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Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Including Irish.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: That is why we should go back and renegotiate it.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: One could say the same for a "Yes" vote.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: It is not worried about the treaty.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I do not agree there.

Seanad: Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge (23 May 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. Is trua go gcaithfidh méé a tharraingt isteach ar lá chomh breá leis seo ach is lá breáé thiar i Ros Muc chomh maith céanna, táim cinnte. Baineann an cheist atá curtha agam ar an Athló tráthnóna leis an ionad oidhreachta a bhí beartaithe in onóir Phádraig Mhic Phiarais i gceantar Ros Muc. Mar atá a fhios ag gach duine, duine de laochra...

Seanad: Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge (23 May 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Gabhaim míle buíochas leis an Aire Stáit. Cuireann a fhreagra ríméad orm mar bhí go leor daoine den tuairim go raibh an togra seo marbh. Is breá a cloisteáíl go mbeidh sé ag tarlú. Tá ríméad orm faoi sin agus tréaslaím leis an Aire Stáit as an bhreagra. Táimid ag súil go mór le seo. Tá ceist bheag amháin agam. An bhfuil an Aire Stáit in ann léargas a thabhairt...

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: That is all right. Go raibh míle maith agat. I will make the opposite case to previous Senators. The legislation is an example of good co-operation between the North and South because it is in line with the legislation in the North. I often castigate certain Ministers for having little regard for what is happening in the North but I commend the Minister today because he does, on a...

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim céad fáilte roimh an Aire. Is breá an rud deis a fháil labhairt ar an mBille tábhachtach seo. I wish to draw the attention of the Minister to one particular matter. The joint policing committee meeting in Galway on Monday was a strange place for something relating to the Animal Health and Welfare Bill to come up. The question raised was about who owns the horses. This is a...

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The Minister is spot on as regards the Galway issue. It is mainly horses that were bought in the boom times, apparently as show horses or for horse racing. On the other issue that arises, when the council picks up an abandoned horse it appears to be obliged to keep that horse until the owner turns up to collect it. If a horse is being kept in the midlands for a number of weeks or months is...

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I apologise for labouring the point but is the Minister saying that is covered by this legislation as long as a code of practice is put in place?

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Is there an issue over the transfer of title of the ownership? For example, if Galway County Council or Galway City Council was to sell a horse within a certain period does an issue of title arise if a person came to the authority and complained that it sold their horse while they were in England or doing something else? Does a question arise over the legal title in such a scenario or has...

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Galway City Council, for example, is only obliged to keep a horse for five days. Is the Minister saying it will then be allowed to sell it or give it to a better home if one can be found? It wants to be sure that it is covered legally in that regard.

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Is there a maximum amount of time?

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Is there a maximum from a funding perspective? There is not an infinite budget. That was the councils' problem. They would have spent about €90,000 last year on the issue. In some of the cases, it was because the horses were quite healthy and they were not sure how long they should be kept in the stables.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 May 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: That is sour grapes because the "Yes" side lost the debate.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 May 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The Government parties should do that.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 May 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: There were no exemptions for rural schools.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 May 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: It is the Government which is engaged in an exercise of misleading and scaremongering.