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Sinn Féin Senators Trevor Ó Clochartaigh, David Cullinane and Kathryn Reilly have called on their Seanad colleagues to ‘do the right thing’ and vote against the budgetary cuts when the Social Welfare & Property Tax Bills come before the Seanad next week.
‘Colm Keaveney had the gumption to follow his words up with actions and we hope that his Labour counterparts in particular in the Seanad will also have the conviction of their core beliefs when we debate and hopefully vote against the Budgetary cuts, says Galway West Senator, Trevor Ó Clochartaigh.
‘Many Senators during the week spoke out very strongly against the cuts to respite grants, children’s allowance, the property tax and other unfair elements of Budget 2013. They must now stand up to the plate and put up or shut up. There is no point telling constituents and journalists that they oppose these measures and then vote to push them through the Houses of the Oireachtas. I understand that Senators John Whelan, James Heffernan, John Kelly, Denis Landy & Fine Gael’s Martin Conway have voiced their concerns openly and hope that this will mean they will follow through by voting down these inequitable and draconian cuts’, says Ó Clochartaigh.
‘The Government majority in the Seanad is much smaller than in the Dáil and there is a real chance of the Social Welfare and Property Tax Bills being defeated if those who oppose the measures contained in them step up to the mark. That includes the opposition parties, the University Senators, the Taoiseach’s nominees and Government Senators unhappy with these cuts’.
‘The relevance of the Seanad is also regularly questioned and this is a time for us to show that we do have a role, that we don’t have to blindly follow the same path as the Dáil and that we have the power to stop the progression of this bill. I believe that the majority of the Irish population would wish us to do that and that is what we should do’.
‘I understand that the Taoiseach’s nominees will be meeting early next week to discuss their voting options. I believe that some of them have grave reservations about many of the measures included in the Social Welfare & Property Tax Bills and I hope that they will choose to oppose them’, says Ó Clochartaigh.
‘This is a hugely important week for Senators and I hope that my Seanad colleagues will think long and hard about what is best for the Irish people and join us in our opposition to the Social Welfare and Property Tax bills when they come before us next week. Now is the time to stand up and be counted and we Sinn Féin Senators hope that our Seanad colleagues will have the resolve to do just that’, according to Trevor Ó Clochartaigh.
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Tá achainí déanta ag Seanadóirí Shinn Féin, Trevor Ó Clochartaigh, David Cullinane agus Kathryn Reilly ar a gcuid comhleacaithe sa Seanad chun ‘an rud cothrom a dhéanamh’ agus vótáil i gcoinne na ciorruithe buiséid nuair a thagann na billí Leasa Shóisialaigh agus Cáin Teaghlaigh os comhair an tSeanaid an tseachtain seo chugainn.
‘Bhí sé de mhisneach ag Colm Keaveney beart a dheanamh de réir briathar agus tá súil agam go leanfaidh a chomradaithe ó pháirtí an Lucht Oibre ach go háirithe sa Seanad a gcuid bunphrionsabail nuair a bheidh muid ag plé, agus le cúnamh De ag vótáil síos, na ciorruithe buiséid’, a deir Seanadóir Ghaillimh Thiar, Trevor Ó Clochartaigh.
‘Labhair cuid mhaith Seanadoirí amach i rith na seachtaine i gcoinne ne beartais fhíochmhara chun faoiseamh cúramóirí, sochar leanaí, cáin teaghlaigh agus cuid mhaith eile a thabhairt isteach mar chuid de Bhuiséad 2013. Caithfidh siad anois gníomhú, nó staonadh den cháineadh. Níl aon mhaith a bheith ag rá leis an bpobal agus iriseoirí go bhfuil siad i gcoinne na beartais seo má bhrúnn siad tríd Tithe an Oireachtais iad. Tuigtear dom ach go háirithe go bhfuil sé raite go poiblí agus go hoscailte ag na Seanadóirí John Whelan, James Heffernan, John Kelly, Denis Landy (LO) & Martin Conway (FG) go bhfuil imní orthu agus caithfidh siad anois a gcoinsias a leanúint agus vótáil in aghaidh na gciorruithe éagcothrom agus éagóireacha seo’, a deir Ó Clochartaigh.
‘Níl móramh an Rialtais leath chomh mór sa Seanad is atá sé sa Dáil agus tá seans an-mhaith ann go bhféadfaí na billí Leasa Shóisialaigh agus Cáin Teaghlaigha bhualadh ann má thagann siad siúd atá i gcoinne na gciorruithe amach ina aghaidh. Áirím ansin na Seanadóirí atá míshásta leis na beartais ar bhínsí an fhreasúra, ó na painéil Ollscoile, na Seanadóirí atá ainmnithe ag an Taoiseach agus ó bhínsí an Rialtais féin’.
‘Cuirtear i leith an tSeanad go minic nach bhfuil feidhm ar bith linn, ach seo am gur féidir linn a léiriú nach bhfuil sé sin amhlaidh, nach gcaithfidh muid sampla na Dála a leanúint gan smaoineamh agus go bhfuil sé de chumhacht againn stop a chuir le reachtaíocht den chineál seo. Sílim gurb shin
an rud gur mhaith le formhór pobal na tíre go ndéanfaimís agus gur b’shin an rud ceart le déanamh’.
‘Cloisim go mbeidh na Seanadóirí a d’ainmnigh an Taoiseach ag teacht le cheile go luath an tseachtain seo chugainn leis na roghanna vótála atá acu a phlé. Tuigtear dom go bhfuil míshuaimhneas ina measc maidir lena bhfuil beartaithe sna billí Leasa Shoisialaigh agus Cáin Teaghlaigh agus tá súil agam go seasfaidh siad suas ina gcoinne’, a deir Ó Clochartaigh.
‘Seo seachtain fíorthábhachtach don tSeanad agus tá súil agam go ndéanfaidh mo chomhsheanadóirí machnamh domhain agus fada ar céard é an rud is fearr do mhuintir na tíre agus go dtacóidh siad linn ag cur in éadan na billí Leasa Shóisialaigh agus Cáín Teaghlaigh nuair a bheidh siad ós ár gcomhair an tseachtain seo chugainn. Anois an t-am le beart a dhéanamh de réir briathar agus tá súil againne i Sinn Féin
go mbeidh sé de mhisneach ag ár gcomhleacaithe sa Seanad an rud céanna a dhéanamh’, dar le Trevor Ó Clochartaigh.
Sinn Féin Senators Trevor Ó Clochartaigh, David Cullinane and Kathryn Reilly have called on their Seanad colleagues to ‘do the right thing’ and vote against the budgetary cuts when the Social Welfare & Property Tax Bills come before the Seanad next week.
‘Colm Keaveney had the gumption to follow his words up with actions and we hope that his Labour counterparts in particular in the Seanad will also have the conviction of their core beliefs when we debate and hopefully vote against the Budgetary cuts, says Galway West Senator, Trevor Ó Clochartaigh.
‘Many Senators during the week spoke out very strongly against the cuts to respite grants, children’s allowance, the property tax and other unfair elements of Budget 2013. They must now stand up to the plate and put up or shut up. There is no point telling constituents and journalists that they oppose these measures and then vote to push them through the Houses of the Oireachtas. I understand that Senators John Whelan, James Heffernan, John Kelly, Denis Landy & Fine Gael’s Martin Conway have voiced their concerns openly and hope that this will mean they will follow through by voting down these inequitable and draconian cuts’, says Ó Clochartaigh.
‘The Government majority in the Seanad is much smaller than in the Dáil and there is a real chance of the Social Welfare and Property Tax Bills being defeated if those who oppose the measures contained in them step up to the mark. That includes the opposition parties, the University Senators, the Taoiseach’s nominees and Government Senators unhappy with these cuts’.
‘The relevance of the Seanad is also regularly questioned and this is a time for us to show that we do have a role, that we don’t have to blindly follow the same path as the Dáil and that we have the power to stop the progression of this bill. I believe that the majority of the Irish population would wish us to do that and that is what we should do’.
‘I understand that the Taoiseach’s nominees will be meeting early next week to discuss their voting options. I believe that some of them have grave reservations about many of the measures included in the Social Welfare & Property Tax Bills and I hope that they will choose to oppose them’, says Ó Clochartaigh.
‘This is a hugely important week for Senators and I hope that my Seanad colleagues will think long and hard about what is best for the Irish people and join us in our opposition to the Social Welfare and Property Tax bills when they come before us next week. Now is the time to stand up and be counted and we Sinn Féin Senators hope that our Seanad colleagues will have the resolve to do just that’, according to Trevor Ó Clochartaigh.
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Tá achainí déanta ag Seanadóirí Shinn Féin, Trevor Ó Clochartaigh, David Cullinane agus Kathryn Reilly ar a gcuid comhleacaithe sa Seanad chun ‘an rud cothrom a dhéanamh’ agus vótáil i gcoinne na ciorruithe buiséid nuair a thagann na billí Leasa Shóisialaigh agus Cáin Teaghlaigh os comhair an tSeanaid an tseachtain seo chugainn.
‘Bhí sé de mhisneach ag Colm Keaveney beart a dheanamh de réir briathar agus tá súil agam go leanfaidh a chomradaithe ó pháirtí an Lucht Oibre ach go háirithe sa Seanad a gcuid bunphrionsabail nuair a bheidh muid ag plé, agus le cúnamh De ag vótáil síos, na ciorruithe buiséid’, a deir Seanadóir Ghaillimh Thiar, Trevor Ó Clochartaigh.
‘Labhair cuid mhaith Seanadoirí amach i rith na seachtaine i gcoinne ne beartais fhíochmhara chun faoiseamh cúramóirí, sochar leanaí, cáin teaghlaigh agus cuid mhaith eile a thabhairt isteach mar chuid de Bhuiséad 2013. Caithfidh siad anois gníomhú, nó staonadh den cháineadh. Níl aon mhaith a bheith ag rá leis an bpobal agus iriseoirí go bhfuil siad i gcoinne na beartais seo má bhrúnn siad tríd Tithe an Oireachtais iad. Tuigtear dom ach go háirithe go bhfuil sé raite go poiblí agus go hoscailte ag na Seanadóirí John Whelan, James Heffernan, John Kelly, Denis Landy (LO) & Martin Conway (FG) go bhfuil imní orthu agus caithfidh siad anois a gcoinsias a leanúint agus vótáil in aghaidh na gciorruithe éagcothrom agus éagóireacha seo’, a deir Ó Clochartaigh.
‘Níl móramh an Rialtais leath chomh mór sa Seanad is atá sé sa Dáil agus tá seans an-mhaith ann go bhféadfaí na billí Leasa Shóisialaigh agus Cáin Teaghlaigha bhualadh ann má thagann siad siúd atá i gcoinne na gciorruithe amach ina aghaidh. Áirím ansin na Seanadóirí atá míshásta leis na beartais ar bhínsí an fhreasúra, ó na painéil Ollscoile, na Seanadóirí atá ainmnithe ag an Taoiseach agus ó bhínsí an Rialtais féin’.
‘Cuirtear i leith an tSeanad go minic nach bhfuil feidhm ar bith linn, ach seo am gur féidir linn a léiriú nach bhfuil sé sin amhlaidh, nach gcaithfidh muid sampla na Dála a leanúint gan smaoineamh agus go bhfuil sé de chumhacht againn stop a chuir le reachtaíocht den chineál seo. Sílim gurb shin
an rud gur mhaith le formhór pobal na tíre go ndéanfaimís agus gur b’shin an rud ceart le déanamh’.
‘Cloisim go mbeidh na Seanadóirí a d’ainmnigh an Taoiseach ag teacht le cheile go luath an tseachtain seo chugainn leis na roghanna vótála atá acu a phlé. Tuigtear dom go bhfuil míshuaimhneas ina measc maidir lena bhfuil beartaithe sna billí Leasa Shoisialaigh agus Cáin Teaghlaigh agus tá súil agam go seasfaidh siad suas ina gcoinne’, a deir Ó Clochartaigh.
‘Seo seachtain fíorthábhachtach don tSeanad agus tá súil agam go ndéanfaidh mo chomhsheanadóirí machnamh domhain agus fada ar céard é an rud is fearr do mhuintir na tíre agus go dtacóidh siad linn ag cur in éadan na billí Leasa Shóisialaigh agus Cáín Teaghlaigh nuair a bheidh siad ós ár gcomhair an tseachtain seo chugainn. Anois an t-am le beart a dhéanamh de réir briathar agus tá súil againne i Sinn Féin
go mbeidh sé de mhisneach ag ár gcomhleacaithe sa Seanad an rud céanna a dhéanamh’, dar le Trevor Ó Clochartaigh.
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