson was acquired by Scouting Ireland....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments (3 Mar 2015)

Joe O'Reilly: 544. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if Cavan County Council has submitted an application to his Department regarding the release of funding and the taking-over of a housing estate, known as Lisgrey Gardens, at Bailieborough, County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8910/15]

Water Services (No.2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Dec 2013)

Joe O'Reilly: ...for Government and will be defined in a budgetary context each year. There must be an adequate household allowance. I acknowledge the location of the regional headquarters of Irish Water in Cavan town and I am proud of that achievement. I am also proud of our county council team and former executives of the council who had an outstanding record in the delivery of water services and...

Seanad: Order of Business. (5 May 2010)

Joe O'Reilly: Last Friday we had a surreal experience in a local hotel in Cavan. In one room a lovely young couple were celebrating their marriage, while in another hundreds of young people were being told they were going to lose their jobs with Quinn Insurance Limited. It was a dark day for County Cavan and the whole region. Some 900 jobs are at stake around the country, of which 226 are in Cavan town....

Seanad: Restructuring of Vocational Education Committees: Statements (19 Oct 2010)

Joe O'Reilly: Will the college of further studies in Cavan, which is a national centre of excellence, meet its potential if it is to service a big region? Will this be an issue? My colleague from Cavan, Senator Wilson, will speak about our excellent Youthreach services because he has a personal involvement in them. What will happen to them?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Oct 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: Thankfully, it is a good news morning in County Cavan. I was delighted to listen to all the good news from Cavan on the way up the road. I congratulate Virginia International Logistics which has become the first haulier in Ireland to complete a zero-carbon HGV delivery to the Continent. The trucks are fuelled by compressed renewable gas, also known as bio-compressed natural gas to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (11 Jun 2013)

Joe O'Reilly: 262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Cavan will be excluded from the proposed 23 to 1 pupil/teacher ratio in September 2015 on the grounds that it uniquely has high enrolment from areas of disadvantage in Cavan town which is its immediate hinterland and it is the only second level school with a Protestant ethos in the entire county which...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (17 Sep 2014)

Joe O'Reilly: 908. To ask the Minister for Health the details and the total cost of the action plan seeking funding for inpatient and day surgery which was forwarded from Cavan General Hospital to his private office; the number of patients; the exact speciality that would benefit from this funding; and if funding is approved, how quickly can this plan be implemented; the access targets for in-patients-day...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jan 2011)

Joe O'Reilly: ...of Food Harvest 2020 form part of this. We depend on agriculture, the vehicle that will bring about economic restoration. The pig industry forms a major part of the agriculture sector in County Cavan. There are 750 jobs dependent on the pig industry in County Cavan. There has been a 30% increase in feed prices over recent weeks and months and pig farmers are paying this.

Seanad: Insurance Industry (12 Jan 2011)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank my constituency colleague, Senator Wilson, for sharing his time on this crucial issue for our county. I walked in to the Kilmore Hotel in Cavan yesterday and met a crowd of young people who were under enormous stress. They were very strained and concerned about their mortgages, jobs, families and, in many instances, their children. They comprised a large segment of the 497 people...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (27 Nov 2012)

Joe O'Reilly: To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider lifting the recent embargo on a promised podiatry post at Cavan Hospital, sanctioned in April 2012 in view of teh fact that the post was planned as part of the National Footcare Programme and is critical to tackling diabetes foot disease in the community and keeping persons with this complication out of hospital and promised podiatry posts...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Mar 2018)

Joe O'Reilly: ...conditions have damaged the pavement of the roads considerably, creating a network of potholes and, as a result, havoc. It is a serious issue across the country and particularly acute in County Cavan. Up to 96% of the road network in Cavan is made up of smaller county and regional roads. The regional roads linking towns in County Cavan are effectively primary roads for those who work...

Seanad: Flooding: Statements (Resumed) (25 Nov 2009)

Joe O'Reilly: .... It is a horrible thing to happen to anyone. It happened to me once and it is a terrible domestic experience. While this is happening throughout the country, there are certain blackspots. The Cavan-Monaghan constituency is not immune from the problem as there are pockets of flooding. Individuals have been badly affected. This week, one local newspaper carried a front page photograph...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Cross-Border Theatre Projects: Smashing Times Theatre Company (15 Jan 2015)

Joe O'Reilly: I apologise for not being here for the witnesses' presentation. I was stuck in traffic. I wish them well. My colleague from Cavan-Monaghan referred to our Youthreach service. I am glad the witnesses know about it. He was right to say that we have three very good Youthreach centres which attract young people who have opted out of the education system. I support the view that the...

Seanad: Areas of Natural Constraint: Statements (24 May 2017)

Joe O'Reilly: ...to facilitate this debate. The commendable commitment and competence he has brought to his Ministry since he assumed office is widely recognised throughout the sector. I would like to focus on Cavan-Monaghan as a microcosm of the country as a whole and as a great exemplar when we are discussing the ANC scheme. As a result of the designation of both counties in their entirety as areas of...

Seanad: Transport and Tourism: Statements (15 Feb 2017)

Joe O'Reilly: ...a regional and national issue. I refer to the construction of the east-west link, that is, the roadway from Dundalk to Sligo. I am specifically concerned about the section that links Dundalk to Cavan town. The project was granted-aided up to 2014 for preliminary design work. The projected cost of the work is €150 million but the project was not included in the 2015 seven-year...

County Enterprise Boards (Dissolution) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Feb 2014)

Joe O'Reilly: ...under the programme for Government and the Action Plan for Jobs by merging the employment support functions of local agencies and enterprise boards into a single entity or one-stop-shop. Counties Cavan and Monaghan do not benefit from foreign direct investment to the same extent as the eastern counties. The IDA facilitated three visits to County Cavan in 2012 and only two in 2013. Small...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Oct 2007)

Joe O'Reilly: ...of bloated administration in the HSE, cutbacks in renting buildings and wastage in general through a plethora of unnecessary meetings? I am horrified at the decision to remove cancer services from Cavan General Hospital and ask the Leader to convey my horror to the relevant Ministers. What is the timetable for this? What transport arrangements will be put in place to deal with this...