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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Russia's Foreign Policy and Security in Europe: Engagement with Ambassador of Russia (2 Feb 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: I welcome the ambassador and thank him for his address. I am a firm believer in dialogue and talking to each other. I served alongside Deputy Cowen at the Council of Europe for a period and he will know this to be the case. When there has been a disputation at the Council of Europe, I have always argued that we should have dialogue rather than freezing out the membership of any country....

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (1 Feb 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: I have received notice from Senator Pauline O'Reilly that, on the motion for the Commencement of the House today, she proposes to raise the following matter: The need for the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide multi-annual funding streams to community environmental organisations, including Green Sod Ireland. I have also received notice from Senator Garret Ahearn of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Departmental Funding (1 Feb 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Butler. I invite Senator Pauline O'Reilly to address her Commencement matter.

Seanad: Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Feb 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank the Senator, including for her impeccable timing.

Seanad: Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Feb 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank Senator Craughwell. I can only assume that he was extremely successful at collecting tips at the Castle Inn.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Energy Policy (27 Jan 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank the Cathaoirleach for accepting this matter for discussion. It relates to a very pertinent contemporary issue, and I appreciate the fact that he recognises this. I thank the Minister of State for being here to answer questions on it and to inform the House of any developments. We can be thankful that the debate on the science of climate change is effectively over. There are very...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Energy Policy (27 Jan 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank the Minister of State for that response. It is a very positive and encouraging response because one of the things people outside this building will be wondering about is where the action is. The Minister of State indicated that the Minister has committed to publishing a consultation on the development of a green hydrogen strategy in the first half of this year. He also stated that...

Seanad: Violence Against Women: Statements (27 Jan 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank my colleague, Senator Maria Byrne, for giving me her place in this debate and waiting until later to speak to allow me to go to see Gabriel Byrne in the Gaiety Theatre. My wife has come up to go to that show so I cannot reasonably avoid the appointment. I welcome the Minister to the House. I am very happy with the fact that she has unequivocally stated that there will be a policy...

Seanad: Final Report on Impacts of Brexit of Seanad Special Select Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Statements (26 Jan 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: I welcome the Minister to the House. It is worthy of note that he turns up in person to address these issues on a consistent basis. In doing that, he recognises the seriousness of the issues, but he is also very consistent in being here to address them. That should be acknowledged and welcomed. Apart from acknowledging my colleagues on the select committee on Brexit and what a pleasure it...

Seanad: Final Report on Impacts of Brexit of Seanad Special Select Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Statements (26 Jan 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: That was important. When Brexit was discussed a few years ago, there was a sense of it being Armageddon, in particular in the region I come from. There was a fear that we would have a hard border and that the Good Friday Agreement would be in peril. There was also a fear of a return to violence in the country and east-west tariffs and customs. It was a very bleak scenario. It is a great...

Seanad: Local Government (Surveillance Powers in Relation to Certain Offences) Bill 2022: Second Stage (26 Jan 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank Senator Buttimer and I call now Senator Horkan to speak.

Seanad: Local Government (Surveillance Powers in Relation to Certain Offences) Bill 2022: Second Stage (26 Jan 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: It is my pleasure to welcome the Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, Deputy Ossian Smyth, to the House and invite him to respond to the debate so far.

Seanad: Local Government (Surveillance Powers in Relation to Certain Offences) Bill 2022: Second Stage (26 Jan 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank the Minister of State for his comprehensive and very positive response. As I call my colleague, Senator Malcolm Byrne, to speak, I warmly congratulate him on the legislation and piloting it through the House with such a level of unanimity. It is a great personal achievement by him and I offer him my congratulations on that.

Seanad: Local Government (Surveillance Powers in Relation to Certain Offences) Bill 2022: Second Stage (26 Jan 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank the Senator. I congratulate Senator Wall on his pioneering work in this area.

Seanad: Local Government (Surveillance Powers in Relation to Certain Offences) Bill 2022: Second Stage (26 Jan 2022)

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

Seanad: Local Government (Surveillance Powers in Relation to Certain Offences) Bill 2022: Second Stage (26 Jan 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Local Government (Surveillance Powers in Relation to Certain Offences) Bill 2022: Second Stage (26 Jan 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Public Procurement Contracts (25 Jan 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, to the House.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jan 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: Many colleagues will have seen the harrowing "Prime Time" report on the tragic death of Eden Heaslip, who was a victim of extreme bullying. I acknowledge that Senator Keoghan and, subsequently, Senator McGahon have raised this matter with the Leader and she responded, but I wish to bring it up again. A real hero of the "Prime Time" report was Fr. Jason Murphy, a confidant and counsellor of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jan 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: They should not be victims of bad publicity because of the actions of a few.