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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Equality and Fairness of State Pension: (Resumed) Discussion (11 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I thank Mr. Whelan for his presentation which echoes much of what was in the original petition which, I imagine, he got sight of from Mr. Henry Gaynor. One of the points raised by Mr. Gaynor towards the end of his presentation which was interesting - I wonder if ICTU has done an analysis of this - was that the net cost-benefit to the Exchequer is actually very small. He suggested that the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Equality and Fairness of State Pension: (Resumed) Discussion (11 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Mr. Whelan has reminded me of something with his reference to legitimate expectation. Some years ago the case was made that we should cut the pensions of judges. However, the argument of legitimate expectation was used in that scenario.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Equality and Fairness of State Pension: (Resumed) Discussion (11 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Are we suggesting that the petitioner has highlighted the issue again and that there could be legal grounds on the basis of legitimate expectation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Equality and Fairness of State Pension: (Resumed) Discussion (11 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: My question is a follow-up to what Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh referred to, where someone is forced into unemployment but would prefer to stay in employment. From the point of view of industrial relations, is there a case of unfair dismissal that can be taken to the Employment Equality Tribunal? If so, what are the chances of winning?

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Second Stage (11 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur roimh an mBille seo agus muid ar bhealach fanacht píosa fada leis an mBille céanna. I am pleased to welcome this Bill today. It is fair to say that we have been waiting for it for quite a while. It has been a very disturbing period in terms of the administration and application of justice in this State. Public confidence has been fundamentally...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuireann sé alltacht agus iontas orm cuid de na ráitis atá déanta ag an Aire Airgeadais san Eoraip ar maidin maidir le muintir na Gréige agus é ag cur an mhilleáin ar na gnáth daoine ó thaobh na fiacha atá ar an tír sin. I find quite flabbergasting the statements that have been made by the Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael Noonan, to...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Wild Atlantic Way Project (11 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Fáiltím go mór roimh an méid atá ráite faoi Theach an Phiarsaigh agus faoin obair atá ar siúl ansin. Táimid ar fad ag súil go mbeidh sé críochnaithe in am do Cháisc 2016. Tuigim ón Aire Stáit mar sin go bhfuil scéim faoi leith, nó fócas faoi leith, le bheith ag Údarás na Gaeltachta ar...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Wild Atlantic Way Project (11 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim céad fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit agus táim thar a bheith buíoch dó as am a thógáil teacht isteach arís go dtí an Seanad, ar cheist a bhaineann le cúrsaí turasóireachta ach atá ceangailte le Údarás na Gaeltachta agus an ról atá aige. Tá fáilte coitianta curtha roimh an fhorbairt atá...

Seanad: Regulation of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I move amendment No. 43: In page 22, line 11, to delete "paragraph (a), (e)or (f)of".We do not agree that Deputies, Senators, MEPs and councillors should be exempt from these restrictions and the requirement to obtain pre-authorisation by way of application to SIPO if they want to take up employment as a lobbyist within two years of leaving public office. They can possess influence and...

Seanad: Regulation of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I move amendment No. 44: In page 22, line 12, to delete "one year" and substitute "two years".

Seanad: Regulation of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I move amendment No. 45: In page 22, line 17, to delete "one year" and substitute "two years".

Seanad: Regulation of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I move amendment No. 41: In page 14, between lines 8 and 9, to insert the following:"(g) in the case of a lobbying activity by a person under section 5(1)(a)or (c)the overall amount spent on that lobbying action by the client, and in the case of a lobbying activity by a person under section 5(1)(b)or (c)the costs associated with that lobbying action.".This amendment relates to, in the case...

Seanad: Regulation of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I beg to differ with my esteemed colleagues. On this one, they have missed the point completely because most NGOs would not be in a position to give large fees to a lobbyist to lobby on their behalf. What we are looking at here is the scenario of the Galway tent that the Minister outlined previously, where if a lobbyist is paid to go around with bags of cash to lobby people, even if he or...

Seanad: Regulation of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: My party is opposing this section. We can see no valid reason to protect from public scrutiny the lobbying of public officials with respect to public policy, legislative or funding decisions on the basis of adverse effect on the financial interests of the State, business interests generally or particularly, or potential material financial loss to, prejudice to the competitive position of, or...

Seanad: Regulation of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I move amendment No. 27: In page 9, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following:“(f) Senior public servants between the ranks of Secretaries General and Principal Officer; (g) Regulators; (h) Management Boards of public bodies.”.

Seanad: Regulation of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Sinn Féin is of a similar opinion in that it is known that all three of the categories in our amendment regularly are on the receiving end of lobbying. The ones mentioned in amendment No. 27 are senior public servants between the ranks of Secretary General and principal officer, regulators and management boards of public bodies. I was part of a fisheries delegation to Brussels recently...

Seanad: Regulation of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I move amendment No. 21: In page 9, to delete lines 13 and 14.Fáiltím roimh an Aire. Táim ag tógail é seo ar son mo chomghleacaí, an Seanadóir Reilly. In section 5(9), we seek to delete the words “apart from any matter relating only to the implementation of any such policy, programme, enactment or award or of a technical nature". Our view is that...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: It is not 20,000.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: It is a voluntary programme.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The Senator should talk to his party leader about that one.