Results 1-11 of 11 for kerry speaker:Joe O'Reilly

Seanad: Restoration of Oireachtas Library and Reading Room: Motion (28 Nov 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: ...the privilege of working alongside in this House Mary O'Connor, who comes from one of the most illustrious literary families in this country, as you would know, a Leas-Chathaoirligh, being from Kerry. She is from the famous Keane family of Kerry. She said to me earlier today: "Surely you are going up to speak in the Chamber about taking away the library." She said it would be a shocking...

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (16 Dec 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: ...Oireachtas committee with regard to the scrutiny of European legislation. All of that is part of the reform of the Seanad and the Senator embraced that and pushed those boundaries out. Senator Buttimer will have to continue in the same vein. On a lighter note, Senator Daly rang me last night. He has a lovely lilting Kerry accent and a very good way on the phone. He said, "Did you get...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Members of the European Parliament (23 Feb 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: ...that questions are to be one minute and it is questions only. I had not advised Senator O'Sullivan of that. At any rate, nobody would object to a certain indulgence of our very distinguished Kerry colleague. The MEPs have two minutes to respond to that. We will take all of them in sequence. Mr. Kelly might begin.

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (28 May 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: I welcome to the Minister of State. I congratulate the Cathaoirleach on his lovely Kerry Italian. As the Cathaoirleach said, we are on Committee Stage of the Affordable Housing Bill 2021.

Seanad: Sustainable Tourism: Statements (16 Oct 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: I welcome the Minister of State and acknowledge his flair, commitment and great dedication to the job, and, indeed, his work in Kerry to keep sustainable communities going, and through that to keep the tourism product going in his own area. I will start with a number of important local issues. I draw his attention to the refurbishment that is proceeding on Bailieborough courthouse as an...

Seanad: Job Losses at Kerry Foods, Carrickmacross, County Monaghan: Statements (14 Feb 2018)

Joe O'Reilly: ...redundancy is being offered to people who might wish to retire for various reasons. Of course this is not what we want. I gather that the redundancies are needed to improve competitiveness. Kerry Group is renowned for investment in, and the professional development of, its workforce. This means when these redundancies arise, this well-trained and skilled group of 31 people will be well...

Topical Issue Matters (11 Nov 2015)

Joe O'Reilly: ...knotweed and other invasive non-native species; (9) Deputy Billy Kelleher - the need to commission an updated sexual abuse and violence in Ireland report; (10) Deputy Martin Ferris - the recent HIQA report on Kerry General Hospital; (11) Deputy Bernard J. Durkan - the stalled works on the town centre development in Naas, County Kildare; (12) Deputy Joan Collins - the recent meeting with...

Topical Issue Matters (1 Apr 2015)

Joe O'Reilly: ...- the need to secure the future of the school completion programme and oversee its expansion by ring-fencing funding for the years to come; (6) Deputy Brendan Griffin - the need to upgrade the N22 Kerry-Cork road; (7) Deputy Brian Stanley - staffing levels in accident and emergency units and staffing in maternity units, particularly in Portlaoise hospital; (8) Deputy Pearse Doherty - the...

Topical Issue Matters (1 May 2013)

Joe O'Reilly: ...to introduce further changes in the calculation criteria for eligibility for a medical card; (9) Deputy Michael Healy-Rae - the retention of a full ambulance service at Kenmare Community Hospital, Kenmare, County Kerry; (10) Deputy John O'Mahony - the problems being experienced by persons attempting to pay the local property tax; (11) Deputy Pat Deering - the implications of proposed cuts...

Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Oct 2012)

Joe O'Reilly: ...the mechanisms in place must be brought together to create the necessary support in credit terms for an initiative for jobs. We need more days such as yesterday, when we heard the announcement from the Kerry Group of the creation of 900 jobs, which was so heartening. This must be replicated throughout the eurozone area. There is a potential lost generation of young people who will never...

Seanad: Postal Services: Motion (21 Nov 2007)

Joe O'Reilly: ...between 2002 and 2006. A total of 399 post offices closed between 1997 and 2007. I list the number of post office closures in each county because of their importance: Cork, 50; Clare, eight; Kerry, eight; Limerick, 21; Tipperary, 29; Waterford, five; Cavan — which is my county and that of my colleague, Senator Wilson — 21; Donegal, 23; Monaghan, 14; Carlow, five; Dublin, 20; Kildare,...