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Seanad: Electricity Regulation (Amendment) (Carbon Revenue Levy) Bill 2010: Committee Stage (29 Jun 2010)

Joe O'Reilly: I move amendment No. 1: In page 5, after line 53, to insert the following: "(6) No carbon revenue levy is payable by an electricity generator that has purchased the full value of their carbon allowances available to them until the end of 2012 in a commercial transaction.". The logic behind this amendment is that it is very unfair to expect a new entrant to come into the market on the basis of...

Seanad: Electricity Regulation (Amendment) (Carbon Revenue Levy) Bill 2010: Committee Stage (29 Jun 2010)

Joe O'Reilly: That is the point of my amendment.

Seanad: Electricity Regulation (Amendment) (Carbon Revenue Levy) Bill 2010: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2010)

Joe O'Reilly: I join the Leas-Chathaoirleach in welcoming our visitors from Australia. I am disappointed the Minister is unable to accept the amendment or the spirit of the amendment and come back with an altered version. I do not see that the matter merits further elaboration. I have put the argument and I do not see the point in rehashing it.

Seanad: Electricity Regulation (Amendment) (Carbon Revenue Levy) Bill 2010: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2010)

Joe O'Reilly: Without repeating the argument, I want to use Senator Walsh's last phrase, belling the cat. Perhaps the Minister can give us an assurance that, without accepting the amendment, he will examine the question and see if there is a method of creating fairness. I take his point on market forces but this is outside the control of the company. The potential for it to happen existed but there is...

Seanad: Electricity Regulation (Amendment) (Carbon Revenue Levy) Bill 2010: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2010)

Joe O'Reilly: While I accept the Cathaoirleach's ruling arising from Standing Orders and its objective legitimacy, it is a pity Members are unable to debate the proposed amendment because it was an attempt to return more of the unearned profits directly to consumers, reduce costs and charges to consumers and lower energy prices. While drawing Members' attention to my party's advocacy of this legislation,...

Seanad: Electricity Regulation (Amendment) (Carbon Revenue Levy) Bill 2010: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2010)

Joe O'Reilly: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Electricity Regulation (Amendment) (Carbon Revenue Levy) Bill 2010: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2010)

Joe O'Reilly: That is encouraging in the context of what we are trying to achieve. It is fair. How often does the Minister propose to conduct the review? Would it be an annual review?

Seanad: Electricity Regulation (Amendment) (Carbon Revenue Levy) Bill 2010: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2010)

Joe O'Reilly: I endorse the remarks of Senator Walsh and thank the Minister for his engagement with the arguments made. He does so on all occasions when he attends. I also thank the civil servants who accompany the Minister. I thank my colleagues, Senators Coffey and Buttimer, who took Second Stage of the legislation for me last week because I was away. I regret I was not present for the entire debate....

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (17 Jun 2010)

Joe O'Reilly: When one thinks of the pain the people experienced when €4 billion was taken out of the economy in terms of income reduction and services etc. and that we threw €22 billion into Anglo Irish Bank, five times that amount, it necessitates a full debate in this House on the terms of reference of the banking commission and also on Anglo Irish Bank. Senator O'Toole was correct when he stated...

Seanad: Confidence in the Taoiseach: Motion (16 Jun 2010)

Joe O'Reilly: I support the motion of no confidence in the Taoiseach in response to the findings of Regling and Watson in their banking crisis report.

Seanad: Confidence in the Taoiseach: Motion (16 Jun 2010)

Joe O'Reilly: This report, with that of Mr. Honohan, states, "Fiscal policy, bank governance and financial supervision left the economy vulnerable to a deep crisis, with costly and extended social fallout". The findings reiterate Mr. Honohan's conclusion that Government's policy, under the direction of the Taoiseach, left the "public finances highly vulnerable to a downturn". The reports do not reveal new...

Seanad: Confidence in the Taoiseach: Motion (16 Jun 2010)

Joe O'Reilly: That is an erroneous red herring.

Seanad: Confidence in the Taoiseach: Motion (16 Jun 2010)

Joe O'Reilly: That is not accurate. It should be removed from the record.

Seanad: Confidence in the Taoiseach: Motion (16 Jun 2010)

Joe O'Reilly: That is not true.

Seanad: Confidence in the Taoiseach: Motion (16 Jun 2010)

Joe O'Reilly: We just want the truth.

Seanad: Confidence in the Taoiseach: Motion (16 Jun 2010)

Joe O'Reilly: Rubbish.

Seanad: Confidence in the Taoiseach: Motion (16 Jun 2010)

Joe O'Reilly: Rubbish.

Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (16 Jun 2010)

Joe O'Reilly: I formally second the amendment. Whoever drafted this Bill obviously did not do first year in veterinary medicine in college or failed it or first year in agricultural science, nor were they ever involved with farming or dog breeding. In fact, as I said privately to my colleague, Senator Wilson, earlier, they are barking mad.

Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (16 Jun 2010)

Joe O'Reilly: I would suggest the same, but in reverse. Whoever proposed this is barking mad. It is ludicrous and shows a lack of knowledge of the industry and of reality. While I accept the point that the Bill might not necessarily be enforcing breeding at four months, the fact it is suggested that bitches would be breeding and encouraged to breed at four months is bizarre. I presume good sense will...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jun 2010)

Joe O'Reilly: Senator Alex White, who can be reflective in his comments in the Seanad, is being disingenuous in trying to suggest that responsibility for the debacle that is our economic mismanagement of recent years rests with civil servants. The reports bear testimony to the fact that responsibility rested with the then Minister for Finance, An Taoiseach, Deputy Cowen. There is no escaping this...