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Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Experience of Estonia and Latvia in the EU: Discussion with Estonian and Latvian Ambassadors (24 Oct 2013)

Joe O'Reilly: Does it produce a high level of carbon emissions?

Topical Issue Debate: Child Protection Issues (24 Oct 2013)

Joe O'Reilly: I have indulged the Deputy but his time is up.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Experience of Estonia and Latvia in the EU: Discussion with Estonian and Latvian Ambassadors (24 Oct 2013)

Joe O'Reilly: I welcome both ambassadors and would like to re-echo the fact that we in Ireland feel a great bond of friendship with the smaller eastern European countries, particularly with Estonia and Latvia. I was fascinated by the Chairman’s question on migration from Latvia to here and the ambassador’s response to that. My colleague on my side here pointed out there has been a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Experience of Estonia and Latvia in the EU: Discussion with Estonian and Latvian Ambassadors (24 Oct 2013)

Joe O'Reilly: I am jesting about that. I visited Estonia with the communications and energy committee. We examined the degree to which the electricity suppliers there had put their cables underground and the relevant merits of doing it. Many of its cables were still overground. Is Estonia putting many of its electricity cables underground? If it is, is it working? When the committee was there, the...

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2013)

Joe O'Reilly: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill. Budget 2014 has brought with it a certain amount of scaremongering and embellishment of the facts by those opposed to it simply because it does not stand up to forensic criticism of the type they would like. They are playing on the fears of vulnerable people. It is important to put on the record of the House the fact that this year's budget...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Border Region Road Links: Discussion with NRA (24 Oct 2013)

Joe O'Reilly: Hear, hear.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Border Region Road Links: Discussion with NRA (24 Oct 2013)

Joe O'Reilly: I certainly endorse Deputy Smith's view on Belturbet. We both have a great affection for the town.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Border Region Road Links: Discussion with NRA (24 Oct 2013)

Joe O'Reilly: I am okay.

Older Citizens: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Oct 2013)

Joe O'Reilly: Sadly and wrongly, since the budget we have had a sequence involving scaremongering, alarmism and placing unreasonable fears on our older persons. Unfortunately, tonight's motion and the amendment is another chapter in that sequence. For this reason, I join Deputy Buttimer in welcoming the new communications strategy from the HSE in respect of the allaying of fears.

Older Citizens: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Oct 2013)

Joe O'Reilly: I intend to use my short contribution to put the whole question in context and to bring to the attention of the House what is not at issue. The income threshold for the general practitioner visit card, which is very valuable to people, remains unchanged. That is a fact. The long-term illness card, available to sufferers of diabetes and a range of costly illnesses remains in place. That is...

Cochlear Implants: Motion [Private Members] (17 Oct 2013)

Joe O'Reilly: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Cochlear Implants: Motion [Private Members] (17 Oct 2013)

Joe O'Reilly: -----spending €1 billion a month more than is being made and our overall borrowing figure relative to national wealth is in a perilous position. In that context, these achievements and this level of investment - €3.7 million in 2011 and €1.9 million in 2013 - are not insignificant. They suggest prioritisation of people who need this service, which is only right. As the...

Cochlear Implants: Motion [Private Members] (17 Oct 2013)

Joe O'Reilly: I welcome the motion and I commend Sinn Féin on raising this important issue. It beats some of the nonsense, grandstanding type of Private Members' motions that have been tabled over the year. I hope that in tabling this motion Sinn Féin will be prepared in its response to accept the bona fides of the Minister of State, her commitment to dealing with the question and her...

Gas Regulation Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Sep 2013)

Joe O'Reilly: It merits brief repetition that the Bill facilitates the splitting of Bord Gáis Energy and Bord Gáis Networks and allows for the sale of Bord Gáis Energy. The sale arises from what is called the troika deal, or the deal between this country and the EU-IMF, and it is a condition of that deal that we have a sale of State assets. We will certainly seek to get the best deal...

Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Second Stage (17 Jul 2013)

Joe O'Reilly: I welcome the Child and Family Agency Bill. I welcome the Title in particular, which sums up the ethos of the Bill. I congratulate the Minister, Deputy Fitzgerald, on the introduction of the legislation, which is a continuation of the outstanding work she has done in this newly created Cabinet position in this Administration in a relatively short period. Not only has she ensured that the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Democratic Legitimacy and Accountability in the EU: Discussion (Resumed) with Foundation for European Progressive Studies (16 Jul 2013)

Joe O'Reilly: Does Mr. Kitching not think it will achieve the regulation element and get the controls in place to prevent what happened before?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Democratic Legitimacy and Accountability in the EU: Discussion (Resumed) with Foundation for European Progressive Studies (16 Jul 2013)

Joe O'Reilly: As well as any opposition with the bureaucrats.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Democratic Legitimacy and Accountability in the EU: Discussion (Resumed) with Foundation for European Progressive Studies (16 Jul 2013)

Joe O'Reilly: Mr. Kitching might make reference to the elder care point also.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Democratic Legitimacy and Accountability in the EU: Discussion (Resumed) with Foundation for European Progressive Studies (16 Jul 2013)

Joe O'Reilly: Ms Costello might invite us out.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Democratic Legitimacy and Accountability in the EU: Discussion (Resumed) with Foundation for European Progressive Studies (16 Jul 2013)

Joe O'Reilly: I apologise for my late arrival. I misjudged the traffic and was delayed as a result. I have been able to interpret the thrust of Mr. Kitching's presentation from the questions which have been posed by members and the replies he has provided. If the Chairman will indulge me, I wish to offer my warm congratulations to our colleague, Deputy Paschal Donohoe, who has been promoted to the...