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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jun 2025)

Joe O'Reilly: I want to raise a matter that is very important to the community from whence I come and the surrounding area. I am anxious that the Leader speak directly to the Minister, Deputy Peter Burke, on foot of this intervention. The Leader is aware that Wellman International, which based in Mullagh in County Cavan, has gone into examinership. The company employs approximately 240 people, many...

Seanad: Situation in Gaza: Statements (29 May 2025)

Joe O'Reilly: I welcome the Minister of State and acknowledge the fact the Chair of the foreign affairs committee, Deputy Lahart, has been at most of this debate. As I serve on that committee, it is good that he is taking the matter so seriously. I acknowledge the Tánaiste as a politician who, from day one, has been strong on this issue and is not a newcomer to it. This is a story of depravity....

Seanad: Ireland's Economic Outlook: Statements (28 May 2025)

Joe O'Reilly: The Minister is very welcome. It is good to have him back in the Seanad, and I thank him for his management of the economy, which has left us in such a shape and position that we were able to cope with Covid; deal with the outcome of the Ukraine war in terms of inflation and the effect on families, etc.; and be in a strong position coming into the Brexit scenario. His management of the...

Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (27 May 2025)

Joe O'Reilly: I am a Fine Gael Senator and spokesperson on finance. I have been on this committee previously and been spokesperson on foreign affairs so I am certainly looking forward to working with the Chair. I am delighted to welcome my friend and member of the Cavan diaspora, the Minister of State. He is part of our diaspora and we consider anyone living outside of Cavan to be in a less...

Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (27 May 2025)

Joe O'Reilly: It might not just be germane to the proceedings. I welcome the Minister of State to this important discussion and brief. I had another meeting to do with staffing in the House earlier, which is of mutual interest to us all, so I could not leave that. However, this is a critical discussion. The Minister of State said this year the Department is allocating €16.5 million to...

Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (27 May 2025)

Joe O'Reilly: Some colleagues have referred to making it easy for people to come home. If I understand the Minister of State's brief correctly, and maybe he will clarify it, his role is more about liaising with the existing diaspora, making things better, working with them and alleviating difficulty than specifically trying to coax them home. Does the Minister of State have a role in that because Ireland...

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Business of Joint Committee (22 May 2025)

Joe O'Reilly: I congratulate the Chair and wish him well in his role. I have no doubt he will do an outstanding job. I look forward to working with him and all colleagues. I had the privilege of being on the previous committee and I thought it was very good. We did our best, specifically in the sphere of heightening awareness and accountability among local authorities. I retrospectively salute my...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 May 2025)

Joe O'Reilly: It is an occasion of great sadness to stand here and express sympathy to the family and colleagues of Garda Kevin Flatley, who lived in Balbriggan. He was 49 years old and a father of two, and our sympathy goes to his wife Una and his daughters Aoife and Erin. He was coach of the under-10 girls' team at O'Dwyers GAA club in Balbriggan, and there were huge tributes there about his positivity...

Seanad: Finance (Provision of Access to Cash Infrastructure) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 May 2025)

Joe O'Reilly: I welcome my very good personal friend, Deputy Canney, to the House. We served on committees together in the past. I have not had the opportunity to either welcome or congratulate him before now. It was a privilege to work with him in another capacity previously and it is great to see him here today as a Minister of State. I know he brings a lot of skill and dedication to the role. I...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2025)

Joe O'Reilly: The Order of Business is No. 1, motion regarding the First Report of the Committee on Parliamentary Privileges and Oversight on Orders of Reference and Establishment of Committees, to be taken on the conclusion of the Order of Business without debate; and No. 2, motion regarding the proposed approval by Seanad Éireann of a proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2025)

Joe O'Reilly: I am happy to accept the amendment proposed by Senator Keogan and seconded by my neighbour and colleague, Senator Sarah O'Reilly. I will revert presently to the substantive issue raised in the proposed amendment. I thank colleagues for their many and varied contributions on a range of issues, all of which were pertinent and topical. Senator Ní Chuilinn raised one of the biggest...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2025)

Joe O'Reilly: Of course not. Please do.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2025)

Joe O'Reilly: I concur with that. I welcome the students. It is great to have visitors here in the people’s House – it is their House. I return to Senator Boyle. As I said, I was a member of Cavan County Council for 20 years. Senator Sarah O’Reilly followed me onto Cavan County Council some years later, and she may tell me, formally or informally, if this continued to be the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2025)

Joe O'Reilly: Paul Brady has brought honour and distinction to himself and his family, to Mullahoran, to Cavan and to Ireland in handball. I wish him well yet again. He is teaching in a school where I previously taught in Cavan town, St. Phelim's school. He is a wonderful asset to that school and to that community because of his sporting prowess and his being a wonderful role model for young people. ...

Seanad: First Report of the Committee on Parliamentary Privileges and Oversight: Motion (8 May 2025)

Joe O'Reilly: I move: That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders— (1) the Select Committees as contained in the report of the Committee on Parliamentary Privileges and Oversight entitled ‘First Report of the Committee on Parliamentary Privileges and Oversight on Orders of Reference and Establishment of Committees’, laid before Seanad Éireann on 7th May, 2025, are hereby...

Seanad: International Trade and International Relations: Statements (3 Apr 2025)

Joe O'Reilly: I welcome the Tánaiste and thank him for his clear, focused leadership in this area. When you look at a challenge, you look to the built-in resilience you have to deal with it. We have that built-in resilience, in that we are attractive for investment given that we have industrial peace, an educated workforce, a budget surplus, full employment and a rainy day fund. We also have a...

Seanad: Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (26 Mar 2025)

Joe O'Reilly: No, I think my colleague Senator Nelson Murray is using her own time.

Seanad: Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (26 Mar 2025)

Joe O'Reilly: I will see how I go.

Seanad: Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (26 Mar 2025)

Joe O'Reilly: My colleague will probably be called immediately thereafter. I concur with the latter remarks of Senator McDowell. It must be almost a respite for the Minister of State to get into this House for a while. I welcome him. Not only does he have family in my area who are particularly good friends of mine, but I also served on the Council of Europe, where he served with great distinction and...

Seanad: Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (26 Mar 2025)

Joe O'Reilly: If the Cathaoirleach Gníomhach might just indulge me to correct the record, I referred earlier to Kilmainham Gaol by accident with reference to the car park and the contactless payments, whereas I meant the Royal Hospital Kilmainham.