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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jan 2018)

James Reilly: I accept it is commercially sensitive.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jan 2018)

James Reilly: I asked whether one can borrow through the post office.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jan 2018)

James Reilly: The post offices in their own right can accept cheques, can they not? Do they not change cheques for pensioners?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jan 2018)

James Reilly: After that introduction, I must welcome the witnesses warmly. I attended the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach to hear from Sparkassen. I also had the honour of addressing the Irish League of Credit Unions at their AGM a few years ago when I was a Minister. I am a great fan of both, and I will lay that on the table at the very outset. I will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jan 2018)

James Reilly: Do they deal in cash and coin?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jan 2018)

James Reilly: Will the Chairman allow the other witnesses also to respond?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jan 2018)

James Reilly: Can the witnesses answer Deputy Neville's question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jan 2018)

James Reilly: It was the question Mr. Felzen took first.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jan 2018)

James Reilly: That is just the population of Fingal.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jan 2018)

James Reilly: I thank the Chairman and the committee for inviting Sparkassen and the credit unions in and giving a strong message that this is not an either-or situation. We need our pillar banks, but their focus has very much moved away from face-to-face contact with the customer but the credit unions and Sparkassen have shown that their model of banking harks back more to the day of the face-to-face...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jan 2018)

James Reilly: I welcome the fact some progress has been made on the issue of people whose pensions were detrimentally affected by the Act passed in 2012. I have raised the issue many times. The Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Deputy Regina Doherty, has been working hard on this and received Cabinet agreement on allowing post-2012 pensioners choose between their current rate and...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jan 2018)

James Reilly: The leader of the Sinn Féin group raised our current difficulties in the health service and we are all aware we need more capacity. We are now fortunate as a nation to have additional funds for the health service. However, there must be acknowledgement from people that having had so many cuts and the reality of the troika in town, which was checking reports every three months and was...

Seanad: Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (17 Jan 2018)

James Reilly: I commend the joint committee members on the great work they have done on a very difficult and divisive issue. I commend the chairperson, who is a Seanad colleague. I understand just how divisive is this issue. We had the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill in 2013 and I spoke to every single member of the Fine Gael Party who was in the Oireachtas at that time, and it was a very...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2017)

James Reilly: Like others, I wish everyone a happy Christmas, especially the staff who support us all so well. Senator Ó Céidigh referred to the retention of doctors, nurses and teachers. We are facing a crisis in general practice, with a large tranche of doctors set to retire in the coming years, an increasing population and, rightly, greater delivery being asked of primary care. I welcome...

Seanad: Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Dec 2017)

James Reilly: I welcome the Bill. As someone who is a member of a trade union and who was a Minister and introduced many of these FEMPI cuts because of a financial emergency, I welcome the fact that they are being unwound. They are having a hugely detrimental effect, especially on general practice, where we see a raft of young doctors leaving the country. The matter was referred to on the Order of...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2017)

James Reilly: I hope the Cathaoirleach will add 30 seconds to my time, because I want to raise a point of order. Senator Ó Ríordáin accused somebody of being a sex offender. The person has not been convicted. This House believes in due process, and I do not think that is appropriate. People should be given the right to due process. His other comments about the outcome of the election...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2017)

James Reilly: Cathaoirleach, I must object. This is about the eighth time that the leader of the Sinn Féin group has come back in and interrupted the Leader. If he does not get a chance to respond, there will be mayhem here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2017)

James Reilly: I thank all the witnesses for their presentations. We were especially keen to have them appear before the committee on this issue, especially the Irish Farmers Association, IFA, because often people do not accept it is a major part of Irish business, but this committee fully acknowledges that it is and we are pleased that its representatives have come along to this meeting. I apologise as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2017)

James Reilly: Have the witnesses any suggestions to deal with the IMRO issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2017)

James Reilly: It is helpful for the committee to have a suggestion as to how it could be addressed.