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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Rural Communities: Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The issue of the islands relates to the Leader programme.

Seanad: Health Services: Motion (25 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire go dtí an Teach. Despite no longer being front page news, the trolley crisis is still rumbling in emergency departments across the country, with 514 people waiting on trolleys yesterday. Waiting lists are growing longer, with 385,781 people now waiting for outpatient care. The number of people having to wait for more than a year for an outpatient...

Seanad: Health Services: Motion (25 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: We are in a nightmare scenario at the moment.

Seanad: Health Services: Motion (25 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: We have learned our economics from Fine Gael and the Conservative Party.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Role and Interaction of GAA with the Diaspora: GAA (25 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim céad fáilte roimh na toscairí. Ní rachaidh mé siar ar an méid atá ráite ach tréaslaím leo as ucht na hoibre atá déanta acu. Ba mhaith liom tréaslú le Liam O'Neill go pearsanta as ucht an jab atá déanta aige ó thaobh cur chun cinn na Gaeilge le roinnt blianta, fad agus a bhí sé mar...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Person or Number?2: Crosscare (25 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I thank the witnesses for coming before the joint committee. Having attended the launch of the Crosscare report, I was taken aback at some of its findings. It was astounding to learn that the level of racism in a Department could be so high. I thank all the relevant organisations for taking part in the research and presenting their findings today. It is important that the committee, in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Person or Number?2: Crosscare (25 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Racism is a serious charge to level against any person working for the State. Is Mr. O'Brien aware of any type of censure being applied in the case of staff who have been found to be racist? Has Crosscare had dealings with the Department on this matter? Is it aware of complaints being followed up in the Department and officials being reprimanded for engaging in racist behaviour?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Person or Number?2: Crosscare (25 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Has Crosscare been informed by the Department of any case where a complaint has been made and the matter addressed by means of a reprimand or other repercussion for the official who has acted in a particular manner? Is Mr. O'Brien aware of any such instances?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Person or Number?2: Crosscare (25 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: This leads me to a question on the recommendation regarding the wearing by officials of name badges. I am sure officials of the Department of Social Protection will argue that they must put up with a significant level of abuse from people who come to departmental offices. They will be unwilling to use name badges because it is very easy to find out where someone lives nowadays. People who...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Person or Number?2: Crosscare (25 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: There is a high rate of successful appeals, at 55%. I have had suspicions as have others that there is a general policy within the Department to turn everything down initially which will turn a fair number of people away. Fewer people will come back, which will mean less expense for the Exchequer. Does the 55% success rate in terms of appeals point to incompetence on the part of front-line...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Person or Number?2: Crosscare (25 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Is there a cost dimension to that extra layer of bureaucracy?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Person or Number?2: Crosscare (25 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I wish to return to the issue of interpretation, which is fascinating. Did geography have any bearing on that or was an unwillingness to use interpretation services found across the board? Was that because people were under pressure and felt that it would be too time consuming? Was it because they did not want to have the hassle of having to telephone somebody else? What was the issue...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Person or Number?2: Crosscare (25 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: One final point which comes to the nub of it. Do the witnesses think that there is a culture within the Department and among its front-line staff which means that people who are from an Asian, African or eastern European background, who have a strange accent or a name that is not identifiably Irish, are treated differently?

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Mar 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Tá mé as seasamh inniu ag ardú ceiste a d'ardaigh mé roimhe seo ach tá cora tagtha sa scéal ó taobh chúrsaí cothromaíochta de sna hinstitiúidí tríú leibhéal. Ceapaim go bhfuil géarghá le díospóireacht faoi seo ag an leibhéal is airde. I have raised previously issues of equality in third level...

Seanad: National Car Testing System: Statements (3 Mar 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim céad fáilte roimh an Aire. Tá aiféal orm nach raibh mé anseo nuair a bhí sé ag tabhairt a óráid, ach tá cóip de anseo agam. I apologise for my absence for the Minister's speech, during which I was at another meeting. The national car test, NCT, was introduced in 2000. It is clear to all that the standard of vehicles on the road...

Seanad: National Car Testing System: Statements (3 Mar 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: It is known by many names but "racehorse" is not one of them. On a serious note, Galway requires an integrated approach to transport. The Minister could take the lead by getting all the relevant players around the table to review the issue. It is clear from the public debate and the views expressed by elected representatives that the proposal on the table will not work, will not solve the...

Seanad: National Car Testing System: Statements (3 Mar 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The Minister can read the Official Report. I do not think that is exactly what I said.

Seanad: National Car Testing System: Statements (3 Mar 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The Minister did not answer my question.

Seanad: Mid-Term Review of the Europe 2020 Strategy: Statements (3 Mar 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Tá céad fáilte roimh an Aire. Maith é as ucht cúpla focal Gaeilge a úsáid ag tús a óráide ar son Seachtain na Gaeilge. Is breá an rud é sin a chloisteáil. In our opinion, the European 2020 strategy has been flawed since its inception. As the European Trade Union Confederation, ETUC, pointed out, the strategy relied on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Ceisteanna Óige: Díospóireacht (3 Mar 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Bhí neart ábhar machnaimh sa mhéad a bhí le rá ag an triúr finné go dtí seo. Tá cúpla ceist agam. I bhfianaise an méid atá á rá ag na finnéithe faoi níos mó cainte faoi drugaí agus mar sin de, an gcreideann na finnéithe gur chóir go mbeadh cannabas dleathach agus gur chóir go mbeadh...