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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)

Sarah O'Reilly: I raise the issue of home repossessions, which has re-entered public debate recently. For a huge number of families, the issue has never gone away. I have been contacted by constituents who have had their mortgages sold out from under them to vulture funds. One woman in her 70s, who was a founding co-ordinator of the Money Advice and Budgeting Service, MABS, and a lifelong community...

Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Review of Our Rural Future: Rural Development Policy 2021-2025 (22 Oct 2025)

Sarah O'Reilly: I thank Mr. O'Brien for the presentation. I want to give an example of my town. I am from Bailieborough in County Cavan. We got the great news at the beginning of October that we were getting €792,000 for an extensive town centre plan. This is great and brilliant, but the people are not all that excited because, in 2023, we got up to €100,000 for a town centre plan and, in...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (21 Oct 2025)

Sarah O'Reilly: Last week a 17-year-old Ukrainian boy was stabbed to death in an apartment run by a private contractor on behalf of Tusla. This apartment housed four teenage boys. Two of these boys, alongside a female care worker, desperately tried to intervene.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (21 Oct 2025)

Sarah O'Reilly: I understand that. Anything I have to say is in the public domain.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (21 Oct 2025)

Sarah O'Reilly: Last week a 17-year-old Ukrainian boy was stabbed to death in an apartment run by a private contractor on behalf of Tusla. This apartment housed four teenage boys. Two of these boys, alongside a female care worker, desperately tried to intervene in this horrific attack. I cannot begin to imagine the grief felt by his family. Their child lost his life when he was supposed to be safe in the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó – Order of Business (15 Oct 2025)

Sarah O'Reilly: I commend Deputy Charles Ward, who brought a Private Members' motion before the Dáil today, the 100% Redress councillors and my Aontú colleague Ms Mary T. Sweeney on their tireless work on the defective concrete blocks issue. This crisis is a slow-motion earthquake. We see homes slowly crumbling across Donegal and far beyond, and I have no doubt it will stretch more over the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó – Order of Business (15 Oct 2025)

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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó – Order of Business (15 Oct 2025)

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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Quotas, Common Fisheries Policy and Sustainability Impact Assessment: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Sarah O'Reilly: I thank the witnesses for coming in today. My first question is for Mr. Lynch. I want to pick up on his statement about sole from areas 7f and 7g. The advice for 2026 was for a 14% reduction. Mr. Lynch stated that the advice was far removed from the reality being experienced by fishers on the ground. The ISEFPO has serious concerns about this advice and the uptake in 2025, where the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Quotas, Common Fisheries Policy and Sustainability Impact Assessment: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Sarah O'Reilly: Mr. Lynch said that this was for various reasons.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Quotas, Common Fisheries Policy and Sustainability Impact Assessment: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Sarah O'Reilly: Okay. I will go back to Mr. Byrne on the issue of mackerel and the overfishing by other countries, which he clearly stated his thoughts on. Does he believe that the Commission and the Government have the ability to deal with this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Quotas, Common Fisheries Policy and Sustainability Impact Assessment: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Sarah O'Reilly: That is actually what I had written down - whether the witnesses are confident there is a willingness in Europe. What Mr. Byrne is saying is that they are coming in, plundering and selling back to us. Would he agree that trade sanctions could be put in place? Is that a possibility?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Quotas, Common Fisheries Policy and Sustainability Impact Assessment: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Sarah O'Reilly: After Brexit, was there a difference between what those in the fishing industry were told would happen and what actually happened? Before Brexit, were they assured that the negotiations were in capable hands and the fishing industry in Ireland would not be affected too much? What is the difference between what they were told and what actually happened?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Quotas, Common Fisheries Policy and Sustainability Impact Assessment: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Sarah O'Reilly: Did the Irish fishing industry get assurances that it would not be affected?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Quotas, Common Fisheries Policy and Sustainability Impact Assessment: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Sarah O'Reilly: Mr. Lynch mentioned that it had never been invoked.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Quotas, Common Fisheries Policy and Sustainability Impact Assessment: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Sarah O'Reilly: The findings of the North Atlantic Pelagic Advocacy Group point to a significant imbalance in fish stocks management. In one week alone in 2023, Norwegian vessels caught over 40,000 tonnes of mackerel. This amount exceeds Ireland's annual quota for 2025 and is nearly four times the permitted catch for 2026. What will the Minister of State do to address this? Will he consider going to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Quotas, Common Fisheries Policy and Sustainability Impact Assessment: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Sarah O'Reilly: Does the Minister of State agree that that does not address the imbalance, with Norway consistently overfishing?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Quotas, Common Fisheries Policy and Sustainability Impact Assessment: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Sarah O'Reilly: Does the Minister of State agree that those countries are possibly being protected within Europe?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Quotas, Common Fisheries Policy and Sustainability Impact Assessment: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Sarah O'Reilly: I have only one minute left. Will the Minister of State concede that, year after year, the fishing industry has been very badly let down, not only by the Irish Government but also by Europe? Will he also concede that there is a massive fear among fishermen because they think their politicians are not up to the mark?