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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 May 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: I had reason to write to the Cathaoirleach and the Ceann Comhairle last week with regard to the treatment of my colleague, Senator Keogan, at a recent committee meeting.There is a growing intolerance in this House, which did not exist when I first came in here, to what I would call the alternative voice - the person who is not speaking along the same lines as everybody else, who is not...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 May 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: I fully appreciate, a Chathaoirligh, that you always do your best to keep order.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 May 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: That is fair enough. The Cathaoirleach and Ceann Comhairle are the people who control these Houses, and we need to be careful where we are going. Yesterday's meeting of the Joint Committee on Health was opportune for the people that were there because everything that was about to happen there was masked, if one likes, by virtue of the fact that we had a magical announcement about the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 May 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: No, I have not made any allegations. I am just saying it is bordering on it.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 May 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: I appreciate that, but I do think we must be a little bit more tolerant of our colleagues as they speak.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 May 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: I attended the Easter Rising ceremony in Arbour Hill this morning, as did the Cathaoirleach. As a former member of An Chéad Chathlán Coisithe, or An Céad Cath as it is known, in Galway and a former instructor at the brigade depot in Athlone, I compliment the excellent job done by the Defence Forces and by the members of the 7th battalion that provided the guard of honour. It...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: Galwegians would not be welcome there.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: I find myself wanting to agree with most of what Senator Chambers just said. We need a debate here on childcare. There is not a family, particularly in cities, which is not finding it extremely difficult. I compliment her on the conference on women's health. Maybe some of my younger male colleagues might do something similar for men. I am a bit over the hill myself. The bit about Mayo I...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Apr 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: The wrong Gerard.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Apr 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: I compliment you, a Chathaoirligh, and the Ceann Comhairle on what you organised today and off camera and in a private room downstairs, where you entertained the ambassador and some refugees. Your empathy with people was remarkable, a Chathaoirligh, and I compliment you personally on that. It was wonderful to see. There have been many fine words about the situation in Ukraine and we have...

Seanad: Defence (Restriction on Use of Certain Titles) Bill 2021: Second Stage (6 Apr 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCathaoirleach. I thank the Minister for clarifying the position and for confirming that he is committed to the Bill, to what it proposes to do, and that he is prepared to put the resources of the State behind the bringing forward of any amendments that are required to make this Bill work. I am a former member of Óglaigh na hÉireann and am very proud...

Seanad: Defence (Restriction on Use of Certain Titles) Bill 2021: Second Stage (6 Apr 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Defence (Restriction on Use of Certain Titles) Bill 2021: Second Stage (6 Apr 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: Hear, hear. Well said.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Apr 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: For the moment.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Apr 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: Yesterday, I was asked to support Senators McDowell and Boyhan on the invitation to the Russian ambassador to the House tomorrow. I rejected it because I thought the ambassador should be here as the embodiment of Russia. I have changed my opinion because I have been contacted by a number of people, some of them in the diplomatic corps. They say the ambassador should not be here. He would...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Amnesty International's Report on Israel's Apartheid against Palestinians: Ireland Israel Alliance (5 Apr 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: I also resent the criticism of the committee as a whole. This committee has always tried to be balanced in everything it has done. I had a wonderful meeting with the Israeli ambassador yesterday and listened to many of her concerns about the future of the relationship between Ireland and Israel. I reject the notion of apartheid straight off. I do not take any side in the conflict. It is...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 Mar 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: This morning I rise to inform the House that Quartermaster Sergeant Michael Tighe passed away yesterday. Michael Tighe was one of the Jadotville heroes who have been neglected and ignored by this State for the past 65 or 70 years. It breaks my heart to think of Michael going to his final resting place still unrecognised by the State. Michael was one of the three people who attended Enda...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Mar 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: That was a rather robust exchange. Thank God I am an Independent Senator and free from all of those constraints. The Deputy Leader will have a particular interest in Cancer Care West and the presentation, which is going on across the road since this morning, with respect to the requirement for cancer services in the west of Ireland, particularly given the age profile, the incidence of cancer...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Mar 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: My colleague, Senator Moynihan, mentioned the tent village that is about to be created, or has been erected, in Gormanstown. It is horrific to think that families who come here must live in tents. As I said the other day, tents are fine in the summer if the weather is good but if one gets a bad summer then tents are terrible places to be. I agree that the tents are a short-term solution...