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Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Aontaím le cuid mhaith den mhéid atá ráite maidir leis na tuilte ar fud na tíre atá ag déanamh an t-uafás damáiste. I support the call for a debate on flooding, which is serious in the west, in particular, and the south. It has come to light that many of the issues arising in local areas are due to a lack of maintenance work being done during...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: That was Bertie Ahern.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The Government has had five years to do it-----

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: -----and it has done nothing.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The Government had five years to do it.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Absolutely, yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The Government had five years to address the issue.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Where is your evidence?

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (9 Dec 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: It is one group.

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (9 Dec 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. I share the frustration of Senator Norris. In fairness to him, we have had a number of Bills through the House in the past week and a half with hundreds of amendments coming at the last minute. As legislators, we can see amendments replacing sections and the discussion is on the new sections. It can be very confusing, especially as these...

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (9 Dec 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I echo the support for the amendment which is very important and on which there has been a lot of very good work done. This is obviously an incredibly complex issue, but the express will of the relevant person is certainly paramount. Any mechanism or means that can be used to find out what it is should be used, no matter what state the person is in. There are questions about somebody...

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (9 Dec 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Amendment No. 164 reads:In page 56, between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following:“(b) a relative of a friend of the appointer who has had such personal contact with the appointer over such period of time that a relationship of trust exists between them,”. The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has stated in general comment No.1 that under Article 12 of...

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (9 Dec 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I did not have a chance to say it but I do recognise that there are a huge amount of amendments. We were very critical of other pieces of legislation where amendments were coming forward that had not been sought by an awful lot of people. It is important to acknowledge that a lot of the amendments here have been sought by groups and I commend the fact that they are being taken on board. I...

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (9 Dec 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: This goes back to an issue we discussed earlier. It is about the advance health care directives. The Minister said she would come back to this. I understand that sections 59 and 60 relate to that area. I do not know if the Minister of State wishes to discuss it now or later but I wanted to raise it because it is proposed to delete the section that deals with it. I wish to raise those...

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (9 Dec 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I welcome the Minister of State's response but I wish to put on record that there are people who believe that the Mental Health Act is being used as an excuse to exclude the advance health care directives from the Bill. They feel that the deletion of sections 59 and 60 should allow for that to be addressed. An election is pending and legislation has been coming through the Houses at a fast...

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (9 Dec 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: We might consider this issue again and I reserve the right to table Report Stage amendments to that effect.

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (9 Dec 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I support amendment No. 203 proposed by Senators van Turnhout and Zappone. I have outlined my reasons previously which are similar in vein to the advance health care directives. There are concerns that the impending legislative provisions on advance health care directives discriminate against anybody who may experience mental ill health. Given that one in four Irish people experience some...

Seanad: Prisons Bill 2015: Second Stage (7 Dec 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim céad fáilte roimh an Aire agus ba mhaith liom a rá nach bhfuil Sinn Féin ag cur i gcoinne an Bhille seo ach an oiread. Sinn Féin is not opposed to the Bill. As the Minister stated, the main purpose of the legislation is to facilitate the complete closure of St. Patrick's Institution. It repeals statutory provisions that enable the courts to order the...

Seanad: Courts Bill 2015: Second Stage (7 Dec 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur ar an mBille seo. Sinn Féin does not oppose the legislation, the purpose of which is to address the problems associated with the significant increase in the number of cases coming before the High Court, including judicial reviews, medical negligence cases, asylum applications and company law-related applications. However, it would prove more fruitful...

Seanad: International Protection Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (7 Dec 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I have a point of order as the record needs to be corrected. We were misled in the House last week by the Minister of State and a number of Senators who stated there was support from the non-governmental organisations for the Bill being brought forward. It seems a number of those organisations, including the Irish Refugee Council, the Migrant Rights Centre of Ireland and the Irish Immigrant...