Results 161-180 of 358 for cavan speaker:Joe O'Reilly

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Network: Discussion (17 Jan 2017)

Joe O'Reilly: ...there is a date for that. The questions have been asked but this is so important that I make no apology for speaking. I wanted to put it on the line that the people I, as a Senator, represent in Cavan and Monaghan dearly value their post office network, want no reduction except where it is impossible to avoid and want a good universal service. I am encouraged that a real effort will be...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2016)

Joe O'Reilly: ...xe1;n O'Rourke" a businessperson from Keenagh in County Longford moving out of their current premises and moving very significant jobs from the village of Keenagh owing to the absence of broadband. In Cavan and Monaghan there are villages and whole tracts without adequate broadband. I propose to the Leader that we should have a constant monitoring of this. It is one of the most current...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Oct 2016)

Joe O'Reilly: ...operations here and, critically, whether we will be able to attract new inward investment to the Border region, which is the area most affected by Brexit? I would like to see counties like Cavan and Monaghan, which already are disadvantaged by virtue of their location on the Border, receiving preferential treatment and the support systems necessary to attract industry. I seek a debate on...

Seanad: Action Plan for Education: Statements (6 Oct 2016)

Joe O'Reilly: ...We did much in the capital area under the previous administration and a lot was achieved in my constituency in terms of capital. We have one particular capital need for the new education campus in Cavan town; the excellent post-leaving certificate institute there is included in the capital programme. Senator Gallagher will support me on this. I would like to see it built in the term of...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2016)

Joe O'Reilly: ...applies to a number of countries. We must examine the whole market in question in order to overcome the problem in commodity pricing in the dairy sector. The problem affects a lot of dairy farmers in Cavan, Monaghan and throughout the country. The pricing problem will spread to the beef sector shortly. All of which makes this is a very serious problem. I appreciate the Cathaoirleach's...

Seanad: Summer Economic Statement 2016: Statements (Resumed) (14 Jul 2016)

Joe O'Reilly: Yes, absolutely, in the Border region and specifically in Cavan and Monaghan.

Seanad: Seanad Bill 2016: Second Stage (13 Jul 2016)

Joe O'Reilly: ...from my own constituency, I can think of two particular former Members. It occurs to me as apt to acknowledge them given that Senator Wilson is in the chair at the moment. Two people from County Cavan who served in this Chamber with distinction before Senator Wilson and I were former Senators Séamus Dolan and Andy O'Brien. The former Senator O'Brien's family are still involved in...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2016)

Joe O'Reilly: ...to provide for an early debate on the report with the Minister. I make no apologies for being parochial and saying that I would be concerned if there were to be any diminution of services at Cavan General Hospital. I am concerned that it is on the list and that there might be any reduction in services available to the people who use them, which is ultimately the issue. I appeal to the...

Seanad: Social Protection: Statements (12 Jul 2016)

Joe O'Reilly: ...done enormous good in communities and, more particularly, for the individuals in the scheme. I have personal experience of the scheme. I have attended party meetings in isolated areas in County Cavan at night where people have told me they have to be up for work in the morning. They are proud and delighted that they have to go to work. It is great from every perspective. Perhaps...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jun 2016)

Joe O'Reilly: ...to attract new inward investment. We wish him luck with the initiative, which needs to be stepped up. However, the inward investment must be spread regionally. I would like to see places such as Cavan-Monaghan and others throughout the country getting a fair spread of the new potential employment that can arise from inward investment. I know that the Leader, as a Munster man, will...

Seanad: Delivering Sustainable Full Employment: Statements (16 Jun 2016)

Joe O'Reilly: ..., but I am anxious that we get far more IDA Ireland itineraries into the rural areas. Will the Minister look at the shortage of IDA Ireland itineraries in areas like my own constituency of Cavan-Monaghan and see if they can be increased over the coming years? I am convinced that if we get the IDA Ireland people in, with their potential employers, they will stay and we will get the jobs....

Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second Stage (27 Jan 2016)

Joe O'Reilly: ...here. I am very proud of the new primary health care centres in my constituency. I refer, for example, to the refurbished facility in Kingscourt and to the centres in Bailieborough, Cootehill, Drumalee and Townhall Street in Cavan town and Virginia. This Government has a good record of providing a number of health care centres throughout counties Cavan and Monaghan in the worst of...

Hospital Emergency Departments: Motion [Private Members] (14 Jan 2016)

Joe O'Reilly: ...of older persons units has been provided and we have seen the extension of general practitioner care to under sixes and over 70s as well as 900 more nurses. That is the context of the debate. I am very proud that the emergency department in Cavan General Hospital is 27 years open this year. It has an average of 80 patients per 24 hour period. Since 2011 the hospital's performance has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Current Developments in Northern Ireland: Discussion on Fresh Start Agreement (17 Dec 2015)

Joe O'Reilly: .... Will the Minister of State assure us in that regard? There is a continuous concern that police would be drawn exclusively to Border areas and that areas such as Monaghan or, in particular, Cavan, given it is further away, would suffer as a consequence. To follow up on the Leas-Cheann Comhairle's remarks about flood relief, we can thank God that part of Ireland was spared on this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Court of Auditors Annual Report 2014: Mr. Kevin Cardiff (16 Dec 2015)

Joe O'Reilly: ...the audited figures? Does he see something to justify the view that we are too good Europeans in this respect? My fundamental question on agriculture really bothers me. I have a constituency office in Cavan of which I am particularly personally proud. It has an effective and wonderful staff. They spend an inordinate amount of time dealing with small farmers plagued by this issue...

Criminal Justice (Burglary of Dwellings) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2015)

Joe O'Reilly: ...Garda burglary unit will use data analysis to target crime gangs, which are predominantly responsible for the majority of domestic burglaries. Operation Thor also deals with this. In my constituency, Cavan-Monaghan, which is a Border constituency, there is a serious problem with crime gangs which operate across the Border. Thankfully, our local Garda division has an excellent...

Developments in Mental Health Services: Statements (19 Nov 2015)

Joe O'Reilly: ...Centre, which was one of the first community mental health centres in the country and continues to do an excellent job. It is a great hub and social centre in the town. I am also proud of the Cavan-Monaghan Mental Health Service, which has been very avant-garde, progressive and far-reaching. After the fall of the Iron Curtain when eastern Europe was getting rid of some its atrocious...

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Joe O'Reilly: .... I am hopeful this would be the outcome. I am not sure enough is done in composting. It is an area of recycling that offers a lot of potential and I hope we could encourage that. In my constituency of Cavan-Monaghan, we are very lucky to have very effective waste management policies and very good local authorities dealing with it. We have very good recycling centres. The town in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Country Specific Recommendations 2015 (Ireland): Discussion (18 Jun 2015)

Joe O'Reilly: ...SBCI - a wonderful development - will the Minister of State assure us that people who were in distress previously, especially those with difficulties in the construction sector and particularly in Cavan-Monaghan, will not be the victim of those historic difficulties? Will he assure us there will be flexibility in regard to how the SBCI will work in order that it will allow these people...

Communications Regulation (Postal Services) (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (11 Jun 2015)

Joe O'Reilly: ...emergency services, and testimonials from the emergency services support that thesis. Some 35% of addresses in Ireland are not unique. In the constituency I have the privilege of representing, Cavan-Monaghan, we have a lot of the same names for areas and a lot of confusion around addresses, and this makes for difficulties in the form of late deliveries and wrong deliveries, which the...