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Seanad: Gas Regulation Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Nov 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I am relating what the person said to me. I may forward the correspondence on the issue to the Minister. This is an issue that arises when we sell assets to a private company. I understand that once a company is privatised it is no longer covered by the Official Languages Act.

Seanad: Gas Regulation Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Nov 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The privatised company.

Seanad: Gas Regulation Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Nov 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: It is a step backwards from the situation in which citizens were able to do their business through the medium of Irish. Perhaps this is an issue that needs to be considered in future regulations. It could be taken into consideration in the ongoing review of the Act by the Minister of State at the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Deputy McGinley. Any company that takes over a...

Seanad: Gas Regulation Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Nov 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I support the amendment and expect the Minister to do the same in the earlier intervention whereby he stated categorically that he is not in the business of selling off Uisce Éireann. This amendment would copperfasten the position that Bord Gáis Éireann cannot dispose of the assets of Irish Water and they will be kept in State ownership. Will the Minister clarify the...

Seanad: Gas Regulation Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Nov 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I thank the Minister for giving of his time in the House. Unfortunately, we do not agree on this issue. We do not agree on a number of issues, but we will still debate them fairly. The fundamental and ideological move of selling Bord Gáis Energy, fuelled by the austerity agenda of the troika, is the wrong one. There were other options which Sinn Féin put to the Government. The...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I dtosach báire, ba mhaith liom tacú leis an nglaoch atá déanta ag an Seanadóir Ó Donnabháin maidir le díospóireacht ar chúrsaí iascaireachta. A debate on fishing, which the Leader previously promised to facilitate, is long overdue. I am aware that the Minister is open to such a debate and I take this opportunity to request that it take...

Seanad: Passenger Name Record Data: Motion (14 Nov 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. Ach an oiread lenár gcomhleacaithe, tá Sinn Féin i bhfábhar an dá rún seo. I have been briefed by Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn, who is our spokesperson on these issues and was also at the meeting yesterday. He said there was a very good and robust debate around the issues and the fact we certainly need to give the...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I dtosach báire, ba mhaith liom fáilte ar ais a chur roimh Jody Blake. Ní raibh mé anseo inné agus tá sé iontach í a fheiceáil ar ais. It is great to see her back here in full health. Ba mhaith liom tacú leis an Seanadóir O'Donovan maidir leis an díospóireacht ar chúrsaí iascaireachta. Tá géarchéim...

Seanad: Civil Law (Missing Persons) Bill 2013: Second Stage (20 Nov 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. Ba mhaith liom tréaslú leis an Seanadóir Colm de Búrca, mar atá déanta ag mo chomhghleacaithe, as ucht an reachtaíocht seo a thabhairt chun cinn. Is mian liom a rá freisin go mbeidh Sinn Féin ag tacú leis an mBille. I might add a story from my own family to the debate. An aunt of mine disappeared. She was...

Seanad: Adjournment Debate: An Teanga Gaeilge (20 Nov 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. Tá mé an-bhuíoch gur tháinig sé anseo. Táimid ag iarraidh an Ghaeilge a chur chun cinn ar gach leibhéal - ag an leibhéal áitiúil, ag leibhéal an Stát agus ag an leibhéal Eorpach. Mar is eol dúinn, tá maolú i bhfeidhm i leith na Gaeilge mar theanga oifigiúil de...

Seanad: Adjournment Debate: An Teanga Gaeilge (20 Nov 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Tá sé soiléir ón méid a dúirt mé agus ós na figiúirí a thug an tAire Stáit go bhfuil sé bliana ullmhúcháin déanta don rud seo agus go bhfuil cúpla céad duine traenáilte sna réimsí seo. Tá tíortha cosúil le Málta, atá i bhfad níos lú ná muidne agus a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Special Report and Annual Report 2012: Discussion with Garda Commissioner (20 Nov 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim failte roimh na toscairí. Tá a fhios agam nach bhfuil cead agam imeacht ón téama, ach ba mhaith liom a rá gur thug an Coimisinéir Teanga moladh don fhórsa mar gheall ar an mbealach ina bhfuil sé ag dul i ngleic le Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla nuair a bhí sé i láthair ag an gcoiste seo le déanaí. The Language...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Special Report and Annual Report 2012: Discussion with Garda Commissioner (20 Nov 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: On that point, if there is such a sense of frustration among the Commissioner's own senior officers, is that because the Garda considers most of these complaints really to be unfounded as such?

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Animal Welfare (26 Nov 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim céad fáilte roimh an Aire agus táim thar a bheith buíoch dó as teacht isteach ar an cheist seo. Ceist í seo faoi chapaill, ceist atá ag tarraingt go leor cainte i nGaillimh le tamall anuas, idir an chathair agus an contae. As I have outlined to the Minister previously, stray horses in Galway city and county have been the subject of a lot of debate in...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Animal Welfare (26 Nov 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Táim thar a bheith sásta. That was a very comprehensive answer and I appreciate it. I concur with almost everything the Minister said. Can I take from his figures that he and his Department would consider supporting a cross-agency approach to people from groups such as the Traveller community who have a tradition of keeping horses? Does he believe that, where appropriate, areas...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Ba mhaith liom cur leis na nótaí comhbhróin a bhí anseo inné ar bhás Alex Reid, an sagart a rinne an oiread ó thaobh cúrsaí síochána a chur chun cinn ar a bhealach deas, ciúin féin. Ba mhaith liom comhbhrón a dhéanamh lena chairde ar fad sna Redemptorists. I join in the condolences on the death of Fr. Alec Reid who...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: It was obviously a flawed model from day one, but that does not allow the Government off the hook. The health service is in crisis and we need a debate on the issue immediately. I call for a debate on the issue of homelessness. The figures provided by Focus Ireland are stark and startling. A total of 16 families a month are becoming homeless and there has been an 18% increase in the number...

Seanad: Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction (Fixed Penalty Notice) Bill 2013: Second Stage (27 Nov 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Céad fáilte roimh an Aire. Is díospóireacht iontach tábhachtach é seo agus is maith an rud go bhfuil an Bille seo tugtha chun cinn ag Seanadóir Ó Domhnaill agus Seanadóir O'Donovan. Ach mar adúirt an Ceannaire, an Seanadóir Cummins, tá sé cineál áiféiseach go bhfuil Fianna Fáil ag tabhairt Bille chun cinn...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Accreditation for the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Facility in Bahrain: Discussion (27 Nov 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Go raibh mile maith ag Dr. Ó Cuinn for a very important presentation. I, too, am concerned about the length of time it is taking to get action on the issue. I echo what was said by Senator Power and support her call. Just because something is happening a long way from Ireland does not mean we should wash our hands of it; far from it. The basic civil rights of the doctors in question...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Accreditation for the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Facility in Bahrain: Discussion (27 Nov 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Is it a question of money? Is there a contract between the RCSI and the Bahraini authorities that is worth a lot of money to the college? Is the RCSI turning a blind eye to the human rights of the doctors that we are talking about due to the financial implications? How much is the education and training contract worth to the college?