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Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Not if the Labour Party is dealing with it.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The Senator should talk to her own Minister.

Seanad: Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (16 Jul 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Deir siad sa nGaeilge "Meileann muilte Dé go mall ach meileann siad go mion" agus níl aon dabht faoi ó thaobh an réiteach atá ag an Rialtas seo ar fhadhbanna na morgáistí go bhfuil na muilte ag meilt go mall ach i ndáiríre ó thaobh lucht na baincéireachta de agus an brú atá siadsan ag cur ar lucht na morgáistí, tá...

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I move amendment No. 2: In page 31, between lines 19 and 20, to insert the following:“(d) the insertion of the following subsection after subsection 3:“(3A) That the applicant has a contract with a licensed operator for the delivery and safe disposal of collected waste.”.”.This amendment seeks to ensure persons or companies seeking a waste collection licence have...

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: That strikes me as one of the most ludicrous reasons I have heard in the Seanad in the past four years for not having a licensed operator apply for a contract. Consider, for example, the procedure applicable to a public transport operator who wishes to pitch for a contract under the rural transport scheme.The argument that cost effectiveness is the only issue is quite wrong. We need to make...

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I do not think the Minister of State answered the points I raised. We are seeking to have waste legally, properly and safely disposed of. That is why there are licensing and regulatory regimes in place. The Government is leaving itself open in this legislation to rogue operators who would undercut those already in the industry, those who have bona fide credentials, a good track record...

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I have not heard any argument that explains why this amendment would place anybody at a competitive disadvantage. Certainly, I cannot see why asking an operator to be licensed would do so. It does not happen in any other industry. If anything, it levels the playing field for those operators working to the letter of the law. Leaving it open for unlicensed operators is the opposite as it...

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Sinn Féin wholeheartedly opposes this section. This is the fourth attempt by the Government to push through legislation on water services without support from the general public. When one traces back the arguments for introducing Irish Water in the first place, it was about water conservation. I remember that argument from the Minister of State’s former colleague, Phil Hogan....

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: We are still enduring it.

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: They are promises one makes before an election.

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Is there not sewerage in Athenry?

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Nothing will done until next year.

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: If the Government did not spend €750 million on meters, improvements would happen a bit quicker.

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Not according to Irish Water.

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I urge the Senator to tell the truth now.

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: That is the truth.

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The Government will pickpocket the money.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jul 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Ba mhaith liom thar ceann mhuintir Shinn Féin anseo sa Seanad comhbhrón a dhéanamh tar éis bhás an iar-Bhall den Teach seo, Alexis Fitzgerald, lena chlann, lena mhuintir agus lena chairde. I echo the sentiments on the passing of former Senator and Deputy, Alexis Fitzgerald, and pass on our condolences to his family and friends as well. I concur with Senator...

Seanad: Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Second Stage (17 Jul 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. Deirtear i nGaeilge "cuir síoda ar ghabhar agus is gabhar i gcónaí é". Is léir go bhfuil síoda á chur ar an ngabhar áirithe seo ó thaobh an Bhille atá os ár gcomhair. Cuireadh an mír a bhaineann le deireadh a chur le daoine a chur i bpríosún ar bhunús nach bhfuil a gcuid...

Seanad: Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Second Stage (17 Jul 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: That is what they are.