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Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Annual Report of the European Court of Auditors 2013 and Related Matters: Discussion (16 Dec 2014)

Joe O'Reilly: Is it in order to point out that this is urban myth and that we cannot conduct our committee meeting on the basis of wild hearsay and fiction?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Annual Report of the European Court of Auditors 2013 and Related Matters: Discussion (16 Dec 2014)

Joe O'Reilly: There is a very serious implication-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Annual Report of the European Court of Auditors 2013 and Related Matters: Discussion (16 Dec 2014)

Joe O'Reilly: It is very serious. We do not want to get an urban-rural divide-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Annual Report of the European Court of Auditors 2013 and Related Matters: Discussion (16 Dec 2014)

Joe O'Reilly: We cannot go on on that basis.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Annual Report of the European Court of Auditors 2013 and Related Matters: Discussion (16 Dec 2014)

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Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Annual Report of the European Court of Auditors 2013 and Related Matters: Discussion (16 Dec 2014)

Joe O'Reilly: When Deputy Byrne returns-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Annual Report of the European Court of Auditors 2013 and Related Matters: Discussion (16 Dec 2014)

Joe O'Reilly: I welcome the witnesses. The report is not country-specific and it is general under the different headings of expenditure, but would Mr. Cardiff respond to what is said to us at all our respective advice clinics and when we meet people on the street - that Ireland is far too compliant and we are far too much the good boy of Europe, that we are the best pupil in the class, to the detriment of...

Order of Business (10 Dec 2014)

Joe O'Reilly: Given that there would be a great deal of merit in alleviating the financial stress being experienced by people over 70 who may fall ill and in view of the fact that early detection is vital, when will the health (general practitioner service) (No. 2) Bill, which will grant such people universal access to GPs, be introduced? This is important and progressive proposed legislation.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Commemorative Events (9 Dec 2014)

Joe O'Reilly: I must interrupt. In light of the fact that Deputy Durkan has just arrived and given that we broke the order of questions, he should put Question No. 95 now. In deference to the next questioner, who has been waiting, we will only take the question and the Minister's reply before going straight into the next question.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Air Strips (9 Dec 2014)

Joe O'Reilly: Question No. 95 is in the name of Deputy Durkan. As the Deputy is absent at the moment, we will move on to Question No. 96.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Air Strips (9 Dec 2014)

Joe O'Reilly: Do not tempt fate. He could be on his way.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Seirbhísí Oileán (9 Dec 2014)

Joe O'Reilly: Tá an cheist seo críochnaithe.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: National Monuments (9 Dec 2014)

Joe O'Reilly: Deputy,-----

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: National Monuments (9 Dec 2014)

Joe O'Reilly: The Deputy will get to ask another supplementary question later.

Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Dec 2014)

Joe O'Reilly: The opening point we all need to accept and address is that water will have to be paid for by some process. The question is how. In other words, the water that comes to us naturally from the sky, and is a free resource in that sense, must be treated, there must be an infrastructure to deliver it and there must be expense around creating pure, drinkable water. It is disingenuous and...

Order of Business (27 Nov 2014)

Joe O'Reilly: What progress has been made on the adoption (tracing and information) Bill by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs? Many people want to know their medical records, trace their family histories, etc. It is a reasonable right. The Tánaiste will understand that this is urgent and important legislation for those involved. I also understand that, in some instances, people will not...

Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (19 Nov 2014)

Joe O'Reilly: Today our Government is responding to the people's concerns and continuing to show leadership. Both are equally important. First of all, we are responding by establishing affordability. This will come in the form of a net €60 for a single person dwelling or family and a net €160 for a dwelling of more than one person, in other words, €1.15 per week and €3 per...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Accountability Report 2013: European Movement Ireland (18 Nov 2014)

Joe O'Reilly: I welcome our guests and thank them for the report, which is extraordinarily positive. Chapter 3 is particularly relevant in an Irish context. It should be highlighted and emphasised that the average Irish ministerial attendance at 2013 meetings of the Council of the European Union was 99%. Ireland is joint first with Greece and Lithuania in this regard. Also, 39 out of ten Council...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Enlargement Strategy: Centre for European Policy Studies (13 Nov 2014)

Joe O'Reilly: I join in the welcome to Mr. Erwan Fouéré. It has always been the Irish Government's policy to support enlargement and that is what we wish for in terms of spreading the peace, increasing markets and a range of other reasons in favour of enlargement. Having said that, the report is disturbing to the extent that it cites a lack of progress in readiness in the Balkan states. We...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council Meeting: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (13 Nov 2014)

Joe O'Reilly: Ahmadiyya.