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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Shannon Airport Landings: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Foreign governments.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Shannon Airport Landings: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I do not want to hog the available speaking time, as many other people are waiting to come in. I suggest the people who made the petition would say they have provided a great deal of evidence of people who were tracked on flights that went through Shannon Airport and ended up fighting on behalf of foreign armies in war situations. Many people, possibly outside this country, might see that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Shannon Airport Landings: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: So there are arms on board some of these airplanes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Shannon Airport Landings: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport made us aware of that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Shannon Airport Landings: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Can we check whether the Minister would be willing to return to conclude the meeting at some other time?

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Oibreacha Feabhsúcháin do Scoileanna (18 Jun 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim céad fáilte roimh an Aire. Tá mé thar a bheith sásta gur í féin atá anseo, mar Aire sinsearach sa Roinn Oideachais, leis an gceist seo a ghlacadh. Tá scoil an-speisialta againn ar an gCeathrú Rua, Tigh Nan Dooley, atá ag déanamh obair den scoth agus táim ag ardú ceiste ar a son ar maidin. I am very happy that the...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Oibreacha Feabhsúcháin do Scoileanna (18 Jun 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: It is very good news that the Minister is willing to accept the application and I thank her very much. On the timelines and possible capital funding being available for the upgrade, would this come from the existing capital funding allocation or would there be quite a long time between the application being made and being realised, when the full facilities would be made available to the...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Oibreacha Feabhsúcháin do Scoileanna (18 Jun 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: That is great news. I thank the Minister.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Ba mhaith liom leasú ar Riar na hOibre a mholadh ar maidin. I call for an amendment to the Order of Business as I am extremely unhappy at the way in which the Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety (Amendment) Bill 2015 is being handled in this House. It was added to the agenda on Tuesday and was not signalled to us last week. The Bill was not available until 10 a.m. I...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I am proposing that 1abe deferred.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I thank the Leader.

Seanad: Beit Collection: Statements (18 Jun 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim céad fáilte roimh an Aire. Is lá an-tábhachtach é seo agus is díospóireacht an-tábhachtach atá ar siúl againn maidir leis na pictiúir seo. Ardaíonn an díospóireacht seo na rudaí gur cóir dúinn a bheith ag díriú orthu - ceisteanna polasaithe. We are here today in an effort to protect our...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jun 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Ba mhaith liom tagairt a dhéanamh don alt sa The Irish Timesar maidin ag Kitty Holland. The article refers to the cuts imposed during the financial crisis disproportionately hurting the disadvantaged and marginalised and it states that, according to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, they must be phased out. As we know, there were hearings in the past couple of...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jun 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: That is a load of rubbish.

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Commissioner Phil Hogan (23 Jun 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim céad fáilt roimh an gCoimisinéir. Ní fear é a raibh faitíos ná drogall ariamh air teacht ar ais go dtí an Seanad. Tá fáilte roimhe. I welcome the Commissioner and I am glad he is here with us today. I am very interested in what he has to say about his new position and its relevance to Ireland. I congratulate him on his new position...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Commissioner Phil Hogan (23 Jun 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The Commissioner is taking on Sinn Féin policy.

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Commissioner Phil Hogan (23 Jun 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Absolutely.

Seanad: Teaching Council (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (23 Jun 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim céad fáilte roimh an Aire. Tá mé thar a bheith sásta go bhfuilimid ag plé an Bille um Chomhairle Mhúinteoireachta (Leasú) 2015 inniu. Is Bille é seo a bhfuilimid a bheag nó a mhór ag tacú leis. Sinn Féin welcomes the opportunity to discuss the Teaching Council (Amendment) Bill, of which we are broadly supportive. We...

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (23 Jun 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I move amendment No. 1:In page 7, line 15, to delete “the Minister” and substitute “a member of the judiciary, as delegated by the Chief Justice”. Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. Phlémar an Bille seo ag Céim an Choiste agus dúramar go rabhamar ag iarraidh leasaithe a thabhairt chun cinn. On amendments Nos. 1 and 2, we believe that in...