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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...

Seanad: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Feb 2009)

Joe O'Reilly: I am happy to second the vote of thanks to the Minister of State and endorse the remarks of Senator Walsh.

Seanad: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Feb 2009)

Joe O'Reilly: Ár dtús, ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur roimh an Aire Stáit. As I said on Second Stage, I welcome this amending legislation and I accept the principle and the practice that Bord Gáis should be fit to borrow more money, implement its corporate plan and expand its business. Before I make my remarks about control, we have no reason but to have absolute confidence in the management and staff...

Seanad: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Feb 2009)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank the Minister of State for his thorough replies and genuine effort to address the issues raised. I was not entirely happy with his reply on energy prices. I would like him to tell the House that there will be action on energy prices this month. He mentioned double digit figures, as did the Minister in the Dáil. We should be talking about a 20% reduction. Let us be radical about...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Feb 2009)

Joe O'Reilly: The most serious matter confronting the House and the country today is the recapitalisation of the banks. Unfortunately, I have received practical information over the past couple of days at home to back up what I will state and I want the Leader of the House to take it on board. At present, the banks are solving their problems on the backs of small businesses. They are ignoring the...

Seanad: Stabilisation of the Public Finances: Statements (5 Feb 2009)

Joe O'Reilly: I would like to share time with Senator Healy Eames.

Seanad: Stabilisation of the Public Finances: Statements (5 Feb 2009)

Joe O'Reilly: Ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur roimh an Aire Stáit. The proposals that are the subject of this debate are welcome only in so far as they mark the end of the period of prevarication, indecision and rudderless leadership. We have had no Government, in effect, for the last eight months. We have lost some of the international credibility we had built up. These measures are welcome only in so...