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Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Jan 2013)

Joe O'Reilly: In the three minutes at my disposal I register my concern and protest that County Cavan will lose 13,000 voters when the west Cavan electoral area is removed from County Cavan. Effectively, this is being done to respond to the reasonably held concerns of the Leitrim people. When Leitrim was divided, various associations there expressed their annoyance and made representations. Rightly so....

Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Jan 2013)

Joe O'Reilly: Earlier I addressed the issue of cost as a disincentive to people starting to smoke cigarettes. I also addressed the issues of the proposed new graphics on cigarette packages and the smoking ban. I would like to put forward my strong view that the promotion of sport among young people and the support of sport by the Government financially and within schools and communities will act as a...

Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (16 Jan 2013)

Joe O'Reilly: Yes.

Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (16 Jan 2013)

Joe O'Reilly: The legislation before us today is necessitated by the European Court of Justice ruling on minimum pricing. I am impressed by the response to the court ruling in that while the legislation accepts the court ruling, it deals very well with it in that the Bill prevents cigarettes being distributed free as an incentive with another product, tobacco product or service. It prevents that type of...

Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Second Stage (14 Dec 2012)

Joe O'Reilly: In this House we have a moral responsibility to face up to the facts. We are either going to correct the finances and give future generations an opportunity or squander it on the face of opportunism. The responses of the Opposition have been hugely hypocritical.

Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Second Stage (14 Dec 2012)

Joe O'Reilly: A reasonable bystander in the Gallery this afternoon could only be struck by the hypocrisy and cynicism of the people speaking on the Opposition benches and by the quality of their debating skills. In listening to Sinn Féin they will be aware that it supports the average £1,000 per annum property tax in the North. They will also be aware that Fianna Fáil accepted the concept...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Report on North-South Public Service Provision: Discussion (13 Dec 2012)

Joe O'Reilly: The Senator should not forget County Cavan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Report on North-South Public Service Provision: Discussion (13 Dec 2012)

Joe O'Reilly: I welcome Mr. D'Arcy to the meeting. I also welcome his presentation and the report. Like Deputy Conlan, I intend to read the report. We suffer overloads sometimes, as the Chairman will confirm. We are in receipt of so many documents on a given day and, sadly, one cannot read them all. However, in this case it is incumbent on us to read and study it because of the region we represent. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Youth Issues: Discussion (13 Dec 2012)

Joe O'Reilly: I apologise for the fact that we have been in and out this morning owing to votes in the House and the fact that we have had to meet ICBAN Limited, another cross-Border organisation. I welcome the delegates. It is great to have this exchange of views and to commend and salute their work. President Higgins' recent initiative of regional assemblies of young people culminating in an assembly...

Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)

Joe O'Reilly: I congratulate the Minister on bringing forward this Bill and acknowledge, as Deputy Billy Timmins did, her practical compassion in a very difficult situation. That compassion is reflected throughout these proposals. We cannot address the Bill without placing it in its proper context, namely, the requirement that €3.5 billion be taken out of the economy in accordance with the...

Topical Issue Debate: Road Traffic Offences (11 Dec 2012)

Joe O'Reilly: The Deputy cannot name names in the House.

Topical Issue Debate: Road Traffic Offences (11 Dec 2012)

Joe O'Reilly: I ask the Deputy to resume her seat. It is not permitted to name people in this manner. I ask her to resume her seat and call on the Minister to reply.

Topical Issue Debate: Road Traffic Offences (11 Dec 2012)

Joe O'Reilly: The Deputy has named people in the House, which is an abuse of privilege.

Topical Issue Debate: Road Traffic Offences (11 Dec 2012)

Joe O'Reilly: I remind the Deputy that the naming of persons outside of the House is specifically regulated by Standing Orders and by the rulings of the Chair. The general practice is that such persons should not be named or referred to or identified, particularly where to do so would be an unreasonable invasion of privacy or where the reference could be in the nature of being a defamatory utterance under...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Issues: Discussion with European Movement Ireland (11 Dec 2012)

Joe O'Reilly: That is strange in the present context.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Issues: Discussion with European Movement Ireland (11 Dec 2012)

Joe O'Reilly: I welcome Ms O'Connell and Mr. Redmond. I will not repeat my colleagues' comments but I wish to ask a question that logically follows on from them. I recently came across the Blue Star programme in a primary school and I am very impressed by it. Along with the Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Creighton, and the then Cathaoirleach of Cavan County Council,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (5 Dec 2012)

Joe O'Reilly: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) will be considered for a continuation of the maintenance grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54718/12]

Topical Issue Debate: Reserve Defence Force (27 Nov 2012)

Joe O'Reilly: Again, I offer apologies to Deputy MacLochlainn, whom we almost overlooked. Deputies Michael Creed, John Paul Phelan and Finian McGrath have two minutes each.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Presidency of the Council of the European Union: Discussion with Minister of State (27 Nov 2012)

Joe O'Reilly: I welcome the Minister of State and her officials. I am heartened and not surprised by her statement that we will have a Presidency of substance rather than bells, whistles, pomp and ridiculous ceremony. My first question relates to whether we should give greater priority to Bosnian accession to the European Union. Should this be part of our priorities list for the Presidency? The...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (27 Nov 2012)

Joe O'Reilly: To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider lifting the recent embargo on a promised podiatry post at Cavan Hospital, sanctioned in April 2012 in view of teh fact that the post was planned as part of the National Footcare Programme and is critical to tackling diabetes foot disease in the community and keeping persons with this complication out of hospital and promised podiatry posts...