Results 5,121-5,140 of 5,342 for speaker:Joe O'Reilly

Seanad: Report on EU Climate-Energy Package: Statements (16 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Reilly: In conclusion, my proposition to the Minister is that we prioritise access to the grid for renewable energy projects. The ESB needs to be taken on head-on. If competition needs to be introduced to achieve this, it should be introduced. We also need to consider rail and buses as an immediate public transport alternative which will allow us to reduce emissions. We should examine the issue...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Reilly: They are radically different.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Reilly: It is nonsense.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Reilly: What about the guidelines?

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Reilly: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Unemployment Levels: Statements (15 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Reilly: I am sure he will generously accept that. It is worth noting the gravity of the situation with which we are confronted in regard to unemployment. The live register is currently at 244,500, or 6.3% of the population. We have an unemployment rate which is higher than that in the United States, Britain, Japan, the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Poland, Singapore...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Reilly: Is the Leader concerned that the many exhortations made by a number of Senators, of whom I am proud to be one, to resolve the financial crisis without harming those on lower incomes and the weaker sections of the community have been ignored? Will he raise this issue in government to ensure an amendment, as proposed by Senator Coghlan, is made to remove the income levy from the lower paid,...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Reilly: Senators Norris and Coghlan both proposed that an amendment should be made. It is unthinkable that one would impose a 1% levy on the income of a home help working on virtually the minimum wage to provide a vital service that keeps people out of institutional care or on the outdoor staff of our hospitals and local authorities.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Reilly: These groups will also be adversely affected by the 0.5% increase in the VAT rate, which will diminish their income. I have a specific question on an issue of immense concern of which the Leader must be aware. In rural areas, especially the area I represent, people do not have access to public transport infrastructure, for example, a railway or comprehensive bus service, to take them to...

Seanad: Unemployment Levels: Statements (15 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Reilly: A Freudian slip.

Seanad: Unemployment Levels: Statements (15 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Reilly: Ar dtús báire, ba mhaith liom fáilte a chuir roimh an Aire Stáit, go háirithe os rud é go bhfuil an beirt againn ag déanamh cúrsa Gaeilge gach maidin Déardaoin. Is é sin an fáth go bhfuil sé de dhualgas orm fáilte a chur roimhe trí Ghaeilge. The Minister of State will have no difficulty generously accepting that the corporation tax rate of 12.5% was an initiative of the John...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Reilly: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Reilly: On a point of information, that was for employment creation.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Reilly: Is it in order that the speaker misinform the House?

Seanad: School Transport (14 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Reilly: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit go dtí an Teach. The issue of the school bus for the school on the Quivvy Road in Belturbet, County Cavan, is one that could be resolved as a consequence of this debate. It could be resolved without cost to the Exchequer and bring a favourable result to the parents and children of the area. Twelve children eligible for school transport live on the Quivvy...

Seanad: School Transport (14 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank the Minister of State for his courteous reply and, indeed, his courtesy at all times. While I take the point that there is no home pick-up service, and I fully accept that could not be the case, this is a distinct set of circumstances in that we are speaking of a negotiable route involving minimal extra travel — it is only a matter of the bus taking a different route to accommodate...

Seanad: School Transport (14 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank the Minister of State.

Seanad: Money Advice and Budgeting Service: Statements (9 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Reilly: Senator Brady would never say that.

Seanad: Money Advice and Budgeting Service: Statements (9 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Reilly: I know.

Seanad: Money Advice and Budgeting Service: Statements (9 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Reilly: Ba mhaith liom fáilte a chuir roimh an Aire. Táim lán-sásta tacú leis na focail deasa a dúradh mar gheall ar an iar-Aire, an tUasal Séamus Ó Braonáin, ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam. There is one startling statistic that stands out and is the backdrop to much of the discussion today, namely, the 33% increase in the use of MABS this year. While it is a startling statistic, it is not a...