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Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cé hiad na pleananna atá á chur in áit ag an gCeannaire maidir le Seachtain na Gaeilge ó thaobh díospóireachtaí ins an Teach seo? Will the Leader outline what plans are being put in place for Seachtain na Gaeilge in the Seanad regarding debates through the medium of Irish? They need not necessarily be about the Irish language but they should be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Use of Irish Airspace and Landing Facilities: (Resumed) Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (18 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Go raibh maith agat, a Aire. I thank the Minister and his officials for attending. This has been a very emotive petition. I was one of the people who went to Shannon and we had a very good briefing there. There is a sense from the petitioners that because of the way the system is set up, it is almost like a political three-card trick. Technically, we can say we are neutral as a State but...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Use of Irish Airspace and Landing Facilities: (Resumed) Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (18 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I will come back in because I have a number of other questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Use of Irish Airspace and Landing Facilities: (Resumed) Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (18 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The dangers to civilians travelling through what is-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Use of Irish Airspace and Landing Facilities: (Resumed) Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (18 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: In terms of air police are travelling on a flight, we have been led to understand that, from time to time on US flights, FBI agents might act as air policemen or women. Do they carry hand guns and, if so, are they loaded or unloaded when they travel?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Use of Irish Airspace and Landing Facilities: (Resumed) Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (18 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Would they be subject to permit as well, similar-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Use of Irish Airspace and Landing Facilities: (Resumed) Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (18 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: -----to the ones we discussed earlier? Are there statistics available on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Use of Irish Airspace and Landing Facilities: (Resumed) Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (18 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: In referring to Article 35 of the Chicago Convention, the Minister stated that no civil aircraft may carry munitions of war over a state without a state's permission. In terms of the granting of a permit, therefore, one could read that as meaning it is with the State's permission. Does that not contravene the idea of non-participation? Could people read it as meaning the state is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Use of Irish Airspace and Landing Facilities: (Resumed) Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (18 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: If I read this correctly the Minister does deal with the cargo aircraft that would come through the airport, which have non-military capacity etc. There are opinions that extraordinary rendition has been happening on aeroplanes that have passed through Shannon. From the point of view of the cargo aircraft coming through, how can the Minister and his officials be sure that extraordinary...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Use of Irish Airspace and Landing Facilities: (Resumed) Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (18 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: My understanding from the hearing is that a diplomatic note applies to the military aircraft. Is the Minister saying that a diplomatic note would apply to a cargo aircraft from the United States as well? Our understanding from the hearings we have had is that the diplomatic note almost turns the aircraft into a travelling embassy. I do not believe we were aware that was the situation as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Use of Irish Airspace and Landing Facilities: (Resumed) Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (18 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: How would the Minister know that with a cargo aircraft? How would he know that extraordinary rendition is not taking place? How is that policed from a civilian perspective?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Promoting Sustainable Rural Coastal and Island Communities: Discussion (17 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim fáilte roimh na finnéithe freisin. Tá sé an-tábhachtach go mbeadh siad ag teacht inár láthair agus go mbeadh deis cur agus cúiteamh faoin tuairisc seo. I welcome the delegates back to the committee. I am not a full member of this committee. However, I think it is important that we keep on top of this issue. I share the delegates'...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Promoting Sustainable Rural Coastal and Island Communities: Discussion (17 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: That is why I am keen to raise the Leader issue - because it is a major issue for the islands.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Promoting Sustainable Rural Coastal and Island Communities: Discussion (17 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I am unsure whether this is something we should consider supporting, because there is a unique scenario on the islands. I know from talking to islanders in the Galway area that there was no logic to changing the system as it was. It may be helpful, if the committee was of a mind, to write to the Minister and ask him to consider examining the situation from an island perspective.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Promoting Sustainable Rural Coastal and Island Communities: Discussion (17 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: That would sit with the recommendations that have been made and the CEDRA report.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Promoting Sustainable Rural Coastal and Island Communities: Discussion (17 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The point Mr. Conneely made about the Wild Atlantic Way is very important. I came across a case recently involving a shellfish producer who has been selling at a stall on the side of the road at a scenic location in Connemara for several years. Now that this location has been officially designated, however, he has been moved on by the local authority engineer for some strange reason. We...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Promoting Sustainable Rural Coastal and Island Communities: Discussion (17 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Perhaps we could have up-to-date responses on some of the different points and it might possible to put a type of matrix together indicating the responses to the different points, so that we would be aware of whether the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport said yes or no and so on.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Other people do that who are on social welfare.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Bhí cuid mhaith Seanadóirí, Teachtaí Dála agus Airí inné ag déanamh gaisce as an bplean jabanna atá fógraithe ag an Rialtas. The Government's plan on jobs which was announced yesterday seems to be a question of reheating the chicken, when one delves into the detail. The targets therein were supposed to have been delivered on and the plan...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Senator Leyden suggested that every eastern European coming into this country should be profiled on his or her way in and I certainly would not agree with those comments. It has been an up and down week for An Garda Síochána. We have seen more arrests this morning, including that of a 15 year old boy and a man in his 50s, in connection with the protests in Jobstown. Many people...