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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Feb 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: Among ourselves, we need to find time to decide where we should debate and what we should debate.However, it is a nonsense to call for a Minister's head every time there is a little glitch outside the door. What happens? The same people stay in place and the same things go on. Perhaps the €30 million is being taken from the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport as the quid pro...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Feb 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: It is doomed.

Seanad: Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Second Stage (12 Feb 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: I welcome the Minister to the House. She has the floor of the House.

Seanad: Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Second Stage (12 Feb 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Feb 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: Is the Senator saying I am part of the elite?

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Feb 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: Yesterday my colleague, Senator McFadden, raised the campaign for homeless veterans of the Defence Forces. She never misses an opportunity to bring forward Defence Forces matters, which is very much appreciated by all veterans associations. There are some buildings belonging to the Department of Defence and the Defence Forces around Dublin. The Irish Defence Forces Veterans Association, of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Challenges Facing Cross-Border Authorities: Irish Central Border Area Network (14 Feb 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: As a member of the Committee on European Union Affairs, I have been most impressed by the feedback we get from Europe and Members of the European Parliament who have visited the Border area and who have been briefed, in some cases, by local authority members. No matter how far east I have gone, I have found nobody in Europe who is not aware of the Irish Border and the issues surrounding it....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: East Border Region (14 Feb 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: I thank the witnesses for coming before the committee. When Mr. O'Hanlon began his presentation he reminded me of how local authorities can overcome all sorts of issues by working together. Sometimes things are driven locally that nationally we could not dream of doing. I am mindful of the fact that the day after the referendum Ms Keogan was on the phone to me demanding resources for local...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: East Border Region (14 Feb 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: From what I have heard today it strikes me that the witnesses are the meat in the sandwich and that sandwich is made up of three parts over which they have no control, namely, Brussels, London and Dublin. Belfast clearly has very little say on what is going on. I have heard and understand the witnesses' frustration. It strikes me that nobody is going to blink until everybody blinks and we...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: It has been brought to my attention that the Leader of this House believes the ongoing debate on the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017 is bringing the House into disrepute. It has been said that the almost 90 hours we have been debating the Bill has damaged the reputation of the Seanad.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: As I said, it has been said that the time debating this legislation has damaged the reputation of the Seanad and, by implication, the reputation of all Members of the Seanad. While I do not know where the Leader has formed this view or what papers he is reading, since the commencement of debate in the Seanad, the following bodies have expressed their views. The Council of Europe's Group of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: I have a question for the Leader. Are those of us doing our damnedest to oppose this legislation by scrutinising and trying to change it the enemy from within or is allowing one single elected Member of Dáil Éireann to fundamentally interfere with the central tenet of our democracy the enemy?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: We all know the political responsibilities and pressures that the Leader of this House has to endure to ensure the Government programme passes through it but for him to intertwine-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: By intertwining the fate or reputation of the Seanad with this legislation the Leader is being derogatory to the House.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: Nobody reading the transcript of the 90 hours of debate or witnessing it live could fault the quality of what is being debated or the public service benefit-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: -----of having a former Tánaiste, Minister for justice and Attorney General to point out, line by line and word by word, how awful this legislation is and how dangerous it is to the independence and quality of the Judiciary. I ask the Leader not to sully the reputation of this House because the political demands and pressures placed on him. Thank God for the checks and balances built...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: The only reason the Irish people believe this House-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: I am prepared to stand here all day if that is what it takes.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: Snide remarks were made about this having been prepared by a senior counsel. It was not prepared by a senior counsel.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: It is a prepared script because the matter is important.