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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Equality Budgeting Petition: Equality Budgeting Campaign (2 Apr 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: How does Scotland avoid the last-minute scramble we are led to believe happens in the Department of Finance, where things change in the last week or so?

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Apr 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Ba mhaith liom labhairt inniu maidir leis an bPáipéar Bán atá foilsithe maidir le cúrsaí sláinte agus an tseirbhís sláinte uilíoch atá dhá chur chun cinn ag an Rialtas. I would like to raise the issue of the White Paper on universal health care which has just been released. Sinn Féin has serious concerns about this issue. We...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Apr 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Ba mhaith liom gach dea-ghuí a ghuí ar Uachtarán na hÉireann, Micheál D. Ó hUigínn, ar a chuairt stáit chuig an Bhreatain. Is cinnte gur ócáid iontach stairiúil í agus tá súil agam go mbeidh gach rath air. Ba mhaith liom freisin tréaslú le Martin McGuinness a ghlac leis an gcuireadh freastal ar an...

Seanad: Fines (Payment and Recovery) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (8 Apr 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. We welcome the passing of this Bill. Incarceration should also be the last resort in any penal system. The numbers of persons who have been sent to prison for non-payment of fines is outrageous and I welcome the steps being taken to tackle that issue. Nevertheless, consideration must also be given to the economic climate and the inability of...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (9 Apr 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Ba mhaith liom tagairt a dhéanamh d'alt a bhí sa Daily Mailinné ag Brenda Power. I take this opportunity to convey my abhorrence at this article concerning the Traveller community. It was totally ill-informed, inaccurate and biased, and possibly bordering on racist. Many people are very offended by what was written and I hope the relevant authorities will deal with it in a...

Seanad: Employment Equality (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (9 Apr 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim fáilite roimh an Aire. I broadly welcome the Bill and I thank Senator Bacik for bringing it forward. It is important for all those who are being discriminated against and it is essential that it be enacted quickly. We are all concerned that it has taken a year to take Committee Stage but we should move forward. Senator Conway's reference to a stage like manner is apt because...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Harbours and Piers Development (9 Apr 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. I am very grateful to him for coming before the House to take this matter, which relates to Ros a'Mhíl harbour in Connemara. In 1999 HGL O'Connor & Co. carried out a feasibility study for deep water jetty at Ros a' Mhíl for Roinn na Gaeltachta. In 2000 the then Department of the Marine and Natural Resources commissioned...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Harbours and Piers Development (9 Apr 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. I am glad Ros a' Mhíl is still on the agenda, but the economic case has to be proven. A great deal of documentation has been sent to the Minister on that. I will talk to local people who are on the committee to put the material back on the Minister's desk. Will the Minister of State indicate to the Minister, Deputy Coveney, that the...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Apr 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Apr 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The right honourable Senator Coghlan.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Apr 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Nuair a bhí comhrá fada agam le Jody inné, chuir mé in iúl di an méid measa atá agam uirthi. I wish to be associated with all the words of good wishes to Jody. We had a great chat yesterday between Adjournment matters. I expressed to her my considerable pride having worked with her and my sense of gratitude on our behalf being a smaller grouping in the...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Seaweed Harvesting Licences (10 Apr 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: This issue relates to the cutting of seaweed along the coasts of Ireland, particularly the west coast, a tradition that has been going on for many years. Traditionally, people who cut seaweed do so on a particular strip of the foreshore, which is not then cut by any other person. The old Irish saying, "spite feamainne" was used when rows broke out because some people had cut into other...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Seaweed Harvesting Licences (10 Apr 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I thank the Minister of State for her reply and I appreciate that it is a work in progress. I ask her to relay to the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government our desire to be updated on the legal advice he is getting. It is an emotive issue for the people involved. Can the Minister, Deputy Hogan, also take on board the wishes of the local community as expressed by 200...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry Losses Due to Recent Storms: Discussion (15 Apr 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Ní labhróidh mé ar feadh i bhfad. Gabhaim buíochas leis an finnéithe as ucht an cur i láthair. I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I do not sit on the committee full-time but I come in as much as possible. I am familiar with the issues in Connemara and we have met fishermen. We called for a compensation and support scheme but when we saw the pot...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Apr 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Ba mhaith liom tacú leis an méid atá ráite ag an Seanadóir Landy. Fáiltíonn muid roimh an tuarascáil atá déanta faoi CEDRA, mar tá muid á chuardach le tamall fada. I welcome the publication of the report by CEDRA, the Commission for the Economic Development of Rural Ireland, but I am disappointed that it is quite general in its...

Seanad: Employment Equality (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I have been listening very carefully to everything that has been said and I will keep my contribution short as I would prefer to hear what the Minister of State has to say about the issue. I get the sense we are broadly in agreement. There have been issues raised by the report published over the weekend by the International Human Rights and Equality Commission, IHREC. We support the thrust...

Seanad: Commission of Investigation (Certain Matters relative to An Garda Síochána and other persons) Order 2014: Motion (16 Apr 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Taoiseach. This has been a very disturbing period in the administration of justice. Public confidence has been fundamentally undermined by the Government’s incompetence in overseeing all of these episodes. With regard to the administration of justice, the allegations in respect of the Office of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC,...

Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Sub-Committee on Fisheries: Report on Promoting Sustainable Rural Coastal and Island Communities: Discussion (6 May 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim fáilte roimh na finnéithe ar fad. Ba mhaith liom aontú le beagnach gad rud a bhfuil ráite acu faoi na moltaí. I apologise on behalf of Deputy Ferris who could not attend. Unfortunately, I must leave to attend proceedings in the Seanad in a moment. The witnesses made a number of important points which the sub-committee should consider pursuing. Mr. Early...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Irish Compliance with International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights: Discussion (6 May 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I had not planned to contribute at this point. I apologise to our guests for being late, which was due to being held up on the way from Galway. I am sure Professor O'Flaherty will be familiar with that problem. I welcome the debate and support the call made by the witnesses on Traveller rights. This is an important occasion in that representatives of Travellers are present in the Seanad...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Irish Compliance with International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights: Discussion (6 May 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I thank Professor O'Flaherty. Will the committee take into consideration other international agreements such as the Good Friday Agreement and its outstanding issues? Some people argue, for example, that the amalgamation of the Irish Human Rights Commission and the Equality Authority dilutes the responsibilities under agreements such as the Good Friday Agreement. Does the committee look...