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Seanad: Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (19 Jun 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: We all know the background to the Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act and Senators need to consider the destructive effect of this legislation on human rights, civil liberties and democratic life in the State. We are living in a new political reality and the Minister and the Government have an onus to live up to their obligations under the Good Friday Agreement to remove obstacles...

Seanad: Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (19 Jun 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Others seem to be.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jun 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Ba mhaith liom aontú leis an méid a bhí le rá ag an Seanadóir Mooney maidir leis na ciorraithe atá ann do tuismitheoirí aonair. I support what Senator Paschal Mooney said about the cuts for lone parents. I listened with interest to Government Senators discuss issues to do with child care, housing, etc. I hope the concerns they are expressing will also be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Shannon Airport Landings: Discussion (18 Jun 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I dtosach báire, cuirim céad fáilte roimh na finnéithe. Ceapaim gur é seo ceann de na hachainíocha is tábhachtaí atá feicthe againn go dtí seo. I welcome the witnesses. I commend them on the fantastic work they have done over the years, week in, week out and month in, month out at Shannon Airport. Trying to raise this issue and bring it to...

Seanad: 750th Anniversary of First Irish Parliament: Statements (18 Jun 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim céad fáilte roimh an Aire. Caithfidh mé a rá go bhfuil díomá orm go bhfuil muid ag plé na ceiste seo inniu. Cé gur ceist thábhachtach í, ní dóigh liom go bhfuil sí chomh h-ard sin ar liosta na dtosaíochtaí againn. I believe we are doing ourselves no favours in the Seanad by scheduling items such as this. I...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Road Projects Status (17 Jun 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I concur with the Minister of State's fine words about the intense beauty of the area in question. I thank him for the full report on the development. To follow on from that, the Minister of State might go back to the Minister and ask whether he is concerned that certain people believe the NPWS took a hands-off approach to the second An Bord Pleanála hearing and that its full input was...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Road Projects Status (17 Jun 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim fáilte roimh on Aire State. I am sure both of us would prefer to be back in the west in the sun, but we have to do our business in the House. The issue I raise relates to the N59 between Galway and Clifden which passes through Moycullen and Oughterard, with which the Minister of State will be familiar. I appreciate work is being done on the road and acknowledge that planning for...

Seanad: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014: Second Stage (17 Jun 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: This Bill is another element in the legislative framework designed to combat tobacco smoking. It gives us the opportunity to again focus on the enormous damage tobacco smoking does to the health of people and the huge cost to society of tobacco smoking. It also provides us with an opportunity to address the ongoing campaign to reduce and, hopefully, eventually eliminate this practice,...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jun 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Tacaím le moladh an Seanadóir Hayden maidir le díospóireacht faoi chúrsaí tithíochta. I support Senator Hayden's call for a debate on housing. Many of the Senator's points indicate an abject failure by her Government colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, to resolve these issues after three years in government. I concur with Senator...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: An Teanga Gaeilge (12 Jun 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Tá treoir le tabhairt ag an Aire Stáit roimh deireadh na bliana.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: An Teanga Gaeilge (12 Jun 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim céad fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. Ta an cheist atá curtha síos anocht agam pléite againn cheana agus tá súil agam go gcloisfidh mé go bhfuil dul chun cinn déanta ar an méid a luaigh muid. De réir mar a thuigim, is ceist don Tánaiste atá i gceist anseo, mar sílim gur é an Roinn Gnóthaí Eachtracha...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: An Teanga Gaeilge (12 Jun 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Stáit, ach i gcead dó is beagnach an freagra céanna atá muid ag cloisteáil ó 2007 ar aghaidh, le seacht mbliana anuas, ar an gceist chéanna seo. Cén fáth an bhfuil an Rialtas ag tarraingt na gcos ar an gceist seo? Tá cuid mhaith daoine imithe tríd na cúrsaí aistriúchán, tá...

Seanad: Industrial Development (Forfás Dissolution) Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Jun 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Ba mhaith liomsa freisin tacú agus glacadh leis an mBille seo agus tá áthas orm go ndeachaigh sé tríd an Teach. We are not opposed in principle to the dissolution of Forfás and the transfer of its functions. Its amalgamation into the Department and the other agencies seems a common-sense approach. It is clear that many of the functions of Forfás could and...

Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Tacaím leis an leasú atá molta ag mo chomhghleacaí, an Seanadóir Cullinane. I second Senator Cullinane's amendment that the Taoiseach be called in for a debate today. We are hoping that would be a two hour debate, at least. It is obvious that the Taoiseach is the puppet master pulling the strings on this issue. I do not think that people watching this debate today...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (11 Jun 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: On a point of order, I suggest that the debate be resumed because I am sure that a number of other Members of the Seanad would like to speak on this issue.

Seanad: Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (11 Jun 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I am sure the Minister could make time available.

Seanad: Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (11 Jun 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: It needs to be suggested this evening.

Seanad: Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (11 Jun 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim céad fáilte roimh an Aire. Ba mhaith liom mo ghlór a chur leis na glórtha atá anseo go dtí seo ar an ábhar fíor-thruamhéileach seo. I would like to start by commending Catherine Corless, the researcher, and Teresa Killeen Kelly, the chairperson of the Tuam mother and babies committee, on bringing the recent revelations to light and working...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (11 Jun 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The recommendation is to forward the latest responses received from the Department of Education Skills, the Health and Safety Authority and the Institute of Technology, Blanchardstown, together with a copy of the report of December 2013 on the review of apprenticeship training in Ireland, to the petitioner, informing him that the committee is satisfied with the progress made to date. It is...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Jun 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Ba mhaith linn tréaslú leis an Aire as ucht an reachtaíocht seo a thabhairt chun cinn. Sinn Féin welcomes this legislation, although we raised a number of concerns on Second Stage and Committee Stage. Those concerns remain and my party will keep an eye on how things pan out when the legislation is implemented. Sinn Féin's main concern is to ensure that convictions...