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Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2009)

Joe O'Reilly: I have the height of personal regard and respect for Senator Harris and his intellectual prowess. One of the most enjoyable experiences I ever had was to spend some days on a course he taught.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2009)

Joe O'Reilly: I believe, however, that Senator Harris's analysis of where we are today has one fundamental flaw. He missed one dimension from the debate, which I will put to the Leader. The people who are outside the gates of Leinster House today, the people who marched last Saturday and those who are agitated all over the country are not agitated or marching because they do not believe there is a...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2009)

Joe O'Reilly: The Government missed a great political opportunity when it introduced the much heralded budget last autumn. It should have front-loaded the cuts then in a fair way. What is wrong is that we have not got at the tax exiles——

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2009)

Joe O'Reilly: I am coming to the question.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2009)

Joe O'Reilly: I formally second the proposition by Senator Norris that we amend Standing Orders to have a rolling debate on the economy every day for an hour. It is not fair that we have not got to the tax exiles or the people with exorbitant salaries and bonuses. It is not fair that we have not got to those with privilege and wealth. If the Government starts with privilege, wealth and those at the top,...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2009)

Joe O'Reilly: ——but that we come up with a fair budget and that we do not introduce a pension levy targeted at the weaker, that disproportionately attacks them. That is where the difficulty lies. We need transparency, fairness and cuts, starting at the top.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2009)

Joe O'Reilly: If we do that there will be consensus. The public will create the consensus then.

Seanad: Banking Sector: Motion (25 Feb 2009)

Joe O'Reilly: Ba maith liom fáilte a chuir roimh an tAire Stáit. A recurring theme running through many of the contributions is an attempt to ascertain the degree of culpability of the Fianna Fáil section of the Administration for our current ills. I do not propose to devote too much time to that aspect given that we must look to policy positions and the future, other than to say it would be in the...

Seanad: Banking Sector: Motion (25 Feb 2009)

Joe O'Reilly: It was shocking that people — I will put it that way — appearing on a "Prime Time" programme recently openly boasted they were not paying the interest on their loans. That is a horrendous state of affairs, while huge pressure is being put on individual consumers and on small and medium sized enterprises. That must be a source of concern. We should buy preference shares, remove many...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Feb 2009)

Joe O'Reilly: I second the proposition by Senator Fitzgerald that the Minister for Health and Children come to the Seanad to debate the proposed cutbacks by the HSE of €1 billion, an astronomical figure, which cannot take place without huge implications. We need to debate this because the focus of these cutbacks — this is why we need a debate — must be on the wastage with bonuses, inordinate...

Seanad: National Insulation Programme: Motion (18 Feb 2009)

Joe O'Reilly: The speaker, without interruption.

Seanad: National Insulation Programme: Motion (18 Feb 2009)

Joe O'Reilly: Senator O'Malley, without interruption.

Seanad: National Insulation Programme: Motion (18 Feb 2009)

Joe O'Reilly: Senator O'Malley, without interruption.

Seanad: National Insulation Programme: Motion (18 Feb 2009)

Joe O'Reilly: That is not a point of order.

Seanad: National Insulation Programme: Motion (18 Feb 2009)

Joe O'Reilly: Senator O'Malley, without interruption.

Seanad: National Insulation Programme: Motion (18 Feb 2009)

Joe O'Reilly: Hear, hear.

Seanad: National Insulation Programme: Motion (18 Feb 2009)

Joe O'Reilly: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "Seanad Éireann" and substitute the following: "notes the promised introduction of an insulation scheme; regrets the delay in opening applications for this insulation scheme; and condemns the Government for not providing adequate resources for long established schemes such as housing aid for the elderly...

Seanad: National Insulation Programme: Motion (18 Feb 2009)

Joe O'Reilly: Senator Boyle can apologise too.

Seanad: National Insulation Programme: Motion (18 Feb 2009)

Joe O'Reilly: The Senator has been doing a great deal of that lately.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Feb 2009)

Joe O'Reilly: Will the Leader invite the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Ryan, to the House to discuss a matter of extraordinary seriousness? The fact that the insulation scheme was announced and that there is a delay until the end of March on the beginning of the scheme and on the submission of formal applications is putting a significant burden on the construction...