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Seanad: Good Friday Agreement and Windsor Framework: Motion (8 Mar 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: That is not without its own appropriateness. I welcome the Minister of State and congratulate him on his appointment to the crucial role of Minister of State with responsibility for European affairs. I also welcome the Sinn Féin motion. I agree with its sentiments and I congratulate Sinn Féin on putting it on the programme. At this juncture, I will appeal to the British...

Seanad: Good Friday Agreement and Windsor Framework: Motion (8 Mar 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: I hope the Senator takes my advice. It is bizarre that people are so Dublin-centric and that people in that part of Ireland so rarely visit Belfast or Derry or want to go North. There has to be something to change that pulling downwards. That needs looking at in imaginative ways. It cannot be right that is the case. Even on something as simple as the use of Belfast International Airport,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Mar 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: Having watched the "RTÉ Investigates" programme last night, I had intended raising the issue but my colleague, Senator Currie, did so competently and eloquently. All I can say in that regard is that I fully agree with her. It is such a serious matter to have rogue practitioners in psychology, above all disciplines. We do not need them in any discipline but in psychology it is a horror...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Mar 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: Maybe we could get some up-to-date figures.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Update on Civil Defence: Discussion (7 Mar 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: I come from the same area as Senator Wilson, as many in the room know. I was attending another committee meeting and missed the introductory remarks. It was unavoidable; I could not miss the meeting. I left it early to come here. Having missed the presentation, I want to say that we in Cavan are proud of the Civil Defence. It has an excellent group. A good number of those involved...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Mar 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: I welcome Their Excellencies, the UK and Belgian ambassadors, and their teams. I spoke yesterday of the Windsor Framework and am strongly in favour of it. I am delighted with it, as are our colleagues. It merits our support in every practical way. I believe and hope the ordinary people of Northern of Ireland will come out in support of it and that political leadership will too. I know a...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Feb 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: I will not be the last to make reference to it, but I welcome the Windsor agreement on the Northern Ireland protocol. It is phenomenally good news. As has been recognised in the past 24 hours by the chambers of commerce and the business sector in Northern Ireland, this agreement offers the potential for Northern Ireland to prosper economically and socially. Northern Ireland will be able to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and Priorities for 2023: Minister for Foreign Affairs (28 Feb 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank the Cathaoirleach and welcome the Tánaiste and his officials for bringing us up to speed with the priorities for the coming year, at UN level and elsewhere. I want to congratulate warmly the Tánaiste and his Department, our Government, the EU and the UK Government representatives in the Gallery, on the ground-breaking Windsor Framework. It has been welcomed by business, a...

Seanad: Oil Emergency Contingency and Transfer of Renewable Transport Fuels Functions Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (21 Feb 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: Now.

Seanad: Oil Emergency Contingency and Transfer of Renewable Transport Fuels Functions Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (21 Feb 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: Now.

Seanad: Oil Emergency Contingency and Transfer of Renewable Transport Fuels Functions Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (21 Feb 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: Tomorrow at 10.30 a.m.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Ukraine War: Ambassadors of Ukraine and Moldova (21 Feb 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: The ambassador and her officials are very welcome. It is important they are here with us. We welcome the opportunity to renew our expressions of solidarity to her. There is no ambiguity or question about that. I want the ambassador to know the people of Ireland are completely with the people of Ukraine. She might have noticed one or two ugly demonstrations in the newspapers, but they are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Ukraine War: Ambassadors of Ukraine and Moldova (21 Feb 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank the ambassador, Ms Miculet, and her colleagues for appearing before the committee. It is great she is here. It is important that this exchange and flow of information continues in both directions. As I said privately to the Chair, I had to leave to represent a colleague who could not be in the Seanad today. I missed the presentation but I have notes. I will start with a point in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Ukraine War: Ambassadors of Ukraine and Moldova (21 Feb 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: I cannot recall it at all.

Seanad: Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (15 Feb 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: I will be very brief and I thank Senator Conway for sharing time. I strongly support my colleague, Senator Martin, on the legislation and what he is trying to achieve here. I congratulate him on his enormous achievement that he has gained the acceptance of the Government. It is a tribute to his competencies and capacities that he is able to produce legislation that can be accepted in that...

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

Joe O'Reilly: I congratulate our colleague Senator Ruane on her latest television appearance. It is becoming something of a regular occurrence at this stage. She is getting better all the time. Well done to her. I wish to raise two serious health matters which are related, in a sense. The first is the CAMHS waiting list for the children's mental health services, which I raised with the Leader when she...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Defence Forces (8 Feb 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: Thank you for selecting the matter, a Chathaoirligh. I am delighted to welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Richmond. It might be one of his first occasions to visit the Seanad as a Minister of State. He is an esteemed former Member. He also has very strong ties with my county. In fact, that neatly links in to what I am going to address, in that there is a very strong tradition in...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Defence Forces (8 Feb 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank the Minister of State for his comprehensive answer, insofar as he could give one. I urge him to send me the supplementary material on training hours when he obtains it. It is an important part of the question. It is regrettable that four centres the Minister of State identified do not have staffing from 9 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. According to the statement, the other premises are open...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Feb 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: I had two meetings today pertaining to Northern Ireland. One was with some party colleagues and one alone. It provoked in me the idea of raising this matter. However, before I do so I will concur with the remarks Senator Ó Donnghaile made about the Supreme Court ruling today. The issue I will raise relates to sports capital grants and other forms of support or community grants which...

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (16 Dec 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: A Chomhsheanadóirí, a Thánaiste, a Airí, a Theachtaí Dála, agus a dhaoine uaisle uilig, i dtús báire ba mhaith liom comhghairdeas ó chroí a dhéanamh le Seanadóir Buttimer as a bheith tofa mar Chathaoirleach. Is onóir faoi leith é agus tá sé tuillte aige. Níl amhras orm ach go ndéanfaidh sé jab den...