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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 Mar 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: Please do not provoke further reaction.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 Mar 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: Senator Mullen, please do not continue. Senator Malcolm Byrne, without interruption. I ask the Senator to please stop reverting to the matter.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 Mar 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: The Senator has had his injury time now.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 Mar 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: Nope. No more.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 Mar 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank the Senator, who certainly got his injury time. Hopefully we can have Senator Buttimer without interruption.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 Mar 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: Thank you, Senator Horkan. Indeed, on behalf of the House, thank you for your excellent temporary chairpersonship of the Seanad the other day.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 Mar 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: The community whence Senator Keogan and I come has been blighted by a number of tragic deaths of young people by suicide recently, so Senator Byrne raises a very important point.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 Mar 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: At this juncture, it would be appropriate to welcome to the young people to the Gallery. The future is yours, so it is good that you are here to listen. You have come in at a very apt moment because I now invite the Leader to respond to the issues raised. There were a large number of issues raised, and I think the Leader's mental agility will be well tested today.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 Mar 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank the Leader for the response. I need have had no concerns. Earlier, with the Leader, I welcomed some young people to the Gallery. I have been informed by Senator Horkan they are from Moyne Community School and are accompanied by Deputy Joe Flaherty. They are very welcome. They are my neighbours. I served in local government in Cavan with the school principal. If it is not the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Report of UN Special Rapporteur on Israel's Conduct of its Occupation of the Palestinian Territory: Discussion (31 Mar 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: Professor Lynk will probably have answered my questions by 2.45 p.m., but in case he has not and is still mid-stream, I hope he will not misinterpret my leaving then.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Report of UN Special Rapporteur on Israel's Conduct of its Occupation of the Palestinian Territory: Discussion (31 Mar 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: I do not want my getting up in the middle of his answers to seem like bad manners, but I will have to leave. I do not believe that situation will arise, though.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Report of UN Special Rapporteur on Israel's Conduct of its Occupation of the Palestinian Territory: Discussion (31 Mar 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: I am not. I am just saying that I will have to leave. I welcome Professor Lynk and thank him for his presentation. I have heard him speak at another forum. He makes a lucid presentation. People watching this meeting online should be cognisant of the fact that, apart from being a respected professor and academic, he is a UN-designated rapporteur. People should understand that this is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Report of UN Special Rapporteur on Israel's Conduct of its Occupation of the Palestinian Territory: Discussion (31 Mar 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: Not to interrupt but how do we deal with that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Report of UN Special Rapporteur on Israel's Conduct of its Occupation of the Palestinian Territory: Discussion (31 Mar 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: What does Professor Lynk posit as an alternative then?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Report of UN Special Rapporteur on Israel's Conduct of its Occupation of the Palestinian Territory: Discussion (31 Mar 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank Professor Lynk for his answers.

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (30 Mar 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: I just heard my good friend and colleague mentioning Kinsale. It is a very beautiful town, as is all of Cork. I had the privilege of visiting it last week and the visit was enhanced by meeting Senator Lombard there. I have received notice from Senator Fiona O'Loughlin that, on the motion for the Commencement of the House today, she proposes to raise the following matter: The need for...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Enrolments (30 Mar 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Malcolm Noonan, to the House once again.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Mar 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: I will wait until I am on the floor some day to speak more, but I made a number of proposals about leaving certificate reform and, thankfully, some of them are being used.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Mar 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: Senator Byrne, without interruption.