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Seanad: Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (18 Jul 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: We do not have any particular issue with any of the amendments that have been put forward. A number of the amendments we tabled had been ruled out. A long debate took place on Second and Committee Stages on the accreditation of journalists who would appear in a court. We have very good contributions from Senators Jillian van Turnhout and Ivana Bacik on the use of notes from people who had...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Official Languages Act (18 Jul 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Stáit as ucht teacht anseo. Tá aiféala orm é a choinneáil ó Shligeach. I apologise for keeping the Minister of State away from Sligo. I raise an issue that was brought to my attention recently. The Official Languages Act, which has been in place since 2003, places obligations on semi-State bodies and Departments to introduce...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Official Languages Act (18 Jul 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I am concerned with part of the answer that indicates that due to budgetary constraints any State body is allowed not to implement the law of the land. The Official Languages Act is the law of the land, whether we like it or not. I cannot think of any other law that any semi-State body would be allowed or ordered not to implement because of budgetary constraints. The use of the phrase...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jul 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I ask the Leader to call on the Minister for Health to ask HIQA to initiate an immediate review of hospital procedures regarding CJD in light of the discovery that potentially CJD-infected instruments were used on patients at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin. It is important that this be done. In light of the BAI report on public service broadcasting, I ask the Leader to arrange for the Minister...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jul 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The Senator brings out the best in us.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jul 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: More likely he stuffed them.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jul 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: What about all the people emigrating?

Seanad: Membership of Committees: Motion (19 Jul 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: A Chathaoirligh, faoi Ordú 62(3)(b), ba mhaith liom go dtógfaí an vóta ar bhealach eile seachas ar bhealach leictreonach. Iarraim vóta siúil.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Direct Provision System (19 Jul 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim céad fáilte roimh an Aire. Táim buíoch dó as ucht fanacht anseo don díospóireacht seo ar an Athló. I am again raising the issue of direct provision. I have raised it before on numerous occasions from different perspectives. It would be good at this stage to get an update from the Minister for Justice and Equality on the 53 direct provision...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Direct Provision System (19 Jul 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I thank the Minister. I am glad more detailed statistics will be available. Does the Minister accept, on behalf of the Minister for Justice and Equality, that the system was set up as almost a short-term solution to a situation and that it is totally unacceptable that 1,849 people in this system have been waiting more than five years for their applications to be dealt with? We must address...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Jul 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Ach an oiread le mo chomhghleacaithe, ba mhaith liom fíor chaoin fáilte a chur roimh an Seanadóir Hildegarde Naughton. Tá a ceapachán suntasach ar chúpla bealach, is bean í, is Gaillimheach í agus is Gaeilgeoir í. Tá mé cinnte go mbeidh sí ag tacú linn ó thaobh chur chun cinn na Gaeilge. I note the importance that the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland Annual Report 2012: Discussion with Enterprise Ireland (23 Jul 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I will try to do so but Senator Cullinane is not the easiest man in the world for whom to substitute. I echo the sentiments expressed and wish Mr. Ryan luck in whatever he turns his hand to. I thank him for his great work and for his presentation. I will be a bit parochial today. If people went to Galway today where the Arts Festival is taking place, they might think the place was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland Annual Report 2012: Discussion with Enterprise Ireland (23 Jul 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: What is the potential for companies operating in countries that are in recession or relative decline, such as the UK or the US?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland Annual Report 2012: Discussion with Enterprise Ireland (23 Jul 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Is that not contradicted by the fact that there is only a net change of 43 jobs, compared to changes of 1,500 in Dublin and the mid-east, and 470 in the Border areas?

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jul 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Ba mhaith liom aontú leis an Seanadóir agus gach rath a ghuí ar ghach duine don bhriseadh. I wish everybody well for the summer break, particularly the staff and everybody who supports us in Leinster House. Yesterday, many Members of this House were caught up in our own dramas but it was a very dark day for people who stayed in another house over the years, namely, the people...

Seanad: An Bille um an Tríú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Cúirt Achomhairc) 2013: An Dara Céim - Thirty-third Amendment of the Constitution (Court of Appeal) Bill 2013: Second Stage (24 Jul 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cé nach n-aontaíom i gcónaí leis an Aire i dtaobh cúrsaí polaitíochta, cathfidh mé a admháil go bhfuil sé mar cheann de na hAirí is mó oibre. We do not necessarily always agree on policy issues, but I commend the Minister for his work rate, as he has been one of the busiest Ministers and I hope he has a good break over the summer. ...

Seanad: An Bille um an Tríú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Cúirt Achomhairc) 2013: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Thirty-third Amendment of the Constitution (Court of Appeal) Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Jul 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire as ucht na reachtaíochta seo a thabhairt os ár gcomhair. Guímid gach rath air. Sílimid go bhfuil sé ríachtanach go mbeadh a leithéid ann agus beimid ag tacú leis. We will support this Bill, as I said previously. On Second Stage I brought up the issue of direct provision, and I noted the 1,850 people who are over...

Seanad: SI 325 of 2012 - European Union (Quality and Safety of Human Organs Intended for Transplantation) Regulations 2012: Motion (20 Aug 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Céad fáilte ar ais a chairde. Aontaím leis an méid adúirt an Seanadóir Keane. Seo díospóireacht iontach tábhachtach agus tá áthas orm a bheith anseo le labhairt thar ceann Shinn Féin ar an ábhar seo. Ná déanfaimid dearmad ar na daoine sa gcomhthéacs seo. Ceapaim go bhfuil an t-ábhar seo iompaithe isteach...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Departmental Staff Redeployment (18 Sep 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim céad fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit agus tá súil agam go raibh briseadh deas aige don samhradh. I rise to raise an issue that has been exercising the minds of people in Connemara over the past number of weeks, namely, the transfer of community welfare officers to the Department of Social Protection and their proposed new roles and responsibilities. While people...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Departmental Staff Redeployment (18 Sep 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. While I appreciate he is taking this matter on behalf of his colleague, it is unacceptable to the community in Connemara that these services are being removed from the area. Many customers will be unable to travel to Galway city or Clifden, not due to illness but for financial reasons. It is essential they are able to avail of services in their...