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EU-IMF Programme: Statements (4 May 2011)

Joe O'Reilly: I congratulate the Minister for Finance, the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste on their initiatives in seeking a pan-European solution. We need to continue with the diplomatic offensive, which is in place. We need to continue to build credibility. We will eventually achieve a reduction in interest rates and an improvement in the general terms of the bailout, but it is a marathon. It is not a...

Company Takeovers (19 Apr 2011)

Joe O'Reilly: It is paramount that jobs at Quinn Direct and in the Quinn Group are maintained at their current locations. These jobs have transformed the region in question. I ask the Minister for his considered assessment of the commitments and guarantees he has received from the proposed purchasers and an assurance that he will monitor the position and act as a guarantor on commitments given. Sean...

Murder of PSNI Constable: Statements (5 Apr 2011)

Joe O'Reilly: I wish to share time with four minutes each for Deputy Griffin and I and two minutes for my constituency colleague, Deputy Sean Conlan. I take this opportunity to offer my sincere condolences to Nuala, Ronan's mother, to Cathair, Aaron and Dairine. They lost a son, a brother and a friend and the PSNI has lost an excellent officer. Go ndéana Dia trócaire ar a anam. At 4 p.m. last...

Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Second Stage (31 Mar 2011)

Joe O'Reilly: I consider this Bill to be of critical importance to the people I represent and the people of this country. I did not accidentally select this matter to make my maiden speech in this House, because I consider this to be a crucial Bill and one we cannot let pass without active participation by as many Members as possible. Since the EU directive on postal services came into effect on January...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (23 Mar 2011)

Joe O'Reilly: Question 87: To ask the Minister for Health and Children his plans to deal with dental procedures which have been revoked under the previous Government for medical card holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5469/11]

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2011)

Joe O'Reilly: The arguments have been well rehearsed. I strongly support the recommendation tabled by Senator Alex White and his party. I congratulate him because it is worthwhile. Spending will have to be rigorously assessed in the future and the two criteria that will have to be used are whether the funding will contribute to job creation, on the one hand, and, on the other, alleviate the needs of the...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011: Second Stage (28 Jan 2011)

Joe O'Reilly: Ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur roimh an Aire. This Finance Bill is, effectively, the sad epitaph of a failed Government. Its tombstone is the bailout and the sale of our sovereignty and the writing on the tombstone is the Finance Bill. This debate is happening at a time when 1,000 people are emigrating each week. This statistic, when it rolls off othe tongue, can hide a shocking human...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011: Second Stage (28 Jan 2011)

Joe O'Reilly: I should have said the future Minister, Deputy Noonan. It is welcome that both he and Deputy Kenny are meeting President Barroso today with a view to opening channels of communication that will lead to a renegotiation of the terms of the International Monetary Fund, IMF, deal. I wish them well in these negotiations which are important for the country. It is a given that we will have to...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011: Second Stage (28 Jan 2011)

Joe O'Reilly: -----in the Finance Bill relating to €400 million of administrative efficiencies. That is a euphemism for real cuts. I would challenge the Minister to delineate those cuts in specific terms before we agree to the passage of the Bill.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011: Second Stage (28 Jan 2011)

Joe O'Reilly: The relevance will be established later.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011: Second Stage (28 Jan 2011)

Joe O'Reilly: That is delusional.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2011)

Joe O'Reilly: I echo my colleagues' remarks of gratitude to the staff for their courtesy to us. While the term is not over, it is appropriate to say this. I also join in the good wishes to colleagues on all sides of the House who will be participating in the forthcoming Dáil and Seanad elections and to those who are retiring. Before getting to the substance of the remarks I wish to make to the Leader, I...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2011)

Joe O'Reilly: Like all colleagues in the House, in the last few days I have been visiting people's homes while canvassing for the election. The single clear reaction I have discerned in every estate and among every socioeconomic group is that there is a demand for fairness. The demand is that until we remove bonuses, prune top salaries, including those in the Oireachtas, get rid of cronyism and cartels,...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2011)

Joe O'Reilly: May I also say to the Leader-----

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2011)

Joe O'Reilly: The jobs issue requires radical and immediate action. We need a jobs policy.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Joe O'Reilly: The "Lanigan's Ball" approach to government would be great fun-----

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Joe O'Reilly: It would be theatre in normal times, but is it appropriate during a period of mass unemployment, emigration and hardship? While it might be a great stroke on a superficial level, have the people moved beyond this? Is it not stretching credulity and tolerance too far?

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jan 2011)

Joe O'Reilly: I formally second the amendment proposed by Senator Buttimer. I support the proposition made by Senator Wilson that the Minister for Finance attends the House because this matter concerns his brief and taxpayers' money. The Minister has direct responsibility and has the power to alter matters. He should address the fears, some of which may be groundless. Groundless or not, there are real...

Seanad: Climate Change Response Bill 2010: Second Stage (13 Jan 2011)

Joe O'Reilly: By way of conclusion, I draw the attention of the House and the Minister of State to a particular matter. We all hope and aspire that agreement is reached and that the legal targets are established at Durban. If this legislation is passed in its present form, we could tie our hands as burden-sharing is arrived at after Durban. We pray that we will return with the targets for Europe arising...

Seanad: Climate Change Response Bill 2010: Second Stage (13 Jan 2011)

Joe O'Reilly: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. It is with pleasure than I formally second the amendment so eloquently, logically and comprehensively proposed by Senator Coffey. I and my party are not contesting the science or reality of global warming and the need to address it. There is all-party agreement in that sense. I acknowledge the bona fides of the Minister of State in that sphere; there is...