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Financial Resolution No. 3: Tobacco Products Tax (13 Oct 2015)

Joe O'Reilly: I share the view of Deputy Buttimer that there is a real link between the price of cigarettes and consumption. There are other extraneous factors at play such as health education and peer group habits, all of which impact, but price is at the centre. This is known from anecdotal evidence but also empirically from the kind of evidence cited by Deputy Buttimer and by the Taoiseach who, when...

Financial Resolution No. 3: Tobacco Products Tax (13 Oct 2015)

Joe O'Reilly: We need to help people who are addicted and in a poverty trap and we need nurses and GPs at the coalface for that purpose.

Financial Resolutions 2016 - Financial Resolution No. 1: Excise Duties on Mechanically Propelled Vehicles (13 Oct 2015)

Joe O'Reilly: I support the measure as a Deputy from a Border constituency where this is an extraordinarily important matter. In that regard I agree with my constituency colleague, Deputy Ó Caoláin. It is very important for our area. The area no longer has a rail network, so the local hauliers are a critical part of its economic infrastructure. They are substantial employers in their own...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (8 Oct 2015)

Joe O'Reilly: We resume on amendment No. 152. Deputy Clare Daly is the next speaker and I note that amendments Nos. 152 to 160, inclusive, are related and are being discussed together.

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (8 Oct 2015)

Joe O'Reilly: Ditto. It is the same all around.

National Cultural Institutions (National Concert Hall) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (8 Oct 2015)

Joe O'Reilly: Deputy Ó Fearghaíl has two minutes to respond.

National Cultural Institutions (National Concert Hall) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (8 Oct 2015)

Joe O'Reilly: Amendments Nos. 5 and 6 form a composite proposal and will be discussed together.

National Cultural Institutions (National Concert Hall) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (8 Oct 2015)

Joe O'Reilly: As amendments Nos. 3 and 4 are related, they may be discussed together.

Order of Business (7 Oct 2015)

Joe O'Reilly: What is the progress of the public health (alcohol) Bill in light of the social health problems arising from the below cost selling of alcohol, the need to separate alcohol from other products and health labelling on products? We have a real problem with excessive drinking and binge drinking among teenagers, and cheap alcohol-----

Order of Business (7 Oct 2015)

Joe O'Reilly: I am anxious to have the Taoiseach's response.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Outstanding Legacy Issues affecting Victims and Relatives in Northern Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2015)

Joe O'Reilly: I welcome the witnesses. Their presentations were very powerful and evocative. On the last point made by Mr. Brady, it occurred to me that here in the Republic, when somebody has a very particular, serious illness, unless there is a huge income involved, they will get what is knows as a discretionary medical card. In other words, they get free health services. It seems to me that, even...

Central Bank (Variable Rate Mortgages) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (8 Jul 2015)

Joe O'Reilly: Deputy Kitt is sharing time with Deputies Aylward, Troy, Keaveney and Browne.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Luxembourg's Presidency Priorities: Ambassador of Luxembourg to Ireland (8 Jul 2015)

Joe O'Reilly: I welcome the ambassador and thank him for setting out the priorities of the Luxembourg Presidency, which members strongly support. They also wish Luxembourg well with its Presidency. The Vice Chairman started his discussion with the ambassador by asking about the specifics concerning migration, to which the ambassador in turn replied. Similarly, what might he say by way of specific...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Luxembourg's Presidency Priorities: Ambassador of Luxembourg to Ireland (8 Jul 2015)

Joe O'Reilly: Do Standing Orders allow me to comment on an aspect of the question that my good friend and colleague from the Council of Europe, Deputy Halligan, has asked? I would like to comment on part of his question. Is that allowed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Luxembourg's Presidency Priorities: Ambassador of Luxembourg to Ireland (8 Jul 2015)

Joe O'Reilly: While all the points Deputy Halligan makes are very valid, in respect of Greece, until the new government came into office Greece had been making significant progress in the preceding years as shown by its bond yields and general standing internationally. Would Deputy Halligan accept that great progress was being made until this government arrived in Greece? I say that with respect to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Luxembourg's Presidency Priorities: Ambassador of Luxembourg to Ireland (8 Jul 2015)

Joe O'Reilly: There are huge issues.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Joe O'Reilly: I support the amendments. There is nothing that Deputy Catherine Murphy said with which I would not agree. Her points were very relevant and pertinent. In some ways, I have similar comments to make. I congratulate the Minister on the overall legislation, including this amendment. He has been extraordinarily proactive and grasped very difficult issues in his Department. He has done...

Message from Select Committee (1 Jul 2015)

Joe O'Reilly: The Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation has completed its consideration of the National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015 and has made no amendments thereto.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill: Instruction to Committee (resumed) (1 Jul 2015)

Joe O'Reilly: Nine minutes are left in this slot. I understand Deputy Paul Murphy is sharing time with Deputy Catherine Murphy and Deputy Mick Wallace, with three minutes each.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Country Specific Recommendations 2015 (Ireland): Discussion (18 Jun 2015)

Joe O'Reilly: I have a number of specific questions and will do my best to be succinct. I apologise that I may not be able to remain to hear the Minister of State's response, but I will read them afterwards in the Official Report. I applaud the role of the Government in bringing about a situation where the country is now in a wonderful situation economically, where our debt-to-GDP ratio has improved...