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Seanad: Competition (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I am addressing a point raised in the debate.

Seanad: Competition (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I appreciate that. However, overhead costs are of particular concern to most businesses. As such, Senator Michael Mullins is correct that we must address the question of water charges. As he knows, the Executive in the North has no means of raising funds other than through rates and the cost of water is based on the block grant from Westminster-----

Seanad: Competition (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I apologise.

Seanad: Competition (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Go raibh míle maith agat, a Leas-Chathaoirligh. The argument that we reduce costs and red tape is an argument in favour of adopting a 32 county approach to the economy. Anyone who lives along the Border will attest to that fact. Having one tourism authority, as opposed to three, would certainly make matters much better for the hospitality industry. Waterways Ireland and the IRFU have...

Seanad: Competition (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Tacaím leis an méid atá ráite ag mo chomhleacaí, an Seanadóir Barrett. The aim of the amendment is to give the Bill more teeth. Best practice across Europe places responsibility on a government to respond to a report by the relevant competition authority within a specified timescale. In Italy, for example, the relevant competition authority has the ability to table legislation for...

Seanad: Competition (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Táim ag éirí le tacú leis an leasú atá á chur chun cinn ag mo chomhghleacaí, an Seanadóir Barrett. Aontaíonn Sinn Féin leis an mbun-phrionsabal átá sé á chur chun - nár chóir go mbeimis ag glacadh le haicme áirithe den phobal atá ag déanamh go maith agus iad ag fágáil daoine eile faoi chois ar bhealach aicmiúil. I stand in support of the amendment from my colleague,...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Second Stage (27 Apr 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Second Stage (27 Apr 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: There are two parties in government.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Second Stage (27 Apr 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The Government is having trouble doing it.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Second Stage (27 Apr 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: It can be changed.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Second Stage (27 Apr 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Ní chuirfidh mé aon mhoill ar an díospóireacht seo. Ceapaim go bhfuil an reachtaíocht seo á bhrú tríd i bhfad ró-thapaidh. Níl ciall nó réasún leis an bealach ina bhfuil an sceideal le haghaidh an Bhille tábhachtach seo á eagrú. I note that the timing for the amendments to this Bill is absolutely ridiculous. It is a disgraceful way to put through an important piece of...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Committee Stage (27 Apr 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I move amendment No. 1: In page 5, subsection (1), line 11, after "Welfare" to insert "(Miscellaneous Provisions)". Ba mhaith liom an leasú seo a mholadh mar is Bille íontach tábhachtach é seo. Ba mhaith liom a lua leis an Aire, ós rud é nach raibh sí anseo nuair a bhí deis agam labhairt níos túisce, go bhfuil an-díomá orm chomh scioptha is atá an Bille á bhrú tríd. Ní...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Committee Stage (27 Apr 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Even though the measures were announced in the budget, there has been a great deal of toing and froing as well as much press spin on, for example, the provision of child care for lone parents, which was not announced on budget day. The Dáil made many amendments to the Bill. To say these provisions were announced on budget day and that we knew what was coming is not adequate. We should...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Committee Stage (27 Apr 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: No.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Committee Stage (27 Apr 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: We would be willing to discuss them section by section.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Committee Stage (27 Apr 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Within the section.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Committee Stage (27 Apr 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I wish to raise a point of order. My apologies to Senator Zappone. The list of grouped amendments is not clear. My list refers to amendments Nos. 2, 3, 4 and 6, but amendment No. 6 is to section 4. For this reason I was hoping that they might be discussed separately.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Committee Stage (27 Apr 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: We would prefer to keep the sections separate, if that was agreeable. This is a complicated Bill.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Committee Stage (27 Apr 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Yes.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Committee Stage (27 Apr 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I have been called worse.