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Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Sep 2010)

Joe O'Reilly: Yes.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

Joe O'Reilly: I agree and appreciate that the Acting Chairman will be even-handed in this instance. Fine Gael accepts that all was not well in the State of Denmark. We know there were unsatisfactory developments. We are painfully aware of it as we drive pass many of them on a daily basis. However, we are concerned that we may be, in providing a solution to the problem, throwing the baby out with the...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

Joe O'Reilly: I believe people have a right to live as they wish. I also believe a local authority should have the capacity to plan, that councillors have a right to make majority decisions and not to have provisions imposed on them. Otherwise, we abandon the concept of local democracy and allow an intellectual elite to lead the country by issuing diktats. If the people wish to be stupid in the eyes of...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

Joe O'Reilly: No. With respect, I have great regard for the Senator. He is a great colleague and friend, with connections in my community, but who defines what is meant by laissez-faire planning?

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

Joe O'Reilly: Who defines it? We do not have that right.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

Joe O'Reilly: Subject to regional planning guidelines.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

Joe O'Reilly: They will not do so lightly.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

Joe O'Reilly: That is Stalinism.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

Joe O'Reilly: The Senator is sounding Stalinist now.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

Joe O'Reilly: And the Government.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

Joe O'Reilly: We are happy Senator Coffey was listened to.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

Joe O'Reilly: I welcome the Minister of State. I have strong feelings about the question of rural houses. The greatest resource and greatest part of any environment are its people.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

Joe O'Reilly: While it might not appear to be politically correct, I consider that people come first. Anything that would stop the son or daughter of a farmer or anyone else in a rural community from building on or around the ancestral home should be neither legislated for nor tolerated. At a later stage in the deliberations, the Minister of State should make a clear statement on the position in the...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

Joe O'Reilly: We are legendary for our generosity. We need assurance on this matter from the Minister of State. I need to know that I will be able to tell a county councillor the 80% provision is not applicable. If it were, it would be very wrong. If we were even remotely party to legislation that applied such a provision, we would be totally remiss in our duties towards the people we represent. It is...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

Joe O'Reilly: That was a great speech.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jul 2010)

Joe O'Reilly: I second and commend the remarks of the last speaker. It is a very worthy cause. Senator Fitzgerald, other colleagues and I share a concern that the Government will not be answerable to the Houses of the Oireachtas for a period of two to three months for the extraordinary conditions which apply at the moment. We believe this is unacceptable and very wrong. Given the times we are in, it is...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jul 2010)

Joe O'Reilly: Will the Leader comment on this issue and convey the concern of the House and my personal concern regarding the cutbacks in medical cards? This is an example of what we should be debating in the coming weeks rather than going into recess. I refer to the cutbacks in dental care under the medical card scheme. I have raised this issue before. When the cuts were announced in March, the Irish...

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (14 Jul 2010)

Joe O'Reilly: I join in the welcome to Peggy, Michael and Róisín and to send our good wishes, as Senator Fitzgerald said, to David in Singapore. I welcome the extended Maguire family, all of Joe's in-laws. Joe's wife, Peggy, is a native of my area. She is a near neighbour of mine at home and in our area we took great pride in Joe's lifetime of achievements. We took as much pride as the people of...

Seanad: Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2010)

Joe O'Reilly: I join my colleagues in welcoming the Minister from my neighbouring county. Other speakers have rightly recognised Senator Norris's lonely advocacy of this issue during the years. After a long, forensic and vigorous debate at a specially convened parliamentary party meeting, Fine Gael Members have decided to support the Bill based on a synthesis of the various views expressed. My attitude...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2010)

Joe O'Reilly: The courageous and forthright contribution made by Senator O'Malley underscores the importance of her accepting the amendment tabled by Senator Fitzgerald which proposes that the House debate today cutbacks to disability services. If the cost of administration is a problem, the issue must be resolved as part of the debate. It does not provide adequate justification or an excuse for denying...