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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Commission for Communications Regulation Performance Review: Discussion (23 May 2017)

Joe O'Reilly: I welcome our guests. I will begin with roaming charges, about which Mr. Fahy has spoken. The issue of roaming charges is very important for people who travel a lot. I represent Cavan-Monaghan and the issue of roaming charges is very important for people there. It is understood that there are 30,000 journeys across the Border every day so it is important in that context. There have been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Commission for Communications Regulation Performance Review: Discussion (23 May 2017)

Joe O'Reilly: In three months what will be different? I appreciate Mr. Fahy's answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Commission for Communications Regulation Performance Review: Discussion (23 May 2017)

Joe O'Reilly: I will just ask a very quick supplementary question because the Vice Chairman has been quite indulgent; I have asked enough. I acknowledge that the gentlemen addressed the issue of roaming, but I would like to hear their views on it again. It is alleged that the service in Cavan town, while it is of the speed the delegates have suggested, is prohibitively expensive for consumers. If the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Commission for Communications Regulation Performance Review: Discussion (23 May 2017)

Joe O'Reilly: Who regulates them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Commission for Communications Regulation Performance Review: Discussion (23 May 2017)

Joe O'Reilly: Who controls that to make sure that costs are not prohibitive or over the top? There is no control.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Commission for Communications Regulation Performance Review: Discussion (23 May 2017)

Joe O'Reilly: Is it not ComReg's brief to control them?

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Ulster Farmers Union (18 May 2017)

Joe O'Reilly: I join my colleagues Senator Daly and the Chairman in welcoming our guests today. I am delighted they are here. I thank them for the accessible documentation they provided to the committee. It is very clear and easy to deal with. Before going into specifics, in a general sense, is the Ulster Farmers Union contemplating a special deal for the island of Ireland within the overall deal? Are...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Ulster Farmers Union (18 May 2017)

Joe O'Reilly: Yes.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Teagasc (18 May 2017)

Joe O'Reilly: I join the Chairman in welcoming the director of Teagasc, Professor Gerry Boyle, and his colleague, Dr. Kevin Hanrahan. I congratulate both of them on the degree to which Teagasc has been engaging with this critical issue for Irish agriculture. It is encouraging that Teagasc has a dedicated unit and a working group on Brexit. It is clear from the nature of the paper that has been presented...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Teagasc (18 May 2017)

Joe O'Reilly: I invite Professor Boyle to begin to respond to some of the issues raised.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Teagasc (18 May 2017)

Joe O'Reilly: I conclude this module by thanking the director of Teagasc, Professor Gerry Boyle, and Dr. Hanrahan for giving of their time to attend and for treating us to a very comprehensive presentation. They documented everything in considerable detail and threw considerable light on our proceedings. Their contributions will greatly assist us in coming up with our final report. It has been pertinent...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Representatives of the Irish Thoroughbred Breeders Association and Alliance of Racing and Breeding (18 May 2017)

Joe O'Reilly: On behalf of the committee, I welcome Mr. Shane O'Dwyer, chief executive officer, Irish Thoroughbred Breeders Association and Ms Elizabeth Headon, spokesperson, Alliance of Racing and Breeding, to our engagement today. I know that all of the members will be interested in this engagement. We appreciate their presence. Before we begin, I will read an obligatory note on privilege that we read...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Representatives of the Irish Thoroughbred Breeders Association and Alliance of Racing and Breeding (18 May 2017)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank Ms Headon. I have one question before I open the floor to members. Does Ms Headon and Mr. O'Dwyer perceive that this message has percolated to Government? Do they believe there is a consciousness of it as we approach negotiations? It is our job as a committee to deal with this issue, and we will do that, but do they perceive an awareness of its gravity? I am struck by the extent...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Representatives of the Irish Thoroughbred Breeders Association and Alliance of Racing and Breeding (18 May 2017)

Joe O'Reilly: I will invite responses now. Does Mr. O'Dwyer wish to start?

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Food Drink Ireland and Meat Industry Ireland (18 May 2017)

Joe O'Reilly: This is a very serious and pertinent discussion for all of us. It is particularly serious for someone coming from my region. I am a native of, and live in, County Cavan. Food processing is a huge source of employment in Counties Cavan and Monaghan. Any job losses would have serious implications and the jobs would be difficult to replace. There is a double problem there. We would all...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Representatives of the Transport Sector (11 May 2017)

Joe O'Reilly: I welcome our guests. Is there not such a commercial imperative to maintain the status quoand is that not so important financially to stakeholders on all sides of the Irish Sea that it is what will happen? Is the commercial logic not such that it will happen? While I understand where Senator O'Sullivan is coming from and that Mr. Kennedy referred to planning for the worst case, I share...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Mr. Eamon Gilmore (11 May 2017)

Joe O'Reilly: I join with the Chairman and Senator Nash in welcoming Mr. Gilmore to the Chamber. I thank him for his attendance and for his paper which will be of much use to members. His contribution is informed by his wealth of experience as former Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade and former Tánaiste. His very valuable insight is appreciated. His paper is interesting and challenging. It...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2017)

Joe O'Reilly: Will the Leader invite to the House either the Minister with responsibility for tourism, Deputy Shane Ross, or specifically the Minister of State, Deputy Patrick O'Donovan, for a general discussion on tourism and the tourism product. The particular challenges to the tourism industry are presented by Brexit, fluctuations in sterling, etc. I am not convinced that we do enough to market...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Industry Representatives (4 May 2017)

Joe O'Reilly: In deference to the Chairman's wishes and the time constraints, I will ask specific questions. The first is to Mr. Fitzgerald. He spoke about below-cost selling. Does this dislocate jobs in bars and pubs throughout the country? Does it cost the State enormous money in the areas of health and justice, in this sense disadvantaging the country facing into Brexit? It was stated that...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Enterprise Ireland (4 May 2017)

Joe O'Reilly: I welcome our guests and agree with Mr. Sherry's strategy that it is good to prepare for a hard Brexit, while hoping that it will be otherwise. We very much hope that it will be otherwise, but it is nonetheless important to prepare for the worst. Coming from the Cavan-Monaghan region I am concerned about the implications of Brexit for a number of enterprises that Enterprise Ireland supports...