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Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Jun 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: We are on section 4. I will not come to backdating until we come to the relevant section. I and those who work in the HSE do not take much comfort from the reassurances of the Minister of State that outsourcing is being introduced. The concern that we are heading towards a privatised model is very real. I do not agree with Senator Conway that an increase from 5% to 7.5% is modest. For...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Jun 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The Minister of State, in fairness to him, is misconstruing my comments. The fear comes from the road down which home care has gone and the shambles it is in. In some cases older people have seen their home care times cut to a 15 minute visit per day during which somebody has to be washed and cleaned. People have seen we have gone down the private route with those types of services and are...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Jun 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Sinn Féin is opposed to many of the sections in Part 2 of this Bill, largely connected with the adjustments to the fair deal scheme, many of which are excessively punitive and could disadvantage many patients. They could also lead to the outsourcing of functions, which we are opposed to because it is inappropriate in this context and is not in the longer-term interests of the HSE or...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Ba mhaith liom tacú leis an moladh atá molta ag mo chomhghleacaí, an Seanadóir Cullinane, go mbeadh díospóireacht againn maidir le cúrsaí baincéireachta. I second the amendment to the Order of Business proposed by my colleague, Senator Cullinane.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Okay. I shall third it because we need a debate on the banking sector. I was unaware that Senator Crown had seconded the proposal which is fine. Sinn Féin's record in the House on these issues has been very clear. We have not supported the bailout, we did not support the Personal Insolvency Bill and we did not support turning of bank debt into sovereign debt even though we had to sit...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Yes.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (20 Jun 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Stáit ach, i ndáiríre, tá sé ar nós a bheith ag éisteacht le sean-cheirnín atá casta arís agis arís eile. Níl tada nua sa bhfreagra. Tá an Rialtas ag tarraingt na gcos. Tá sé cruthaithe arís anocht go bhfuil sé seo curtha ar an méar fhada. Iarraim ar an Aire...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (20 Jun 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cén fáth nach bhfuil siad á fhoilsiú ag an Aire Stáit?

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (20 Jun 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Is mian liom iad a fheiceáil.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (20 Jun 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Mair, a chapaill, agus gheobhair féar.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (20 Jun 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Mair, a chapaill, agus gheobhair féar.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (20 Jun 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Beidh an Seanad scortha faoin am sin.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (20 Jun 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Gan dabht.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (20 Jun 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Táim thar a bheith buíoch den Aire Stáit as ucht teacht isteach ar an gceist thábhachtach seo tráthnóna. Tá Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla againn le riar maith blianta agus tá an Coimisinéir Teanga i bhfeidhm sa Stát agus ag déanamh togha na hoibre, agus na daoine atá ag obair san oifig leis. Tá dul chun cinn suntasach...

Seanad: Further Education and Training Bill 2013: Second Stage (20 Jun 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire agus roimh an Bille seo. Ach an oiread le gach duine eile, ba mhaith liom mo bheannachtaí a chur chuig an Aire Stáit, Deputy Cannon, mo chomhghleacaí as Gaillimh. Tá súil agam nach fada go mbeidh sé ar ais i mbarr a mhaitheasa. Sinn Féin is pleased to support the Bill. Too often, political debate in the Oireachtas is...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motion (19 Jun 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Votáil.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motion (19 Jun 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim céad fáilte roimh an Aire Stait. Arís, tá an-áthas orm a bheith in ann seasamh anseo le seasamh Shinn Féin a léiriú ar an cheist seo. It is hilarious that Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael Members are trying to put forward what they see as the Sinn Féin stance on this issue. They are totally off the wall in representing where we stand on it....

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motion (19 Jun 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I will outline them for the Senator, if he will let me.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motion (19 Jun 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act is wide open to abuse. It has a corrosive effect on human rights, citizens' rights in particular. As I stated previously, the right to a fair trial is guaranteed under Article 38 of the Constitution and Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights. There is a growing consensus that the Special Criminal Court should be done away with. The Irish...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motion (19 Jun 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Senator Martin Conway should contact the Irish Council for Civil Liberties which will point him in the right direction. The Government would be better off in tackling crime by reversing its closure of almost 140 Garda stations, the 10% cut in the number of Garda personnel and the loss of hundreds of Garda vehicles, as well as ensuring the Garda fleet is up to scratch and the serious crime...