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Seanad: Order of Business (28 Feb 2018)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: ...brónach ar bealach amháin ach áthasach ar bealach eile go bhfuil sé i gcesit agam a chur in úil duit i scríbhinn níos deireanaí go bhfuil mé ag éirí as mo shuíocháin Seanad. I am going to be resigning my seat later this afternoon. I am hearing the decision is sending reverberations through Parliament already because it is...

Seanad: Reception Conditions Directive: Motion (23 Jan 2018)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: ...This really is a heartless and cynical move by the Department of Justice and Equality. We held a direct provision protest in Galway on Saturday. Several brave people who are in direct provision and who are afraid to speak out normally, spoke out publicly. They told us again of their plight within the direct provision system. To say they are disappointed with this news would be a major...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Ba mhaith liom aitheantas a thabhairt do na focail deasa ó mo chairde i bPáirtí Shinn Féin trasna uainn. I would like to acknowledge the kind words of my colleagues and very good friends on the Sinn Féin Seanad team. I thank them for their support and solidarity in recent times, as I do all colleagues and the staff of the Seanad office and the Houses. I look...

Seanad: Diplomatic Relations (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Second Stage (29 Nov 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: ...of Ireland's diplomatic relations. I have one concern which I will address later. First, I generally welcome the introduction of this Bill which will enhance the efficiency and clarity of arrangements with respect to the staff of diplomatic missions and international organisations. The existing lack of clarity has been commented upon in the courts. The Bill will hopefully strengthen...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: ...person who has been lost in the river. It has become a regular occurrence in the city in recent years. We hope that the operation is successful and commend all those involved in search and rescue for the incredible work they do under difficult circumstances. It highlights some of the issues that we see in Galway in the area of mental health and particularly among young people....

Seanad: JobPath: Motion (15 Nov 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Ba mhaith liom tacú agus cuidiú leis an rún seo. Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. I second the motion. For some, JobPath looks just like another job activation scheme which is aimed at getting jobseekers back to work and which runs alongside other schemes such as the LES, the community employment scheme, Tús, the rural social scheme and Gateway. However,...

Seanad: The Diaspora: Statements (14 Nov 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: ...xe1;ilte roimh an Aire Stáit. Tá mé an-sásta go bhfuil muid ag plé ceist na saoránach Éireannach thar lear. Is ceist fíor-thábhachtach í. Tá sé thar am go mbeadh muid á plé arís. I would like to take a different tack to my colleague, Senator Daly, whom I often agree with on issues on the diaspora. He spoke...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Oct 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: ...the issue of JobPath on many occasions, but I commend my colleagues, Deputies John Brady and Denise Mitchell, for issuing a report which required much research. It is an issue that is increasingly being brought to our attention. I receive many telephone calls from individuals who are very unhappy with the service provided. I consider it to be something of a scam. It is interesting to...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (19 Oct 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: ...na maoirseoirí ar na scéimeanna fostaíochta pobail ar fud na tíre agus lena gcuid cearta pinsin. There is, rightly, a whole debate under way about pension entitlements and changes which were brought in in 2012, but I want to draw the Minister of State's attention to another pension inequality which was brought to Government's attention long before 2012. I am told the...

Seanad: Future of Europe: Statements (12 Oct 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Chomh maith leis an Seanadóir Leyden, ba mhaith liom comhghairdeas a dhéanamh leis an Aire Stáit. I join Senator Leyden in congratulating the Minister and wishing her and her husband the best. There are many issues we could raise in a debate on Europe. We have engaged critically with the EU over a number of years and we are concerned over the push to more centralisation. I...

Seanad: Eighth Report of Convention on the Constitution: Motion (11 Oct 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I move amendment No. 1:To delete all words after “That” and substitute the following: (a) a Special Committee be appointed to form the Joint Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural (ESC) Rights; (b) the Eighth Report of the Convention on the Constitution, copies of which were laid before Seanad Éireann on 30thMarch 2014, including its recommendations in relation to the...

Seanad: Direct Provision: Statements (4 Oct 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: For the past six years, when Fianna Fáil has been asked to condemn the direct provision system, it has not done so. I would like to be constructive because we need to work together to get this system scrapped and I welcome the change in tone. An injustice has been done to Mr. Justice McMahon. The terms of reference for his report were limited. They precluded an examination to...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Second Stage (18 Jul 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: ...;in ná ár gcomhgleacaithe sá Dáil dóthain ama le dul tríd na hathruithe uilig ar an bpríomhacht. I welcome the Minister of State but I have concerns about the way the Bill is being rushed through the Houses. I do not believe this is the way to do business. My colleagues in the Dáil and I are deeply frustrated by the lack of time to scrutinise and...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Direct Provision System (27 Jun 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I dtús báire, tréaslaím leis an Aire as a athcheapachán mar Aire. I congratulate the Minister on his reappointment as a Minister. I thank him for coming in to take this question, which arises out of the case of a Burmese man who spent eight years in direct provision before getting refugee status. He unanimously won his Supreme Court appeal over laws preventing him...

Seanad: Tourism: Statements (31 May 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: ...céad fáilte roimh an Aire. Gan dabht ar bith, tá go leor le maoibh faoi in earnáil na turasóireachta sa taobh seo den tír, ach tá go leor le déanamh go fóill. There are many laudable aspects to Ireland's tourism industry and it has been quite successful in a lot of different areas around the State. I note a lack of discussion in today's...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Post Office Closures (24 May 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Tá céad fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. Taim buíoch gur tháinig sí isteach. I thank the Minister of State for coming into the House to take this matter. I appreciate that it is not her area of responsibility, but it is an important question for those of us who are living in rural areas. I hope I will not receive the standard answer to the effect that this is...

Seanad: Areas of Natural Constraint: Statements (24 May 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Go raibh míle maith agat. Senator Paul Daly said that the most disadvantaged should get the most. I suggest that the disadvantaged are the only people who should get any payment. No one would suggest that everyone should get a disability payment regardless of his or her level of disability. Some people do not have a disadvantage. We would say that the payments under the scheme as it...

Seanad: Public Service Broadcasting: Statements (23 May 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: -----in the Connemara Gaeltacht. Great credit goes to Máire Geoghegan-Quinn and Michael D. Higgins in that regard. However, Údarás na Gaeltachta had a crucial role to play because even before TG4 was set up, it set up training courses to make sure there were people available to work in the services when they came around; I attended one of those courses years ago. I do not...

Seanad: Migrant Integration Strategy: Statements (16 May 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: .... Tá áthas orm a bheith ag leanúint an Seanadóir Conway agus an Seanadóir Lawless ar an ábhar seo. Fáiltím roimh na ráitis laidre atá déanta acu. The Minister of State is very welcome to the House.There has been a little bit of political light-footedness on this issue. We were actually calling for a debate around the International...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Development and Co-operation in Border Counties: Discussion (Resumed) (10 May 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: ...that InterTradeIreland has a greater rural spread than the other agencies which support business. Given the implications of Brexit, is there any urban-rural divide such that rural companies appear to be less prepared or better prepared? Will it have a greater impact on them because they are based in rural areas of Mayo, Fermanagh or wherever else? Another sector of which I have...