Results 401-420 of 764 for speaker:Kathryn Reilly

Seanad: Protected Disclosures Bill 2013: Second Stage (25 Sep 2013)

Kathryn Reilly: I welcome the Minister to the House and offer my support for the legislation before us. For too long we turned a blind eye to so-called white-collar crime and corporate malpractice. A culture of impunity was pervasive, with a widely observed "do not ask, do not tell" culture. In Ireland and across the globe, corporate malpractice played a significant part in the financial crisis. The...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment)(No. 2) Bill 2012: Second Stage (24 Sep 2013)

Kathryn Reilly: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and I wish to indicate Sinn Féin's support for this legislation. As other speakers have noted, there is a significant variation in the rights and regulations governing tenancies in the rental sector. For example, three tenants living beside each other in identical houses could comprise a local authority tenant, a housing association tenant...

Seanad: Turf-cutting: Statements (19 Sep 2013)

Kathryn Reilly: Sinn Féin is committed to the preservation of our national wildlife and resources, including certain bogs. This issue has been ongoing for a long time and the Minister has been working very hard to try to resolve it. We all know the issue of the 53 bogs has proven very difficult and must be dealt with soon. We have seen trouble in bogs throughout the country. The basis for resolution...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Copyright Infringement (23 Jul 2013)

Kathryn Reilly: Senator Deirdre Clune has also raised this matter. I am not a fan or an advocate of censorship because I believe a more free and open world will benefit everyone. I raise this matter because of the recent ruling by the High Court which ordered UPC to block the website The Pirate Bay. This was done at the whim of big business and could be the beginning of a slippery slope. We do not want...

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)

Kathryn Reilly: It is one minute to eight.

Seanad: Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Jul 2013)

Kathryn Reilly: I thank the Minister for his response on the constitutional issue.

Seanad: Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Jul 2013)

Kathryn Reilly: I move amendment No. 10: In page 59, subsection (1), lines 37 to 39, to delete paragraph (a) I am the last person standing on this side of the House and I will keep my comments brief so as not to hold up the Minister. Amendments Nos. 10 to 12, inclusive, and 16 to 18, inclusive, seek to delete certain exemptions relating to the inquiries. Amendment No. 10 would delete the exemption of...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Environmental Policy (17 Jul 2013)

Kathryn Reilly: The issue I raise arises from proceedings in the European Parliament last week when the environment committee voted on and updated the environmental impact assessment Directive. One of the key amendments sought to introduce the inclusion of the extraction of unconventional fossil fuels under the directive. Until now only projects that produce at least 500,000 cubic metres of gas daily had...

Seanad: Special Olympics Ireland: Motion (17 Jul 2013)

Kathryn Reilly: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after ''throughout Ireland; and'' and substitute the following:''--condemns the savage cuts to supports for people with disabilities by the Government, including cuts to the mobility allowance, the motorised transport grant, the respite care grant, the household benefits package, special needs assistants and the medical card; and --calls on Fine...

Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (16 Jul 2013)

Kathryn Reilly: I second this amendment. Senator Barrett put it well. For so long, there was an overemphasis on property ownership and owning one's own house. Those who are renting their principal private residence should not be penalised. They need to be secure in their homes. That is why my party supports this amendment. I hope the Minister can take it on board and can do something about it in this...

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Jul 2013)

Kathryn Reilly: At the centre of this Bill is the protection of life, the protection of the woman. When one looks back at its history one finds this re-emphasised at every turn. In 1992 the Supreme Court found that the Constitution guaranteed a woman the right to terminate a pregnancy where there was a real and substantial risk to her life including the threat of suicide. Since that judgment we have had...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Priorities for Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union: Discussion (11 Jul 2013)

Kathryn Reilly: I would like to welcome the ambassador to the joint committee. My first question might be off the topic of the Lithuanian Presidency. What action will the Lithuanian Government take concerning some of Lithuania's prisons? I raise this issue because in two recent court cases - one in Dublin and one in Belfast - the judges refused to extradite individuals who faced possible imprisonment in...

Seanad: Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (11 Jul 2013)

Kathryn Reilly: We have no problem with this Bill and will support it. Many of the comments I intended to make were made by Senator Bradford, especially on the prebudget process. I raised the issue in the House on Tuesday in terms of the programme for Government promise to open up the budgetary process to public scrutiny which would restore confidence and stability in the budgetary process. The House will...

Seanad: Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill 2013: Second Stage (10 Jul 2013)

Kathryn Reilly: I shall keep my comments as brief as possible because previous Senators have said a lot of what I was going to say and posed my questions. As the Minister will know from the other House, Sinn Féin supports the Bill based on the principle that the Oireachtas should have the power to conduct inquiries. Clearly, the defeat of the referendum limits the scope of the Bill and that of any...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2013)

Kathryn Reilly: First, I wish to comment on Greece and the troika programme, given that the troika is back in Ireland this week to examine our priorities for budget 2014. The troika has set the Greek Government some new homework, including concrete steps to crack down on its health care spending. Under the terms of the bailout, for example, the Greek Government is required to lay off 4,000 public sector...

Seanad: Food Provenance Bill 2013: Second Stage (3 Jul 2013)

Kathryn Reilly: I thank Senator Feargal Quinn for bringing forward this welcome Bill. He has been consistent on this issue for several years. He has raised it a number of times and we have had the opportunity to debate it. Food labelling is a key source of information by which consumers can determine what food to buy. It serves a primary purpose of informing the consumer who has the right to clear and...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Human Rights Issues (2 Jul 2013)

Kathryn Reilly: Last week I attended the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, at which the issue of Hungary and the opening of a monitoring procedure was discussed in depth both in committee and in the plenary session. In 2012 the Hungarian Government passed a law defining homelessness as an administrative offence, with the result that people who get caught sleeping on the street twice in six...

Seanad: Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (2 Jul 2013)

Kathryn Reilly: I move amendment No. 3: In page 58, to delete lines 42 to 45 and in page 59, to delete lines 1 and 2 and substitute the following:“(5) A regulated financial service provider falls within this subsection if, in the preceding financial year, a complaint relating to the regulated financial service provider which has been made to the Financial Services Ombudsman has been found by that...

Seanad: Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (2 Jul 2013)

Kathryn Reilly: No.

Seanad: Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (2 Jul 2013)

Kathryn Reilly: I move amendment No. 3: In page 58, to delete lines 42 to 45 and in page 59, to delete lines 1 and 2 and substitute the following:“(5) A regulated financial service provider falls within this subsection if, in the preceding financial year, a complaint relating to the regulated financial service provider which has been made to the Financial Services Ombudsman has been found by that...