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Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Ba mhaith liom tacú leis an méid atá ráite ag an Seanadóir O'Donovan maidir le cás na n-iascairí beaga. Tá géarchéim ansin and tá géarghá leis an díospóireacht a lorg sé. I note the case of the inshore fishermen and support the call for that debate. I note further that the Minister in the North who deals with...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Fianna Fáil is playing both sides.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: It is Westminster legislation. Colleagues should get their facts right.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: We check before we speak.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: At least we issue press releases.

Seanad: Fines (Payment and Recovery) Bill 2013: Second Stage (26 Feb 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur roimh an Aire Stáit. Tá áthas orm bheith in ann labhairt ar an mBille seo inniu. Gan dabht, aontaíonn muid ar fad leis an bprionsabal nár chóir na príosúin a úsáid ach amháin sa chás is measa ó thaobh an chóras coiriúlachta. Labhair muid faoi sin tráthnóna inné sa...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Local Development Companies Administration (26 Feb 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The House is very efficient.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Fish Farming (26 Feb 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim céad fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. Táim an-bhuíoch dó as teacht isteach. I am grateful that the Minister of State has come into the House to take this Adjournment matter. I had actually tabled the Adjournment question before reading this morning's edition of the Irish Examiner which had a banner headline stating, "Full-scale war over Galway fish farm"....

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Fish Farming (26 Feb 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I thank the Minister of State for his reply on behalf of the Minister and I take on board all that he has said. Could he ask the Minister to issue a statement that at the meeting between Alf-Helge Aarskog, which runs Marine Harvest, the Taoiseach and the Minister, no reference was made to this fish farm project? That would contravene everything stated in the Minister of State's reply. It...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Ba mhaith liom tacú leis an moladh atá déanta ag mo chomhleacaí, an Seanadóir Barrett, maidir le díospóireacht ar chúrsaí an Tuaiscirt. We have called for a debate on Northern Ireland issues on many occasions. It would be timely as there are many issues of concern to us. It is obvious from some of the comments made yesterday on HGV regulation...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I did not say anything about post offices this morning.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: That is very negative.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: We can ask them to turn off the lights when they emigrate.

Seanad: ESB (Electronic Communications Networks) Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Feb 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I move amendment No. 1: In page 4, between lines 27 and 28, to insert the following:(2) “That this fibre optic cable shall not be privatised.”. Ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur roimh an Aire arís. Cuireann Sinn Féin fáilte go ginearálta roimh an mBille agus síleann muid gur céim mhaith chun cinn í go bhfuil muid ag úsáid an...

Seanad: ESB (Electronic Communications Networks) Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Feb 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I thank the Minister for his reply. I am quite concerned by it but I am also concerned by the comments of Senator Quinn, for whom I have great respect. I fear there is an agenda to potentially privatise the fibre optic network in the future, something to which we would be totally opposed. I would have thought a Labour Party Minister in particular would have the same view. I thought the...

Seanad: ESB (Electronic Communications Networks) Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Feb 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I am not pleased and it raises more issues than anything else. I reiterate that we are in favour of the general thrust of the Bill. Who will own the network if there is a PPP scenario where investment is coming from outside into this development? That is the real issue. The Minister indicated that ownership of the network might be shared between State and private enterprise in the new...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Ferry Services Provision (27 Feb 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim céad fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. Táim thar a bheith buíoch dó as teacht isteach ar an ábhar seo. The ferry service to the Aran Islands and Inis Mór in particular is in effect the highway for people living on the island because it provides their access to and from the island. Until recent years there was a subsidy available to the operators of...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Ferry Services Provision (27 Feb 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Stáit agus molaim é as cúpla focal Gaeilge a úsáid ag an tús. The key line in the reply is that the Department does not have in its possession any evidence which would indicate the outcome of another public tendering process would differ dramatically. I contend that there cannot be any extra evidence unless there is a tender....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Seachtain na Gaeilge (4 Mar 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Go raibh míle maith agaibh. Tá mé an-sásta nach bhfuil aon duine agaibh anseo as Gaillimh mar tá mé ag ceapadh go bhfuil sibh tar éis an-imní a chur ar na Teachtaí Dála agus na Seanadóirí as Baile Átha Cliath, as Mhuigheo agus as Corcaigh, mar tá mé ag ceapadh go bhfuil neart ábhar polaiteoirí anseo againn,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Seachtain na Gaeilge (4 Mar 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Labhair tú faoi Údarás na Gaeltachta. An bhfuil smaointí agat ó thaobh Údarás na Gaeltachta agus ó thaobh rudaí go bhféadfadh an t-údarás a bheith ag déanamh níos fearr?