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Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: That depends on your perspective, Senator Norris.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: -----we need to highlight the miserable failure of the Minister to deal with the housing crisis. He has misrepresented the figures on new homes.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The issues around the Daft rental price report are scandalous when one looks at what the Government has not done. Rents in Dublin are up by 66% and outside Dublin they are up by 41%. They went up by 13.4% between January and March and the average rent is €1,131 nationwide. In Galway, rents are up by 14%. This Minister told us he would tackle the rent issue but he and the Government...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Bring it on.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: He made a decision that made it worse.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: It is getting worse. The rates are going up.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Try standing a few candidates.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Six years later.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Senator Buttimer opposed rent certainty.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: It is Government policy.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The money is going back to central Government.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: It is so. It is certainly not going to the local authorities.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: It is not agreed.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Tacaím leis an méid atá ráite díreach romham ag an Seanadóir Coughlan. Tá géarghá le díospóireacht faoi na tinte sléibhe. We certainly need a debate around the impact of the gorse fires and the other ensuing fires. The management of that type of cleaning of lands must certainly be debated. We need to see if we can have an impact...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Development and Co-operation in Border Counties: Discussion (Resumed) (10 May 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I apologise for arriving late. My colleagues and I were caught with Seanad duties earlier on. This is a really interesting debate and the questions so far have sparked many thoughts and questions in my own head. One of the things that struck me initially was around the urban-rural companies. Even looking at the map the witnesses have provided, it seems that InterTradeIreland has a greater...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Development and Co-operation in Border Counties: Discussion (Resumed) (10 May 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: From what the witness is saying, it strikes me that these companies are not just competing against other companies on this island. They are also competing against competitors elsewhere in Europe. The manufacturing area is cutthroat as it is and margins are very low. To take a 10% tariff on certain companies, would adding that extra little bit make it much more difficult for the companies...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Development and Co-operation in Border Counties: Discussion (Resumed) (10 May 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: That InterTradeIreland has a certain relationship with regard EU funding was touched on. Apart from that, how many of InterTradeIreland's client companies north of the Border would have a dependency on or some form of an income stream from EU funding of some sort? They may be primary producers that are availing of CAP moneys or whatever or other research funding, etc. How do the witnesses...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Development and Co-operation in Border Counties: Discussion (Resumed) (10 May 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Is there a danger that some of them would move across the Border just so they could avail of that? Then InterTradeIreland would be left with fewer connections, North-South, that it can work with.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Development and Co-operation in Border Counties: Discussion (Resumed) (10 May 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Another area that has been examined is all-island labelling. I know Michelle O'Neill was working on it with the Minister, Deputy Coveney, particularly around agricultural products, etc. Do the witnesses think Brexit will have an impact on the potential to do that? At the moment we are all subject to the same EU regulations as regards foodstuffs, the quality of food and what one can eat,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Development and Co-operation in Border Counties: Discussion (Resumed) (10 May 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I have a question, although it may be one for the unions more than for InterTrade Ireland. It is about the impact on the cost of labour. Has any research been carried out in that regard? There is a thought that it will be a race to the bottom if Britain moves away from the Europeand Union and that the liberalisation of the markets will lead to a pushing down of the wages paid to workers,...