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Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank Senator Gallagher. Needless to say, we do not want to thwart any discussion or anyone's right to speak to this critical legislation. Senators might exercise personal discretion to allow a lot of people in and allow us to get through all the amendments. I will, therefore, leave that to the good judgment of the speakers. The next speaker on the list is Senator Sherlock.

Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank Senator Sherlock for her contribution and for being so helpful in the fast movement of the debate. I now call on Senator Seery Kearney to speak, please.

Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: That is fine. Can we move on to the amendments, please?

Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: I ask Senator Warfield to allow the Senator to speak without interruption, please.

Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: I ask Senator Seery Kearney to mind her language, please.

Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: The Senator has made her point and I ask her to return to the amendment, please.

Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank the Senator and she has made her point clearly. I call now Senator John McGahon.

Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank Senator McGahon. I call Senator Keogan to respond briefly, please.

Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: We will leave those comments to the record of the House, please, Senator.

Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: We will move on, now. I call on the Minister to speak at this juncture now, please.

Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: That is perfectly understandable.

Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, to the House.

Seanad: Report of Independent Review Group Jadotville: Statements (15 Jul 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: I welcome the apology of the Minister in his contribution. I thank him for his fulsome apology and I hope it gets into the public domain because it is important that we send out the message. I wish to acknowledge that the Minister is initiating the review and the ceremonies he proposes to hold in the autumn. I wish to acknowledge the work of the former Minister of State, Deputy Kehoe. He...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Situation in Belarus: Discussion with Ms Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya (15 Jul 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: I concur in welcoming our distinguished guest. I welcome Ms Tsikhanouskaya home. It is great to have her back with us. I salute her courage. We stand solidly in solidarity with her and with the cause of the approximately 550 political prisoners who are being wrongly criminalised and, as the evidence shows, tortured and brutalised. The entire approach to attacking a peaceful protest was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Pre-Budget Submission: Dóchas (14 Jul 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank our guests for their attendance. They have set out a compelling and heart-rending case across all the areas, and I appreciate that. I wish to comment rather than ask many questions. It behoves all members of the committee to state publicly where we and the committee stand on all this. I endorse your opening remarks, Chairman, which were supported by my two colleagues who...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Emigrant Support Services: Discussion (13 Jul 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank our guests for being with us and, more importantly, for the good work they do across the ocean in the US. It is very important to us. We have very keen bonds of kinship with the US and the people there. This session is very important. I salute the good work of the witnesses. I have been very much aware for a long time of Ciaran Staunton's work and have spoken to him by telephone...

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: Amendments Nos. 4 and 5 are related. Amendment No. 5 is a logical alternative to amendment No. 4. Amendments Nos. 4 and 5 may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: The Senator must be brief.

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: I apologise to Senator Murphy, as I did not call him to speak earlier.

Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Second Stage (9 Jul 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: Is that agreed? Agreed.