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Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Arlene Foster should turn up to the talks, a Chathaoirligh.

Seanad: An Garda Síochána: Statements (28 Mar 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Tá mé tar éis ceisteanna a ardú maidir leis na húdaráis áitiúla agus an cineál maoirsiú a dhéantar orthu ó thaobh na Roinne de. I would like to raise the way the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government oversees local authorities. Since we debated the Putting People First strategy, which proposed to give...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Bring on the debate.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: That is nonsense.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: We will e-mail it to the Leader later.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Gan dabht ar bith, tá ár gcroíthe ar fad trom inniu mar gheall ar chloisteáil faoi bhás Mhartin McGuinness. Táimid an-bhuíoch don Cheannaire as ucht an t-am a thabhairt dúinn tráthnóna le ómós mar is ceart a thabhairt dó. We welcome the opportunity to give a proper account of the graciousness and the wonder of Martin...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The Senator can do that. I would be very grateful if the Leader could facilitate that debate on the International Protection Act and its implementation since it was brought in.

Seanad: Death of Martin McGuinness: Expressions of Sympathy (21 Mar 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Is le croí trom atá mé ag éirí anseo tráthnóna le cúpla focal a rá in ómós do Martin McGuinness, fear a chur mé aithne air le roinnt blianta anuas agus fear a raibh ard-mheas agam air ón aithne a chur mé air. Ba mhaith liom mo chomhbhrón féin a chur in iúl do Bhernie, Fiachra, Emmet, Fionnuala agus Grainne....

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Mar 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Mar 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Ba mhaith liom mo ghlór a chur leis na daoine atá ag tabhairt ómóis don dream bocht a fuair bás sa tine tragóideach i gCluain Dolcáin inné. I add my name to the tributes that have been paid to those that perished in the tragic fire in Clondalkin. Our hearts go out to them and to all their families and friends. It was a tragic event. I wish to...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Mar 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I concur with Senator Burke on the issue of the driver's licence, but the issue was raised two weeks ago with the Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade with responsibility for the diaspora, Deputy Joe McHugh. Instead of us having another debate about it, he might speak to his fellow county man, who is the Taoiseach, and we can have some action on the issues that...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Mar 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Senator Conway-Walsh called for a debate.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Mar 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: We can be independent and do our own thing.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Mar 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: A lot of water has gone under the bridge since then.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Mar 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: It is.

Seanad: Commission of Investigation Announcement on Tuam Mother and Baby Home: Statements (9 Mar 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire agus roimh na daoine an-spesialta atá sa gailearaí inniu. This is a hugely emotive issue. However, I am taken aback by the use of the word "discovery". A discovery usually pertains to something that nobody knew about. I believe that many people knew about this scenario and therefore it is not a discovery, it is a cover-up of huge magnitude with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Implications of Brexit for Foreign Policy: Dr. Karen Devine, DCU (9 Mar 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I thank Dr. Devine for the very thought provoking presentation. My basic question is whether Irish neutrality is the emperor's new clothes. Has economic expediency taken precedence over neutrality? What is the ongoing impact of international trade agreements between the EU and other blocs such as the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, CETA, and the proposed Transatlantic Trade and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Implications of Brexit for Foreign Policy: Dr. Karen Devine, DCU (9 Mar 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: On a point of order, Dr. Devine should be allowed to respond when she has been challenged in such a way.