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Seanad: Commencement Matters: Rural Social Scheme Administration (16 Dec 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I thank the Minister of State for his response, but it was splitting hairs. The communities on the ground do not see a major difference between the schemes. The Department and various agencies do not see a difference when they ask people to work with the other organisations that have been mentioned. According to the Minister of State, he is "aware that the work of supervisors and...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Senator Coghlan should never believe anything he reads in the Irish Independent.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The Senator should stop buying it then.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I am concerned about the amount of time being allocated to discuss the Prisons Bill 2015 which, I understand, will only be 15 minutes. We welcome the Prisons Bill because it seeks to close St. Patrick's Institution, but the Department of Justice and Equality, during the Dáil debates, sneaked in a provision on certain persons who are serving sentences of imprisonment for the purposes of...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Boycott the Irish Independent.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Yes.

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (16 Dec 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I welcome the Minister and thank her for coming in. She might clarify an issue raised with me again and again by local gardaí, which is rostering and the change in Galway - as a result of the working time directive - from four rosters to five. I am informed that has had the knock-on effect of having gardaí available for fewer hours, which, in turn, has had an impact on rural Garda...

Seanad: Prison Bill 2015: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (16 Dec 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: It seems strange to insert this miscellaneous provision in a Bill that has closed St. Patrick's Institution. It seems a little bit out of place. The Minister said it was a convicted prisoner who was to be deported. How serious a case was this? Is there a danger that, for people seeking asylum, the process could be deemed to be exhausted because of a deportation order against them? Is...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Seirbhísí Farantóireachta (17 Dec 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. Tuigim nach raibh sé ar chumas an Aire Stáit, an Teachta McHugh, bheith i láthair agus go bhfuil freagra ag an Aire Stáit, an Teachta Ó Ríordáin, dúinn. Baineann an cheist phráinneach atá á n-ardú agam ar maidin leis an tseirbhís farantóireachta a théann go hÁrainn....

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Seirbhísí Farantóireachta (17 Dec 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Táim buíoch don Aire Stáit as ucht an freagra sin a léamh. An rud nach bhfeicim mórán tráchta air anseo ná pobal Árann agus na mianta atá acusan. Deir an tAire Stáit go bhfuil sé sásta aon chéim réasúnta a thógáil leis an gceist seo a réiteach. Táim ag iarraidh air céim...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Motor Insurance Coverage (14 Jan 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim céad fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit agus guím athbhliain faoi shéan is faoi mhaise dó. Interestingly, I note the headline on an article in today's edition of the Irish Examinerreads, "Standard & Poor’s sees car insurance hikes on road to profits". The article reports that the insurance industry here will be obliged to hike car insurance...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Motor Insurance Coverage (14 Jan 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The people I mentioned who are being penalised by the insurance companies will not take much solace from the Minister of State's response. Does he agree that the Minister for Finance should haul in the insurance companies and raise these issues with them directly, as has been done, albeit belatedly, in the case of flooding?Instead of waiting for a review that will take up to one year to...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jan 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Tacaím leis an méid atá ráite ag an Seanadóir Ó Dálaigh maidir le cás Louise O'Keeffe agus leis an leasú atá molta aige. I second Senator Daly’s proposal for a debate on the issues arising from the Louise O’Keeffe ruling. Some Senators have welcomed the appointment of David Begg to the Pensions Authority. I am not raising an...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jan 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I am not raising an issue about the individual but the process of the appointment.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jan 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The issue is not the individual but the method of the appointment.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jan 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I note that the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs is this morning facing questions before a United Nations committee on Ireland’s children's rights record. Senator Bacik has been talking about the Labour Party’s child care initiative, which I look forward to reading. The issues being raised today in Geneva, however, point to a failure by this Government to implement many...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jan 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Fad is atáimid inár suí anseo ar maidin, tá naonúr teaghlaigh de chuid an Lucht Siúil ag dul isteach chuig Comhairle Cathrach na Gaillimhe ag rá go bhfuil siad gan dídean. As we sit here, nine Traveller families from Galway who have been living at a dump for the past six months and face eviction tomorrow must declare themselves homeless to Galway City...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jan 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Not in its job creation.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jan 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The jobs are not being created.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (21 Jan 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The Senator is repeating himself too.