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Senator Gerard Craughwell

- Independent Senator (Labour Panel)
- Entered the Seanad on 10 October 2014 — Byelection
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Most recent appearances in parliament
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2025)
“Last night, we held an unscheduled meeting of the Joint Committee on Defence and National Security to explore the crisis in the Air Corps. When that crisis first emerged, the Taoiseach was asked about what was happening and he said it was a matter for military management and its to solve. Military management is not the Accounting Officer for the defence situation in Ireland. Leading up...”
- Seanad: Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Report Stage (25 Jun 2025)
“The Minister is welcome to the House. I support my colleague, Senator Boyhan, in the withdrawal of our amendment No. 1. I went to the UK as a very young man. Many of us left in the late 1960s and it is only by the grace of God that we have not finished up in a one-bed flat or bedsit with nothing to look forward to and very little to look back on. As Senator Boyhan said, some people were...”
- Seanad: Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Report Stage (25 Jun 2025)
“I second the amendment.”
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 71 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among Senators.
- People have made 2 comments on this Senator's speeches — well above average among Senators.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 1039 times in debates — well above average among Senators.
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