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Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 May 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: Some time ago in the further education sector, in which I taught, we hosted an expert in CV preparation. One of the points the expert made is that in a modern CV one puts one's experience at the top of the CV because the employer will not read much further if one does not have the experience required for the job. One puts oneself forward with the necessary experience. To return to what...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 May 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: With reference to section 50(2)(b), it is commonplace when making appointments that there might be two persons who are eminently qualified but one does not have the experience required for the specific post. My colleague, Senator McDowell, articulated clearly that family law is a specialised, emotive aspect of the courts' work. Every week we hear reports on such cases on RTE radio. The...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: It is massive. People came from all over Europe to it. It is a fantastic festival.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: Two weeks ago I had the honour of being invited to Finner Camp in County Donegal for the stand down parade of Sergeant Major John O'Connor, at which I listened to him recount his experience in his rescue in Lebanon 40 years ago. He had just arrived in Lebanon and was severely wounded. While lying dying on the ground, the now retired Sergeant Major Dick O'Hanlon and Corporal Martin Fahy,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: I apologise.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: It is not commercial if there is only one bidder.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: No, they just want value for money.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: I know the Leader would have been there.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement on Citizenship Rights (8 May 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: I thank the witnesses for their input. I am sorry I missed the first part of the meeting; that is the nature of life around Leinster House I am afraid. We hear much about the common travel area. It is my understanding that there is no legal basis for the common travel area. The two Governments are signing a memorandum of understanding today. What is the likelihood in a post-Brexit...

Seanad: Statement by the Taoiseach (18 Apr 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Statement by the Taoiseach (18 Apr 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Statement by the Taoiseach (18 Apr 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Statement by the Taoiseach (18 Apr 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: I welcome the Taoiseach to the House. I want to take this opportunity to congratulate him, and the team that he put around him, on the leadership that he has given on Brexit. It is a credit to him. I also wish to acknowledge the work done by our public servants. Both our ambassadors and officials abroad have done a tremendous job in supporting the Taoiseach with the policies that he has...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Apr 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: Hear, hear.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Apr 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: Follow that.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Apr 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: The Senator meets the Minister of State at their parliamentary party meeting every week.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Apr 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: The boss.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Apr 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: I second the proposal made by my colleague, Senator Boyhan, that an additional half an hour be added to the time allocated to debate No. 2, motion re Direct Election of Mayors Plebiscite Regulations 2019, with the time to be taken from the time allocated to debate the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill.Last night we heard several cries about democracy from my colleagues on the Sinn...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Apr 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: Fianna Fáil promised that it would consult on all of its votes, but it has not consulted on one of them.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Apr 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: I can stand here all day while this discussion takes place. I am quite happy to do so, but I will have my say. The Leader is a decent an honourable man and I do not believe that, on his own initiative, he would go against the wishes of the Taoiseach in the use of the guillotine. He is a democrat and I do not believe he would go against democratic principles on his own initiative. That...