Results 5,301-5,320 of 5,327 for speaker:Joe O'Reilly
- Seanad: Postal Services: Motion (21 Nov 2007)
Joe O'Reilly: I join with Senator Brady and others in welcoming An Post's representatives. I was unaware of their presence when I spoke earlier. I particularly welcome Mr. Angus Laverty, a senior manager in communications, who is particularly helpful in his contact. I acknowledge and applaud Senator Brady's previous professional involvement with An Post, his role in the trade union movement there and...
- Seanad: Postal Services: Motion (21 Nov 2007)
Joe O'Reilly: I move: That Seanad Ãireann: notes that an efficient and speedy postal service is an integral part of a competitive economy; is deeply concerned by the 247 post offices that were closed down from 2002 to 2006 and the further 15 closed up to July 2007 and the knock-on effect in rural communities of such closures; notes that it is rural parts of Ireland that are suffering most in terms of...
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2007)
Joe O'Reilly: I rise to support the views expressed by Senator O'Toole and echoed by others on the barbarous treatment of the young Saudi woman. We should be unequivocal in our condemnation of this at the highest levels and I ask the Leader of the House to ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs to raise this issue at the relevant forum and make a firm statement on it. In the light of Government policy on...
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Nov 2007)
Joe O'Reilly: I ask the Leader to contact the Ministers for Social and Family Affairs and Finance and arrange a debate on the following matter. Some 40,000 people receive non-contributory pensions in Ireland, under a means tested process. Up to 30,000 of these are women who were forced out of the workplace because of the marriage ban. For reasons outside their control they do not have enough credits to...
- Seanad: Energy Security and Climate Change: Motion (7 Nov 2007)
Joe O'Reilly: I second the amendment. I join with my colleague, Senator Coffey, in welcoming the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, for his maiden speech in the Seanad. It is clear from the thrust of the two previous contributions, and from all reasonable debate on this area, that in future there must be a push for increased use of geothermal energy in housing and on a larger scale in power stations. There...
- Seanad: Energy Security and Climate Change: Motion (7 Nov 2007)
Joe O'Reilly: It is certainly the case.
- Seanad: Energy Security and Climate Change: Motion (7 Nov 2007)
Joe O'Reilly: We would welcome the addition of more.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Nov 2007)
Joe O'Reilly: I join colleagues in supporting the call by our leader, Senator Fitzgerald, for a necessary debate in response to the human tragedy that has resulted from our breast cancer services. In the Seanad we constantly talk about making ourselves relevant. I submit to the Cathaoirleach and to the Leader of the House that nothing would make us more relevant to the public than to suspend our other...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Nov 2007)
Joe O'Reilly: Might I also say â I differ fundamentally from Senator Harris in this respect â that it is wrong and untrue to extrapolate from the tragedy in Portlaoise that we should close similar services in other small hospitals.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Nov 2007)
Joe O'Reilly: That is a misconception and is being used by certain sinister elements in this country to close small hospitals.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Nov 2007)
Joe O'Reilly: I reiterate my personal objection to the removal of cancer services from Cavan General Hospital. I make no apology for doing so.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Nov 2007)
Joe O'Reilly: I call for a debate on this issue. I also wish to raise an issue that is germane to my brief in the Seanad, namely, the question of the proposed increase in the television licence fee. There is a proposal before the Government to increase the fee by â¬7. I ask the Leader to have this debated in the House or at least to draw the attention of the relevant Minister to the fact that this...
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2007)
Joe O'Reilly: I support the calls to the Leader for the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to come to the House for a debate on energy. It would be timely and all the items already mentioned are meritorious. Perhaps the Leader would include the proposition that a comprehensive grant system be introduced to encourage a modern system of insulation of all houses. I understand the...
- Seanad: Serious Crime: Motion (17 Oct 2007)
Joe O'Reilly: I propose to share time with Senators Buttimer and McFadden. There has been a horrendous catalogue of crime in recent weeks. There has been virtual anarchy on the streets of the capital, which is tragic and serious. A major response is needed. The use of CAB is insufficient. The Government is not exploiting that asset to capture the assets of criminals. It is an initiative that came...
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2007)
Joe O'Reilly: I join in the words of congratulations to Archbishop Sean Brady on his nomination to the College of Cardinals. I am proud to be a neighbour and fellow countyman of his. He is an extremely great pastor as well as a great intellectual. I am also delighted to join in the congratulations extended to Anne Enright. It is a great personal achievement for her and it will be a great by-product of...
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2007)
Joe O'Reilly: Absolutely.
- Seanad: Access to Education: Motion (10 Oct 2007)
Joe O'Reilly: I welcome the Minister to the Chamber. I congratulate the Labour Party for bringing forward this timely motion. Education, of its nature, is an issue that must continue to be debated. The debate on it will ever end. The backdrop to the discussion is the fact that we have had something of a population explosion in recent years. That is manifested most notably in the development of the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2007)
Joe O'Reilly: I endorse the words of our party leader, Senator Fitzgerald, regarding World Mental Health Day. I am pleased to say I have spent a number of years working voluntarily with the Mental Health Association of Ireland and for that reason I have a particular interest in this area. I was involved in setting up one of its branches. Senator Fitzgerald's overall contention was that we have a lack of...
- Seanad: Climate Protection Bill 2007: Second Stage (3 Oct 2007)
Joe O'Reilly: I wish to share time with Senator Healy Eames.
- Seanad: Climate Protection Bill 2007: Second Stage (3 Oct 2007)
Joe O'Reilly: I am proud that today I was appointed by my party's leader, Deputy Kenny, as Seanad spokesperson on communications, energy and natural resources. It is in that context that I contribute to this debate. I echo the general congratulations extended to Senator Bacik on introducing the legislation. She has done the House a major service. I congratulate her on her great initiative in bringing...