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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Framework for the Junior Cycle: Discussion with ASTI, IHRC and Irish Heart Foundation (27 Nov 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I am deputising for Deputy Jonathan O'Brien who is our spokesperson on education. He apologises for not being able to be present. I thank the three organisations for their presentations, all of which I found fascinating. This is a question for all three delegations. Do they feel that the new proposed cycle will provide a better holistic education while addressing the issue of providing...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Marine Resources (28 Nov 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Stáit as a bheith anseo. Seo ceist a d'ardaigh mé tuairim agus bliain ó shin. Ceist í maidir le Cuan Baile na Cille i gConamara maidir leis an galar Ostreid herpes virus. I have previously raised the issue of oysters in Ballinakill Bay in Connemara. It was probably this time last year. Up to a few years ago there was ongoing testing...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Marine Resources (28 Nov 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I thank the Minister of State for his comprehensive reply. I will follow-up on the issue with the growers and perhaps broker a meeting with the Marine Institute. That would be a positive move. I note the paragraph in the Minister of State's statement which read: The positive finding in Ballinakill Bay necessitated its removal from the surveillance programme in 2011. It is important to...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Dec 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Tá sé thar a bheith tábhachtach go ndéanfadh muid plé ar an gconspóid mhór atá ann maidir leis na híocaíochtaí i gcúrsaí carthanachta. Tá an chonspóid seo ag cur an-imní ar dhaoine ar fud an phobail. Tá sé tábhachtach go dtiocfadh an teachtaireacht amach gur chóir do dhaoine fanacht ag...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Ba mhaith liom tacú leis an éileamh go mbeadh díospóireacht leathan againn maidir leis an tuarascáil Smithwick, a fhoilsíodh inné. It is important to note that the Smithwick tribunal was established as a result of an agreement in negotiations at Weston Park in 2001 between the British and Irish Governments and the political parties, and that Sinn Féin...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I am not surprised Fianna Fáil is again trying to make political capital out of the suffering of people.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Judge Smithwick has drawn his conclusions. We all need to read the report in full and draw our own conclusions. People will make up their own minds on this report. Sinn Féin has supported these inquiries on the basis that the families had the right to full disclosure of all relevant information. However, what Judge Smithwick described as collusion is very different in form and scale...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The British Government refuses to hand over the vital information on these-----

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I am supporting the call for a debate but I believe that debate needs to broaden its perspective. We also need to note that while the Irish Government has kept its commitment under Weston Park, the British Government is in clear breach of its commitments, having refused to establish an inquiry into the murder of human rights lawyer, Pat Finucane. The Irish Government now needs to increase...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: We are looking for that debate to happen but we are looking for the parameters of that debate to cover all of the legacy issues and the setting up of an independent international truth commission to deal with all of those issues in regard to the war.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Senator O'Sullivan should have a chat with his party leader about the history of it all.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: We are just looking for the truth, as is the Leader.

Seanad: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2013: Motion (4 Dec 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Ach an oiread le mo chomhghleacaí, ba mhaith liom comhghairdeachas a dhéanamh leis an Aire Stáit as ucht a cheapachán mar Aire Stáit. Go n-éireoidh go geal leis sa jab nua. Sinn Féin accepts that a huge number of jobs are created by the greyhound and racehorse industries. In addition, many of these jobs are in rural areas and make a major contribution to...

Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (4 Dec 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cé go gcuirim fáilte roimh an Aire, ní chuirim aon fháilte roimh an mBille atá os ár gcomhair inniu, mar sílim go bhfuil sé éagórach ar an dream sa sochaí nach bhfuil an oiread sin acmhainní acu agus go bhfuil muid ag dul i dtreo príobháidiú na seirbhísí uisce. The Water Services Bill (No. 2) is like its...

Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (4 Dec 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Sinn Féin calls for the establishment of a national water sector framework team to oversee the governance of the water sector and capital investment therein. All evidence suggests that metering is a bad idea being enforced by a bad government that is hell bent on making ordinary families pay for the economic disaster. The Bill should be rejected and replaced by a proper plan for the...

Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (4 Dec 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Senator O'Neill has his facts wrong again. He is not comparing like with like.

Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (4 Dec 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: It is not a water charge.

Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (4 Dec 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: For rates.

Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (4 Dec 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Conor Murphy would disagree.