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- Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)
Gerard Craughwell: I appreciate that.
- Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)
Gerard Craughwell: I accept the Mininster's bone fides.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Oct 2022)
Gerard Craughwell: I want to thank the Estonian ambassador, H.E. Kairi Künka, who set up a visit for me two weeks ago to a number of interesting cybersecurity places in Tallinn for the Louth Meath Education and Training Board to go out and see how a cybersecurity centre of excellence actually operates. With that in mind, I want to thank the NATO centre which brought us in and showed us its system. CR14...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Oct 2022)
Gerard Craughwell: No pensions.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Oct 2022)
Gerard Craughwell: Who pays the money?
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Sep 2022)
Gerard Craughwell: Yesterday, we had a debate on the issue of search and rescue procurement. Most of those who spoke agreed that there were questions to be answered and called on the Minister of State to answer them. The Minister of State was aware of the questions I have been asking since August. I asked them on the floor of the House yesterday because they needed to be asked. The Minister of State was not...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Sep 2022)
Gerard Craughwell: I appreciate that.
- Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Sep 2022)
Gerard Craughwell: I move amendment No. 3f: In page 45, to delete lines 5 to 7 and substitute the following: “ “(bb) The Minister shall cause a copy of a report under paragraph (a) to be published in such form and manner as he or she considers appropriate.”.”.
- Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Sep 2022)
Gerard Craughwell: I move amendment No. 3g: In page 45, line 11, after “Minister” to insert “and the Oireachtas”.
- Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Sep 2022)
Gerard Craughwell: I move amendment No. 3h: In page 45, to delete lines 38 and 39.
- Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Sep 2022)
Gerard Craughwell: I move amendment No. 3i: In page 46, to delete lines 13 to 21 and substitute the following: “ “(2) The first Chief Executive appointed after the commencement of section 68of the Air Navigation and Transport Act 2021shall be appointed by the Minister for a period not exceeding 5 years and may, after consultation with the directors of the company, be removed from office...
- Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Sep 2022)
Gerard Craughwell: I will press the amendment.
- Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Sep 2022)
Gerard Craughwell: I am trying to get my thoughts together.
- Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Sep 2022)
Gerard Craughwell: I have not quite figured out what I want to say, but I might start talking in a few minutes. I invite my colleagues to step in ahead of me.
- Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Sep 2022)
Gerard Craughwell: I will allow the Minister of State to respond.
- Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Sep 2022)
Gerard Craughwell: I thank the Minister of State but there are a number of issues here. First, having the Minister appoint a chief executive officer to the IAA when the Minister does not have aviation expertise within his or her Department is a matter of great concern. In fact, I am deeply concerned about anything that goes on in the Department of Transport at the moment while we are without aviation...
- Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Sep 2022)
Gerard Craughwell: To go back, we are talking about employing a chief executive officer for the Irish Aviation Authority. We do not have anybody in the Department who has aviation expertise to assist in the short-listing of any curriculum vitae that might arrive in applications for the job. We do not have anybody on the State appointments commission that I am aware of who is an aviator who can attest to or...
- Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Sep 2022)
Gerard Craughwell: Four people are dead and there is no aviation expert. We are now talking about appointing a new CEO to the IAA who will be responsible for regulation. I have difficulty with the way things are going. Will there be an aviation expert available to the Department - an employee of the Department, paying PAYE, PRSI, pension contributions and so on - to attest to and short-list any applications...
- Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Sep 2022)
Gerard Craughwell: I need to ask a question. I understand what the Minister of State says when she talks to us all the time about the expertise that is available in the IAA. Two things have come together rather unfortunately in the middle of this Bill; one is my amendment and the other is the impending departure of the CEO of the IAA. Surely to God the IAA experts cannot advise the Department on the...
- Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Sep 2022)
Gerard Craughwell: It is really important.