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Seanad: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I move amendment No. 4: In page 84, lines 27 and 28, to delete "€50 million" and substitute "€10 million".A relevant grocery goods undertaking means a grocery goods undertaking engaged in the production, supply and distribution, wholesale or retail of grocery goods in the State that has or is a member of a group of related undertakings that has an annual worldwide turnover of...

Seanad: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I move amendment No. 5: In page 85, lines 10 and 11, to delete "or indirectly through franchise arrangements,".It has been argued that franchisees should not be included in any definition in this Bill as it implies that they act in cohort or collectively with a related undertaking. As the Bill stands, there is no specific reference to the amount of grocery goods, as defined, being part of...

Seanad: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Yes.

Seanad: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I move amendment No. 1: In page 55, line 11, to delete "prevalent" and substitute "present".I welcome the Minister, Deputy Richard Bruton, back to the Seanad. We were all wondering this morning which Ministers might attend the various debates. One might say it is a case of nitpicking to choose the word "prevalent" over "present", but it is an important distinction to make. It is...

Seanad: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I move amendment No. 2: In page 84, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following:"(e) all other goods sold in grocery goods undertakings,".Large retailers stock a vast array of products which are not covered in the Bill. There is no protection for electrical suppliers, hardware suppliers or suppliers of plants and flowers, newspapers and magazines, stationary and greeting cards, clothes,...

Seanad: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I move amendment No. 3: In page 84, line 5, after "goods," to insert "newspaper and magazine distribution companies".Amendment No. 3 is to the same provision as amendment No. 2. We are seeking to have newspaper and magazine distribution companies included in the definition being put forward. Again because these newspaper and magazine distribution companies play a major part in the...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cé go bhfuil eagar á dhéanamh ar na pearsain atá sa Rialtas, ní fheicim go bhfuil morán athrú ar an bpolasaí, ach beimid ag súil leis na hAirí agus na hAirí Stáit nua isteach go bpléifimid na rudaí seo leo. I would like to have a debate with the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Paschal Donohoe, to address...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: It was the semi-final.

Seanad: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (10 Jul 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. Unfortunately, I am unable to show the same vigour as my colleagues in support of the Bill. Sinn Féin has raised concerns that the Bill unpicks the Good Friday Agreement and dilutes the measures introduced under the Agreement. We continue to be concerned that the Bill marks a stepping back from the commitments given under the Good Friday Agreement....

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Parliamentary karaoke.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Ba mhaith liom tacú leis an méid a dúirt an Seanadóir Ó Murchú maidir le muintir na Palaistíne. Beidh agóid taobh amuigh de na geataí ag 12.30 i.n. le tacú leis an ngéarchéim atá ansin agus le h-iarracht fuascailt a fháil ar na ceisteanna sin. Ceapaim go labhróidh an Seanadóir Cullinane faoi sin ar ball beag....

Seanad: Environmental Protection Agency: Motion (9 Jul 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Yes. May I speak at this stage?

Seanad: Environmental Protection Agency: Motion (9 Jul 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I reserve the right to speak later. Ba mhaith liom cuidiú leis an leasú atá molta ag an Seanadóir Cullinane.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Secrecy Provisions in Central Bank Act 1942 and Sanction Procedure: Mr. Alan Jackman (9 Jul 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I congratulate Mr. Jackman on the petition. He has put much work into it and it is very coherent. As the Chairman said, people find it difficult to take the personal element out of their petitions and many have argued their personal cases, in which we have no jurisdiction. It is important that Mr. Jackman has highlighted a systemic issue. It is a very complex issue for people who are not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Secrecy Provisions in Central Bank Act 1942 and Sanction Procedure: Mr. Alan Jackman (9 Jul 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: While I do not disagree, we need to have a conversation because there is a role for both those committees and the expertise at the table of the finance committee would know the system much better than the justice committee members. I mean no disrespect to the justice committee members. There could be a response from both committees on it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Secrecy Provisions in Central Bank Act 1942 and Sanction Procedure: Mr. Alan Jackman (9 Jul 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: We could possibly invite the regulator and the Department of Finance here to respond to the petition and go through the points. We could examine all those issues without adjudicating. Without taking a side in the argument, it is important that petitions such as Mr. Jackman's come before the committee and I commend him on putting so much work into it and presenting it is a very legible way.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Licensing and Harvesting of Seaweed in Ireland: Discussion (8 Jul 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: This has been a very long session. Mr. Jean-Paul Deveau has talked about transplanting the Canadian model to the west. Will he clarify the rights of workers under the Canadian model? For example, are the 250 employees in the plant unionised, or is the company open to unionisation? The nub of the issue is whether the seaweed cutters are employees or self-employed with a contract with the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Licensing and Harvesting of Seaweed in Ireland: Discussion (8 Jul 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: An raibh ról ag an tUasal Mac Giolla Bhríde ó thaobh an údaráis sa bhliain 2006?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Licensing and Harvesting of Seaweed in Ireland: Discussion (8 Jul 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Obviously, the licensing regime has been in place in Canada for quite a while. Was there any contact between Mr. Deveau's company and any members of the Government on the licensing regime here?