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Seanad: Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012: Second Stage (14 Nov 2012)

Kathryn Reilly: The Government did not receive a mandate to bring forward these laws that, to quote Chancellor Merkel, will be binding and valid forever. These rules have been forced upon us as part of a stripping exercise. I do accept there was a referendum and that people voted for the treaty, but it was a referendum based on fear. The point was made that we had no choice but to accept it because there...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (14 Nov 2012)

Kathryn Reilly: I extend my deepest sympathy to the family of the woman in Galway. Their grieving has been made much harder by the fact that the case has been made so public and it is a very contentious issue in our State. The people spoke in a referendum and firmly placed responsibility upon their Oireachtas representatives to deal with the issue by means of legislation. While many people hold their own...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Hospital Staff (13 Nov 2012)

Kathryn Reilly: I am sorry to inform the House, at short notice, that I must withdraw my matter on the Adjournment but I will resubmit it tomorrow. I hope that the Minister for Health or Minister of State at the Department of Health will be present then.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Forthcoming General Affairs Council: Discussion (13 Nov 2012)

Kathryn Reilly: I join with Senator Leyden in congratulating the Tánaiste on securing the seat. I want to refer to the budget for the multi-annual framework. Obviously the negotiating box by the Cypriot Presidency last week did not garner enough support. I have already raised the issue of macro-economic conditionality of Structural Funds with the Tánaiste or the Minister of State at the...

Seanad: Public Expenditure and Reform: Statements (8 Nov 2012)

Kathryn Reilly: I welcome the Minister to the House again. In terms of public sector reform I will focus on the issue of public sector pay and pensions. The Minister knows well how Sinn Féin feels about this issue having listened to my colleague in the Dáil, Deputy Mary Lou McDonald. We believe there is a need to reform the public sector pension system but we disagree fundamentally on the way it must be...

Seanad: Youth Unemployment and Public Policy: Address by Professor Christopher Pissarides (Resumed) (8 Nov 2012)

Kathryn Reilly: I welcome the professor to the House. This debate is particularly relevant to me because young people under 25 years are my peer group. I am very aware of people my age, friends, family, colleagues from college and school, who are unemployed or have been forced to emigrate. Senator Healy Eames quoted an Irish writer. I would like to quote another one, W.B. Yeats, who wrote, "That is no...

Seanad: Youth Unemployment and Public Policy: Address by Professor Christopher Pissarides (Resumed) (8 Nov 2012)

Kathryn Reilly: My point is that it is no country for young men, young women or young families. This comes back to the issue of youth unemployment and to emigration, which was not touched upon. In 2011 alone, 87,000 people left this state and there are 460,000 unemployed. I agree totally with the professor's point that we have given too much away to fiscal austerity. My party is a firm advocate of that...

Seanad: Youth Unemployment and Public Policy: Address by Professor Christopher Pissarides (Resumed) (8 Nov 2012)

Kathryn Reilly: I join Senator Bacik in asking the professor to touch on the youth guarantee. Our Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Joan Burton, has stated she would advocate this during the Irish Presidency. Will the professor give his opinion on that issue? I refer again to long-term youth unemployment. How do we try to tackle it? As he noted it will be much harder for these young people to try...

Seanad: Junior Certificate Reform and the Literacy and Numeracy Strategy: Statements (23 Oct 2012)

Kathryn Reilly: I welcome the Minister to the House. I did my junior certificate in June 2003, almost ten years ago.

Seanad: Junior Certificate Reform and the Literacy and Numeracy Strategy: Statements (23 Oct 2012)

Kathryn Reilly: Some memories of that time stand out. I can particularly remember my diet of fizzy drinks and chocolate and the nights spent cramming because of the large number of subjects we took. On some days we sat two exams. Other Senators mentioned rote learning, and for many subjects I studied at the time it was not necessarily a case of being examined on what one learned over the years but what...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2012)

Kathryn Reilly: Last year I raised the issue of food labelling and the agrifood sector. Today, I was saddened to learn of the loss of 90 jobs in a poultry plant in County Cavan. The business credited its loss making to feed price rises, increasing energy costs, poor market prices and low quality imports. The Irish Farmers Association has expressed serious concerns about the future viability of the poultry...

Seanad: Social Protection: Statements (Resumed) (18 Oct 2012)

Kathryn Reilly: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Perry, to the House and regret that the Minister for Social Protection had to leave as there are a number of issues I wished to bring to her attention. I have called for a debate on youth unemployment in this House and was hoping to address that issue with her today. The Minister mentioned earlier that there are between 70 and 80 programmes under the...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Sugar Beet Industry (18 Oct 2012)

Kathryn Reilly: Yes.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Sugar Beet Industry (18 Oct 2012)

Kathryn Reilly: Yes.

Seanad: Social Protection: Statements (Resumed) (18 Oct 2012)

Kathryn Reilly: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Perry, to the House and regret that the Minister for Social Protection had to leave as there are a number of issues I wished to bring to her attention. I have called for a debate on youth unemployment in this House and was hoping to address that issue with her today. The Minister mentioned earlier that there are between 70 and 80 programmes under the...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Sugar Beet Industry (18 Oct 2012)

Kathryn Reilly: The Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Joan Burton, will come to the House this afternoon to discuss a broad range of issues related to her portfolio. No further business has been ordered for today. When I asked the Leader to arrange a debate on youth employment, I was advised to use the opportunity of today's meeting with the Minister to discuss the issue. Given that no other business...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Sugar Beet Industry (18 Oct 2012)

Kathryn Reilly: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2012)

Kathryn Reilly: The Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Joan Burton, will come to the House this afternoon to discuss a broad range of issues related to her portfolio. No further business has been ordered for today. When I asked the Leader to arrange a debate on youth employment, I was advised to use the opportunity of today's meeting with the Minister to discuss the issue. Given that no other business...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2012)

Kathryn Reilly: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2012)

Kathryn Reilly: Yes.