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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...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Feb 2009)

Joe O'Reilly: It is absurd that as of today we do not start a school construction programme and that we do not put insulation in place. I appreciate the Cathaoirleach's indulgence. I will finish now. I ask the Leader to bring the Minister to the House immediately to debate this matter and to have him make a statement that will start the construction industry again. It is shocking. I was told yesterday...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Feb 2009)

Joe O'Reilly: I want to support the view put forward by Senator Frances Fitzgerald that we should have an all-day debate in this House on the banking sector. We must look at the macro question as regards how dubious practices prevailed such as the artificial cooking of books as well as the transfer and withdrawal of moneys overnight. We have to look at the regulatory and auditing procedures that...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Feb 2009)

Joe O'Reilly: In a recent "Prime Time" programme the big developers, notably Mr. Wallace etc., were happy to admit they were not even paying interest, and yet consumers are being harassed on a daily basis. I am appealing to the Leader to set aside a day for such a debate. If it has to be a Friday, that is grand. We need to discuss banking forensically for the day and let the people's concerns be raised...

Seanad: School Accommodation (11 Feb 2009)

Joe O'Reilly: Kildallon national school is 108 years old. The building has walls 12 ft. high. The rooms are very cold and the building is not insulated. It has been heated by storage heaters for most of this awful winter. The ceilings are so high that it is impossible to heat the building. The windows are wooden and single glazed. The classroom is an old, long and narrow room that contains 25...

Seanad: School Accommodation (11 Feb 2009)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank the Minister of State for his reply and for his latter remark that he will examine the application made under the emergency works scheme. A total of 25 children are in the four classes in the old building and 22 junior and senior infants are in the prefab. The position is desperate. The principal and staff are not professional agitators and they made the application under the...