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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Impact of Brexit: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2016)

James Reilly: With due respect, we have had a very good meeting. The issue the Senator is raising now is of a different nature that possibly should be addressed in another meeting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Impact of Brexit: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2016)

James Reilly: I am saying that I believe we have had a good discussion. It has been very positive, and I would like the meeting to end on a positive note.

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2016)

James Reilly: I have not spoken on this Bill before because it was the remit of my ministerial colleague while I was Minister for Health. Senator Marie-Louise O'Donnell has said much of what I was going to say. My figures vary slightly - they come from the Irish Cancer Society - and show that there are 900 new alcohol-related cancer cases every year. The WHO classifies alcohol as a class 1 carcinogen,...

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2016)

James Reilly: -----with the best will in the world to those smaller operators. We have before us the different methodologies by which people can hide the product. That is all that is being required. Nobody is asking people to build 10 ft. high walls or-----

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2016)

James Reilly: If alcohol has a value, it is as a social lubricant. I refer to the pub, the club and places where there is supervision and an opportunity to mix. As I stated, alcohol is not like other products. It causes cancer. We have to educate our children about it. We have to have an approach like the one we took to tobacco, and it should be multifaceted. There are many good measures in the Bill....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Impact of Brexit: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2016)

James Reilly: I thank the witnesses for their presentations, which have helped to stimulate a great deal of thought on our side of the table. I agree that there is probably a mixture of businesses that do not know precisely what they want or when they will do it and those that do not wish to reveal their hand. It is difficult for us to anticipate, but we know that certain things will happen even if they...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Impact of Brexit: Discussion (18 Oct 2016)

James Reilly: I welcome the various agencies and I thank them for the great work they have done over the past six years and in the years before that, but particularly during the difficult times of the downturn. The agencies have achieved phenomenal results. I also thank the witnesses for their presentations. Comments have been made about whether an allocation of €3 million is enough. I am sure...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Impact of Brexit: Discussion (18 Oct 2016)

James Reilly: If there is communication coming from visiting officials it should be made available to all the committee. not just the individual requesting it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Impact of Brexit: Discussion (18 Oct 2016)

James Reilly: I am not one bit surprised that there was a reduction in staffing levels because that happened right across the public sector. I would like to know if any of the functions in which the organisation was involved and activities it undertook previously were taken over by any other agency, Department or group of individuals. If not, what are the implications of that and how would the witnesses...

Seanad: UK Referendum on EU Membership: Statements (13 Oct 2016)

James Reilly: I welcome the Minister to the House again. I welcome much of what she had to say in her opening statement. Obviously, the prospect of the UK leaving the EU is a major risk to Ireland's economic recovery. The Government has taken this seriously. I imagine we will not know the full extent of the risks until the negotiation process is complete. Already, we have seen the impact of falling...

Seanad: UK Referendum on EU Membership: Statements (13 Oct 2016)

James Reilly: At 2.30 p.m. on Tuesday.

Seanad: Seanad Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Oct 2016)

James Reilly: I welcome the debate on the Bill and the Minister to the House. I have listened, here and via the monitor in my office, to what many of the speakers have said. There is a real appetite for reform and an acknowledgement that there are deficiencies in the Seanad as it stands, particularly in terms of what the report describes as elitist and one which disenfranchises so many of our citizens....

Seanad: Seanad Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Oct 2016)

James Reilly: Well I am sorry but many people see it as elitist.

Seanad: Seanad Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Oct 2016)

James Reilly: I disagree. Again, Senator Norris chooses to interrupt people but greatly objects to those who interrupt him.

Seanad: Seanad Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Oct 2016)

James Reilly: He is still at it. All I have to do is keep encouraging him and he will keep doing it. The ninth recommendation of the working group talks about giving consideration to North-South Ministerial Council proposals; giving consideration to secondary legislation of the EU, which has been touched upon; consulting with relevant bodies prior to and during Second Stage debate, which I believe will...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2016)

James Reilly: It is not Slab Murphy anyway.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2016)

James Reilly: Yes, Senator.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2016)

James Reilly: I thought Senator Norris was bored with the budget.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2016)

James Reilly: I will start by saying we had enough excitement with boom-and-bust budgets. Boring is good enough for me because the excitement of boom-and-bust budgets was not much fun for the many of our citizens who suffered as a consequence of them. I very much welcome the increased money for education. The importance of education to our future needs no further debate by me. People understand that....

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2016)

James Reilly: There is money for the national maternity hospital, which is very important, and our new paediatric hospital. Again, we are investing in our future and our children. I agree with the provision of money for first-time buyers. I remind those in Fianna Fáil who have cried so much about this that they introduced a similar measure in the 1980s. I thank them as I gained from it when I...