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

Gerard Craughwell: We really need to put an end to it. I, therefore, call on the Leader to have the courage of his convictions.

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

Gerard Craughwell: Fine Gael is the biggest party in the coalition. Its members should stand up for themselves and say they will not go through with it anymore. They do not believe in the Bill and should scrap it. The Minister tells me that he has about 100 Bills waiting to be brought before the House. Let us start to get the real work done and stop trying to appease people.

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

Gerard Craughwell: Let us get rid of this nonsense. Sinn Féin's Members are shouting behind me. Perhaps that party might do the democratic thing for once today and stand up for the rest of us.

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

Gerard Craughwell: It should be put to a vote.

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

Gerard Craughwell: Even if it is rubbish.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: I am somewhat perturbed by all of this, with all of these secrets flying around the place. If ever there was a gaping hole in a Bill, it is with these secrets. We all know that nobody keeps secrets. Senator McDowell has alluded to telling a friend that he was shortlisted and everybody knows that that friend will tell two more friends who, in turn, will tell two more. Everybody says it is...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: A Government with a sufficiently large majority could decide, "To hell with this for a system. We want to appoint our pal Joe Bloggs." There is nothing in the Bill to stop that from happening. If it comes to the essay about which Senator McDowell spoke-----

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: Thank God for that. I am sure creative writers could be found to write essays that would justify anything. We are back to where we were. We go to all of the expense of having a commission in place and the difficulty of advertising positions and come up with and present the names of three individuals, assuming we can get three to go for the post. If I was working as a barrister or a...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: The Senator was not looking at me with affection.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: Section 48(2) states: "In the event that a person appointed to judicial office has not been recommended by the Commission under this Act, the notice of that appointment will be published in Iris Oifigiúil". Will that entire piece be deleted?

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: There would still be the possibility of a judge being appointed who was not recommended. I would love to know the circumstances in which that could happen.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Alliance Building to Strengthen the European Union: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (17 Apr 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: I will be brief. I am involved in legislation before the Seanad so I will not take up much of Mr. Hackett's time but I wanted to take the opportunity while he was here to thank him for his service and for what he has done for this country in Brussels and abroad. The volume of work put in by our people on the ground throughout Europe and the effort that has been made to keep Ireland’s...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Northern Ireland (16 Apr 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: I welcome the Minister to the House.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Northern Ireland (16 Apr 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: As there is a vote in the Dáil, I ask the Acting Leader to suspend the House until 3.15 p.m.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Public Procurement Regulations (16 Apr 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: The Minister of State is welcome to the House.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: There are 950 CE schemes around the country, 22,000 trainees and 1,250 supervisors who have been treated in the most appalling way. In 2005, there was an enhanced redundancy deal offered and accepted through a Labour Court agreement, which would have given the retiring supervisors statutory redundancy plus 3.35 weeks. What have we done with it? Nothing. Where are we with them? Nowhere....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: The Minister should meet these people. The Minister-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: The Minister is obliged to meet these people and fobbing them off is simply not good enough. There is a forum in place under the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, there is a chairman to that forum and that chairman should at least be available to them. I ask the Deputy Leader to ensure that the chairman contacts the union responsible for the CE supervisors to ensure that a...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: What exactly does it mean? Will he step back in? Is this like Lanigan's ball and he will step out for a little while until all the dust settles and then he will step back in again? At the end of the day, somebody might explain it to me because God help me, I am a little bit slow and I do not understand.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: I will give way at this stage.