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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...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Jan 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: The programme for Government and the 2021 legislative programme reference the introduction of a gambling control Bill. When it is it proposed to bring forth that Bill and will the Leader indicate if the Government is willing to ensure its speedy passage to enactment? While 64% of our population engage in some gambling, some 29,000 people do so problematically to a level that damages the...

Seanad: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (26 Jan 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: Given the gravity of the issue, I indulged Senator Ó Donnghaile. I call Senator Flynn.

Seanad: Report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation: Statements (Resumed) (26 Jan 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: I informally said to the Cathaoirleach earlier that nothing could be more apt than Senator Boyhan, who has been so courageous and eloquent in his own testimony, chairing this session. I welcome the Minister. I have listened to him on many occasions and I know he is patently sincere and committed to doing the right thing. Two parallel approaches to the report of the commission are needed....

Seanad: Report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation: Statements (19 Jan 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: I draw the House's attention to the fact that from now on speeches will be six minutes, as per the Order of the House. I asked Senators to co-operate with this as a number of people are waiting to speak. Colleagues have come up to me to say they will have no chance to speak if people do not respect this.

Seanad: Report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation: Statements (19 Jan 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: By way of clarification and lest there be any misunderstanding, I exhort to let everyone here get an opportunity but there will also be an opportunity next week. I should have said that earlier. We continue on this next week, given the gravity of what we are discussing.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Dec 2020)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank the Cathaoirleach for affording me the privilege of saying the last word. I wish him a very happy Christmas and a good 2021. It is a pleasure to work with him in my role as Leas-Chathaoirleach. I wish our Leader and all my colleagues across the House a good Christmas. There is tremendous commitment in this Seanad. There is also great dedication and genuine ambition to do the...

Seanad: Appropriation Bill 2020: Second Stage (18 Dec 2020)

Joe O'Reilly: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Ossian Smyth.

Seanad: Appropriation Bill 2020: Second Stage (18 Dec 2020)

Joe O'Reilly: I omitted to point out that Senators have five minutes each. I do not think that presents a challenge.