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Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jun 2011)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Ach oiread le Seanadóirí eile, ba mhaith liom tréaslú le Colum McCann as an duais iontach a ghnóthaigh sé. Is maith an onóir é agus go n-éireoidh leis. Sílim go bhfuil sé tráthúil mar go raibh mé chun ceist a ardú maidir leis an ábhar seo, mar in aimsir géarchéime, is minic go ndéantar dearmad ar chúrsaí ealaíona. Ó bheith ag caint le daoine a bhíonn ag plé le...

Seanad: Road Network (16 Jun 2011)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit, gabhaim comhghairdeas leis as a cheapachán agus go n-éirí an t-ádh leis ina phost nua. Táim ag ardú ceiste a bhaineann le mótarbhealaí agus na tolls atá dháíoc orthu. Deir ráitis a tháinig amach seachtain nó dhóó shin ón AA nach bhfuil daoine ag úsáid na mótarbhealaí mar gheall ar na tolls atá ann. Táthar anois ag caint ar dhá...

Seanad: Road Network (16 Jun 2011)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I welcome the fact about future roads not having a toll. Will the Minister of State convey our concerns to the Minister? The AA statement basically states that tolls are driving people back onto old roads. That is clogging up towns. People are not using the motorways, which is a serious concern. We need to get people back onto motorways. The best way to do that is to release the tolls.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Rinne mo chomhghleacaí, an Seanadóir Ó Maonaigh, pointe maidir le fracking agus acmhainní nádúrtha. Tá sé spéisiúil gurb é an Rialtas deireanach a thug ceadúnas go leanfaí ar aghaidh leis an fracking atá ar siúl i Loch Aillionn. Iarraim ar Cheannaire an Tí go mbeadh díospoíreacht i bhfad níos leithne againn maidir leis na hacmhainní nádúrtha sa tír seo. Ba cheart dó...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: -----to determine where the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources stands on the issue, whether we will use our natural resources for the good of the country or whether we will impose regimes more favourable to taxpayers than has been the case. Ba mhaith liom go n-iarrfaí ar an Aire teacht isteach agus déileáil leis na ceisteannna sin. Ba mhaith liom freisin tacú leis...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (28 Jun 2011)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I move amendment No. 3: In page 6, before section 4, to insert the following new section: "4.—The provisions of section 3 shall apply to new jobs only.". I want to outline the thinking behind the amendment from the Sinn Féin perspective. The Bill is intended to halve the employers' rate of PRSI on jobs that pay up to €356 per week. This move is unlikely to create many new jobs. Instead...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (28 Jun 2011)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I thank the Minister for her comprehensive reply. Even if there is very little evidence that this is happening, there is evidence of it. That is the reason we proposed the amendment to protect those few people concerned, especially in the current difficult economic scenario. It would act as a deterrent to employers who are not fully scrupulous and who might try to exploit people in various...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (28 Jun 2011)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: We welcome the restoration of the minimum wage, which was Sinn Féin's policy. However, the people who will be caught in the net are those who will also be subject to JLC reviews. On Senator Paul Bradford's point on employers, Sinn Féin would also like to support them, but we must at all times be cognisant of the rights of employees. Contrary to the Senator's experience, we are aware of...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (28 Jun 2011)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I move amendment No. 5: In page 6, before section 4, to insert the following new section: 4.—Twelve months following the passage of the Act the Minister shall report to the Dáil on the impact of its operations including— (a) the number of new jobs created; (b) wage trends over the period with particular attention to the scale of wage reductions to the €356 level; and (c) the number of...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (28 Jun 2011)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Sinn Féin is opposed to sections 6 and 7. The right to a pension is a long-standing Irish republican principle. The 1919 democratic programme promised to provide for the care of the nation's aged and infirm "who shall not be regarded as a burden but rather entitled to the nation's gratitude and consideration". All those who subscribe to this principle must defend and extend, rather than...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (28 Jun 2011)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: It is better than putting it into the banks.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (28 Jun 2011)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: It is the truth.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (28 Jun 2011)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: We should try.

Seanad: Whistleblower Legislation: Motion (29 Jun 2011)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Ba mhaith liom nóiméad amháin de mo chuid ama a roinnt leis an Seanadóir Kathryn Reilly.

Seanad: Whistleblower Legislation: Motion (29 Jun 2011)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Is bean ar bheagán fhocal í agus beidh siad go maith.

Seanad: Whistleblower Legislation: Motion (29 Jun 2011)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Fágaimid an focal deireannach ag na mná i gcónaí. Tá an-áthas orm labhairt ar an rún seo agus tréaslaím leis an Seanadóir Mullen faoin rún a thabhairt chun cinn. Tá sé fíor thábhachtach. Is rud é seo a raibh Sinn Féin á lorg le fada an lá agus a bhfuilimid fós á éileamh. Tacaímid, go ginearálta, leis an rún féin agus leis na cásanna atá curtha chun cinn ó gach...

Seanad: Whistleblower Legislation: Motion (29 Jun 2011)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Ceart go leor. Ba mhaith liom a lua, ar aon chuma, go dteagaim leis an méid atá sa leasú agus an brí atá aige. Ba cheart go dtógfar ar bord an cineál imní atá orainn. Chuir muid an leasú seo chun cinn chun aird a tharraingt ar cúpla réimse eile den ábhar seo gur gá plé agus díospóireacht a dhéanamh fúthu. B'fhéidir nach bhfuil aon tagairt déanta ar chúrsaí...

Seanad: Whistleblower Legislation: Motion (29 Jun 2011)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Déanfaidh mé é sin gan dabht.

Seanad: Whistleblower Legislation: Motion (29 Jun 2011)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Ní fhaca mé an Chathaoir ag fógairt go raibh an méid sin ama imithe.