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Seanad: Competition (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (6 Jul 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: The role of the Attorney General has been mentioned on several occasions. I did not call into question the role or the advice of the Attorney General. It was a senior Minister who did so the other morning. That is the only point I was making. I am not trying for one moment to undermine the role of the Attorney General. The role and the authority of the Attorney General will have to be...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jul 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: I am delighted to see that interest in our electorate, particularly county councillors, has come to the fore. I, therefore, ask the Leader to amend the Order of Business to take No. 11, non-Government motion No. 2, first today. There are three amendments to the motion tabled by my colleagues, Senators Denis Landy and Gerald Nash. The plight of county councillors has been spoken about in...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jul 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: I am-----

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jul 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: It concerns No. 11, non-Government motion No. 2, the motion I had agreed to take in Private Members' time-----

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jul 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: If amendments are to be moved to it - Senator Denis Landy has tabled three amendments to it - it should be the most comprehensive item-----

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jul 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: I ask-----

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jul 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: That is the amendment proposed to the Order of Business.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jul 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: The love that dare not speak its name has agreed to pursue-----

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jul 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: He is accepting it. That is great.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jul 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: I will offer some clarity. I will withdraw my amendment on the understanding that the committee called for by my colleagues is set up and the first issue on its agenda is a timeline. I will not engage in a talking shop.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jul 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: Absolutely.

Seanad: Proceeds of Crime (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (5 Jul 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: I welcome the Minister to the House and congratulate her on her elevation to Tánaiste. I congratulate her too for bringing forward this legislation as rapidly as is possible in the system in which we work. I find myself wondering where we have come from in this country. I remember as a young man in Salthill in Galway witnessing a stand-off one night outside the Hangar ballroom between...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (5 Jul 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: I thank the Leader for coming to the House. The problem we have now is that a number of the Senators who spoke on this matter are not available in the House to make a comment. We do not have feedback from the Whips at this stage and, therefore, do not know whether they have considered the matter. Can we defer making a decision until we hear back from the Whips?

Seanad: Business of Seanad (5 Jul 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: On a point of order, the Minister for Justice and Equality is sitting here. As we are not going to get agreement on this matter, can we continue on and debate legislation with the Minister so she can leave? We can sort out this matter at a meeting immediately afterwards, if necessary. It is unfair to have her sitting here waiting for us to solve a problem.

Seanad: Local Authority Members' Terms and Conditions: Motion (5 Jul 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: We constantly refer to the pay of councillors. There is no master-servant relationship between the council and the elected councillor. The €16,950 is a representational payment, not a salary. Why in God's name are we treating it as such? Class K PRSI is a criminal form of taking money from people for nothing. Who in this room would buy an insurance policy knowing that he or she...

Seanad: Local Authority Members' Terms and Conditions: Motion (5 Jul 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: I had to lead it previously.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Defence Forces Ombudsman Complaints (29 Jun 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. I thank the Minister of State for taking the time to come to the House to deal with this important matter for a second time. He will recall that on 27 January we both participated in a Commencement debate concerning a case of a former Permanent Defence Forces officer, a lieutenant colonel with a distinguished service record, and the recommendations of the...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Defence Forces Ombudsman Complaints (29 Jun 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: The reply is very much in line with the reply I received last January. At the end of the day, it is outrageous to think the Secretary General of the Department, from what I can gather, has not seen the ombudsman's report. It is even more outrageous that a junior official would take it upon himself to countermand a decision by a Minister, albeit that it was verbal, to decide to send the case...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Defence Forces Ombudsman Complaints (29 Jun 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: I can give the Minister of State the name.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Defence Forces Ombudsman Complaints (29 Jun 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: No, the person has been seconded to the Department.