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Seanad: Order of Business. (19 Oct 2011)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Ba mhaith liom tacú leis an Seanadóir Whelan faoin díospóireacht a d'iarr sé maidir leis na meáin agus úinéireacht na meán, agus go gcaithfimid na meáin náisiúnta s'againn féin a thógáil san áireamh sa cheist sin chomh maith. Ba mhaith liom chomh maith mo mhíshástacht iomlán a léiriú leis an Seanadóir Mac Sharry maidir leis an phleanáil atá ar bun maidir le...

Seanad: Order of Business. (19 Oct 2011)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I was.

Seanad: Order of Business. (19 Oct 2011)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: He sold our resources in the meantime.

Seanad: Army Barracks Closures: Motion (19 Oct 2011)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Tá fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. Molann Sinn Féin leasú ar an rún chun áird a tharraingt ar an gceist a bhaineann le stáisiúin na ngardaí agus ar na cainteanna atá a siúil faoi dhúnadh chuid acu. Although we agree in principle with the motion, we thought it was imperative to draw attention to the fact that there is a danger that the Garda stations in rural areas will be closed...

Seanad: Army Barracks Closures: Motion (19 Oct 2011)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Absolutely, we believe the Minister in question is looking at rationalisation across the whole of his Department and it is important to look at the motion in that context. This is being done in the context, as my colleague Senator Kathryn Reilly said,of cutbacks. In a couple of weeks time, the Government will hand over €700 million of taxpayers' money. The people would much prefer that...

Seanad: Army Barracks Closures: Motion (19 Oct 2011)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: And the Government will pay out the €700 million.

Seanad: Army Barracks Closures: Motion (19 Oct 2011)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Amnesia.

Seanad: Army Barracks Closures: Motion (19 Oct 2011)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: We are elected representatives.

Seanad: Army Barracks Closures: Motion (19 Oct 2011)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: What about Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil?

Seanad: Army Barracks Closures: Motion (19 Oct 2011)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Is the Minister of State proud of the present?

Seanad: Army Barracks Closures: Motion (19 Oct 2011)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Paying €700 million to unguaranteed bondholders is hypocrisy.

Seanad: Army Barracks Closures: Motion (19 Oct 2011)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Fine Gael and the Labour Party are signing the cheque.

Seanad: Army Barracks Closures: Motion (19 Oct 2011)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The Labour Party is signing the cheque.

Seanad: Army Barracks Closures: Motion (19 Oct 2011)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Who is signing the cheques?

Seanad: Army Barracks Closures: Motion (19 Oct 2011)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Hear, hear.

Seanad: National Vision Policy (19 Oct 2011)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim céad fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. Tá mé thar a bheith buíoch di as ucht teacht isteach ar an gceist iontach tábhachtach seo. I raise on the Adjournment this issue which relates to the Vision Impaired Service Providers Alliance, VISPA and services for persons with visual impairment. As the Minister will be aware, last week was World Vision Day and a group from VISPA marched to...

Seanad: National Vision Policy (19 Oct 2011)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I am very disappointed to hear the Government does not intend to establish a national co-ordinating committee to develop and implement a national vision policy, strategy or plan. We are often told that we have international commitments. The Government made commitments to the WHO in 2003 and 2009. If we are able to renege on a health commitment, why can we not renege on our commitments to...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Oct 2011)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Oct 2011)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Ar eagla go mbeimid ro-dhiúltach ar fad ar maidin, tá moladh dearfach le déanamh agam. I would like to inject a note of positivity into the morning. I note my esteemed colleague, Senator Micheal Mullins, asked us to be a bit more positive, so we will be. However, we will be more positive when we see some more jobs come from the jobs initiative. I would like to suggest a very positive...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Oct 2011)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I am trying to explain why this will be so useful in terms of a debate. We have a lot to learn from Norway. Norway twice refused to join the EU but it still has good and positive trade relations with the European Union which are very favourable to it as a country. We would have a huge amount to learn from Norway and it would be very interesting to find out from the Tánaiste and Minister...