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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

Joe O'Reilly: ...electoral area and was a county councillor until 2009, which is relatively recently. His home was near Waterford. Interestingly, the city of Waterford was seeking to expand northwards across the River Suir onto land which is in County Kilkenny, and sought a revision of the county boundaries to enable this. Dowling was a strong opponent of such expansion, describing the county boundaries...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Dec 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: ...are checkpoints. It should be something people want to do, and I hope that will be the case. Given that we are talking about Christmas, one cannot help but think - in the context of the Holy Land etc., and the Christian festival - of the horror that is in Gaza. It is a travesty of human rights and of the human condition. It is very wrong, and the excesses of the war being perpetuated...

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Dec 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: ..., but if there is not proper banking it is a real risk, at this time of year specifically. I agree with the point that was made that the county and city development plans need to have zoned land to get over the issue of not having zoned land. The point about putting the housing development plans on hold until after the local and European elections is an interesting one. As the Chair...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Jul 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: .... It is just awful. I want to turn to several issues relating to housing. When I came into local government in 1985, we used to build rural cottages. They were dotted throughout rural Ireland. They came within the category of social housing. With regard to social housing, the current limits need to be increased as they are unrealistic. For rural cottages, there was usually a...

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

Joe O'Reilly: ...about this. If Senator Boyhan is right, he is right. The truth is that we need to deal with this or otherwise we will have a crisis here. Like Senators Gallagher and Wilson, I come from mushroom land. We have a lot of mushroom processing in our region. I do not refer to the wild mushrooms but to the properly produced ones. My colleague Senator Seery Kearney thought I was talking...

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

Joe O'Reilly: ...people locked up in rooms and facilities around the country while there is a shortage of workers. That needs to be addressed. As Senator Boyhan says, an unintended consequence of the residential land tax is that it can hit people in the horticulture sector. While it is a necessary tax to get land moving and get houses built, these things are difficult to square up. I agree with Senator...

Seanad: Housing: Statements (29 Mar 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: I welcome the Minister. I congratulate him on his successes so far, his ambition for the future and his willingness to adapt the plan regarding public lands and the nursing home provisions.We should be completely flexible and anything that can be done to deal with things on a day-to-day basis should be done. Obviously, supply is key to getting people into houses, having competitive and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Justice for Colombia: Discussion (18 Oct 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: ...a real interest in this issue, which I think is shared by everyone in the room. I appreciate his interaction and his willingness to help and to inform, and his courtesy. I am pleased that Ireland has a high profile here and that Colombia is high on the committee’s agenda. It is a priority for the Chair. I am pleased that delegates from this committee will travel to Colombia....

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (30 Mar 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: ...received notice from Senator Victor Boyhan of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to make a statement on commitments made to transfer State land to the Land Development Agency. I have also received notice from Senator Marie Sherlock of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Health to make a statement on plans to...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (3 Feb 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: ...package. I have also received notice from Senator Aidan Davitt of the following matter: The need for the Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine with responsibility for land use and biodiversity to make a statement on the delays in approving tree felling licences. I have also received notice from Senator Robbie Gallagher of the following matter: The...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Energy Policy (27 Jan 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: ...supply that involves no carbon emissions. It could be very productive in that regard. It was recently recognised at a very high level in a speech by an Taoiseach at a meeting of the shared island forum held in Dublin Castle on 9 December 2021 when he said: We will [...] work to develop with [...] the UK Government a cross-border pilot project on green hydrogen for the road network. We...

Seanad: Teachtaireacht ón Dáil - Message from Dáil (25 Nov 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: Dáil Éireann has passed the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2021 on 24 November 2021, without amendment.

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (4 Nov 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: .... I have also received notice from Senator Fiona O'Loughlin of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Health to make a statement on plans for the development of a hospice in the midlands. I have also received notice from Senator Jerry Buttimer of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Health to make a statement on the proposed new elective hospital for...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (3 Nov 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: .... I have also received notice from Senator John McGahon of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Finance to make a statement on the loss of agricultural tax reliefs on agricultural lands when solar panels are installed in over 50% of the land. I have also received notice from Senator Seán Kyne of the following matter: The need for the Minster for Housing, Local...

Seanad: Teachtaireachtaí ón Dáil - Messages from Dáil (2 Jul 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: Dáil Éireann passed the Land Development Agency Bill 2021 on 30 June 2021, to which the agreement Seanad Éireann is desired. Dáil Éireann passed the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021 on 30 June 2021, to which the agreement of Seanad Éireann is desired. Dáil Éireann passed the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2020 on 30 June 2021, to which the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Situation in Palestine: Discussion (Resumed) (13 May 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: ...and 124 refugees. Under accelerated settlements expansion, the construction of 3,512 settlement units was tendered. Israel appropriated 20 dunams, or 5,000 acres, of the Palestinian occupied lands. I will refer to 2021 before leaving the figures. The 2021 monthly number of structures demolished or seized averaged 117 compared with 71 in previous years, with 305 individuals affected and...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (26 Feb 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: ...I have also received notice from Senator Eugene Murphy of the following matter: The need for the Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine with special responsibility for land use and biodiversity to outline the supports to be put in place for plantations affected by the fungal disease, ash dieback. I have also received notice from Senator Seán Kyne...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (11 Nov 2020)

Joe O'Reilly: ...have also received notice from Senator Mullen of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Health to make a statement on the continuing Covid-19 restrictions on religious worship in Ireland and the constitutionality of these restrictions. I have also received notice from Senator Buttimer of the following matter: The need for the Department of Finance to clarify whether...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Covid-19 Restrictions (10 Nov 2020)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank the Cathaoirleach for selecting this important matter for rural Ireland. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Malcolm Noonan, to the House. We attended a similar virtual event recently and although the circumstances were difficult on the evening in question, we got through it. The Covid-19 virus and the various regulations contained in the plan for living with Covid-19 have...

Seanad: Climate Action: Statements (5 Nov 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: ...will also be a saving in his fuel bill. It would be interesting to see the up-to-date figures on the use of solar panels, whose support is important. The Minister is committed to harnessing Ireland's ocean resources. It is believed that we have great potential in that regard and it would be interesting if he elaborated on it in his final remarks. While I may not hear them, I will read...