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Seanad: Planning and Development (Built Heritage Protection) Bill 2022: First Stage (18 May 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: When is it proposed to take Second Stage?

Seanad: Planning and Development (Built Heritage Protection) Bill 2022: First Stage (18 May 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (18 May 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: Amendments Nos. 9 to 13, inclusive, amendments Nos. 56 to 59, inclusive, and amendment No. 61 are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (18 May 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: Senator Higgins is speaking to the group. She is speaking to all the amendments.

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (18 May 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: I will go through the group again briefly. They are amendment Nos. 9 to 13, inclusive, amendments No. 56 to 59, inclusive, and amendment No. 61.

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (18 May 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: It is agreed by the House now.

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (18 May 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: Senator Higgins should speak to the group of amendments if she can.

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (18 May 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank Senators for their contributions. I ask the Minister to respond on the group of amendments.

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (18 May 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: How stands amendment No. 9?

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (18 May 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: Will the Minister answer that question to help the Senator decide what she will do with this amendment?

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (18 May 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: Amendments Nos. 14 to 21, inclusive, 25, 29, 54, 60, 75, 76, 78, 86, 87, 89, 93, 94, 96 to 101, inclusive, 110, 113, 114, 132, 136 and 137 are related. Amendments Nos. 132, 136 and 137 are consequential on amendments Nos. 14 to 21, inclusive, 25, 29, 54, 60, 75, 76, 78, 86, 87, 89, 93, 94, 96 to 101, inclusive, 110, 113 and 114. Amendments Nos. 14 to 21, inclusive, 25, 29, 54, 60, 75, 76,...

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (18 May 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: I am sorry, but could the sub-committee meeting at the back of the Chamber conclude, please? Amendments Nos. 22, 55 and 62 to 67, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (18 May 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: Amendments Nos. 23, 24, 103, 124 and 125 are related. Amendments Nos. 23 and 24 are physical alternatives to each other. Amendments Nos. 23, 24, 103, 124 and 125 may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disability Services (17 May 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank the Cathaoirleach. At the outset I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, to the House and I acknowledge her ambition and that of her Department. That is why I feel confident that we will get results from this discussion. I also acknowledge her recent visit to my own constituency. I propose to address this issue, in the first instance, by moving from the more particular...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disability Services (17 May 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank the Minister of State. I am very happy to know she is addressing the pay disparity. It is a big issue. These parents chatted to the professionals before speaking to me. This debate will be repeated because they have also chatted to other Oireachtas Members. This will also be raised in the Dáil. I am happy about the recruitment. The parents feel international recruitment is...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disability Services (17 May 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: Surely if somebody is looking after a disabled child on a full-time basis and presenting them, one would hardly want to question their bona fides. The other points are significant and I thank the Minister of State. The recruitment and the salary are major issues, as are the waiting lists.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: National Monuments (17 May 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: Thank you, Senator Fitzpatrick, for raising that issue yet again.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Waste Management (17 May 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Smyth, and Senator Boyhan for raising this Commencement matter issue about which I know he is passionate.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 May 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: I am working from a list drawn up by the Cathaoirleach and have added one name. If anyone else wishes to indicate, I ask them to please do so if they are not already on the list.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 May 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank Senator O'Donovan. To preserve a level of party rotation, I call Senator Gavan.