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Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Feb 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim leis na briathra ómóis don iar-Sheanadóir Mickey Doherty thar ceann pháirtí Shinn Féin sa Teach seo. Casadh lena mhuintir, Máire agus Séamus, atá anseo, lena chairde agus lena ghaolta ar fad agus go háirithe le muintir Fhianna Fáil a bhí mór leis. Is léir óna chomhghleacaithe Rialtais agus iar-Rialtais, idir an Seanad, an Dáil agus eile, agus mar is léir ó na...

Seanad: Seirbhísí Cúirteanna (29 Feb 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Is breá an rud é Aire le Gaeilge a fheiceáil istigh arís atá ag déileáil leis an ábhar seo agus tá áthas orm go bhfuilimid ábalta déileáil leis as Gaeilge. Ceist réasúnta soiléir atá ann i ndáiríre maidir le Seirbhís na gCúirteanna. Tuigimid go bhfuil cuid mhaith státseirbhísigh tar éis glacadh le pacáiste iomarcaíochta a d'ofráil an Stát agus go mbeidh daoine ag...

Seanad: Seirbhísí Cúirteanna (29 Feb 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Fáiltím go háirithe roimh an nóta iontach soiléir ansin nach mbeidh aon ghearradh siar ar sheirbhísí trí Ghaeilge sna cúirteanna. Is scéal dearfach é sin. Cuireann sé beagán imní orm ná cé go bhfuil leibhéal na gcúirteanna agus seirbhísí a choinneáil mar a bhí in 2011 i mBaile Átha Cliath, is cosúil go réigiúnach go mbeidh gearradh siar ar na suíonna cúirte....

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Feb 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: For the information of my esteemed colleague, Senator Whelan, my party is not against everything. He seems to jump to grand generalisations about Sinn Féin policy. We are in favour of a wealth tax, the capping of salaries of senior civil servants, a debt writedown and renegotiating around our fishing and natural resources. There are many things Sinn Féin is in favour of, Senator Whelan-----

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Feb 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Some of those have an impact, when one looks at the impact of this treaty. Más féidir liom focal gairid a rá, beidh Seachtaine na Gaeilge ag teacht chun cinn an tseachtain seo chugainn. Glacaim leis nach féidir linn lá iomlán Gaeilge a bheith againn sa Teach anseo ar an 7 Márta ach beidh Gaeilge á húsáid sa Dáil agus ar fud na dTithe. Iarraim ar dhaoine más féidir leo níos mó...

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Feb 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: That is not true.

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Feb 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Fáiltímid roimh an chinneadh a thóg an tArd-Aighne agus tréaslaímid léi as an seasamh neamhspleách a thóg sí agus as an chomhairle a chuir sí ar an Rialtas maidir leis an reifreann. We welcome the forthcoming referendum on the EU treaty and we welcome the full and frank debate that there will be around it. I also welcome Senator Darragh O'Brien's indication as to where the Fianna...

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Feb 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: This is a treaty about enshrining austerity for generations to come. It is important to discuss the implications of that.

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Feb 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: It is a view in the debate and I am sure Senator Healy Eames will welcome the debate around that.

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Feb 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: It is a debate about our sovereignty. It certainly imposes more stringent mechanisms to control our fiscal policy and it takes the decision making out of our hands. This is about making good decisions for the good of all the people. Let us have the debate. Let us get the wording as soon as possible so that we can see what the issues are.

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Feb 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: My party certainly will not be flying off the handle. We will put forward, as we do, factual, logical and rational arguments.

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Feb 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: We certainly were factual last night.

Seanad: Standing Order 18: Motion (23 Feb 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: We are all on the road to Damascus.

Seanad: Standing Order 18: Motion (23 Feb 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Tá mé fíor-bhuíoch go bhfuil deis agam labhairt ar an rún tábhachtach agus práinneach seo. Molaim an Ceannaire as ucht an rún seo a chur os comhair an Tí le deifir ionas gur féidir linn é a phlé. I welcome this important debate and the urgency with which the Leader has dealt with it in that it was suggested yesterday and today we are having this debate. I do not concur with the...

Seanad: Standing Order 18: Motion (23 Feb 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: It is not true that this was to use up the time in the Seanad when we have other important issues to debate. I also welcome the inclusivity, tolerance and democracy of taking all viewpoints on board in the Seanad. That is the way we should and need to go. However, I would like to draw the attention of the House to the fact the CPP itself is not inclusive. The three Sinn Féin Senators are...

Seanad: Standing Order 18: Motion (23 Feb 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: It is fantastically prayerful. I would also have liked to have had five minutes speaking time during the debate on natural resources. During an important debate on foreign affairs, we were only allowed to ask a question and not make a statement. The CPP might take these thoughts on board when examining the nature of debates here to ensure they are inclusive, tolerant and democratic and to...

Seanad: Standing Order 18: Motion (23 Feb 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I know some Senators in particular parties have had difficulties in following the Whip, with all due respect to you, a Leas-Chathaoirligh. If we are to allow full and free expression of what Members really think on certain issues, perhaps we should remove the Whip for certain debates. Taking on board the shenanigans that went on this morning on the Order of Business, we should perhaps take a...

Seanad: Standing Order 18: Motion (23 Feb 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: What about membership of the CPP?

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Ba mhaith liom tagairt a dhéanamh don cinneadh atá á dhéanamh maidir le díol acmhainní Stáit. "Privatisation is the road back to autocracy, in which a hollowed-out state is bereft of anything meaningful to attract the support of the citizen - especially the marginalised, excluded from the mainstream of society." So said Frederick Powell, a political scientist whose same lines were...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Yesterday, Ireland's largest trade union stated, "Today's announcement regarding the sale of some public enterprises is a sad day for the Irish people and a tragedy for the Labour Party." There seems to be confusion on both sides of the House as to what the troika said or did not say to the previous and the current Governments. When my party leader, Deputy Adams, met with the troika, he was...