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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 26 – Department of Education and Skills (29 Sep 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: To clarify, I was referring to staff outside teaching staff. Departmental staff, as such.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 26 – Department of Education and Skills (29 Sep 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: On third level funding, there is an issue to be addressed immediately. We cannot wait for the fallout from the Cassells report before addressing all the issues. I referred earlier to the materials required in institutes of technology for the teaching of practical subjects. I am told by those who are teaching practical subjects in institutes of technology that there are insufficient funds...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 26 – Department of Education and Skills (29 Sep 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The Minister might want to answer anyway.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 26 – Department of Education and Skills (29 Sep 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I asked if there are statistics available on the number of rural schools, for example, that do not have multifunctional rooms and how, if money should become available, they would be rolled out.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Sep 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim fáilte ar ais roimh chuile dhuine. Tá súil agam go raibh briseadh maith ag daoine. Aontaím go huile is go hiomlán leis an Seanadóir Colette Kelleher faoin méid a bhí le rá aici maidir le cóiríocht don Lucht Siúil. I concur with Senator Colette Kelleher wholeheartedly on her well-spoken comments on the Traveller...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Sep 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Fianna Fáil kites.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Sep 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: On a point of order, I think it would be only appropriate to separate these two, because people might have different thoughts about them.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Sep 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Not at all.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Sep 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: It must be funded properly and in a progressive manner. Absolutely.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Sep 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: We have not. The Leader is wrong.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Sep 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: He is absolutely wrong. Check the facts.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Sep 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Fine Gael had five years to fix it.

Seanad: Finance (Certain European Union and Intergovernmental Obligations) Bill 2016: Second Stage (28 Sep 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. I dtús báire, gabhaim comhghairdeas leis as a cheapachán. Ní dóigh liom go raibh mé ag caint leis ó shin. Go maire sé a nuaíocht. I congratulate the Minister of State. I do not believe I have met him since his appointment but well done to him and I wish him well in his position. Sinn Féin does...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Regional Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and the Gaeltacht: Culture 2025 - Éire Ildánach: a Framework Policy to 2025 and Related Matters: Discussion (7 Sep 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I have huge sympathy with most of the arguments being put forward. As somebody who did a commerce degree in Galway and went home to a pub in Connemara and told my father I was going to become an actor in the late 1980s, I understand exactly where the witnesses are coming from. Thankfully, I went on to become series producer with "Ros na Rún" for four years, so I have covered the gamut...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Regional Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and the Gaeltacht: Culture 2025 - Éire Ildánach: a Framework Policy to 2025 and Related Matters: Discussion (7 Sep 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: It is mine. Tá mé dána.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Regional Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and the Gaeltacht: Culture 2025 - Éire Ildánach: a Framework Policy to 2025 and Related Matters: Discussion (7 Sep 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Mick Lally did not have any formal training.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Regional Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and the Gaeltacht: Culture 2025 - Éire Ildánach: a Framework Policy to 2025 and Related Matters: Discussion (7 Sep 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: He did not. He was a teacher.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Regional Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and the Gaeltacht: Culture 2025 - Éire Ildánach: a Framework Policy to 2025 and Related Matters: Discussion (7 Sep 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: That was not formal training. That was informal training.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Educational Research Centre: Discussion with Chairperson Designate (7 Sep 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur roimh Dr. Travers. Guím gach rath air ina ról nua agus tá súil agam go n-éireoidh an t-ádh leis. I wish Dr. Travers the best in his role. The more clarity that can be brought to educational disadvantage and how we can counter it, the better. I am pleased to note the mention of the Irish language, which is a particular...

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Jul 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. Caithfidh mé a rá gur thacaigh Sinn Féin go drogallach leis an bpíosa reachtaíochta seo mar nach bhfuil sa chás seo i ndáiríre ach cleas polaitiúil le tóin Fhianna Fáil a shábháil. It is not often I agree with Senator Coffey on issues, but I certainty agree with him in this case. We all know...