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Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I agree with the previous speakers. It is all very well setting up organisations such as Waterways Ireland but they must be accountable locally. There is this notion that somebody in an office somewhere in the midlands can make decisions for the entire country without any local accountability. We are moving further and further away from local accountability as we progress legislation...

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: Following on from what Senator Paul Daly said, this section presents a serious problem. As Senator Daly said, we do not know where Waterways Ireland will stand post-Brexit? This entire section may be deemed totally and utterly useless. We could have two countries, the North of Ireland and the South of Ireland, each having a different set of regulations and different criteria. This has...

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I thank the Minister for agreeing to that. As a result of the 90 days I will be withdrawing four amendments straight away that were offering the Minister a compromise, but the Minister has not looked for one.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: That is reasonable.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: Can we move amendment No. a1j?

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: Can I check with the Cathaoirleach that I can speak on amendments Nos. a1j and a1k in this section?

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I thank the Cathaoirleach. Senator Ruane has outlined the life of canals and how they are used to accommodate people whose lives go on there on a daily basis in the tourism area and for those who uses the boats as homes. One of the concerns is around certainty for barges. Amendment No. a1j looks for the Minister to insert “recognising the dimensions of heritage vessels currently...

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: That issue is covered in the final sentence which states "in the event of an emergency within agreed procedures".

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I accept what the Minister is saying but an agreed procedure could be as simple as the officer on duty in the location on the day closes the canal for whatever purpose. That could be provided for in the regulation.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I thank the Minister for her reply. During my earlier remarks I did not address amendment No. a1q. On page 5, line 10, reference is made to the regulation of berths and moorings and the placing of buoys in canals and other canal property. My amendment proposes that construction work of that type must have due regard to the architectural heritage of the structures near by. There is nothing...

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I think we should report progress at this point and adjourn.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Mar 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I, too, join my colleagues in expressing sympathy on the death of former Deputy Peter Matthews. I would not be here but for a signature he gave me when I ran in the by-election.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Mar 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: What is probably not known is that Susan suffered a double loss in that her mother died the day before Peter. We cannot comprehend the grief she must be feeling today and my deepest sympathy goes to her and her family. Peter was, indeed, a decent and generous man. I debated a Commencement matter yesterday with the Minister for Health, Deputy Simon Harris. It concerned the National...

Seanad: Commencement Matters (Resumed): Hospital Waiting Lists (28 Feb 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House to answer questions about hospital waiting lists in the south east. The Minister of State knows that I rarely ever get involved in local issues. I do not wish to in any way insult the Minister for Health who is doing an excellent job, as is the Minister of State in his own role. The issues I bring to him today are issues which have...

Seanad: Commencement Matters (Resumed): Hospital Waiting Lists (28 Feb 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: It was indeed. I thank the Minister of State for that comprehensive reply. There is just one thing he might relate back to the Minister. That is with respect to access to the National Treatment Purchase Fund. We had an advertising campaign some time ago that explained to the public how people who were on a waiting list for an extraordinarily long period of time could ask their consultant...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I congratulate the Taoiseach. He went into a parliamentary party meeting of what appeared to be a divided party and he came out with a united party behind him. That was some achievement and he deserves to be congratulated on it. I am glad he will be given time to leave office at his own bidding.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I will move back next week.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I also congratulate my colleague Senator Neale Richmond on his selection as chairman of the Seanad's Brexit committee. He has shown himself to be a deeply committed European. During our tour involving 14 meetings in two days, he showed himself to be thoroughly knowledgeable on Brexit. I am delighted to work with him. I ask the Deputy Leader to consider in the near future a rapporteur for...

Seanad: Minimum Custodial Periods upon Conviction for Murder Bill 2017: Second Stage (22 Feb 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I congratulate my colleague, Senator Marie-Louise O'Donnell, on the introduction of the Minimum Custodial Periods upon Conviction for Murder Bill 2017. This is the work of the Seanad. The Seanad is about righting legislation that is wrong or in some way flawed. I am happy and proud to support my colleague Senator O'Donnell. I welcome the clarity this Bill offers the Judiciary in making...

Seanad: Minimum Custodial Periods upon Conviction for Murder Bill 2017: Second Stage (22 Feb 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: Senator Ó Ríordáin has eight minutes.