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Seanad: Loneliness Task Force Report: Statements (13 Feb 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: I welcome my colleague and friend, the Minister of State, Deputy Jim Daly. I commend the very real engagement he has with his brief and with this whole area. I am aware that he is very serious about dealing with the whole mental health area. I also commend and genuinely congratulate my colleague, Senator Swanick, on taking this initiative, setting up the task force and producing this...

Seanad: Loneliness Task Force Report: Statements (13 Feb 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: People have electric gates now.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: I ask the Leader to invite my fellow Ulster man, whom I am very happy to congratulate on his appointment, the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy McHugh, to the House to discuss the CAO applications process. As everyone knows, the CAO is the mechanism by which we assess and allocate college places, based on a points system related to performances across academic subjects. I want to...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2018)

Joe O'Reilly: At the outset, I wish all the staff of the House and all of my colleagues a very happy, peaceful and joyful Christmas. I endorse the words of Senator Leyden and Senator McDowell on the events in Roscommon and the pending rally there at the weekend. I have more than a minor connection with County Roscommon in the form of strong family ties. It is important we call publicly for peace and...

Seanad: Conflict in Yemen: Motion (19 Dec 2018)

Joe O'Reilly: I support and welcome the motion. I congratulate her on bringing it forward. It is no harm to read into the record of the House as quickly as I can the scale of the crisis in figures from the UN and various agencies working with it. A total of 22.2 million people, which is 75% of the population, have a level of need. There are 2 million displaced persons, 89% of whom have been displaced...

Seanad: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Dec 2018)

Joe O'Reilly: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Phelan.

Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge: Tusla (18 Dec 2018)

Joe O'Reilly: Cuirim fáilte roimh na finnéithe go léir. Tá sean aithne agam ar an Uasal Smyth. Tá brón orm nach raibh mé anseo níos luaithe chun an cur i láthair a chloisteáil. Le bheith lán dáiríre, tá an-mheas agam ar an saghas oibre a dhéanann Tusla go laethúil. Tá mo mhac ag déanamh eolaíocht...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (18 Dec 2018)

Joe O'Reilly: I support Senator McDowell's amendments due to a number of practical operational considerations. A point which has not yet been made is that we could damage the perception of our country with regard to inward investment by multinational companies, which could be apprehensive about a country with a precarious energy future and disputation about it. It is worthy of mention that there are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (18 Dec 2018)

Joe O'Reilly: If I understand matters correctly, going ahead with measures to make wave energy projects commercially viable using the great resource we have available and the development of offshore wind energy projects is not contradictory. We can proceed with that agenda while recognising the practical need in the interim for oil and gas exploration. The level of dependency will reduce constantly. It...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (18 Dec 2018)

Joe O'Reilly: That is an outrageous comment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (18 Dec 2018)

Joe O'Reilly: We cannot do it all.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Dec 2018)

Joe O'Reilly: I will raise one substantive issue before referring to the issue raised by Senator Bacik. There is an issue in rural Ireland at the moment.I want the Leader to respond to this and put it to the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment. There is an issue with mobile coverage in rural Ireland. It is very sporadic and there are blackspots. One can drive to areas where...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Review of Procurement Process for National Broadband Plan: Discussion (6 Dec 2018)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank the Chairman and I thank colleagues for the indulgence. I have another engagement to attend but I might get back before the end of this meeting. We all appreciate that this may go on. I may not hear Mr. Smyth's direct answer but I will read the transcript. I have four simple questions that people have asked me on the streets or in conversation. People who elect us ask about this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Review of Procurement Process for National Broadband Plan: Discussion (6 Dec 2018)

Joe O'Reilly: In practical terms, it could not have happened.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Joe O'Reilly: I am sure we all join in those good wishes and salute the students and their teachers. It is a very special occasion.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Joe O'Reilly: Recommendation No. 9 has been ruled out of order as it has the potential to impose a charge on the people.

Seanad: Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (5 Dec 2018)

Joe O'Reilly: It is my pleasure to welcome my neighbour, the Minister of State, Deputy McEntee to the House. I applaud the effective way in which she represents our country on the international stage and particularly in Europe. I am impressed by the way in which we are going about this business today because this is an extraordinarily sensitive topic. We are talking here about a very difficult...

Seanad: Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (5 Dec 2018)

Joe O'Reilly: I am happy to congratulate Senator Black on bringing forward a major Private Members' motion in her first term in the Seanad. It is a great achievement as a legislator and I wish her well. We approach this from the best perspective and, as a Government, we will work every day to bring peace and justice to the Middle East.

Seanad: Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (5 Dec 2018)

Joe O'Reilly: Tomorrow at 10.30 a.m.

Seanad: Annual National Transition Statement on Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (4 Dec 2018)

Joe O'Reilly: I welcome the Minister of State. I take the science as a given - there are no climate deniers left - so I will simply mention a few practical issues. We should have community-based local microgeneration in order that, as was the case with the co-ops of old, small communities would have small wind turbines which serve them and which provide them with free electricity. The excess could then...