Results 1,761-1,780 of 5,132 for speaker:Trevor Ó Clochartaigh
- Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: That strikes me as one of the most ludicrous reasons I have heard in the Seanad in the past four years for not having a licensed operator apply for a contract. Consider, for example, the procedure applicable to a public transport operator who wishes to pitch for a contract under the rural transport scheme.The argument that cost effectiveness is the only issue is quite wrong. We need to make...
- Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I do not think the Minister of State answered the points I raised. We are seeking to have waste legally, properly and safely disposed of. That is why there are licensing and regulatory regimes in place. The Government is leaving itself open in this legislation to rogue operators who would undercut those already in the industry, those who have bona fide credentials, a good track record...
- Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I have not heard any argument that explains why this amendment would place anybody at a competitive disadvantage. Certainly, I cannot see why asking an operator to be licensed would do so. It does not happen in any other industry. If anything, it levels the playing field for those operators working to the letter of the law. Leaving it open for unlicensed operators is the opposite as it...
- Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Sinn Féin wholeheartedly opposes this section. This is the fourth attempt by the Government to push through legislation on water services without support from the general public. When one traces back the arguments for introducing Irish Water in the first place, it was about water conservation. I remember that argument from the Minister of State’s former colleague, Phil Hogan....
- Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: We are still enduring it.
- Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: They are promises one makes before an election.
- Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Is there not sewerage in Athenry?
- Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Nothing will done until next year.
- Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: If the Government did not spend €750 million on meters, improvements would happen a bit quicker.
- Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Not according to Irish Water.
- Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I urge the Senator to tell the truth now.
- Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: That is the truth.
- Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The Government will pickpocket the money.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Shannon Airport Landings: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jul 2015)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I thought both guests were neutral.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Shannon Airport Landings: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jul 2015)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I will pick up on the particular question concerning the Iraq mandate for the use of Shannon that was passed by Dáil Éireann. There was a vote by the Dáil that allowed the planes to stop over, but within the international legal framework, was that not a breach of our neutrality? I accept that the Dáil and Seanad can vote on something but did that not...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Shannon Airport Landings: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jul 2015)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Coming back to the main topic of Shannon----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Shannon Airport Landings: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jul 2015)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I think it is very important to make that distinction about the Dáil resolution around Iraq being within a legal framework. It was not illegal to make the resolution. However, the Government is then speaking out of both sides of its mouth, saying that we are neutral but also saying we are sanctioning something within a legal framework, which people would not see as being neutral. ...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Shannon Airport Landings: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jul 2015)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: In other states internationally which declared themselves neutral, does Mr. Smyth find anything like the Shannon stopover? Does he find US planes carrying military personnel stopping over in those states? To return to the point about the rendition flights, there are international organisations that have said they can trace planes that have travelled through Shannon and people who have...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Shannon Airport Landings: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jul 2015)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Would planes that might have come out of Shannon and flown across Austria or somewhere else have been precluded from flying over their airspace?
- Seanad: Seanad Public Consultation Committee Report on Farm Safety: Motion (15 Jul 2015)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Hear, hear.