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Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Nov 2011)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: That is why they were not available; they had not even been drawn up.

Seanad: Oifig an Choimisinéara Teanga (24 Nov 2011)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur roimh an Aire Stáit agus tá mé thar a bheith buíoch dó as bheith chomh foighdeach agus as fanacht linn. Tá ceist fíor-thábhachtach ardaithe againn, ceist atá ag déanamh tinnis do phobal na Gaeilge agus na Gaeltachta maidir leis an scéal a cuireadh amach an tseachtain seo caite faoi na hathruithe sa seirbhís poiblí, go háirithe an t-athrú atá...

Seanad: Oifig an Choimisinéara Teanga (24 Nov 2011)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Stáit as ucht an fhreagra a thug sé. Treisíonn an méid atá ráite aige an imní atá orm. Dúirt sé go soiléir "nach ndeachaigh" an Roinn Caiteachais Phoiblí agus Athchóirithe i dteagmháil le hOifig an Ombudsman nó Oifig an Choimisinéara Teanga. Tá sé sin dochreidte nuair atá an Rialtas ag caint ar cónascadh a dhéanamh. Cén eolas a bhí sé...

Seanad: Oifig an Choimisinéara Teanga (24 Nov 2011)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Labhair an Aire Stáir mar gheall ar an athbhreithniú atá á dhéanamh ar Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla 2003. Tá mé iontach míshásta leis an bhfreagra a fuair mé. Ní aontaím leis an cur chuige atá ag an Rialtas. Má léiríonn an aiseolas a fhaigheann an Rialtas ón bpobal i leith Oifig an Choimisinéara Teanga, i gcomhthéacs an athbhreithniú atá ar siúl i leith Acht 2003,...

Seanad: Oifig an Choimisinéara Teanga (24 Nov 2011)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Tá mé ag iarraidh a bheith soiléir go dtuigeann an Aire Stáit an méid atá i gceist agam. Faoi láthair, tá Oifig an Choimisinéara Teanga neamhspleách ón Ombudsman. Tá an choimisinéir ábalta seasamh ar a chosa féin. Má léiríonn an aiseolas a fhaigheann an Rialtas maidir leis an athbhreithniú ar an Acht go gceaptar go bhfuil sé níos fearr go bhfanfadh Oifig an...

Seanad: Oifig an Choimisinéara Teanga (24 Nov 2011)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Ach an cheist a chur mé ná-----

Seanad: Oifig an Choimisinéara Teanga (24 Nov 2011)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The Minister of State did not answer the question. An cheist a chuir mé ná-----

Seanad: Oifig an Choimisinéara Teanga (24 Nov 2011)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: You can not, a Chathaoirligh, but I will ask it. Má léiríonn an t-aiseolas-----

Seanad: Oifig an Choimisinéara Teanga (24 Nov 2011)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Má léiríonn an t-aiseolas gur cheart go bhfanfadh Oifig an Choimisinéara neamhspleách an mbeidh an Rialtas sásta athbhreithniú a dhéanamh ar an gcinneadh?

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: On a point of order, we do not agree with the ruling on amendments Nos. 12 and 13 tabled by Sinn Féin.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: We are trawling through the sludge quite well and clarifying many of the issues with regard to this Bill. However, there is a contradiction in the Minister's answer on this specific point. Earlier I asked him - quite specifically, because I was seeking clarification on this point - whether the registration process and the inspection process were for septic tank systems or for groundwater,...

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Well, the purpose of the re-registration process is to allow inspectors to check that the systems are working. Are we talking about checking the system or the water coming from it?

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: If it is only the groundwater, why do people need to re-register the actual septic tank? Even though we are seeing a lot of crime in rural areas, I have never known anybody to steal a septic tank. I do not think a septic tank will move in the lifetime of a house.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: They are.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Most septic tanks are plastic these days, so I do not think that will be an issue.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I am telling you.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: There are a few blocks in them as well.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: That is the point. It was a red herring thrown in by the Minister. There is a basic issue here: if one registers a septic tank, it will not move. It is connected to a house, which will not move. A person who registers will be on the system; the county council will know exactly what septic tank he or she has installed. There is some sort of red herring in the Minister's explanation of the...

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: There is another possibility or way of doing this. If one has a house and one wishes to make an alteration to it, one should make an application for a change. Could that work under this system? My concern is that we may be creating a bureaucracy that will lead to duplication every five years and a great deal of additional work within a Civil Service that is already burdened and which we...

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The thrust of what we said earlier was that the system will check the quality of the ground water is suitable. Why are we going back to a system? There is a system in place, through the planning process, which tells people the specifications for septic tanks if they are building houses. Therefore, the Minister is asking people to register such systems with the Department, which is fine....