Results 1-8 of 8 for waste management speaker:Gerard Craughwell

Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Second Stage (1 Dec 2020)

Gerard Craughwell: ...premises arising from the end of the transition period on 31 December. Skillnet Ireland, local enterprise offices and Enterprise Ireland have been running courses for Irish companies to help them manage the new regime. However, I am aware that agents responsible for processing customs declaration forms are very concerned that the small and medium-sized companies are not ready to cope...

Seanad: Shannon Group: Motion (14 Oct 2020)

Gerard Craughwell: ...Group. Now is the ideal time to restructure the airport sector, so that when the pandemic has abated the sector will be robust and fit for purpose. As the saying goes, a good crisis should never be wasted. I support the county councillors in Clare and my Sinn Féin colleagues in proposing that Shannon Airport be brought back under the auspices of the DAA. Senator Dooley made...

Seanad: Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (4 Dec 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: ...€200,000 in legal fees and a five-figure sum to settle the case, which was the seventh. There are 35 more cases in train and there will be further multiples of 35 coming after them. What a waste of money defending the indefensible. On Senator Ruane's amendment, the historical evidence is not there because those in precarious employment simply will not go through the process. I...

Seanad: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (16 Dec 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: Senator Barrett is correct. For the life of me, I cannot believe we would want a harbour that would be managed by a load of "landlubbers", as Senator Barrett has called them. Surely the harbour master - the person who understands the harbour - is the one person we should want to be present at all board meetings. A number of harbours around the country are extremely peculiar in their design...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Remit of Ombudsman for Children in School Complaints: Discussion (21 Oct 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: ...those types of situations urgently. One of the outcomes I see through Dr. Muldoon's office is that schools will be subjected to additional inspections. We are all aware of cases where a board of management - or, in the case of the particular school to which I referred, a person acting as de factoboard of management - can essentially run roughshod over the system. I agree with Deputies...

Seanad: Freedom of Information Act 2014 (Effective Date for Certain Bodies) Order 2015: Motion (2 Apr 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: ...to them as a clown but my salary is on the web. If they want to see what I earn, they should look on the web. If they want to see what my expenses are, they should look on the web. Let us stop wasting the time of public servants answering what I regard as vexatious freedom of information requests. When the freedom of information tool was introduced, it was commendable. It opened up...

Seanad: Water Sector Reforms: Statements (25 Nov 2014)

Gerard Craughwell: ...is lead in the water in Limerick, Cork and Dublin and I am sure the same can be said about Galway. In Tralee there are dangerously high levels. As boil notices are in place all over the place, why are we wasting money on meters that are not required? We should spend the money on repairing the system. There was much talk last week about how the regulator would manage the charges of Irish...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2014)

Gerard Craughwell: ..., Bere Island, Sherkin Island, Dursey Island, Whiddy Island, Long Island and Heir Island. The types of service involved are youth services, services for the elderly, playgroups, after-school groups, waste management and community employment and training schemes - I could go on and on. I believe we owe the islands the justice of discussing this withdrawal of funds given that they are a...