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Seanad: Primary Care Centres: Motion (10 Oct 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Good man.

Seanad: Primary Care Centres: Motion (10 Oct 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Stand by your man.

Seanad: Primary Care Centres: Motion (10 Oct 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: We have no fiscal powers. That is why we are doing it.

Seanad: Primary Care Centres: Motion (10 Oct 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: No fiscal powers.

Seanad: Primary Care Centres: Motion (10 Oct 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: No fiscal powers.

Seanad: Primary Care Centres: Motion (10 Oct 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Does Senator Harte know what fiscal powers are?

Seanad: Primary Care Centres: Motion (10 Oct 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Fiscal powers relate to raising taxes.

Seanad: Primary Care Centres: Motion (10 Oct 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Tell me about Carraroe. Tell me about the people down here.

Seanad: Primary Care Centres: Motion (10 Oct 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I did not mention it at all.

Seanad: Primary Care Centres: Motion (10 Oct 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Why does the Government not tackle the consultants?

Seanad: Primary Care Centres: Motion (10 Oct 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: When were they made up?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 2008: Discussion with the Ombudsman (10 Oct 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I thank Ms O’Reilly for clarifying her position. As usual, the Seanad is a step ahead because we have had an opportunity to consider the Bill. We welcome the increase in the number of agencies that will be under the remit of the Ombudsman but I wish to focus my comments on the areas over which jurisdiction is not being given. I was forthright in the Seanad in arguing that people in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Office of the Ombudsman Annual Report 2011: Discussion with the Ombudsman (10 Oct 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Has the Ombudsman engaged with any Department or Minister on the proposed amalgamation of the Office of the Ombudsman, An Coimisinéir Teanga and the Ombudsman for Children? I have raised the issue of the Official Languages Act with the Office of the Ombudsman. It has been brought to my attention that the Ombudsman has done a huge amount of work on the issue and very little fault is to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Office of the Ombudsman Annual Report 2011: Discussion with the Ombudsman (10 Oct 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: At any stage.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Office of the Ombudsman Annual Report 2011: Discussion with the Ombudsman (10 Oct 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: A great big kite.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: We have had a number of calls in recent weeks for a debate on suicide. I am very disturbed because I have spoken this morning to a man who has told me he is suicidal. The reason is that he is an asylum seeker in Lisbrook House, a direct provision hostel in Galway, and a decision was taken yesterday to close the centre. I do not doubt that he is genuinely morose. The Lisbrook centre is...

Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Second Stage (11 Oct 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Tá céad fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. Bille iontach tábhachtach é seo agus tá sé thar a bheith tábhachtach go mbeimis á phlé. Is léir, ó gach taobh an Tí, go bhfuil géarghá dul i ngleic leis an deacracht seo atá ag cur bac le dul chun cinn cúrsaí gnó ar fud an oileáin. Is maith liom go bhfuil deis againn cur leis an díospóireacht seo. There is no doubt there is a need...

Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Second Stage (11 Oct 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: It alludes to the issue of creating jobs and is a source for debate. Some of the proposals relate to the cost of rents, while another proposes to abolish upward-only rent reviews. Upward-only rent review leases are one of the leading problems faced by businesses. These businesses are locked into contracts with rents fixed at boom time levels. This is despite the subsequent 50% drop in...

Seanad: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: On a point of order, we were not notified of this in advance. Ní bhfuair muid aon scéal go raibh sé seo le tarlú. Go hiondúil, faigheann muid rabhadh má tá rud rialaithe as ord. We are normally given notification and I seek clarification as to why the amendments were ruled out of order.

Seanad: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I dispute that and would like to hear what the Minister of State has to say on the issue. It has been said that this Bill will centralise the translation facilities within the Houses of the Oireachtas and that staff are available. I would contend that no additional resources are needed for the Bills to be translated because it is obvious that the staff have already been brought over from...