Results 1-15 of 15 for 5 million speaker:Trevor Ó Clochartaigh

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Nov 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: .... She was not afraid to come in but I do not know whether the Taoiseach is. I note that Drew Nelson has made it as far as this House, and Nicola Sturgeon was able to make it here. We have a €5 million communications unit so perhaps it could send an email to the Taoiseach to tell him how to get here.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: ...the issue being raised by the Society of St. Vincent de Paul is that the Taoiseach come to the House and discuss the matter, but also that he scrap his strategic communications unit and give the €5 million he is spending on that to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul to prove that this Government is serious about tackling poverty.

Seanad: Action Plan for Rural Development: Statements (9 Feb 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: ...the role of Údarás na Gaeltachta, which I welcome. However, the resources are not being put in place to deliver on this plan. An Indecon report was published a number of years ago which said that Údarás na Gaeltachta needed €12 million per year in its capital budget to retain the level of employment that is there at the moment. Such funding was needed not to...

Seanad: Budget 2017: Statements (11 Oct 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: ...cannot afford car insurance, get their children into schools and have issues with accessing many different things. On issues for older people, the minuscule increases have been lauded. Sinn Féin would have spent €410 million, reinstated the transitional State pension, increased the fuel allowance by three weeks, reintroduced the bereavement grant at €600, put €1...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: ...one scratches under the surface of what has been announced, it seems to be a lot of hype with quite a dearth of detail on what will happen. For example, The Irish Timeshas reported today that €5 million has been earmarked to fund the operation but no detail and timeline has been given on when the money will be spent. When the newspaper followed up on the matter it was told the...

Seanad: National Car Testing System: Statements (3 Mar 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: ...could be done much differently and I will make some obvious points that raise questions about how it is operated and the way in which it could be reformed. In October 2014, it was reported that the NCT had delivered a clear profit of €5 million to its operator, an increase of more than 11% on the previous year. This report came amid other reports that record numbers of cars were...

Seanad: Water Services: Motion (21 Jan 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: ...that €1.77 billion will be required to deliver on the objectives of its 2014-2016 capital investment plan. That included €1.2 billion which had already been made available in 2014, with an additional €200 million voted through supplementary Estimates before Christmas. Irish Water is proposing to spend €150 million to accelerate leakage reduction. However, as...

Seanad: Geological Survey of Ireland: Statements (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: ...or-thír atá againn. Every child that attends a primary school should be taught a little more geology as a means of educating them on the real size of Ireland. We often view Ireland as a small country but a recently published map of Ireland shows that this country is not limited to the land mass we are most accustomed to seeing in the average map or atlas in that Ireland has an...

Seanad: Early Child Care Education Standards: Statements (30 May 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: ...inspectors is still insufficient around the country. In Galway, for example, the inspectors are totally snowed under with the amount of work that must be done. This must be addressed. I noted what Senator Mullins said about having €5 million or €10 million made available for the quality assurance regime. I hope that in the budget in October, or even before then, we will...

Seanad: Irish Water and Related Reforms: Statements (Resumed) (20 Sep 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: ..., and was aggravated in recent years by poor winter weather. In some local authority areas, more than half the water is leaking away, yet capital investment in water was reduced from almost ¤435 million in 2011 to ¤331 million in 2012. This ¤100 million reduction comes on top of a similar sized reduction in 2010, with more cuts planned until the budget is just ¤266 million. If the...

Seanad: NAMA and Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Transparency Bill 2011: Second Stage (6 Jun 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: ...to be able to see what is going on in the organisation. Every day NAMA is dealing in billions of euro of taxpayers' money and is essentially the largest holder of State assets. It disposes of millions of euro worth of assets on average every month and yet there is very little public knowledge of its activities. NAMA costs the State more than €500,000 per day in running costs. On its...

Seanad: Competition (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I move amendment No. 3: In page 6, before section 5, to insert the following new section: 5.—Section 30 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after subsection (1) the following: "(1B) Where, following an investigation under this Act into an action, it appears to the Authority that the action adversely affected a person or contravenes section 4(1) or section 5(1) of this Act, the...

Seanad: Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union: Statements (14 Mar 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: ...freedom of decision making of governments in the future, irrespective of the mandate they receive from the electorate. The key provisions of Article 3 includes a new structural deficit target of 0.5%, a restatement of the existing Stability and Growth Pact deficit target of 3%, a debt target of 60% of GDP, a requirement for member states that breach these targets to return to them rapidly...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Ba mhaith liom iarraidh ar an Ceannaire cuireadh a thabhairt don Aire Dlí agus Cirt agus Comhionannais teacht isteach anseo chun eolas atá tagtha chun cinn, go bhfuil €14.5 milliún caite le cúig bliana anuas ar phóilíneacht agus ar ghardaí i gcás tobar gáis na Coiribe, a phlé. The Minister for Justice and Equality should come to the House to explain how €14.5 million has been...

Seanad: National Tourism Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (30 Nov 2011)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: ...was rapid growth, a number of indicators - the number of tourist visits and revenue generated - suggest the tourism sector has experienced a period of decline in recent years. During the period 2005-10 the number of overseas visitors and holidaymakers to Ireland peaked in 2007 at 7.7 million and then declined year on year to 5.8 million in 2010. The number of visitors from each of our...