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Seanad: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (9 Oct 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I move amendment No. 37: In page 33, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following:“31. Provision shall be made for a review of the Forestry Act 1988 to redefine Coillte objectives and operations.”.The Minister of State is aware of where we are coming from. This is to affirm the status of Coillte because of the fears raised about the possibility of a merger, particularly by...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Local Authority Staff (9 Oct 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim céad fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit and thank him for coming in to take this matter on the Adjournment. This is a sad story concerning a woman named Bríd Cummins, a former journalist who had mental health issues. She fought eviction by Galway City Council from the council house she was living in and was subsequently found dead in her flat the night officials turned up...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Local Authority Staff (9 Oct 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: He is identified publicly in the book. His name is a matter of public record.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Local Authority Staff (9 Oct 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: It is important to raise this issue. A former Deputy, now President Michael D. Higgins, stated at the time that he felt there was a need for a full investigation into this case. It is about the way certain executives in city and county councils do their jobs. The CEO in question has given talks at certain public functions on the issue of key leadership attributes. A statement he made in...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Local Authority Staff (9 Oct 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: It is a matter of record. This book has been published and it is in the public domain.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Local Authority Staff (9 Oct 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The question relates to the attitudes of CEOs of local authorities towards politicians and their view of how they do their work. They have serious disregard for the way things are done and in their role they have strong powers to make decisions. It is clear from the evidence outlined in documents presented to councillors at Galway City Council in regard to the Bríd Cummins case, for...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Local Authority Staff (9 Oct 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I am not sure if the Minister, the Minister of State or their officials have had the chance to go through the evidence presented in the book. If not, I suggest they do so. The evidence is factual and is based on minutes of meetings and correspondence and was acquired through FOI requests to the relevant authorities. Bríd Cummins deserves another hearing and her family wants to...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Local Authority Staff (9 Oct 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I thank the Minister of State for the answer on behalf of the senior Minister, but I totally reject that answer. What we see here is the local authority investigating the local authority, when we have had many calls for other organisations in this State not to investigate themselves. I also have evidence that one of the individuals involved in this case has given a leadership talk about how...

Seanad: Budget 2015: Statements (14 Oct 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Budget 2015: Statements (14 Oct 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim céad fáilte roimh an Aire. Beidh muintir na Gaeilge agus na Gaeltachta an-mhíshásta leis an mbuiséad seo. Bhíodar ag súil go mbeadh breis airgid á chaitheamh ar na réimsí sin agus níl, i ndáiríre. Cé go bhfáiltím roimh an airgead atá á chur ar leataobh le haghaidh Teach an Phiarsaigh, i...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (15 Oct 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Go raibh míle maith agat, a Leas-Chathaoirligh, agus céad fáilte romhat, a Aire agus ach an oiread le mo chomhghleacaithe tá áthas ormsa bheith anseo le tacaíocht a thabhairt don Bhille ag an staid seo. Aontaímid go bprionsabal leis an méid atá á chur chun cinn ag an Rialtas ar an gceann seo ach measaimid go bhféadfaí b'fhéidir...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (15 Oct 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: We do that, but when we raise such issues on the Order of Business the Leader says the Minister will be in attendance and we might as well try to raise it then. It is at the discretion of the Minister whether she will answer me.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (15 Oct 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I will be cheeky and raise the increase in Garda cars in the budget. How many cars are being scrapped and will we be in a net neutral situation or will we have a real increase in Garda cars?

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (15 Oct 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I do not see many other people offering to speak.

Seanad: Joint Policing Committees: Motion (15 Oct 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire as ucht fanacht linn don díospóireacht seo. I bprionsabal, táimid ar son an rún atá curtha chun cinn agus aontaímid le cuid mhaith den mhéid atá ráite. I must note that although Senator Norris thought that most of Sinn Féin's amendments was hogwash, he spent a lot of time talking about it. Moreover, I do...

Seanad: Joint Policing Committees: Motion (15 Oct 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Táim ag ceapadh - cé go bhfáiltimid roimh na beartais atá déanta maidir le cúrsaí tithíochta sa mbuiséad - nach léir don Rialtas i ndáiríre cé chomh géar is atá an ghéarchéim atá anseo. We all welcomed the moves in the budget concerning homelessness and the building of social housing but I am unsure as...

Seanad: Forestry Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (16 Oct 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I move amendment No. 1: In page 11, to delete lines 17 to 32.

Seanad: Forestry Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (16 Oct 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Ba mhaith liom labhairt ar an ábhar sin ar feadh soicind. I appreciate the Minister of State's reply and we are obviously not going to agree on this. I appreciate the level of detail he has given, particularly on the Oireachtas privileges Act, because that was one of our concerns. It sends out the wrong message. It appears from the section that the Minister is given strong powers...

Seanad: Forestry Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (16 Oct 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Yes.