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Seanad: Protection of Employment (Measures to Counter False Self-Employment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (27 Mar 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: Very briefly. I again commend Senator Nash on bringing forward this Bill. It is about the protection of employees. There has been a lot of talk about who is and is not here. I will let them face the public themselves and explain why they are or are not here, as the case may be.At this last minute, I ask the Minister to reconsider and not allow this Bill to be killed today. That is my...

Seanad: Protection of Employment (Measures to Counter False Self-Employment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (27 Mar 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: They are true.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Mar 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: For once there is a positive story about the Defence Forces this morning. I compliment PDFORRA, the Department of Defence and the Minister of State on agreeing to withdraw the case in the High Court in respect of the working time directive and refer it for mediation.I hope that we see a positive outcome. Following the debate we had with the Minister of State some days ago, it is very...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Mar 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: Second, discussion should be suspended until the outcome of Brexit is known. We do not want to sign ourselves up to something in fisheries that we may regret in a post-Brexit world. We saw what happened in Westminster last night. In many ways, my heart goes out to Prime Minister May. She really looked embattled in her own Parliament last night and it cannot be a comfortable place for anybody.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Mar 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: Brexit has thrown the whole lot of us, particularly the business people and agricultural community in this country, into a state of complete and utter disarray and panic because nobody knows where we are going. The Europeans and ourselves are very solid but we have gone as far as we are going to go. It appears as though the British cannot agree among themselves on anything but I wish them...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Mar 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: For the sake of a day, let us not divide the House tomorrow morning.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Mar 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: The Leader is also dividing the House.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Mar 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: The Leader will divide the House and we will be forced to do that..

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Mar 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: I thank the Leader.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Mar 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: When will the Government recognise there is more to Irish politics than political parties? The Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Phelan, has proposed an initiative to attract more women into local politics in which he is offering €100 per candidate to political parties. What about the fine Independent women who represent their local...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Mar 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: In order that the record is not false or misleading, The Irish Timespublished the figures last week. It is way below 94%; 8,300 is the strength.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Mar 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: I would not like it to be-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Mar 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: I wanted to be of help to the Leader.

Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Second Stage (12 Mar 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: Quickly.

Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Second Stage (12 Mar 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: I thank the Senator.

Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Second Stage (12 Mar 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: I want to start today by acknowledging the faceless people behind this Bill, the public servants who have worked tirelessly to bring it forward and who have supported the Minister of State and her Government colleagues in their work in Europe. The Minister of State, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Coveney, the Taoiseach and the Government must be commended on their...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Mar 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: Do not poke the bear.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Mar 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: Hear, hear.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Mar 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: I am a former soldier who served in two armies. On Tuesday afternoon in Belfast, the horrors of the Troubles came back to me. I take grave exception to people talking about members of any security force being murderers. I accept that there were rogue groups who murdered people but I draw the attention of the House to Ranger Best, who was taken out of his house in Derry and brought to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Mar 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: I reiterate that if security services were involved in incidents - Ballymurphy and Bloody Sunday come to mind - they must answer but the mother of Ranger Best and those who were murdered by the loyalist butchers are also entitled to answers. We need to be real about this.