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Seanad: Capital Investment in the Health Service: Statements (1 Jun 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: I welcome our colleague, the Minister, Deputy Donnelly. I salute his proactivity and his bringing about change and results, which is what it is all about.We salute that. It is a wonderful and exciting programme with an 11% increase on 2022, €1.027 billion in expenditure, which is a phenomenal level of expenditure, and €140 million devoted to ICT. In that context, the Minister...

Seanad: Capital Investment in the Health Service: Statements (1 Jun 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: The intention would not be to stop progress.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 May 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: The Order of Business is No. 1, report of the Committee of Selection, to be taken on conclusion of the Order or Business, without debate; No. 2, Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022 – Second Stage, to be taken at 11.45 a.m. and adjourn no later than 1.15 p.m., if not previously concluded, with the time allocated to the opening remarks of the Minister not...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 May 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank the Senators for all their interventions on the Order of Business. I will go through them from the top down. Senator Seery Kearney moved an amendment to the Order of Business relating to the Non-Fatal Offences against the Person (Amendment) (Spiking) Bill 2023 – First Stage. I want to indicate that I am accepting that amendment. In moving it, the Senator made a compelling...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 May 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: And it was not accepted. I stand corrected there.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 May 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: Yes. The Senator's point is well made and every time it gets aired in public, it is a help. She is right that the obvious thing to do is to try to lease the car park and it is an initiative we should be taking. I will certainly support her in any practical way we can. Senator Lombard displayed a level of parochialism, as indeed did the Cathaoirleach himself who intervened to support the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 May 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: It is an absolutely beautiful place. It is shocking that the beach does not have this status and I do not see the logic that it is due to a lack of recycling facilities in the area. It escapes me why they could not have the blue flag up and the beach open. I strongly support Senator Lombard in that matter, and indeed the Cathaoirleach's own intervention. An Taisce cannot be so arbitrary....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 May 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: It is important to put that on the record. Senator Conway, who is a good champion of the mid-west and University Hospital Limerick, wants the 96-bed block to be built and sanctioned by the Minister. I fully support that. I think the Senator will not object to me saying that Senator Maria Byrne and indeed Senator Gavan have been strong advocates of this too. I support Senator Conway's view...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 May 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: We have a mushroom industry there and it is very difficult to attract workers now. It is an issue. Certainly, people who are in hotels and various facilities around the country would love to get out into the workplace. I have spoken with these people. I met a woman waitressing recently in the Farnham Hotel in Cavan who said she was thrilled. She is from Ukraine but it has made her life...

Seanad: Report of Committee of Selection: Motion (25 May 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: I move: That the Sixteenth Report of the Committee of Selection be laid before Seanad Éireann.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 May 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: Yesterday, the Minister, Deputy Harris, launched a significant and important public awareness campaign through all national media etc. to make people aware that the threat to share body images of another individual, no matter what their relationship is, is criminal and wrong. It is a crime. It is a crime if somebody threatens to do it. We all know that under Coco’s Law, the actual...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Mr. Bertie Ahern, Former Taoiseach (23 May 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: I wish to share time with Senator Currie.

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Mr. Bertie Ahern, Former Taoiseach (23 May 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: Yes.

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Mr. Bertie Ahern, Former Taoiseach (23 May 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: Is cúis áthais dom mo bhuíochas agus buíochas mo chomhghleacaithe a ghabháil le Mr. Ahern as bheith anseo inniu. Bhí a ráiteas iontach spéisiúil agus an-stairiúil. Is ócáid speisialta é go bhfuilimid ag ceiliúradh an chonartha le Mr. Ahern agus ag éisteacht leis ar an lá speisialta seo. Táimid...

Seanad: Civil Defence Bill 2023: Second Stage (18 May 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: I welcome my colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Burke, to the House. I thank him for his presentation and I appreciate the enthusiasm with which he goes about all these things. I acknowledge the work done by members of the Civil Defence during the Covid pandemic. They did extraordinary effective work on a number of fronts. They had to deal with older people, people living in more...

Seanad: Civil Defence Bill 2023: Second Stage (18 May 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 May 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: I will speak on a similar theme to that raised by my neighbour and friend, Senator Martin. Today marks the 49th anniversary of that terrible day when three bombs exploded in Dublin city centre and a fourth in Monaghan town. Of course, the Belturbet bombing is a different matter also, but it was a day of huge violence. It was the greatest loss of life in this part of the island and an...

Seanad: Disregard of Certain Criminal Records of Gay Men: Motion (17 May 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: I appreciate the opportunity to come in for a moment. I was at a meeting of the Committee on Parliamentary Privileges and Oversight, which is obviously relevant to the House in a big way. It would be out of order not to attend that. I will say a few brief words. First, I congratulate Senator Warfield and his Sinn Féin colleagues on bringing forward the motion. It is timely and...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 May 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: I had a conversation recently with the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Deputy Harris, on accommodation and am aware that he is working hard on it, but I want to draw it to the attention of the Leader of the House. I suggest that we have a debate on it, or that, at a minimum, the Leader bring us an up-to-date report on it and express the urgency of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Disinformation and Hybrid Threats in a Geopolitical Context: Discussion (16 May 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: That was a very interesting exchange between the Cathaoirleach, as a former foreign Minister, and Professor Laffan. I welcome our guests, Professor Laffan in particular. I attended lectures of hers in the past and, I hope, learned a little from them. If I did not, it was not her fault. They were very interesting and good. I welcome our two other guests as well, obviously. We now have a...