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Seanad: Minimum Custodial Periods Upon Conviction for Murder Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2017)

Joe O'Reilly: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Stanton, to the House and wish him well in his role. I have not had occasion to speak in the House when he was here in the past. I wish him continued success. I also join the Leader in welcoming the victims' families in the Gallery. Our hearts go out to them, they are very welcome here and we absolutely understand where they are coming from on this...

Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Seirbhísí Dátheangacha: An Roinn Caiteachais Phoiblí agus Athchóirithe (21 Nov 2017)

Joe O'Reilly: Cuirim fáilte roimh na finnéithe uilig. Ar ndóigh, beidh na téamaí céanna ag dul tríd mo chuid ceisteanna. Ar dtús báire, tá cúpla ceist agam. Tá sé mar aidhm ag Bille na dteangacha oifigiúla (leasú) 2016 cinntiú go bhfuil tacaíocht éifeachtach ar fáil do dhaoine ar mian leo gnó a...

Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Seirbhísí Dátheangacha: An Roinn Caiteachais Phoiblí agus Athchóirithe (21 Nov 2017)

Joe O'Reilly: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCathaoirleach. Tá dhá rud beag eile agam.

Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Seirbhísí Dátheangacha: An Roinn Caiteachais Phoiblí agus Athchóirithe (21 Nov 2017)

Joe O'Reilly: Sin í mo cheist dheireanach. Sa fhreagra ar thug an finné dom agus ina ráiteas tosaigh, dhírigh sé aird an choiste ar chúrsaí traenála sa Ghaeltacht don Státseirbhís agus ar an 4,744 fostaí sa tseirbhís poiblí a d'fhreastal ar ranganna de chuid Ghaelchultúr Teoranta. Tá sé sin go maith, ach cad a tharlaíonn...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)

Joe O'Reilly: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)

Joe O'Reilly: Will the Leader agree to a debate on the future of the rural post office network? Such a discussion would be particularly timely in the light of the excellent news today that the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Deputy Denis Naughten, has secured €30 million in additional moneys to preserve the network and ensure the provision of five-days-per-week postal...

Seanad: Councillors' Conditions: Statements (16 Nov 2017)

Joe O'Reilly: I welcome the Minister of State. I do not know if I have had the opportunity to congratulate him in public on his appointment. Having worked with him on the Council of Europe, I am well aware of his great ability and commitment and I know he will bring that to his Ministry. I am also happy that he has been proactive and come forward with an improvement package very early in his term. I...

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Joe O'Reilly: I join in the welcome extended to the Minister, Deputy Harris. I congratulate him on his proactive approach in this area. I gather he indicated a willingness to engage further with the relevant stakeholers to ensure this is a truly mutually agreed outcome, to which there is an overall buy-in. One cannot ignore the words of our colleague, who is not only a doctor but a former Minister for...

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Joe O'Reilly: I am coming specifically to the issue.

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Joe O'Reilly: Many people are rightfully interested in this issue and there should be no ambiguity about any Member's position on this. My position is that I am as concerned as every other Member of the House about the abuse of alcohol and that it must be tackled head on. It is a serious health issue, as was outlined earlier. It has implications in a whole range of areas. I know this very well from...

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Joe O'Reilly: I am speaking to section 10. I did not interrupt the Senator.

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Joe O'Reilly: On a point of order, I am speaking to section 10. That is the section we are dealing with and I am doing my best in my contribution to be particularly relevant to it.

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Joe O'Reilly: I am heeding the Cathaoirleach's recommendation. I have no difficulty with the smooth passage of the Bill and I will do nothing to thwart that, but it is important the Minister is conscious of our position and knows our various perspectives and the people we represent. I am genuinely concerned about jobs in the Border region, in the retail sector and local supermarkets. I visited a large...

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Joe O'Reilly: I join colleagues in supporting the principle, concept and objectives of labelling as set out under section 11. Senator Colm Burke's point that labelling should be simple, and messages should be short and easily understood, is a good one. I commend to the Minister that the need for simple messages should be taken on board in a big way in the later regulatory stages. I suggest that market...

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Joe O'Reilly: The small shopkeepers and small business people whom I have met on this issue and who have approached me have a number of things in common. I have not yet met one who is a proponent of the abuse of alcohol and who would, for one moment, wish to let alcohol become rampant in society. In actual fact, the small shopkeepers I have met are the people who sponsor everything in their communities....

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Oct 2017)

Joe O'Reilly: Will the Leader invite the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to come to the House for a discussion on the school meals programme and after-school care services? The Taoiseach talks regularly and aptly about the need to create a republic of opportunity. No schemes are more beneficial to children and creating a level playing pitch for young people than the school meals...

Seanad: An Ghaeilge: Ráitis (25 Oct 2017)

Joe O'Reilly: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCathaoirleach Gníomhach agus an Seandadóir McFadden. I dtús báire, ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur roimh an Aire Stáit. Tá sé soiléir go bhfuil sé an-díograiseach agus an-éifeachtach sa Roinn. Tá ár n-oidhreacht, ár stair, béadoideas ár dtír, ár scéalaíocht,...

Seanad: Situation in Catalonia: Statements (25 Oct 2017)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank Senator Feighan for sharing time with me. We have to recognise at the outset that Catalonia has long had a distinctive culture, history, and social, economic and geographical conditions. It is a distinct region and its autonomy has been recognised in the past, in 1979 for example, though subsequent rulings of the constitutional court have diluted that somewhat resulting in later...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (Tyres and Waste Tyres) Regulations: Discussion (17 Oct 2017)

Joe O'Reilly: I welcome all the witnesses before the committee and thank them for their presentations. In deference to the fact that the witnesses presented their cases so succinctly, I will try to stick to specific questions of which I have a number. My first set of questions are for Mr. Matt Collins, assistant secretary of the Department. Mr. Niall Murray made a very serious allegation, which is not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (Tyres and Waste Tyres) Regulations: Discussion (17 Oct 2017)

Joe O'Reilly: I have two specific questions for Mr. Cooney. What cost will farmers incur if there is no financial assistance to remove the tyres if farmers have changed to using round bales? The use and type of tyre must be registered. Will the scheme impose an administrative burden on farmers? I have done my best to keep to questions. The issues I have highlighted are of real concern. All of them...