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Seanad: Order of Business (22 Feb 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The Senator is misquoting me.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Feb 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Let us have a debate on it.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Feb 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Does it mean wearing the green jersey?

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Feb 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: He should come.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Feb 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I listened very carefully to the Leader's response and it did not address the issues we raised. He misquoted what I said. I will press the amendment because this debate is now more important than ever.

Seanad: Media Standards: Statements, Questions and Answers (22 Feb 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: San am ghearr atá agam ba mhaith liom tagairt faoi leith a dhéanamh dos na meáin Gaeilge, rud a dhéanaimid dearmad air scaití, agus ard-mholadh ach go háirid a thabhairt do TG4 agus Raidio na Gaeltachta, mar samplaí den seirbhís poiblí craoltóireachta den chéad scoth atá ar fáil againn sa tír seo. Ag tagairt don phointe a rinne an Seanadóir Whelan ar ball maidir leis an pá a...

Seanad: Wind Turbines Bill 2012: Second Stage (22 Feb 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim céad fáilte roimh an Aire. Ba mhaith liom tréaslú leis an Seanadóir Ó Ceallaigh faoin Bille seo a thabhair chun cinn. Is mór an rud é do Seanadóir ar bith Bille a thabhairt chun cinn agus comhghairdeas leis faoi sin. Ba mhaith liom a dheimhniú dó go bhfuil Sinn Féin ag tabhairt tacaíochta iomlán don Bhille, agus is breá an rud an tacaíocht tras-pháirtí seo a...

Seanad: Wind Turbines Bill 2012: Second Stage (22 Feb 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I knew that Senator Moloney would not disagree with that. It is important that we are able to access this type of energy, but if the grid does not allow for such connections, it seems that the two arms of the policy are fighting against each other. While there is no statutory distance regulations in the United Kingdom, the guidelines in place in Scotland are that no farms be located within...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Ba mhaith liom tagairt a dhéanamh don cinneadh atá á dhéanamh maidir le díol acmhainní Stáit. "Privatisation is the road back to autocracy, in which a hollowed-out state is bereft of anything meaningful to attract the support of the citizen - especially the marginalised, excluded from the mainstream of society." So said Frederick Powell, a political scientist whose same lines were...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Yesterday, Ireland's largest trade union stated, "Today's announcement regarding the sale of some public enterprises is a sad day for the Irish people and a tragedy for the Labour Party." There seems to be confusion on both sides of the House as to what the troika said or did not say to the previous and the current Governments. When my party leader, Deputy Adams, met with the troika, he was...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: It is only right and proper that the Minister responsible attends the House to discuss the sale of these State assets. We feel it is absolutely crazy to be selling off profitable State assets which should be invested in our nation's future. It is important we discuss these issues both in the Seanad and in the Dáil as opposed to discussing them by press release and through the media. Will...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Something was lost in translation.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Deputy Adams is the real Leader of the Opposition now.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: It is all about the sale of State assets.

Seanad: Standing Order 18: Motion (23 Feb 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: We are all on the road to Damascus.

Seanad: Standing Order 18: Motion (23 Feb 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Tá mé fíor-bhuíoch go bhfuil deis agam labhairt ar an rún tábhachtach agus práinneach seo. Molaim an Ceannaire as ucht an rún seo a chur os comhair an Tí le deifir ionas gur féidir linn é a phlé. I welcome this important debate and the urgency with which the Leader has dealt with it in that it was suggested yesterday and today we are having this debate. I do not concur with the...

Seanad: Standing Order 18: Motion (23 Feb 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: It is not true that this was to use up the time in the Seanad when we have other important issues to debate. I also welcome the inclusivity, tolerance and democracy of taking all viewpoints on board in the Seanad. That is the way we should and need to go. However, I would like to draw the attention of the House to the fact the CPP itself is not inclusive. The three Sinn Féin Senators are...

Seanad: Standing Order 18: Motion (23 Feb 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: It is fantastically prayerful. I would also have liked to have had five minutes speaking time during the debate on natural resources. During an important debate on foreign affairs, we were only allowed to ask a question and not make a statement. The CPP might take these thoughts on board when examining the nature of debates here to ensure they are inclusive, tolerant and democratic and to...

Seanad: Standing Order 18: Motion (23 Feb 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I know some Senators in particular parties have had difficulties in following the Whip, with all due respect to you, a Leas-Chathaoirligh. If we are to allow full and free expression of what Members really think on certain issues, perhaps we should remove the Whip for certain debates. Taking on board the shenanigans that went on this morning on the Order of Business, we should perhaps take a...

Seanad: Standing Order 18: Motion (23 Feb 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: What about membership of the CPP?