Results 501-520 of 5,132 for speaker:Trevor Ó Clochartaigh
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Ba mhaith liom tacú leis an leasú ar Riar na hOibre atá molta ag mo chomhghleacaí, an Seanadóir Mac Lochlainn. I second the amendment to the Order of Business. I also share the concerns raised over the gorse fires and I hope we can have a debate on that. We are back, after the break, to the usual Fianna Fáil hypocrisy on the housing crisis. Some things have...
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: That depends on your perspective, Senator Norris.
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: -----we need to highlight the miserable failure of the Minister to deal with the housing crisis. He has misrepresented the figures on new homes.
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The issues around the Daft rental price report are scandalous when one looks at what the Government has not done. Rents in Dublin are up by 66% and outside Dublin they are up by 41%. They went up by 13.4% between January and March and the average rent is €1,131 nationwide. In Galway, rents are up by 14%. This Minister told us he would tackle the rent issue but he and the Government...
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Bring it on.
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: He made a decision that made it worse.
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: It is getting worse. The rates are going up.
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Try standing a few candidates.
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Six years later.
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Senator Buttimer opposed rent certainty.
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: It is Government policy.
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The money is going back to central Government.
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: It is so. It is certainly not going to the local authorities.
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: It is not agreed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Funding: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2017)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Tá céad míle fáilte romhaibh. I was delving into my past during the presentations. For a while, it felt as if I was back in my bachelor of commerce class in University College Galway. Unfortunately, much of the material went over my head, although I tried to follow it as best I could. While the presentation was very interesting, it brings to mind the expression that...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Funding: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2017)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: It depends on the tax model that is brought in. For example, if a wealth tax is brought in which hits people at the higher end of the scale, it would not affect them as much.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Funding: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2017)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: My question was in regard to the effect in other countries where the loans have been introduced. Have people postponed taking out mortgages or having families until later in their lives? What does the data show?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Funding: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2017)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: For whom?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Funding: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2017)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: What are the implications for mature students? So far, we have been taking the answers for someone coming straight out of school and into third level education but what about someone who comes into education later, in their 30s or 40s, for instance, having raised children, or are going in part time? Will they have to pay as big an amount?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Funding: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2017)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Yes.