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Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jun 2015)

Labhrás Ó Murchú: Is mian liom aontú leis an méid atá ráite faoin sár-iománaí, Jimmy Doyle, atá imithe ar shlí na fírinne. Mar is eol don Teach ar fad, sheas sé an fód go minic ar son Chontae Thiobraid Árainn agus chothaigh sé bród ionainn mar dhaoine ó Thiobrad Árainn freisin agus mar Ghaeil. Níl aon amhras faoi...

Seanad: Master Plan for the City of Dublin: Motion (24 Jun 2015)

Labhrás Ó Murchú: Senator Norris has set the tone for this debate, as has his motion. I compliment Senators Barrett and Norris in tabling the motion. Unless there are some people who are passionate about issues like this and prepared to give leadership in a consistent way this would fall between two stools. In the main, the planning code in Ireland has a lot to recommend it. Many planning officials...

Seanad: Growing Tourism to 2025: Statements (1 Jul 2015)

Labhrás Ó Murchú: Tá fáilte roimh an Aire agus gabhaim mo bhuíochas leis as ucht an méid a dúirt sé anseo inniu agus as ucht an clár don thodhchaí a chur sé os ár gcomhair. I welcome the Minister and thank him for the concept and policy he has put before us on tourism in Ireland. We have had a number of debates over the years on tourism and it was always...

Seanad: Growing Tourism to 2025: Statements (1 Jul 2015)

Labhrás Ó Murchú: We have no hotel that can cater for a busload of people. A quarter of a million people come to the Rock of Cashel every year, yet there is no hotel in the town that can cater for a busload. The point I would make - I am not suggesting it is not inherent in the plan - is that infrastructure must be part of what we are working on. Another item in the six points listed in the famous survey...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)

Labhrás Ó Murchú: What was important about the referendum in Greece was that the people were given an opportunity to express their views. Let us bear in mind that they expressed their views against a backdrop of austerity which they have already suffered. Even leading up to the referendum, with the difficulty in banks, people still felt strongly and passionately enough about their independence and...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)

Labhrás Ó Murchú: If we continue to lecture them then we will stop a debate from evolving. After all, the EU community was meant to be about much more than economics.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)

Labhrás Ó Murchú: It was meant to be about co-operation. It was meant to be about understanding each other's difficulties, etc. What is coming out at the moment, whether it is a bad PR exercise or not, shows there certainly was a strong feeling when the debate took place in Greece that the people were not being listened to. Can one imagine Europe without Greece? I certainly cannot imagine such a scenario....

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)

Labhrás Ó Murchú: One can talk about growth in the economy but there are so many people out there who are absolutely and utterly downtrodden at this time. Some people see no light at the end of the tunnel. I would be very careful about cosying up too much and getting into bed with some of the people who are calling the shots in Europe at present.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)

Labhrás Ó Murchú: In the past we have gone against the prevailing world view. I think there is an opportunity for us to demonstrate independence and our sovereignty. I second Senator Darragh O'Brien's amendment to the Order of Business.

Seanad: Conditions of Work: Motion (8 Jul 2015)

Labhrás Ó Murchú: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. I agree with the previous speaker, that the motion before us is very timely, coming as it does at the end of a recession and at the same time entering into a period of growth. Senator Power made some very cogent arguments in support of the motion. It would be difficult for anybody who has the welfare of citizens at heart to disagree with the essence of...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2015)

Labhrás Ó Murchú: Today we met relatives of the 11 innocent civilians who were murdered in Ballymurphy, west Belfast, in 1971. Listening to their stories was absolutely harrowing and emotional in the extreme. The 11 people who were murdered by the parachute regiment of the British army included the parish priest who was killed while carrying a white flag. They also included a mother of eight children. In...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jul 2015)

Labhrás Ó Murchú: I am glad Senator Craughwell has again raised the case of the unfair treatment of councillors. The mere fact that he has stood up here to speak means that people outside who have a jaundiced view of democracy will suggest that we are only doing it because we are electioneering. That is one of the reasons this debate has gone into a cul-de-sac over many years. It is important that the...

Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Motion (23 Sep 2015)

Labhrás Ó Murchú: I would have been quite happy for the Minister to speak first. I welcome the Minister. I would have liked to have heard what the Minister said since I know he is directly involved in the process. I believe the Minister has struck a tone, which we all need to have during times of crisis and at this juncture also. I have recently watched documentaries relating to the Troubles in Northern...

Seanad: Ireland 2016 Schools Programme: Statements (29 Sep 2015)

Labhrás Ó Murchú: I welcome the Minister this evening to outline what is a very comprehensive and imaginative schools programme as part of the 1916 centenary celebrations. I compliment the Department and its Northern counterparts on the most edifying national Famine commemoration in Newry on Saturday, 26 September 2015. It was most impressive. I was struck by how peaceful and inclusive that event was. It...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Socio-Economic Contributions of Music in Ireland: Irish Music Rights Organisation (6 Oct 2015)

Labhrás Ó Murchú: I welcome the representatives from IMRO. I am delighted they have come before the committee because there is no doubt music is one of the most important industries we have at present. In the context of tourism, it is huge. One need only read the various surveys carried out over the years, in which people were asked what they did while they were in Ireland, to discover that the vast...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Socio-Economic Contributions of Music in Ireland: Irish Music Rights Organisation (6 Oct 2015)

Labhrás Ó Murchú: The committee might be interested in the statistic that 1.1 million people watched the fleadh cheoil on television.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Socio-Economic Contributions of Music in Ireland: Irish Music Rights Organisation (6 Oct 2015)

Labhrás Ó Murchú: Yes. The Deputy is quite right that it was unique.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Socio-Economic Contributions of Music in Ireland: Irish Music Rights Organisation (6 Oct 2015)

Labhrás Ó Murchú: Will we have an opportunity at a later stage to consider making recommendations?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Socio-Economic Contributions of Music in Ireland: Irish Music Rights Organisation (6 Oct 2015)

Labhrás Ó Murchú: I certainly believe we should recommend the setting up of a task force. The other matters are connected as well, the music office and so on. The question of finances is also significant. That would obviously form part of the task force, if the Department of Finance is represented on it. If we could encapsulate those main recommendations into a single recommendation, I would certainly like...

Seanad: United Nations Principles for Older Persons: Motion (21 Oct 2015)

Labhrás Ó Murchú: I, too, would like to compliment the Senators who tabled this motion. We all agree that this is not a debate about charity but a debate about our obligation as a people to those who built up our country, worked, paid their taxes and reared their families. Sometimes the wrong perception goes out because at times we seem not to value the worth of people because they have reached a certain...