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Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (30 Mar 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I move amendment No. 71: In page 43, to delete lines 14 to 18 and substitute the following:“6B.(1) A man who is, under section 5(1)(b) of the Act of 2015, the parent of the child, shall be a guardian of the child.”.I think I know the answer to the amendment but I will move it anyway. We are pushing further here than Senator Power. I agree with the sentiment of what Senator...

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (30 Mar 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I move amendment No. 72: In page 43, to delete line 16.

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (30 Mar 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I move amendment No. 73: In page 43, to delete line 23.

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (30 Mar 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I move amendment No. 74: In page 43, to delete lines 25 to 31.

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (30 Mar 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I move amendment No. 75: In page 44, before line 1, to insert the following:“Central Register for Statutory Declarations for Joint Guardianship 6C.The Minister shall cause to be established and maintained a register to be known as the Central Register for Statutory Declarations for Joint Guardianship, the purpose of which is to provide protection for the statutory declaration...

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (30 Mar 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Tá mé sásta leis an freagra but I find that what is not in the legislation tends not to happen for quite a while.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Mar 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Mar 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Ba mhaith liom aontú leis an méid atá ráite ag an Seanadóir Naughton maidir leis an kerosene contamination i bPáirc Moyola in nGaillimh. Tá ceist mhór le freagairt ansin i dtaobh cén fáth nár tugadh fógra do na daoine atá ina gcónaí ansin níos túisce. Yesterday, I engaged with stakeholders in London on the...

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I move amendment No. 51: In page 41, lines 11 to 17, to delete all words from and including ", and" in line 11 down to and including "child" in line 17.The logic behind this amendment is to ensure all fathers are granted automatic guardianship rights at the moment of birth. This is necessary because, in some cases, cohabitation simply is not possible. Where, for example, a mother remains...

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I move amendment No. 52: In page 43, to delete lines 14 to 18 and substitute the following:"6B. (1) A man who is, under section 5(1)(b) of the Act of 2015, the parent of the child, shall be a guardian of the child.".The rationale for this amendment is similar to that underlying amendment No. 51. We are arguing that the Bill should grant automatic guardianship for fathers at birth.

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: This issue is quite personal to me because I had a daughter in a situation where I was not married to her mother. My daughter is now 20 years old and her mother and I, thankfully, had a very good relationship which has continued, even though we did not stay together. I can appreciate how a man might feel in such a situation. A statutory declaration has a strong sense of formality and is...

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I support the principle behind the amendment and we will be tabling an amendment at a later stage on the same principle. Because of the nature of human relationships, especially those that have broken down, it is important that there be a central register to hold these documents.

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I wish to raise the issue of a court welfare system, which should be considered. We discussed it on Second Stage and the Minister acknowledged the issue around support services in the Courts Service, the pressure on the Courts Service, particularly family courts, and the thought that we should establish a comprehensive welfare service that would carry out assessments of the child's welfare...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Road Improvement Schemes (25 Mar 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim céad fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. Táim ag ardú ceiste maidir le bóithre pobail sna ceantair Ghaeltachta. Bheadh eolas maith ag an Aire Stáit seo ar an gceist seo os rud é go bhfuil sé féin ina chónaí gar do cheantar Gaeltachta agus bíonn sé isteach agus amach ann an t-am ar fad. Bhí scéim ann a bhí...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Road Improvement Schemes (25 Mar 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Caithfidh mé a rá go bhfuil mé an-díomách leis an bhfreagra. Bhí mé ag súil go mb'fhéidir go mbeadh dóchas éigin ag an Aire Stáit dúinn. Cé go gcreidim go bhfuil tábhacht leis an bpleanáil teanga, tá tábhacht freisin le pobal beo beithíoch a choinneáil sna ceantair Ghaeltachta. Tá an...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Mar 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The march should have been a lot bigger.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Mar 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Ba mhaith liom cuidiú leis an leasú atá molta ag an Seanadóir Heffernan ar Riar na hOibre maidir leis an díospóireacht faoi chúrsaí oifigí poist. Tá géarchéim ann i gcúrsaí tuaithe. It is important that we ask the Minister of State, Deputy Ann Phelan, to come back to the House to discuss the Leader programme and...

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Second Stage (24 Mar 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire faoin am atá sí ag tabhairt dúinn inniu. Tá mé ag éisteacht go cúramach le gach rud atá le rá aici. Tá Sinn Féin ag tacú leis an mBille seo inniu mar go bhfeicfimid go bhfuil sé thar am go dtabharfar aitheantas mar is cuí do na leaganacha éagsúla clainne atá sa Stát...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Role and Remit: Office of the Ombudsman for Children (11 Mar 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Nílim sásta leis sin. Tá sé de cheart agam agus bímid ag plé leis an gCoimisinéir Teanga anseo, bímid ag plé le cúrsaí cearta. Deirtear liom go bhfuil sé de cheart agam mo theanga féin a úsáid i dTithe na Parlaiminte anseo agus tá an Cathaoirleach ag rá liom go bunúsach nach féidir liom é sin...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Role and Remit: Office of the Ombudsman for Children (11 Mar 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Ba mhaith liom gach rath a ghuí ar an Uasal Muldoon ina ról nua. Tá sé iontach tábhachtach go mbeadh duine cumasach sa ról. Bhí caidreamh an-mhaith againn le Emily Logan ar an gcoiste seo. Rinne sí sár-jab ar fad. Tá mé cinnte ón méid a chloisim faoi cháil an tUasal Muldoon nach mbeidh aon laigeacht ar chor ar bith ar...