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Seanad: Disclosures Tribunal Report: Statements (23 Oct 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: I appreciate that. I have to ask Senator Bacik to conclude at 7.26 p.m. She has about three and a half minutes.

Seanad: Disclosures Tribunal Report: Statements (23 Oct 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: I will interrupt Senator Bacik to inform her that we are not concluding the debate, so she may continue until 7.30 p.m.

Seanad: Disclosures Tribunal Report: Statements (23 Oct 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: Will the Leader confirm that proposal?

Seanad: Disclosures Tribunal Report: Statements (23 Oct 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Oct 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: The Leader will say I am like a broken record when it comes to the Defence Forces, but I have gained information this morning that adjudications provided for increases in income for specialists in the Defence Forces such as chefs and members of the ranger wing, among various other specialists, but the Department has decided that, while it will pay the increases from 1 October, it will not...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: We are on section 25. The Minister has already spoken on this section.

Seanad: Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018: Second Stage (24 Oct 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I rise to support my colleague, Senator Pádraig Ó Céidigh, in this Bill. I wish to lend my support fully for the Perjury and Related Offences Bill introduced by my colleague and co-sponsored by my other colleagues, Senators Michael McDowell, Ian Marshall and Victor Boyhan. On a weekly basis, business owners, motorists, school...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: I join with Senator Norris. We need a debate now that the campaign is over. I congratulate President Higgins on his re-election. It is right and proper that he was re-elected by the people, not by the people in this House alone. Tony O'Brien was reported to have made some horrendous statements about the Minister for Health over the weekend. If he had something to say about the Minister...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: The Leader never misses an opportunity.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: We are not recruiting people to join the Government.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: I will knock another Order of Business out of this issue.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: It is a cheap shot by the Government.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: I want to interject briefly. My colleague, Senator McDowell, is acutely aware of human nature and the way in which people interact with one another. He has made his professional career out of that awareness. While I understand the Minister's point that he does not believe we would finish up with an adversarial position in which the Attorney General is totally at odds with the remainder of...

Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Statements (6 Nov 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: I ask that people speak through the Chair. We are out of time at any rate.

Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Statements (6 Nov 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: The Senator is out of time. I call Senator Paul Coghlan.

Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Statements (6 Nov 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: There are other speakers. I call Senator Paul Coghlan who has five minutes.

Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Statements (6 Nov 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: I will begin by congratulating the Tánaiste, the Minister of State, Deputy McEntee, and the Taoiseach on what I regard as probably one of the greatest achievements in cohesion of any Government. The Ministers and the Taoiseach are all sending out the same message, as are their officials throughout Europe. We have attended a number of meetings of the Conference of Parliamentary...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: I will start by proposing an amendment to the Order of Business, that the House will adjourn at 5 p.m. today, as per the original plan.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: Yes. I am proposing that as an amendment to the Order of Business. I do not see the need to continue on beyond that time. Rushing legislation through the Houses does nobody any favours.