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Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Ba mhaith liom tacú leis an moladh atá déanta ag mo chomhghleacaí go dtiocfadh an tAire Sláinte isteach, ar nós mar a mholamar inné. D'aontaigh an Ceannaire linn go bhfuil sé tábhachtach go dtabharfadh an tAire soiléiriú maidir le ceist na gcártaí leighis. Gealladh dúinn freisin go mbeadh an athbhreithniú ar Acht na...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: May I clarify-----

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Are we second hand?

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: On a point of order, I ask the Leader to retract that statement which is very disrespectful.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: He is saying that Senators-----

Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Jul 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Sinn Féin Members want to note that we still have some misgivings about section 2, particularly that subsection (2) allows a court to adjourn repossession proceedings for a period of two months to allow for the making of a proposal for a personal insolvency arrangement. We would like clarification as to what that will mean in reality. We believe a different approach is needed. We...

Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Jul 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I outlined on Second Stage some of our issues with this and our main concern is fact there is no incentive for the banks to engage with the personal insolvency process in a fair and reasonable manner prior to seeking repossession. The code of conduct is skewed against the mortgage holder and there are insufficient protections for families who are in the most distress. Neither is there...

Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Jul 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I generally agree with what has been said. It is good that Senator O'Donovan notes that there was a kind of consensus between the banks and Fianna Fáil when it was in government. However, that is just being followed through with this Government. There is a very cosy relationship with the banks which are being given preferential treatment. It is a disgrace that the Government has not...

Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Jul 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Which word?

Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Jul 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: My apologies. I retract the word "hypocrite".

Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Jul 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Disingenuous is a good word, is it not?

Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Jul 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: It is very disingenuous to make those very valid points but then to support the Bill. The reality is that the Government has not grasped the dire situation in the market. One in four households, 180,000 in total, is in mortgage distress. These are real families who need to be taken care of and it is our job, as legislators, to ensure they are taken care of. There is no point in making...

Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Jul 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I was present.

Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Jul 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Not agreed.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Direct Provision System (15 Jul 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Gabhaim míle buíochas leis an Aire Stáit as bheith anseo linn. Coincidentally the Minister of State was present when I raised a similar issue previously on the payments relating to direct provision. I have forwarded, as part of my question, a receipt that a person who is in direct provision gets from the Department of Social Protection. The question is around the figures....

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Direct Provision System (15 Jul 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I gather that the figure of €186 is a factious amount and that €166.90 is not handed over to any third party. The basic social welfare allowance of €186 is the mechanism used to pay a person in direct provision and that a technical deduction is made of €166.90 which does not go anywhere. I take it that is the issue. I am not sure if we can get the Minister of...

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Jul 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim céad fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. A cháirde, seasaim anseo inniu os bhúr gcomhair le mo thacaíocht a thabhairt don reachtaíocht fíor thábhachtach seo. Fáiltím roimh an deis mo smaointe i leith na reachtaíochta seo a chur in iúl. Tá cuid mhaith daoine ag rá gur cóir an díospóireacht seo a...

Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (16 Jul 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Although I commend the logic of the Fianna Fáil amendment, I liken it to putting an Elastoplast on the hull of the Titanic as it went down. The mortgage crisis is much bigger than this Government admits. Listening to the debates on this Bill I get a sense that the Government is totally out of touch with the mortgage crisis, the 190,000 households that are in mortgage distress, the one...

Seanad: Prison Development (Confirmation of Resolutions) Bill 2013: Second Stage (16 Jul 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. Tá cuid mhaith de na pointí a bhí le déanamh déanta cheana féin. Tacaím le cuid mhaith den mhéid atá ráite. Is maith an rud é go bhfuilimid ag smaoineamh an bealach céanna. It is unfortunate that we are taking all stages of the Bill tonight. When so much forward planning has gone...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jul 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Tacaím le cuid mhaith den mhéid a bhí á rá ag an Seanadóir Ó Murchú maidir le Sráid Uí Mhórdha. What is important on the issue of Moore Street is that the Minister, as indicated yesterday, meet with the 1916 relatives' group as soon as possible to discuss the development of the site in an appropriate manner. It will also bring to the...