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Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jun 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The workers in Pfizer, Iarnród Éireann, Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus do not feel the jobs they were promised have materialised. I have called for a debate on this topic in the past. Strangely, an unusual issue came up during our debate on the septic tank legislation. We had a very interesting debate on what constitutes poverty. Anybody who saw last night's report about the 1,000 people...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jun 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: It would certainly give the Taoiseach some food for thought and some material to use in his next telephone call to Chancellor Merkel.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jun 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I also hope so.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jun 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: It is just tittle-tattle?

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jun 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Fianna Fáil were not too bad at that.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jun 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Is that from the Connacht Tribune?

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jun 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: What about acting on special advisers' pay?

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jun 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Very good.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jun 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: What about the €80,000 pay cap?

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jun 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Aontaím leis an ghlaoch a rinneadh maidir leis an tuarascáil faoi leanaí atá faoi chúram an Stáit ach ba cheart dúinn an tuarascáil a fheiceáil agus a léamh ar dtús sula ndéanfaimid breith iomlán uirthi mar beidh go leor le rá faoi sin. I was honoured to travel to Lisbon over the weekend to stand shoulder to shoulder with 20,000 trade unionists who were campaigning against the...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jun 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Seanad Reform: Motion (20 Jun 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I would like to allow a minute of my time to Senator Walsh as he has a point to make.

Seanad: Seanad Reform: Motion (20 Jun 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur roimh an díospóireacht seo agus ba mhaith liom a rá go raibh muide réidh don dióspóireacht seo, pé lá a thiocfadh sé. An fáth nach raibh muid sa Chamber nuair a bhí cuid den plé á dhéanamh ná go raibh muid ag éisteacht go cúramach leis san oifig. I welcome this debate. I also welcome the silence of my colleagues on the other side of the House.

Seanad: Seanad Reform: Motion (20 Jun 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: What it says to us is that the abolition of the Seanad is Government policy and they all agree with it. Therefore, they are not wasting our time in toeing the party line and repeating ad nauseam what is already known as Government policy.

Seanad: Seanad Reform: Motion (20 Jun 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: As somebody who sits through a lot of debates here and who as a member of the agricultural panel ends up sucking at the hind teat for speaking time on many occasions, it is great, as a Sinn Féin Senator, to get the opportunity to get back in a debate such as this for a second time. What is important when we consider reform of the Seanad is that we consider voting rights for all of our...

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Jun 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire arís agus muid ag plé an Bhille thábhachtaigh seo. Tógfaidh mé ar bord an méid atá ráite aige agus glacaim leis go bhfuil sé le gach dea-mhéin ag glacadh leis an moladh a bhí déanta againn. I applaud the Minister for having the foresight to consider the point made by Sinn Féin that there was a potential loophole in the legislation. It is...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jun 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Tacaím go hiomlán leis an méid atá ráite ag an Seanadóir Ó Domhnaill. An t-am deireannach a raibh Bille Gaeltachta againn ná 1956 agus táimid píosa fada ag fanacht leis an Bille seo, Bille na Gaeltachta. Bille tábhachtach é seo a bhaineann le todhcaí na Gaeltachta atá ag teacht os comhair an Tí, ach ní bhfuair muid cóip dó ach dhá lá ó shin, mar gheall ar moill le...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jun 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: It is important for the Minister to come here today to clarify what exactly he will do to resolve this serious issue. We want the turf cutters' rights upheld so that they can continue to cut turf in their own areas, as they have done traditionally. They are not interested in moving to different bogs, nor do they want compensation. They want to continue cutting turf in their home areas, as...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jun 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The Minister made the deals.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jun 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: We do not need to take our lead from anybody.