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Seanad: Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No. 2) Bill 2020: Second Stage (30 Jul 2020)

Joe O'Reilly: I call on the Minister of State to speak and congratulate him formally.

Seanad: Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No. 2) Bill 2020: Second Stage (30 Jul 2020)

Joe O'Reilly: Can we allow Senator Gavan to speak, please?

Seanad: Education: Statements (28 Jul 2020)

Joe O'Reilly: I congratulate and welcome the Minister. The biggest challenge is the one on which she embarked yesterday and she has made a great start. Could the Minister address the issues raised by Mr. John McGowan of the Teachers Union of Ireland, TUI, today? It was disturbing to hear him talk about staggered opening. I ask the Minister to try to minimise that. It is great to hear that we will have...

Seanad: Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020: Second Stage (28 Jul 2020)

Joe O'Reilly: I congratulate the Minister on her appointment. This is my first chance to do so in a public forum. We are particularly proud of her in the region I come from, as we are near neighbours. I also endorse the remarks of Senator Martin, as echoed by Senator Ardagh, on the Chief Justice. He is a very reforming Chief Justice and it merits recognition here. Senator Martin is my near neighbour...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Jul 2020)

Joe O'Reilly: Ireland's leadership in the battle against Covid-19 and our continued vigilance is something to be proud of but I recommend to the Leader that we would have a rolling debate on it in the Seanad and that we keep it under constant review.In particular, it is about the way we will cope with the dreaded second surge. We will have to be ready for that possibility and for the winter flu season,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Jul 2020)

Joe O'Reilly: If one issue emerged clearly from Covid-19, it is that we must readdress how we do care of the elderly. That is incumbent on us now. In that context, I ask our Leader to arrange a debate with the relevant Minister or Ministers, as the case may be, regarding having a coherent approach to this matter. There are three dimensions to this issue. First, there is the question of the...

Seanad: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (7 Jul 2020)

Joe O'Reilly: I wanted to rise to join in the support of and the good wishes to Senator Buttimer. At the outset, I acknowledge the presence in the Chamber of his husband, Conchobhar, whom I briefly met today and I had met briefly in the past. I want to wish him well today. It is a big day for both of them. I also want to pay tribute to the rest of Jerry's family. I know that Jerry's brother, John, was...

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (29 Jun 2020)

Joe O'Reilly: Ar dtús báire, déanaim comhghairdeas leis an gCathaoirleach. Níl amhras ar bith agam ná go ndéanfaidh sé jab den chéad scoth agus go mbeidh sé díograiseach, ionraic agus féaráilte agus é á dhéanamh. Táim cinnte faoi sin. Guím rath Dé ar a obair. I congratulate you on your election to this prestigious...

Seanad: An Bille Sláinte (Caomhnú agus Cosaint agus Bearta Éigeandála eile ar mhaithe le Leas an Phobail), 2020: An Dara Céim - Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Bill 2020: Second Stage (20 Mar 2020)

Joe O'Reilly: I think it is a universal view, thankfully, but I pay tribute to the Taoiseach and Tánaiste for their leadership in this extraordinary time. The Minister for Health has been doing a huge job. As the Leader said earlier, many people regard what he is doing very highly.I commend my constituency colleague, the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Humphreys, on the work...

Seanad: Business of Seanad: Motion (21 Jan 2020)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank the Cathaoirleach. I wish to start where he left off in his remarks. I want to thank him for the pleasure of working with him and the guidance and leadership he has given the Seanad over the last few years. As the Cathaoirleach said, he and I do go back a long time. We began here, I think, together, and hopefully we are not finished here yet. It has been a pleasure to work with...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Dec 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: I join with the words of heartfelt sympathy across the House to the family of Cormac Ó Braonáin, a brilliant young man. It is such a tragedy. I offer our sympathy to his colleagues in the Labour Party. He is a great loss to Ireland and more particularly to his family. We need idealistic young people like him. I congratulate John Finucane on his election in Northern Ireland. I...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Dec 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: I ask the Leader to arrange for the relevant Minister - I presume it is the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment in this instance but the Leader will identify the correct Minister - to come into the House to discuss the need to build more timber-framed buildings. We need more houses built from timber grown in Irish forests to help us reach our climate change targets....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Dec 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: It is a very large number. It is projected that we need 250,000 new homes in the coming years. A large number of those houses could be built using timber. The issue I want to address is our allowing allow office complexes, schools or taller buildings to be built using a timber frame. My understanding is that the current regulations prohibit buildings that extend to a certain number of...

Seanad: Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Bill 2019: Second and Subsequent Stages (4 Dec 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank the Cathaoirleach Gníomhach. I welcome the Minister of State, who is a regular visitor to this House and engages with us in a very frank, open and fruitful way. I have no doubt that this occasion will be no different. As he said in his concluding remarks, there was all-party agreement on the Bill in the Dáil and I have every reason to believe it will, and should, be the...

Seanad: Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Bill 2019: Second and Subsequent Stages (4 Dec 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: Now.

Seanad: Civil Law (Costs in Probate Matters) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (4 Dec 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: I welcome the Minister to the House, yet again. He is developing a relative familiarity with these walls, the ceiling, etc.

Seanad: Civil Law (Costs in Probate Matters) Bill 2017: Order for Report Stage (4 Dec 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: When is it proposed to take Report Stage?

Seanad: Civil Law (Costs in Probate Matters) Bill 2017: Order for Report Stage (4 Dec 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: I am advised that we cannot do that. Would the Senator like to propose next Tuesday?

Seanad: Civil Law (Costs in Probate Matters) Bill 2017: Order for Report Stage (4 Dec 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank Senator McDowell. Not only have we advanced significant legislation, but we have begun the formal campaign for the reinterment of Henry Grattan this evening as well.

Seanad: Civil Law (Costs in Probate Matters) Bill 2017: Order for Report Stage (4 Dec 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: When is it proposed to sit again?