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Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (15 Jul 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: It is very different from a referendum in terms of its legal status.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second and Subsequent Stages (15 Jul 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Tá cuid mhaith cainte ar shaoránaigh i láthair na huaire agus, más féidir liom, ba mhaith liom comhghairdeas a dhéanamh le saoránaithe na Gaillimhe atá tar éis scéal a fháil ar maidin go bhfuil Gaillimh roghnaithe mar Phríomchathair Eorpach an Chultúir 2020. Iarracht ollmhór a bhí i gceist agus táim cinnte gur...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second and Subsequent Stages (15 Jul 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: There should be.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second and Subsequent Stages (15 Jul 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The 16 to 18 year olds.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second and Subsequent Stages (15 Jul 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Has the Minister of State an opinion on that issue?

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second and Subsequent Stages (15 Jul 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The 16 to 18 year olds.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Jul 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. Caithfidh mé a rá gur thacaigh Sinn Féin go drogallach leis an bpíosa reachtaíochta seo mar nach bhfuil sa chás seo i ndáiríre ach cleas polaitiúil le tóin Fhianna Fáil a shábháil. It is not often I agree with Senator Coffey on issues, but I certainty agree with him in this case. We all know...

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Jul 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: We have discussed that at length. I can go back in detail over that with Senator Wilson if he wishes.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Jul 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The Northern Ireland Minister for Infrastructure, Mr. Hazzard, has once again stopped the imposition of water metering in the North.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Jul 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Those arguments are on the record. We have no wish to re-open that debate.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Jul 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: We are supporting this Bill because it takes the pressure off taxpayers, at least for nine months, who are at the end of their tether. We will support any mobilisation and any campaigns of the Right2Water movement to try to refocus political minds on what we regard as very unfair water charges and the unfair implementation of water charges. The elephant in the room has to be the shambles...

Seanad: Action Plan for Housing: Statements (20 Jul 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Fáiltím go mór roimh an díospóireacht agus an tuairisc. Ba mhaith liom tréaslú leis an Aire as ucht í a thabhairt chun cinn go luath. Ba mhaith liom tréaslú leis an gCoiste um Thithíocht agus Easpa Dídine as ucht an obair a rinne sé. I welcome the report and the fact that the Minister has introduced it sooner than expected....

Seanad: Action Plan for Housing: Statements (20 Jul 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The Minister has asked for Members' comments and I am sharing mine with him. In fairness, Members have shared these comments many times in these Houses over the past five years. The issue of Traveller-specific accommodation must be tackled as it is not simply an issue of trying to settle Travellers into social housing. There must be an approach that is cognisant of the specific needs of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Educational Research Centre: Discussion with Chairperson Designate (7 Sep 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur roimh Dr. Travers. Guím gach rath air ina ról nua agus tá súil agam go n-éireoidh an t-ádh leis. I wish Dr. Travers the best in his role. The more clarity that can be brought to educational disadvantage and how we can counter it, the better. I am pleased to note the mention of the Irish language, which is a particular...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Regional Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and the Gaeltacht: Culture 2025 - Éire Ildánach: a Framework Policy to 2025 and Related Matters: Discussion (7 Sep 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I have huge sympathy with most of the arguments being put forward. As somebody who did a commerce degree in Galway and went home to a pub in Connemara and told my father I was going to become an actor in the late 1980s, I understand exactly where the witnesses are coming from. Thankfully, I went on to become series producer with "Ros na Rún" for four years, so I have covered the gamut...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Regional Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and the Gaeltacht: Culture 2025 - Éire Ildánach: a Framework Policy to 2025 and Related Matters: Discussion (7 Sep 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: It is mine. Tá mé dána.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Regional Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and the Gaeltacht: Culture 2025 - Éire Ildánach: a Framework Policy to 2025 and Related Matters: Discussion (7 Sep 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Mick Lally did not have any formal training.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Regional Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and the Gaeltacht: Culture 2025 - Éire Ildánach: a Framework Policy to 2025 and Related Matters: Discussion (7 Sep 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: He did not. He was a teacher.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Regional Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and the Gaeltacht: Culture 2025 - Éire Ildánach: a Framework Policy to 2025 and Related Matters: Discussion (7 Sep 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: That was not formal training. That was informal training.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Sep 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim fáilte ar ais roimh chuile dhuine. Tá súil agam go raibh briseadh maith ag daoine. Aontaím go huile is go hiomlán leis an Seanadóir Colette Kelleher faoin méid a bhí le rá aici maidir le cóiríocht don Lucht Siúil. I concur with Senator Colette Kelleher wholeheartedly on her well-spoken comments on the Traveller...