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Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Seaweed Harvesting Licences (10 Apr 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: This issue relates to the cutting of seaweed along the coasts of Ireland, particularly the west coast, a tradition that has been going on for many years. Traditionally, people who cut seaweed do so on a particular strip of the foreshore, which is not then cut by any other person. The old Irish saying, "spite feamainne" was used when rows broke out because some people had cut into other...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Apr 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The right honourable Senator Coghlan.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Apr 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Nuair a bhí comhrá fada agam le Jody inné, chuir mé in iúl di an méid measa atá agam uirthi. I wish to be associated with all the words of good wishes to Jody. We had a great chat yesterday between Adjournment matters. I expressed to her my considerable pride having worked with her and my sense of gratitude on our behalf being a smaller grouping in the...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Apr 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Harbours and Piers Development (9 Apr 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. I am glad Ros a' Mhíl is still on the agenda, but the economic case has to be proven. A great deal of documentation has been sent to the Minister on that. I will talk to local people who are on the committee to put the material back on the Minister's desk. Will the Minister of State indicate to the Minister, Deputy Coveney, that the...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Harbours and Piers Development (9 Apr 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. I am very grateful to him for coming before the House to take this matter, which relates to Ros a'Mhíl harbour in Connemara. In 1999 HGL O'Connor & Co. carried out a feasibility study for deep water jetty at Ros a' Mhíl for Roinn na Gaeltachta. In 2000 the then Department of the Marine and Natural Resources commissioned...

Seanad: Employment Equality (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (9 Apr 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim fáilite roimh an Aire. I broadly welcome the Bill and I thank Senator Bacik for bringing it forward. It is important for all those who are being discriminated against and it is essential that it be enacted quickly. We are all concerned that it has taken a year to take Committee Stage but we should move forward. Senator Conway's reference to a stage like manner is apt because...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (9 Apr 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Ba mhaith liom tagairt a dhéanamh d'alt a bhí sa Daily Mailinné ag Brenda Power. I take this opportunity to convey my abhorrence at this article concerning the Traveller community. It was totally ill-informed, inaccurate and biased, and possibly bordering on racist. Many people are very offended by what was written and I hope the relevant authorities will deal with it in a...

Seanad: Fines (Payment and Recovery) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (8 Apr 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. We welcome the passing of this Bill. Incarceration should also be the last resort in any penal system. The numbers of persons who have been sent to prison for non-payment of fines is outrageous and I welcome the steps being taken to tackle that issue. Nevertheless, consideration must also be given to the economic climate and the inability of...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Apr 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Ba mhaith liom gach dea-ghuí a ghuí ar Uachtarán na hÉireann, Micheál D. Ó hUigínn, ar a chuairt stáit chuig an Bhreatain. Is cinnte gur ócáid iontach stairiúil í agus tá súil agam go mbeidh gach rath air. Ba mhaith liom freisin tréaslú le Martin McGuinness a ghlac leis an gcuireadh freastal ar an...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Apr 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Ba mhaith liom labhairt inniu maidir leis an bPáipéar Bán atá foilsithe maidir le cúrsaí sláinte agus an tseirbhís sláinte uilíoch atá dhá chur chun cinn ag an Rialtas. I would like to raise the issue of the White Paper on universal health care which has just been released. Sinn Féin has serious concerns about this issue. We...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Equality Budgeting Petition: Equality Budgeting Campaign (2 Apr 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Based on a letter that the Minister for Finance sent to the committee, he does not seem to want to go there. Why would the Department of Finance be slow to implement equality budgeting when Ms Bayliss says she has seen it working in other jurisdictions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Equality Budgeting Petition: Equality Budgeting Campaign (2 Apr 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: How does Scotland avoid the last-minute scramble we are led to believe happens in the Department of Finance, where things change in the last week or so?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Equality Budgeting Petition: Equality Budgeting Campaign (2 Apr 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I welcome the witnesses and thank them for their petition. We asked the Minister for Finance if he would consider the Equality Budgeting Campaign's proposal and the suggestion that the details of the budgetary measures be provided to the ESRI and the Equality Authority for assessment prior to budget day. His response was "[....] to allow for the most up to date economic and fiscal...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Apr 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The Senator is misconstruing the comments.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Apr 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The Senator should stick to the radio programme.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Apr 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Roimh bhriseadh Lá le Pádraig, bhí díospóireacht againn a bhain leis an Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge agus cuireadh an díospóireacht sin ar athló agus bhíomar buíoch as sin ag an am. An bhfuil an Ceannaire in ann insint dúinn cén uair an mbeidh an chuid eile den díospóireacht sin againn? The debate with the...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Child Care Services Inspections (1 Apr 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I appreciate both the Minister's comprehensive response and its clarity. This is an extremely serious issue, as I am sure the Minister will agree. A service essentially applied for €197,000 on foot of information that was incorrect and was found to be so by Pobal when it conducted its audit. I appreciate that a repayment plan is in place, which I believe raises other questions for...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Child Care Services Inspections (1 Apr 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. Tá mé thar a bheith buíoch go bhfuil sí tar éis an t-am a thógáil leis an gceist seo a fhreagairt. I welcome the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy Frances Fitzgerald, and thank her for coming in to take this issue. I raise an issue around the child care facility based in Tiernee, Lettermore, Naíolann na...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Apr 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Ba mhaith liom mo chomhbhrón a dhéanamh le clann John Kelly tar éis an bás sa chlann sin. By Senator Mullins's measure, Sinn Féin must be the only party in touch with the people, therefore, under his guidance, I believe I can speak authoritatively this afternoon. It is important that we would a full debate on the issues around the Department of Justice and Equality...