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Seanad: Special Education Provision: Statements (8 Feb 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: Senator Lombard has a longish two minutes.

Seanad: Special Education Provision: Statements (8 Feb 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: I call the Minister of State to sum up and respond. In so doing, I personally join in welcoming her to the House. She has six minutes.

Seanad: Special Education Provision: Statements (8 Feb 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: There will not be a difficulty if the Minister of State wishes to continue.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Committee for the Executive Office, Northern Ireland Assembly on Impact of Brexit (2 Feb 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank the Chairman and Ms Rachel Breen for their assistance. I was having difficulty connecting at the start. I appreciate their patience and help. I thank the Chairman for calling me even though I have been missing for some of the meeting. Like Senator Ó Donnghaile, I want to make a few comments rather than ask direct questions. I join colleagues in welcoming our guests or,...

Seanad: Response to Covid-19 (Housing, Local Government and Heritage): Statements (1 Feb 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: After that fine address, a little parochialism is allowed.

Seanad: Response to Covid-19 (Housing, Local Government and Heritage): Statements (1 Feb 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank the Senator and salute her personal voluntary work. The next set of speakers all have five minutes each. It will be difficult to get everybody in before the Minister so I ask that Senators please be disciplined for the sake of colleagues. I may have to interrupt speakers to try to get everyone in. Senator Cassells is next to speak. He has five minutes.

Seanad: Response to Covid-19 (Housing, Local Government and Heritage): Statements (1 Feb 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank Senator Cassells for setting an excellent example for everyone to follow.

Seanad: Response to Covid-19 (Housing, Local Government and Heritage): Statements (1 Feb 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: We will get everyone in if everyone follows his example.

Seanad: Response to Covid-19 (Housing, Local Government and Heritage): Statements (1 Feb 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: I call Senator Sharon Keogan, to whom I apologise as she has been waiting. She was not on my list. On a personal level, I want to offer my sympathies to Senator Keogan, who lost her dear mother, Teresa Keogan, last week. Teresa, in her own right, apart from being Sharon's mum, is from a family that has given years of very distinguished public service in County Cavan and very distinguished...

Seanad: Response to Covid-19 (Housing, Local Government and Heritage): Statements (1 Feb 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: I call the Minister. He has ten minutes.

Seanad: Response to Covid-19 (Housing, Local Government and Heritage): Statements (1 Feb 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: As the House must be cleaned, we will have to conclude shortly. I call the Minister to conclude.

Seanad: Response to Covid-19 (Housing, Local Government and Heritage): Statements (1 Feb 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank the Minister.

Seanad: Response to Covid-19 (Housing, Local Government and Heritage): Statements (1 Feb 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: As the Minister said, the Senator will get a written response. I thank all Senators for their co-operation. That concludes statements.

Seanad: Response to Covid-19 (Social Protection): Statements (1 Feb 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: I congratulate the Minister, Deputy Humphreys, personally and on behalf of colleagues, on the great joy in her family on her becoming a grandmother for the first time. I also congratulate Sean and Eva on the birth of their baby boy on 25 January, Arthur Humphreys Egan. It is a very special time in her family. As her colleague, I am delighted to congratulate her on that. I invite the...

Seanad: Response to Covid-19 (Social Protection): Statements (1 Feb 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank Senator Buttimer, who has set a precedent for exemplary timing which I hope will be followed to allow us to allow everyone to speak.

Seanad: Response to Covid-19 (Social Protection): Statements (1 Feb 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: I appreciate the Senator doing that. I want to try to fit in the last two speakers.

Seanad: Response to Covid-19 (Social Protection): Statements (1 Feb 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: Thank you, Senator Currie. You have that well condensed. The Minister has approximately six minutes. We are ordered to be out for 6.45 p.m.

Seanad: Response to Covid-19 (Social Protection): Statements (1 Feb 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank the Minister and all colleagues for their co-operation with this very important debate. The statements are adjourned. When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Medicinal Products Availability (26 Jan 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Niall Collins, to the House and thank him for taking this matter. Like most people, I am not quite sure how to pronounce the name of this drug, Duodopa, but this is my best shot. It is the only flippant remark I can make about this, as it is otherwise a very serious matter. Duodopa is a pump-based system that infuses a liquid form of Parkinson's...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Medicinal Products Availability (26 Jan 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: I am encouraged by this paragraph in the Minister of State's reply: At that time the drugs group made a positive recommendation for reimbursement to the HSE executive management team. This was in the context of the recognised unmet need, the clinical evidence, the cost-effectiveness evidence and the resources available to the HSE. That was in February 2020. I ask the Minister of State...