Results 1,281-1,300 of 5,165 for speaker:Joe O'Reilly
- 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.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 May 2022)
Joe O'Reilly: I look forward to visiting that museum soon. There were horrendous mass evictions in that area. It was one of the most remarkable and horrendous events of the Famine.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 May 2022)
Joe O'Reilly: Nobody might misinterpret the love of scholarship and research on the part of Senators Murphy and Dolan as parochialism. It is purely about the project.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 May 2022)
Joe O'Reilly: Now, I hope, the penultimate word to Senator Ahearn.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 May 2022)
Joe O'Reilly: I spoke too soon in respect of the penultimate speaker.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 May 2022)
Joe O'Reilly: I appreciate that. The issue was the subject of a Commencement matter. We all associate ourselves with those remarks. They are particularly poignant in my case as I am from that area. I thank Senator Ó Donnghaile. I am delighted to see that my friend and colleague Senator Buttimer is present to act in his natural role as Leader.Members should note that I stressed he is a natural...
- Seanad: Regulation of Display of Electoral and Polling Posters and Other Advertisements Bill 2022: Second Stage (17 May 2022)
Joe O'Reilly: I thank Senator McGahon for his contribution and for the personal anecdotes. I call on the co-sponsor of the Bill, Senator Garvey.
- Seanad: Childcare Provision: Statements (17 May 2022)
Joe O'Reilly: I thank Senator McGreehan for her contribution and for recounting her interesting personal experiences of the system.