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Seanad: Commencement Matters: Home Care Packages Provision (30 May 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I thank the Minister of State for his response and I note his interest in the disability services in Galway to which, hopefully, we will be welcoming him soon. The HSE response on this matter is a nonsense. Discussions have been ongoing for well over a year. It was known in advance of the operation that this would be needed. It is time for decisions to be taken and for heads to be banged...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Post Office Closures (24 May 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Tá céad fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. Taim buíoch gur tháinig sí isteach. I thank the Minister of State for coming into the House to take this matter. I appreciate that it is not her area of responsibility, but it is an important question for those of us who are living in rural areas. I hope I will not receive the standard answer to the effect that this is...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Post Office Closures (24 May 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I concur with the Cathaoirleach. The line I take issue with is not from the Minister of State; rather, it is from An Post which stated that the post office was closed due to circumstances beyond its control. I do not believe it was. It made a decision to close the post office. What was the threshold on which the decision was based? Was there a minor or major discrepancy? A post office...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Ba mhaith liom i dtús báire comhghairdeas a ghabháil leis an Seanadóir Clifford-Lee agus a fear céile, John, ar bhreith a linbhín óg. Guím chuile ádh orthu. I congratulate Senator Lorraine Clifford Lee and her husband, John, on the birth of their child and hope everything goes well for them. I wish to be associated with the sympathy conveyed to...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: We hold an Ard-Fheis.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Go raibh míle maith agat.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: We might have a debate here on it as well.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Cheannaire.

Seanad: Údarás na Gaeltachta (Amendment) Bill 2017: First Stage (24 May 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Tairgim:Go gceadófar go dtabharfar isteach Bille da ngairtear Acht do dhéanamh socrú maidir le toghcháin dhaonlathacha chun Údarás na Gaeltachta agus maidir le nithe gaolmhara.

Seanad: Údarás na Gaeltachta (Amendment) Bill 2017: First Stage (24 May 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: Areas of Natural Constraint: Statements (24 May 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Areas of Natural Constraint: Statements (24 May 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Is that at the Galway Races?

Seanad: Areas of Natural Constraint: Statements (24 May 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. Táimid ag teacht le chéile go minic na laethanta seo. The Minister and I meet fairly regularly these days in Dublin and in Galway. I am delighted that we are having this debate. It is good to have a debate on a specific area rather than a huge and broad one on agriculture or fisheries generally.I think it is good that we are having this debate....

Seanad: Areas of Natural Constraint: Statements (24 May 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Both. I hope that when we introduce our motion on this matter next week, Fianna Fáil will know exactly where it stands and all its members will agree on where to go. We see the motion we have drawn up in relation to the ANCs as a baseline. If Fianna Fáil wants to amend it or to add extra to it, we will certainly be open to that as well.

Seanad: Areas of Natural Constraint: Statements (24 May 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Senators can propose amendments at any time. This motion has been on the Order Paper for weeks. If the Fianna Fáil Senators knew the business of politics in these Houses at all, they could have tabled amendments at any stage. At least the Fine Gael line on this matter has been consistent. When Mairead McGuinness MEP attended a public meeting on this issue in Maam Cross, she made it...

Seanad: Areas of Natural Constraint: Statements (24 May 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: We do.

Seanad: Areas of Natural Constraint: Statements (24 May 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I disagree with Senator Paul Daly's suggestion that the most disadvantaged should get the most.

Seanad: Areas of Natural Constraint: Statements (24 May 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: If you let me finish-----

Seanad: Areas of Natural Constraint: Statements (24 May 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Thank you. This is obviously a very touchy issue for some people in the Chamber.

Seanad: Areas of Natural Constraint: Statements (24 May 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I will tell you if you give me a chance.