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Seanad: Order of Business (11 Dec 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Will there be a 91st?

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Dec 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I dtosach, ba mhaith liom tagairt don méid a bhí le rá ag an Seanadóir Quinn ar ball. Ceist an-tromchúiseach é cead a thabhairt do fracáil ins an tír seo. I echo the sentiments of Senator Quinn on fracking. It would be a cause of serious concern even if it is allowed in a limited way. It is something we should debate as a matter of urgency. I also agree with the sentiments of a...

Seanad: 90th Anniversary of Seanad Éireann: Statements (11 Dec 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Mar ionadaí do cheannaire Shinn Féin sa Seanad, is mór an onóir dom cur leis na ráitisí ar comóradh 90 bliain bunú an Teach ársa seo. Táim an-aireach faoi chuid de na taibhsí atá sa Teach ón am sin, agus cuid mhaith acu linn, b'fheidir, leis an gceiliúradh seo a dhéanamh. Tá se iontach tábhachtach go dtabharfaí aitheantas don obair iontach atá déanta sa Teach seo le 90...

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (11 Dec 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim céad fáilte roimh an Aire. Tá mé cinnte go mbeidh áthas air a chloisint go bhfuil muid i Sinn Féin ag tacú leis an Bille. Is breá an rud go bhfuil muid ag aontú faoi chúrsaí. Cuireann muid failte roimh an reachtaíocht áirithe seo mar síleann muid go bhfuil sé fíor-thábhachtach go mbeadh na daoine atá ag plé leis na cleachtais éagsúla leighis seo cláraithe mar...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: What about the property portfolio of the Government front bench?

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: What about the property portfolio of the Government front bench?

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Tá mé ag éirí le tacaíocht a thabhairt don mholadh atá curtha chun cinn ag mo chomhghleacaí, an Seanadóir Cullinane, go dtógfar an rún mímhuiníne sa Rialtas seo. I am seconding the proposed amendment to the Order of Business, that we take the motion of no confidence in the Government. I challenge the Government side to take on this debate. If the Members are confident in their...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Yes, but I am pointing out why we need to have the debate, because it has been glossed over by the Government Senators. Senator Colm Burke said the Government has to make hard and unpopular decisions. People do not have an issue with hard or unpopular decisions if those decisions are fair and equitable, but the common feeling is that they do not believe the decisions made in the budget are...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The Minister and I may often have grave disagreements on issues of political expediency and policy but I do not underestimate his ability as a legislator. What has been said is logical and makes a great deal of sense. We almost need to step back from this. Similar to Senator Mooney, I was chairman of the Galway city and county childcare committee for a number of years and one of the...

Seanad: National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (12 Dec 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The Minister and I may often have grave disagreements on issues of political expediency and policy but I do not underestimate his ability as a legislator. What has been said is logical and makes a great deal of sense. We almost need to step back from this. Similar to Senator Mooney, I was chairman of the Galway city and county childcare committee for a number of years and one of the...

Seanad: National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (12 Dec 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I move amendment No. 3: In page 11, subsection (2)(b), line 9, after "concerned")" to insert the following:". Any such request for information, shall be?(i) accompanied by an explanation of the specific information being sought, (ii) directly relevant to the employment or activity being applied for and any subsequent enquiries shall be proportionate and precise".These amendments come on foot...

Seanad: National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (12 Dec 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I welcome the Minister's clarification on this issue and I take on board what he has said. Perhaps he will clarify what guidelines and procedures will be in place on a practical level with regard to the bureau. We have all seen instances of legislation which states bureaus or organisations should or should not do certain things, but when it comes into practice we find individuals in these...

Seanad: National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (12 Dec 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I move amendment No. 4: In page 11, subsection (2), between lines 26 and 27, to insert the following:"(h) the periodic review of data so that it is not stored for an excessive length of time in light of the purpose for which it was gathered according to regulations set out by the Minister.".

Seanad: National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (12 Dec 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I move amendment No. 5: In page 15, before section 12, but in Part 3, to insert the following new section:"12.?Convictions deemed spent by a procedure prescribed by law shall not be disclosed by the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Database System.".This amendment refers to spent convictions. We feel if somebody has gone through a procedure whereby a previous...

Seanad: National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (12 Dec 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: To use the Minister's own logic against him, he argued that one cannot legislate for everything. I would imagine that the number of instances of crashed school buses by people who might have had a spent conviction is very small. Thankfully, we have only had a limited number of fatalities in crashed school buses. I would put the corollary to the Minister, which might be more common place....

Seanad: National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (12 Dec 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Yes.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (12 Dec 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: No. While I appreciate the Leader is allocating additional time, a number of quite complex amendments are to be discussed and I refer specifically to the areas of direct provision. I suggest that Report Stage might possibly be left to a different time to enable Members to try to get through all the Committee Stage amendments. This debate has been highly constructive and these proceedings...

Seanad: National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I move amendment No. 6: In page 23, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following subsection: "(10) The Minister shall make detailed regulations in relation to the practice and procedure to be adopted by each scheduled organisation in relation to the conduct of investigators, and of inquiries, which may lead to a notification being made to the bureau under section 19."We have seen many...

Seanad: National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I welcome the amendment. As the Minister is well aware, I and many other Senators have been lobbying on the issue of direct provision for some time. We have aired serious concerns about how the direct provision model is working and what could potentially be taking place in direct provision centres. The anomaly with these centres is that they are part of a private service operated on behalf...

Seanad: National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I move amendment No. 11: In page 31, between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following:?(e) a direct provision accommodation centre.?.