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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Landing Obligation Update and Fishing Fleet Management: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (30 Jun 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. I thank the Minister and his officials for appearing before the joint committee. Based on the information provided by the fleet sub-segmentation lobby group, I get a sense that the Minister has not set out his position on this matter in any great detail. The group made a highly compelling case and I concur with all of the points made by Deputy Ó...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Landing Obligation Update and Fishing Fleet Management: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (30 Jun 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: On the particular point-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Landing Obligation Update and Fishing Fleet Management: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (30 Jun 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The point that was raised with us over and over by the people who made the presentation, whose boat had gone down, was that this was primarily a safety issue. The Minister keeps going back to an implication that there is some sleight of hand with regard to those 18 boats, as if those people are using this as a means of getting more quota in the long run.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Landing Obligation Update and Fishing Fleet Management: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (30 Jun 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I think it is being suggested.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: National Strategic Plan for Sustainable Aquaculture Development: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: As I had to leave earlier for a vote, if any of my questions has been answered, the Chairman might let me know. There appeared to be a lot of common ground in what people had to say, which I was not expecting. I thought there would be a little more contention on the issues raised. It is good to see that there is a lot of common ground on them. An issue which has not been mentioned...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: National Strategic Plan for Sustainable Aquaculture Development: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I can check the record to determine whether it has been answered. I do not want to hold up the meeting.

Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second and Subsequent Stages (14 Jul 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Ba mhaith liom tacú leis an mBille seo ar son Sinn Féin.Sinn Féin supports the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2015, which, as has been said, seeks to provide for the commissioned rank of Vice Admiral in the Defence Forces. The rank of Vice Admiral is the naval equivalent of the Army rank of Lieutenant General, and the holder of this rank has traditionally assumed the role of Chief...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: National Strategic Plan for Sustainable Aquaculture Development: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim céad fáilte roimh na finnéithe agus gabhaim mo bhuíochas leo as ucht an cur i láthair. From listening to the hearings on the issue, we have the whole spectrum of opinion from those who would be in favour of open fish farms at sea and those at the other end of the spectrum who would be totally opposed to them. I would agree with the comments on the need to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: National Strategic Plan for Sustainable Aquaculture Development: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Perhaps the question should have been if that would have any detrimental impact on the wild stocks? Would it live equally comfortably with them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: National Strategic Plan for Sustainable Aquaculture Development: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Dr. Gargan's position is that the view of Inland Fisheries Ireland has not changed.

Seanad: Seanad Public Consultation Committee Report on Farm Safety: Motion (15 Jul 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Seanad Public Consultation Committee Report on Farm Safety: Motion (15 Jul 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire agus na haíonna speisialta atá anseo sa Ghailearaí. Ba mhaith liom comhghairdeas a ghabháil leis na grúpaí ar fad a chur eolas chun cinn, go háirithe na Seanadóirí Ó Donnabháin agus Ó Conbhuí, a rinne an-obair ar fad ar an tuairisc seo. I welcome this important and timely report. Its importance...

Seanad: Transplant Patient Services: Motion (15 Jul 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim céad fáilte roimh an Aire. I and my colleagues in Sinn Féin are acutely aware of the totally unacceptable situation regarding transplant patients in general and, in particular, the challenges now facing those awaiting pancreas transplant. My Dáil colleague, Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin, has been in touch with the Minister, with experts in the field...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Shannon Airport Landings: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jul 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I thought both guests were neutral.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Shannon Airport Landings: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jul 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I will pick up on the particular question concerning the Iraq mandate for the use of Shannon that was passed by Dáil Éireann. There was a vote by the Dáil that allowed the planes to stop over, but within the international legal framework, was that not a breach of our neutrality? I accept that the Dáil and Seanad can vote on something but did that not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Shannon Airport Landings: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jul 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Coming back to the main topic of Shannon----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Shannon Airport Landings: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jul 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I think it is very important to make that distinction about the Dáil resolution around Iraq being within a legal framework. It was not illegal to make the resolution. However, the Government is then speaking out of both sides of its mouth, saying that we are neutral but also saying we are sanctioning something within a legal framework, which people would not see as being neutral. ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Shannon Airport Landings: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jul 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: In other states internationally which declared themselves neutral, does Mr. Smyth find anything like the Shannon stopover? Does he find US planes carrying military personnel stopping over in those states? To return to the point about the rendition flights, there are international organisations that have said they can trace planes that have travelled through Shannon and people who have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Shannon Airport Landings: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jul 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Would planes that might have come out of Shannon and flown across Austria or somewhere else have been precluded from flying over their airspace?

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cé go bhfuil na Teachtaí Dála ag fáil faoi réir le dhul ar a gcuid laethanta saoire, tá ábhar gur ceart dúinne déileáil leis sular mbíonn briseadh againne. The Deputies may be getting ready to pack up and go off on their holidays but an issue has come to the fore which the Seanad might be able to deal with. So far, 512 women have signed...