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Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Voting Rights of EU Citizens: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Apr 2014)

Joe O'Reilly: I see nothing wrong with the principle. It is good from a number of perspectives that members of our diaspora would have the right to vote. I also agree with using the embassies. That makes sense. Electronic registration should be allowed, to enable people to indicate their interest. How far would we go down the generations? We would have to go to the first generation to have left the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Voting Rights of EU Citizens: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Apr 2014)

Joe O'Reilly: There is a distance at that point and the person is more likely to identify with his or her adoptive homeland. It becomes messy. It is difficult to administer and where is the cut-off? Could a third-generation person, who has a very romanticised and distant concept of the homeland, vote and influence the outcome of elections here? I think not. I would stop at the first generation but I...

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality; and Defence: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (2 Apr 2014)

Joe O'Reilly: The cynicism of tonight's attack on a veryy good man with a passion for public service will not, ultimately, be lost on the public. The Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Alan Shatter, has responded to what are essentially legacy items in quick time. The Cooke and Guerin inquiries and the Fennelly commission will independently and objectively evaluate the issues. For there to be a...

Topical Issue Matters (2 Apr 2014)

Joe O'Reilly: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 27A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Terence Flanagan - the need for more beds for cystic fibrosis patients to be provided at Beaumont Hospital; (2) Deputies Michael P. Kitt, Éamon Ó Cuív and Denis Naughten - the need to address the issues raised...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: National Reform Programme for Ireland 2014: Minister of State at Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (1 Apr 2014)

Joe O'Reilly: I welcome the targets set for early school leavers. I know it sounds outside the box, but the provision of two years of preschool education will alleviate poverty and in the long run will deal with much early school leaving. From my experience as a teacher I know that intervention at the youngest possible age is the way to deal with educational disadvantage. Will the Minister give some...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: National Reform Programme for Ireland 2014: Minister of State at Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (1 Apr 2014)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank the Minister of State for his presentation. The entire plan is highly laudatory, as are its objectives, which we support. Naturally, we will place individual emphasis and make individual comments on aspects of it. I had intended to start where the Chairman left off - that is, on the question of regionalisation. I missed the initial presentation from the Committee of the Regions....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Forthcoming General Affairs Council: Minister of State (13 Mar 2014)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank the Minister of State for the very comprehensive overview. It does not give rise to many questions because he has covered all the areas and explained what he will do. I welcome the fact that he had a meeting with Mr. Kurt Bassuener of the democratisation policy council in Bosnia. In a paper he recently produced, he said: "Even if the protest movement dissipates, the deep social...

Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (Resumed) (13 Mar 2014)

Joe O'Reilly: My indulgence with regard to the Deputy's speaking time would suggest my assent.

Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge: Statements (Resumed) (13 Mar 2014)

Joe O'Reilly: Ós rud é gur beatha teanga í a labhairt, mar a bhí mé ag rá roimh an mbriseadh, tá na scoileanna lán-Ghaelacha thar a bheith tábhachtach. Tá an Rialtas seo ag cabhrú leo siúd atá ag iarraidh a leithéid de scoileanna a chruthú. Tá ceithre bhunscoil lán-Ghaelacha i measc an 20 bunscoil atá le cruthú...

Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge: Statements (13 Mar 2014)

Joe O'Reilly: Ar dtús báire, ba mhaith liom a rá go bhfuil teanga álainn againn sa tír seo. Tá oidhreacht agus cultúr faoi leith againn agus ba chóir dúinn iad a cheiliúradh agus a choimeád. Tá dualgas ar gach uile dhuine, go háirithe daoine sa Teach seo, an-iarracht a dhéanamh an Ghaeilge a choimeád beo agus an teanga a...

Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (Resumed) (6 Mar 2014)

Joe O'Reilly: I am grateful for the opportunity to speak today and I do so with considerable happiness, given the way we are performing. Since taking office in 2011, we have restored Ireland's international reputation and successfully exited the bailout, and our economy is experiencing growth for the third consecutive year. Approximately 61,000 new jobs were created in the last year, at a rate of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Northern Ireland - Time to Deal with the Past: Amnesty International (6 Mar 2014)

Joe O'Reilly: I join in welcoming our three guests. It is instructive to have pointed out to us the limitations of the work of the historical investigations team and particularly the failure to get a handle on collusion on state involvement, as well as the institutional culture of the armed groups. There is also the failure to establish complete trust across the community and among victims. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Review of Foreign Policy and External Relations: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Feb 2014)

Joe O'Reilly: The Acting Chairman is a noble man.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Review of Foreign Policy and External Relations: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Feb 2014)

Joe O'Reilly: I welcome the guests. It is good to have their input and the opportunity to talk to them. It is right that we embark on a review of our foreign affairs arrangements, our diplomacy, the aims of our foreign policy and where we deploy resources. Such a review is welcome and necessary. Circumstances have changed as a consequence of the extraordinarily deep recession, movement in Northern...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Review of Foreign Policy and External Relations: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Feb 2014)

Joe O'Reilly: Regional balance should be a mantra and we should work towards it. Obviously, the first objective is to achieve inward investment. A significant diplomatic objective should be to achieve retrospective compensation of this country, as promised, on foot of the approximately €24 billion that was put into the banks to rescue them. We have done badly in the sense that we were the first...

Roads Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Feb 2014)

Joe O'Reilly: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill and congratulate the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Varadkar, on bringing the legislation before the House. It is another effort to use public moneys more efficiently and thus become more cost effective. The move to merge and rebrand the NRA and the RPA as the transport infrastructure service, or agency, will greatly...

An Coimisinéir Teanga a Cheapadh: Motion (18 Feb 2014)

Joe O'Reilly: Ba mhaith liom mo chuid ama a roinnt leis an Teachta Kyne.

An Coimisinéir Teanga a Cheapadh: Motion (18 Feb 2014)

Joe O'Reilly: Tá an tUasal Rónán Ó Domhnaill ainmnithe ag an Rialtas le ceapadh don phost mar Choimisinéir Teanga in áit an tUasal Seán Ó Cuirreáin, atá ag éirí as oifig. Is duine den chéad scoth é Rónán Ó Domhnaill. Tá an-mheas air mar iriseoir agus mar chraoltóir. Is céimí de chuid Ollscoil na...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Experience of the Irish Delegation to the Committee of the Regions (13 Feb 2014)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank the Chair. I too was speaking in the Dáil and as a result missed the presentations. I have read the original submission and have a sense of the content. I welcome warmly the delegation, individually and collectively. I spent more than 20 very happy years as an elected member in local government and know a number of the delegates individually. I would not only know some...

Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Feb 2014)

Joe O'Reilly: I welcome the move to professionalise further the sale and hire of sunbeds. I commend the Government, specifically the Minister for Health, Deputy Reilly, and the Minister of State, Deputy White, on their efforts to ensure the members of the public who avail of these services not only use them in a safe environment under professional supervision but understand the dangers associated with...