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Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge (Atógáil): An Roinn Talmhaíochta, Bia agus Mara (26 Mar 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: Tá sé i gceist ag an Roinn iarracht a dhéanamh é sin a réiteach.

Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge (Atógáil): An Roinn Talmhaíochta, Bia agus Mara (26 Mar 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: Tá go leor cúrsaí ar siúl ach níl daoine ag teacht suas chun iad a dhéanamh.

Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge (Atógáil): An Roinn Talmhaíochta, Bia agus Mara (26 Mar 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: Tá focal scoir agam faoi sin. Nuair a bhí mise óg, fadó fadó, bhí cuid mhaith de státseirbhísigh ag tnúth le coicís a chaitheamh sa Ghaeltacht. Nuair a bhí mise óg, bhí mo chairde sa Státseirbhís ag rá liom go raibh coicís saor in aisce sa Ghaeltacht acu. Níl sé sin mar an gcéanna fosta....

Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge (Atógáil): An Roinn Talmhaíochta, Bia agus Mara (26 Mar 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: Sin chomh haosta is atáim.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Mar 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: I agree with Senators Ned O’Sullivan and McDowell about the St. Patrick’s Day trips, or visits to use the more appropriate term. One aspect that struck me when I took part as a local authority chairman from my own county was that it means a great deal to our diaspora. These are people we sometimes abandon. To give them a morale boost by meeting them and attending their...

Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Mar 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: I echo the point made by Senator Richmond. The amendment could lose sight of the work that has been done on preparedness for Brexit and the most difficult scenario. While always hoping for the best, all our officials and our Government have been preparing for the worst at all stages. In the context of discussing business preparedness, I pay tribute to my constituency colleague, the...

Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Mar 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: I welcome my fellow Ulsterman, the Minister, Deputy McHugh, to the House. There can hardly be a Minister who is more aware of the awful implications of Brexit than him and anyone from the Border are will have an acute consciousness of the issue and significant concern about it. I understand what Senator Gavan is trying to achieve and nobody would object to the underlying principle of the...

Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Second Stage (12 Mar 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: I join in the welcome to my neighbour, the Minister of State, and the general commendation of her great work and tenacity in this area. It is becoming more problematic by the hour but if the vote is not won tonight, we all have to hope that a crash-out, no-deal Brexit will be ruled out tomorrow. That has to be the next best hope if the vote fails tonight. At that point, the onus remains on...

Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Second Stage (12 Mar 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: We need to continue working for a seamless border. Along with the support of all parties in the Oireachtas, it is a great tribute to our embassy staff and our Ministers that solidarity with us has held across Europe. We need to continue that solidarity to hold while-----

Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Second Stage (12 Mar 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: -----working in every conceivable way to get a benign deal across the line. Of course, we would all dearly love to see this decision rescinded through a referendum, however remote a possibility that might seem at the moment. It is a bad day. There is no such thing as a good Brexit, but we need to try to make the best of a very difficult situation.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Mar 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: I request a special debate on Northern Ireland. I second the proposition of Senator Marshall that we invite those women and others to the House. The remarks made yesterday by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Karen Bradley, were totally crass and out of order-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Mar 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: I take that back.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Mar 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: I do support it. I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach. The Secretary of State's remarks were crass and inappropriate and should not have been made. I hope that, at a minimum, she retracts them and apologises in the House of Commons. It is almost like trying to throw petrol onto a fire that is partly extinguished and trying to reignite it. It is totally out of order.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Mar 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: I support Senator Marshall in the context of bringing the particular group of women to the House but I would also extend the invitation to other groups over a period. It would not be realistic to have them all at one time but I would like to think that, over a period, all of the groups we met could come before the House. I thank Senator Marshall for the kind remarks he made about my input...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Feb 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: No.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Feb 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: I will begin by getting myself some brownie points by congratulating our Chief Whip, Senator McFadden, on a significant event in her life today. That should get me a couple of days off next week, please God.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Feb 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: No, I will let her do that. I am very pleased that after a long campaign on my part, initially raising it in this House and the Leader bringing the matter to the Minister, today members of the National Transport Authority, NTA, appearing before the transport committee, are suggesting that we supplement taxis and hackneys in the country to work the country's less profitable shifts. I have...

Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge (Atógáil): Feidhmeannacht na Seirbhíse Sláinte (26 Feb 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: Caithfidh mé imeacht. Slán libh.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: I ask the Leader to invite the Minister for Rural and Community Development, Deputy Ring, to the House for a comprehensive afternoon discussion on rural Ireland and all the issues that pertain thereto. I emphasise that the good news in all of that will be that we have a vibrant rural Ireland and that many great things are happening there, although we would want to fill any deficits that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: General Scheme of the Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment (19 Feb 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: What are the implications for the North-South interconnector in a post no-deal Brexit scenario, particularly in light of the rejection of planning for the interconnector in the North? Would a new agreement between North and South be necessary following a crash-out, no deal Brexit? Would we be back to the drawing board? What would happen to the interconnector if there is an agreed...