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Seanad: Direct Provision: Statements (22 Jan 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Is that coming through?

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Creid é nó ná creid, tá Seachtain na Gaeilge ag teannadh linn go tapa agus ba mhaith liom iarraidh ar an gCeannaire go mbeadh díospóireachtaí níos leithne againn, b'fhéidir, i mbliana maidir le cúrsaí Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta. The Leader is aware that Seachtain na Gaeilge is hurtling towards us at a considerable pace. I appreciate the...

Seanad: Mediation Services: Motion (4 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim céad fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit agus tá an-áthas orm a bheith in ann labhairt ar an rún seo anocht. Mar a deir mo chomhghleacaí, an Seanadóir Cullinane, i bprionsabal aontaíonn Sinn Féin leis na smaointí atá á chur chinn. Tréaslaím le mo chomhghleacaí as Contae an Chláir, an Seanadóir Conway,...

Seanad: Mediation Services: Motion (4 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: They might be involved in mediation.

Seanad: Mediation Services: Motion (4 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I move amendment No. 2: In the third paragraph, after "mediation" to insert "thereby increasing access to justice for all".

Seanad: Mediation Services: Motion (4 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I move amendment No. 3: In the last paragraph to insert "immediately" after the words "to commit".

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: National Strategy and Framework for Higher Education: Higher Education Authority (4 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I welcome the witnesses. An Teachta McConalogue asked about the resource issues and I would be interested to hear the witnesses' comments on that. As one who comes from the west, I am interested in the geographic dispersal of students. One of the key system objectives is to promote access for disadvantaged groups, putting in place coherent pathways from second level education. It shows...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: National Strategy and Framework for Higher Education: Higher Education Authority (4 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The reason I raised the question is that a number of institutions are doing very good work, for example, DCU and Fiontar, and a number of the teacher training colleges but there does not seem to be an overall strategy. The approach seems quite piecemeal and I wonder in the context of a broader strategy on education whether it is something that could be considered because it would draw all of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: National Strategy and Framework for Higher Education: Higher Education Authority (4 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I thank Mr. Costello.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (4 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: It is that the committee prepare a report that places on the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, under its public service reform remit, the requirement to issue a standard for civil and public service and related bodies under the aegis of Departments for dealing with all correspondence, whether by hard copy, letter, e-mail, SMS, voicemail or any other electronic means. Matters which...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Aontaim leis an méid atá luaite ag Seanadoiri maidir le cursaí Stena i nDún Laoghaire. It is a very disappointing turnaround that Stena is discontinuing the services from Dún Laoghaire. I think of the Irish people who have been forced to emigrate and work in the UK, in particular, and possibly in mainland Europe, who use the service regularly. It is unfortunate they...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: It is not 20,000.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: It is a voluntary programme.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The Senator should talk to his party leader about that one.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The Senator will be filling in the membership form so.

Seanad: Regulation of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I move amendment No. 21: In page 9, to delete lines 13 and 14.Fáiltím roimh an Aire. Táim ag tógail é seo ar son mo chomghleacaí, an Seanadóir Reilly. In section 5(9), we seek to delete the words “apart from any matter relating only to the implementation of any such policy, programme, enactment or award or of a technical nature". Our view is that...

Seanad: Regulation of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Sinn Féin is of a similar opinion in that it is known that all three of the categories in our amendment regularly are on the receiving end of lobbying. The ones mentioned in amendment No. 27 are senior public servants between the ranks of Secretary General and principal officer, regulators and management boards of public bodies. I was part of a fisheries delegation to Brussels recently...

Seanad: Regulation of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I move amendment No. 27: In page 9, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following:“(f) Senior public servants between the ranks of Secretaries General and Principal Officer; (g) Regulators; (h) Management Boards of public bodies.”.

Seanad: Regulation of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I move amendment No. 41: In page 14, between lines 8 and 9, to insert the following:"(g) in the case of a lobbying activity by a person under section 5(1)(a)or (c)the overall amount spent on that lobbying action by the client, and in the case of a lobbying activity by a person under section 5(1)(b)or (c)the costs associated with that lobbying action.".This amendment relates to, in the case...

Seanad: Regulation of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I beg to differ with my esteemed colleagues. On this one, they have missed the point completely because most NGOs would not be in a position to give large fees to a lobbyist to lobby on their behalf. What we are looking at here is the scenario of the Galway tent that the Minister outlined previously, where if a lobbyist is paid to go around with bags of cash to lobby people, even if he or...