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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...

Report on Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration: Statements (Resumed) (9 Jul 2013)

Joe O'Reilly: I welcome the report of the joint committee and acknowledge the work of its members and Chairman, Deputy Andrew Doyle, who addressed this matter earlier. I acknowledge the considered response of the Minister, Deputy Rabbitte, to the report. All of us wish for significant exploration and, ultimately, successful drilling. If successful, we would wish for the maximum benefit for the people....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Democratic Legitimacy and Accountability in the European Union: Discussion (18 Jun 2013)

Joe O'Reilly: They would have some trouble relating to that in Fatima Mansions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Democratic Legitimacy and Accountability in the European Union: Discussion (18 Jun 2013)

Joe O'Reilly: I welcome Mr. Jacobs and thank him for coming here. I was very happy to discover when I spoke to him earlier in the hallway that he had many Reilly and O'Reilly relations in County Cavan. Indeed, Senator Kathryn Reilly may well also be related to him, but he and I have established family ties in Cavan. I will let him explain later, but it seems that on his mother's side he has a whole...

Order of Business (12 Jun 2013)

Joe O'Reilly: I have questions about legislation in two areas. First, in the justice area, there is the Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill and the legislation to amend and strengthen the Criminal Assets Bureau in respect of tackling the proceeds of crime. These two measures are urgently required, given that communities continue to be threatened by criminal gangs. The gangs come into the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (11 Jun 2013)

Joe O'Reilly: 262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Cavan will be excluded from the proposed 23 to 1 pupil/teacher ratio in September 2015 on the grounds that it uniquely has high enrolment from areas of disadvantage in Cavan town which is its immediate hinterland and it is the only second level school with a Protestant ethos in the entire county which...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Order for Second Stage (28 May 2013)

Joe O'Reilly: The question was agreed.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Order for Second Stage (28 May 2013)

Joe O'Reilly: I must put the question then.

Topical Issue Debate: Road Network (28 May 2013)

Joe O'Reilly: Deputy Stanley will have time for a supplementary point.