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Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Ceanncheathrú Fhoras na Gaeilge: Díospóireacht (11 Jul 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Agus thart ar €390,000 le haghaidh-----

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Sílim gur smaoineamh an-mhaith é sin. Má tá chuile dhuine eile sa tír ag obair an méid sin seachtainí sa bhliain, ní fheicim cén fáth nach mbeadh muid ag obair níos faide.I commend Senator Kelleher in particular on the Bill being brought forward and wholeheartedly support it. It is very important. We had a lot of razzmatazz and-----

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I am not. I think it has been seconded already, but I am happy to do that if it has not.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I happily second the amendment to the Order of Business.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: We had a lot of razzmatazz about the visit of President Trudeau last week, with the Taoiseach, the socks, the jogging, etc. I know the issue of the Irish in Canada and across the globe would have been raised. I had a meeting yesterday with Ciaran Staunton from the Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform, who told me there are still great frustrations about a lack of movement by the Government on...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jul 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jul 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Ba mhaith liom tagairt a dhéanamh don chuairt a thug an Príomh Aire Trudeau ar an tír seo. Ba mhaith ann é agus is maith an rud é go bhfuilimid ag ceiliúradh an nascadh idir muid fhéin agus Ceanada. I welcome the visit by Prime Minister Trudeau to Ireland. We were also lucky to have a number of parliamentarians from Canada in the Houses earlier and we had...

Seanad: Household Waste Charges: Statements (5 Jul 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim céad fáilte roimh an Aire. Tá sé ar nós déjà vunó groundhog day. Bhí muid ag plé na ceiste seo an t-am seo den bhliain seo caite. It was a different Minister but a similar debate this time last year. The Minister has certainly been given a bit of a hospital pass with this can which has been kicked down the road. It came from the...

Seanad: Household Waste Charges: Statements (5 Jul 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: -----as on many others. Senator Leyden's party colluded.

Seanad: Household Waste Charges: Statements (5 Jul 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael worked together and colluded to make sure that the Sinn Féin motion would not come to the Dáil.

Seanad: Household Waste Charges: Statements (5 Jul 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: We are saying that Fianna Fáil is letting the Government off the hook on this issue.

Seanad: Household Waste Charges: Statements (5 Jul 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I did not interrupt Senator Leyden. I will have a little bit to say about him and his contribution in a moment.

Seanad: Household Waste Charges: Statements (5 Jul 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Our fundamental issue is with the privatised model. We call for a study on the feasibility of the re-municipalisation of waste services. We want to see if it is possible to bring these waste services back under local authority control. I pick up on the points mentioned by Senator O'Sullivan. There are serious issues around some of these companies and there are also issues around workers'...

Seanad: Household Waste Charges: Statements (5 Jul 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: We did not say that, in fairness.

Seanad: Household Waste Charges: Statements (5 Jul 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The Minister is being disingenuous.

Seanad: Household Waste Charges: Statements (5 Jul 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: That is different.

Seanad: Household Waste Charges: Statements (5 Jul 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: It is still a monopoly scenario in many cases.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Go raibh míle maith agat, a Chathaoirligh. Ba mhaith liom tréaslú leis an gCeannaire as an dea-scéal atá aige. Guím gach rath air féin agus ar a pháirtí. We attended an Oireachtas Members' briefing in Galway yesterday with Youth Work Ireland, Galway's youth counselling service. It has been in existence since 2011, but is now at risk of closure...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Leader Programmes Administration (28 Jun 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I congratulate the Minister on his appointment and echo Senator Rose Conway-Walsh's sentiments. We are seeing the same problems happening in County Galway. A particular issue I would like the Minister to look at is Leader on the islands, the reorganisation of the Leader companies and the fact that the islands have now been separated and not been given a specific Leader budget. This is a...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jun 2017)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: It is something I do not often say, but I totally and utterly concur with what Senator Marie-Louise O'Donnell said about the Western Development Commission. I was at the committee meeting and she is absolutely correct. We certainly need a hearing on it. Bímid anseo ó lá go lá agus muid ag labhairt as Gaeilge. Bíonn an fhoireann bhreá díograiseach i...