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- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Feb 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: I compliment the Minister on his sharp observation of what he perceives as some dispute between my two colleagues.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Feb 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: Senator Norris is making his opinions known and there is no disagreement between my two colleagues. We are back to the same thing here which worries me. When I hear a Minister saying that he is confident something will happen or that he is fairly sure that at the end of the day, people will do this, that or the other, I note that unless it is written down in black and white, what one is...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Feb 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: Something I had not considered when I spoke before Senator McDowell is the onerous task that arises when a vacancy is to be filled. The Senator made the point that the questions would have to be the same for all applicants. Surely the marking scheme will then have to be the same for all applicants. A set of questions which would be deemed fair to all applicants will not easily be put...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Feb 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: -----some will come from the business side-----
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Feb 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: The Labour Court has for years been bogged down in appeals over public service appointments in respect of which the same questions were not asked, the same marking schemes did not apply, or the marking scheme was not robust when it came under scrutiny.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Feb 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: I am only getting warmed up.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: The first issue I want to address is the failed system to encourage retired officers of the Air Corps to return. A massive system was put in place to encourage them to come back but, to my knowledge, one lieutenant colonel and one captain have applied to come back and be commissioned. In inviting people to return, the authorities have not ring-fenced the appointments to prevent those...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: Last night, the fifth report of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges on Standing Orders 19, 20, 51 and 65 arrived in my mailbox. I see that the change to Standing Order 19 reduces the quorum to six. That is outrageous. This is a House of Parliament. We should not try to make it easy for Members to avoid sitting in the Chamber. The quorum has been used with great effect in recent...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: The quorum-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: The quorum is a legitimate tool used in parliaments. It was used during my time as president of the TUI in order to ensure that something which is totally-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: I would say that my time is probably only half-way through.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach. This is wrong and I would ask the Committee on Procedure and Privileges, CPP, to go back.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: It is wrong to reduce-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: In light of the fact that the Leader will have unfettered opportunity to respond, let me explain to him why I believe it is wrong. It is wrong because it makes it easy for the Government side in a debate to scrape through with the minimum number of Senators available for quorum duties. The bottom line is, that is wrong. The Leader has argued that the quorum used by myself, Senator Norris...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: It is a legitimate tool of Parliament.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: That would be lovely.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: That would be lovely, just six. Why not reduce it to one?
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: This is sleight of hand.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: I am listening.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: Excellent.