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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (12 Jun 2018)

Joe O'Reilly: I join in the welcome that my colleagues have given the witnesses. Their engagement has been informative and well presented without being patronising. Our remit as committee members, parliamentarians and representatives of our communities is to ensure, first, that the country has blanket coverage and everyone has equal access to high-speed broadband akin to the rural electrification of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (12 Jun 2018)

Joe O'Reilly: Would Mr. Lupton mind repeating that part?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (12 Jun 2018)

Joe O'Reilly: The €4 million-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (12 Jun 2018)

Joe O'Reilly: They are taking €4 million more from the operators.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (12 Jun 2018)

Joe O'Reilly: It is currently very harmless.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (12 Jun 2018)

Joe O'Reilly: It would not affect Mr. Lupton's members.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (12 Jun 2018)

Joe O'Reilly: Perhaps Mr. O'Dwyer will explain how the telecommunications operators achieve that in practice? How can that interference in Eir be made?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (12 Jun 2018)

Joe O'Reilly: Does Mr. O'Dwyer believe this price needs to be reviewed by the regulator?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (12 Jun 2018)

Joe O'Reilly: It will cost the taxpayers of Ireland either way.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (12 Jun 2018)

Joe O'Reilly: I mean both consumers and taxpayers will have to pay the subsidy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (12 Jun 2018)

Joe O'Reilly: Is there is a big onus on public representatives to ensure that there are efficiencies, proper regulation and that things are being done as cost effectively as possible given that the taxpayer must pay either way and in both ways?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (12 Jun 2018)

Joe O'Reilly: I suppose that is where the regulatory issue comes in.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 May 2018)

Joe O'Reilly: I welcome the extension of the hours during which rural link buses operate. They are extending until 11 p.m. at night on a couple of days at the weekend on a pilot basis over a considerable part of the country, including five routes in my constituency of Cavan-Monaghan. It is a good initiative because we have a real problem with rural isolation and people who are not able to access a social...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Implementation of National Mitigation Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2018)

Joe O'Reilly: I welcome our guests and will begin with a comment. We have to strike a balance. Effectively, we are close to full employment. A few days ago approximately 800 permits were permitted for non-EU nationals to come to work in Ireland. That is a wonderful development for them and the country. It is part of our responsibilities, as legislators and leaders, to balance the need to have people...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Implementation of National Mitigation Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2018)

Joe O'Reilly: A motion on my area of responsibility will be taken in the Seanad at 5.30 p.m. and I have no option but to leave. I will read the responses to my question in the Official Report. It is a pity that is how it worked out. I had asked about microgeneration and wind energy. The areas the North-South interconnector will pass through are Monaghan, north Meath and part of Cavan. The people...

Seanad: European Court Decision: Motion (16 May 2018)

Joe O'Reilly: One has to recognise that these men were detained in the absence of any due process, judicial process or a proper charging system. It is very important to recognise that. Torture is not acceptable in any way, but it is important to say that what happened in this case is aggravated by the fact that no proper processes were observed. There were no procedures adhered to and the men were not...

Seanad: European Court Decision: Motion (16 May 2018)

Joe O'Reilly: I want to make the House aware that the Attorney General and Government have to factor that in. My party will accept the motion. It understands the gravity of the situation and has no objection, in principle, philosophically or any other way, to going through the advanced process. There are, however, limits to the potential of that process. That is clear to everyone. We want to exhaust...

Seanad: European Court Decision: Motion (16 May 2018)

Joe O'Reilly: At 10.30 a.m. tomorrow.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (15 May 2018)

Joe O'Reilly: As foreign affairs spokesperson for my party, I would like to address the atrocities of the past few days. We utterly condemn as outrageous, inhumane and unacceptable the firing on protesters and the mass killings that have resulted from such action. A total of 60 were killed yesterday and, as I understand from earlier remarks, more people have died today. There has been a multitude of...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2018)

Joe O'Reilly: I join others who have said the cervical smear issue constitutes a huge tragedy and is quite dreadful. It will be addressed later by the Fine Gael spokesperson on health, Senator Colm Burke, the Leader of the House and others in the Fine Gael Seanad group. I raise another health related issue. Sadly, each health issue has stand-alone importance. I want to speak about the 12,000 people...