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Seanad: Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (28 May 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I welcome this important Bill and we had a good debate on all Stages. I am disappointed that we went through serious issues on Committee Stage which were not dealt with by the Government in subsequent Stages. We hope it will return to these in the future, particularly the issue of assistance given to people who find themselves trafficked into this country who may need extra legal help and...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 May 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I would like to extend a welcome to those from Galway in the Visitors' Gallery, who are campaigners on behalf of people with disabilities. They are welcome to Leinster House and it is good to see them here. I concur with Senators who have spoken about the "Prime Time" programme. It is a great example of public service broadcasting by RTE. We should commend it for raising issues of such...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 May 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: It is about the lack of inspections.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 May 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: It is a political forum.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Pupil-Teacher Ratio in Gaeltacht Schools: Discussion (29 May 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Gabhaim buíochas leis na finnéithe as ucht an cur i láthair. Bhí sé thar a bheith suimiúil. Is breá an rud é go bhfuil ár gcuairteoirí anseo. Tá a fhios agam go raibh siad píosa fada ag fanacht go mbeadh an lá seo againn. Tá imní orm nach bhfeiceann an Roinn Oideachais agus Scileanna aon difríocht idir scoil...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Pupil-Teacher Ratio in Gaeltacht Schools: Discussion (29 May 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I could not allow Mr. Loftus leave without challenging what he said about phased increases being fair and equal. That was not the case because the Department took away the preferential ratio which previously obtained in respect of Gaeltacht schools. That is the crux of the problem. I am interested in the thinking behind that move, particularly as the Department seems to be of the view that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Pupil-Teacher Ratio in Gaeltacht Schools: Discussion (29 May 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: So Mr. Loftus is saying the Department is not actually saving money and neither is it incurring additional expenditure.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Ombudsman's Report on Nursing Home Care: Discussion with Department of Health (29 May 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I thank Dr. McLoughlin for appearing before us again. He is very busy, but it is a matter of grave importance that we tease these issues out. I am returning to the Ombudsman's statement to us. She felt she should inform the committee that: The Department of Health has a long history of, to put it mildly, carelessness with regard to the law. This has been the case irrespective of which...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Ombudsman's Report on Nursing Home Care: Discussion with Department of Health (29 May 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I might not have explained what I was saying. If a new piece of legislation comes in regarding any area of health, what mechanisms are in place to equality-proof it so it will not be in contravention of the Equal Status Acts? The previous question on the Ombudsman's office was what is the next step after a recommendation, which the Department said it does not have to accept. Is there a...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Aontaím go bhfuil géarghá i ndáiríre le plé iomlán ar thionscal na hiascaireachta agus tá sé tábhachtach go ndéanfar sin i gcomhthéacs na gcomhráití faoin gComhbheartas Iascaireachta. I agree that we need a debate on the fishing industry but it needs to be broader than the CFP. I agree with my colleagues who raised the...

Seanad: Early Child Care Education Standards: Statements (30 May 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Is díospóireacht iontach tábhachtach í seo. Tá mé sásta go bhfuil mé ag fáil deis labhairt. I agree with almost everything that has been said thus far. However, I would like to draw attention to the areas where there are no inspectors at present. I include the local health offices in Dublin south city, Sligo, Leitrim, Louth, Cavan and north...

Seanad: Early Child Care Education Standards: Statements (30 May 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I applaud the Minister for maintaining-----

Seanad: Early Child Care Education Standards: Statements (30 May 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: If there are cuts to child care and the associated regimes, we will be reminding the Government parties that they were jumping up and down today looking for the opposite. There is a backlog with regard to Garda clearance. I have been told it is still trying to clear applications made last February. We were told the waiting time would be shortened but it has to be examined. Should funding...

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Second Stage (30 May 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: What does Senator Bacik mean by that? Can she elaborate on it?

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Second Stage (30 May 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. Cuirim fáilte roimh an díospóireacht an-tábhachtach seo. Beidh tionchar fadthéarmach ag an mBille seo ar go leor oibrithe sa tír seo. Ba mhaith liom mo mhíshástacht agus míshástacht mo chomhghleacaithe i Sinn Féin maidir leis an gcaoi ina bhfuil an reachtaíocht á thabhairt chun cinn a...

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Second Stage (30 May 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I do not think Senator Gilroy has read it.

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Second Stage (30 May 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Go raibh míle maith agat, a Chathaoirligh Gníomhach, as ucht beagáinín smacht a chur ar na bully boys thall ansin. We constantly put forward positive proposals on job stimulus and creating jobs. We will continue to do so. There is major scope for additional spending savings, particularly in the public sector pay and pensions bill. However, these reductions need to come...

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Second Stage (30 May 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: -----but he baulks at the very suggestion of reducing Bertie Ahern’s or Brian Cowen’s pension payments of €150,000 each year. Rushing this legislation through the Dáil and Seanad this week is an unnecessarily combative move. Union members should have been given the time to decide on the Haddington Road agreement without these bullyboy tactics. Sinn Féin has...

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Second Stage (30 May 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The Senator should ask the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Burton that.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jun 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cé go raibh seachtain aimsir bhreá againn, tá an aimsir beagáinín briste inniu. Le linn na haimsire breá, chuaigh cuid mhaith daoine amach ag baint móna arís, mar a dhéantar de ghnáth. The turf cutting season has commenced. Even though we have had bad weather, we had a respite last week and some people got out on to the bogs to cut turf. I...