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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Tuarascáil an Choimisinéara Teanga maidir le Comórtais Inmheánacha sa Roinn Coimirce Sóisialaí: Mionphlé (7 Nov 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Níor mhaith liom é a fhágáil amach, an fear bocht. Tá sé ráite anseo, má thugtar creidiúint d’iarrthóir níos luaithe, tá an baol ann go gceapfaí iarrthóir nach bhfuil na cáilíochtaí riachtanacha aige nó aici. Glacaim leis in aon phost go bhfuil bunriachtanais ann, ar nós ceadúnas...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Tuarascáil an Choimisinéara Teanga maidir le Comórtais Inmheánacha sa Roinn Coimirce Sóisialaí: Mionphlé (7 Nov 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: What about Mr. Love's own opinion on the commissioner's report?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Tuarascáil an Choimisinéara Teanga maidir le Comórtais Inmheánacha sa Roinn Coimirce Sóisialaí: Mionphlé (7 Nov 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Was that not the idea that the former Minister for Finance, Richie Ryan, had - that by applying it in that way, one is fostering people who will come forward with the Irish language? One is giving them a positive bias in the process in that it will bring more people through with Irish, which is what we are looking for, but obviously they have to fulfil the core competencies.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Tuarascáil an Choimisinéara Teanga maidir le Comórtais Inmheánacha sa Roinn Coimirce Sóisialaí: Mionphlé (7 Nov 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: It was proven by An Coimisinéir Teanga, however, that that was not the case. There were at least two people in the Department of Social Protection to whom that did not happen and there could be a number of others. How does one take the relationship with the Ombudsman? If there was a ruling from one of the other ombudsmen, would one take the same view that one could almost take it or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Tuarascáil an Choimisinéara Teanga maidir le Comórtais Inmheánacha sa Roinn Coimirce Sóisialaí: Mionphlé (7 Nov 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Could I quickly ask a question again that nobody has answered? The process in law is that if one does not agree with the ruling of the commissioner, one has to appeal it to the High Court. Why has nobody done that? Is that not the process?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Tuarascáil an Choimisinéara Teanga maidir le Comórtais Inmheánacha sa Roinn Coimirce Sóisialaí: Mionphlé (7 Nov 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Did the commissioner not indicate to the Department that that was the appeals process if it was not happy with his ruling?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Tuarascáil an Choimisinéara Teanga maidir le Comórtais Inmheánacha sa Roinn Coimirce Sóisialaí: Mionphlé (7 Nov 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Did he not indicate that while he had heard all the evidence, the next step was to take an appeal to the High Court? Was that indicated? If it was not for the Department of Social Protection then surely it was for the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to take that on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Tuarascáil an Choimisinéara Teanga maidir le Comórtais Inmheánacha sa Roinn Coimirce Sóisialaí: Mionphlé (7 Nov 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Gabh mo leithscéal ach tá sé tábhachtach.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Tuarascáil an Choimisinéara Teanga maidir le Comórtais Inmheánacha sa Roinn Coimirce Sóisialaí: Mionphlé (7 Nov 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: However, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform does appeal cases to the courts.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Nov 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Ba mhaith liom iar-úair teachtarach a thuairt go dtí an seanad inniú. Bhí mé ag criunniú poibli i nGaillaimh leis na draonn a bhíonn sa phlé le cursaí pobal agus cursaí deonach. At a public meeting in Galway last night, we were asked to draw to people's attention that everything is not hunky-dory in Galway, even though it has a great reputation for festivals, celebrations, the...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Nov 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: It will be too late. The licences should be put in place.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Nov 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The Government will be pumping out the profits.

Seanad: The Economy: Statements (13 Nov 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim céad fáilte arís roimh an Aire Stáit. Díospóireacht iontach tábhachtach é seo agus is mór agam deis a bheith agam mo chuid tuairimí féin agus tuairimí mo phairtí a roinnt leis. We are approaching two years since Fine Gael and the Labour Party won the election and formed the Government. At that time people undoubtedly voted for change but, I believe, they have been let...

Seanad: The Economy: Statements (13 Nov 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I told the Minister of State recently that we had just launched our draft plan.

Seanad: The Economy: Statements (13 Nov 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Good man. I am very grateful. I hope to see the fruits of that on budget day. By using the National Pensions Reserve Fund, the European Investment Bank and private pension funds we would create more than 150,000 jobs. That is not an easy choice but it is the right one. It is not, despite the Government's claims, the hard thing to do to tax the lower and middle income earners to balance...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Garda Transport (13 Nov 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. Tá brón orm go bhfuil mé beagáinín as anáil tar éis dom rith suas an staighre ón gcoiste. I welcome the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Alan Shatter, and I am glad to see that he is in fine form again. I raise on the Adjournment the announcement made by the Minister that an extra allocation of approximately 196 additional Garda cars would be...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Garda Transport (13 Nov 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I will not disagree with the Minister on that point.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Garda Transport (13 Nov 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: That is very welcome news. It is an issue that has been raised at a number of meetings I have attended. I appreciate the Minister cannot tell us where the cars will be deployed but he would know from his dealings with the Garda Commissioner the blackspots where the Garda cars are needed most. Can he clarify that those areas and divisions that have lost Garda vehicles will have those...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Garda Transport (13 Nov 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: No time off for good behaviour.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: 2013 Allocations for Public Expenditure
Vote 33 - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (13 Nov 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Sula dtosóidh mé, caithfidh mé a rá go mbeidh orm dul go dtí an tSeanad mar tá ábhar agam ar an Athló agus tá an Seanad tar éis críochnú go luath. Murar mhiste leis an gcoiste é, cuirfidh mé mo chuid ceisteanna le go mbeidh siad ar an dtaifead. Bhéinn thar a bheith buíoch dá mbeadh an tAire agus an tAire...