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Seanad: Order of Business (22 Jan 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Fáilte romhaibh ar ais, a cháirde. Ba mhaith liom cur leis na teachtaireachtaí chomhbhróin maidir le bás máthair an Seanadóir Clune agus, go deimhin, na teachtaireachtaí céanna a sheoladh chuig clann agus cairde an Aire Stáit, an Teachta McEntee. Fear uasal ceart ab ea é. Bhí mé ag déileáil leis go rialta ar an Athló. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam. Bhí mhaith liom freisin...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Jan 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Where do you stand on the issue, Jim? Let us see what would happen in such a poll.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Jan 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Senator Keane should wait until we see the detail.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Jan 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The Government is paying unguaranteed bondholders.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Jan 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The Government is sacking them entirely.

Seanad: Local Government Reform: Statements (22 Jan 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Did the Senator ever hear of eircom?

Seanad: Local Government Reform: Statements (22 Jan 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. Táim cinnte gur tús í seo le neart díospóireachtaí spleodracha a bheidh againn i mbliana. If this, the first substantial debate in the Seanad, is anything to go by it will be a very interesting term. The Government representatives certainly seem to differ from the Minister in regard to his proposals on local government reform. I hope when the Bill is...

Seanad: Local Government Reform: Statements (22 Jan 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The Leader made an interesting statement, castigating Fianna Fáil for the fact that people in local government are on inflated salaries. Sinn Féin has been saying this for a long time, especially in our pre-budget submissions where we called for real reform in salary rates at local government level. That has not been looked at by this Government. If it is unacceptable that these people...

Seanad: Local Government Reform: Statements (22 Jan 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: It was a piece of paper. The Minister may be able to inform us further. Apparently this process of trying to amalgamate Leader funding into local authorities is not something he dreamt up himself. The last time the Leader negotiations were going on this was mooted too, and the European Union told the Government it did not wish it to go down that route because it believed the model being...

Seanad: Local Government Reform: Statements (22 Jan 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: You certainly amalgamated and cohered them. Now alignment is coming down the line.

Seanad: Local Government Reform: Statements (22 Jan 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Alignment is about the same thing, namely, taking the power away from the locally elected people, community and voluntary groups.

Seanad: Local Government Reform: Statements (22 Jan 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: An unfair comment was made by Senator O'Sullivan, to the effect there was more accountability in local authorities than in any voluntary groups. It should be put on record that the local development and partnership companies have served this country extremely well. They are top class-----

Seanad: Local Government Reform: Statements (22 Jan 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: -----when it comes to accountability and in many cases they deliver in a much more cost effective manner. When cohesion was being mooted in regard to the local partnership company in Connemara we did a cost benefit analysis that showed it was much cheaper to do this on a local level. It is really important that the Minister put people's minds at rest on this issue. There are many local...

Seanad: Local Government Reform: Statements (22 Jan 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Yes, we are getting service.

Seanad: Local Government Reform: Statements (22 Jan 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I ask the Minister to outline the services.

Seanad: Local Government Reform: Statements (22 Jan 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Please outline the services.

Seanad: Local Government Reform: Statements (22 Jan 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Very good.

Seanad: Local Government Reform: Statements (22 Jan 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: What are we getting from the property tax?

Seanad: Local Government Reform: Statements (22 Jan 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: What extra services are we getting for the property tax?

Seanad: Local Government Reform: Statements (22 Jan 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I do not remember mentioning that.