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Seanad: Free Education (Prohibition of Fees and Charges) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (9 Oct 2019)

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

Seanad: Free Education (Prohibition of Fees and Charges) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (9 Oct 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: That concludes the matter. Does anyone wish to speak on it?

Seanad: Free Education (Prohibition of Fees and Charges) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (9 Oct 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: Only general comments are allowed at this stage. The Bill has already passed.

Seanad: Free Education (Prohibition of Fees and Charges) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (9 Oct 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: We have spared the Senator that.

Seanad: Free Education (Prohibition of Fees and Charges) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (9 Oct 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: There will be an opportunity on Report Stage to make a final speech.

Seanad: Free Education (Prohibition of Fees and Charges) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (9 Oct 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: We will all await that with bated breath.

Seanad: Free Education (Prohibition of Fees and Charges) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (9 Oct 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: That concludes the business of the day. I ask the Acting Leader to indicate when it is proposed to sit again.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Implications for Ireland of the Withdrawal of the UK from the EU in Regard to the Education and Research Sector (9 Oct 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: The witnesses were asked several comprehensive questions. There is not much left for me. I would like to thank them for telling us that there are opportunities. This is the first group that has come before this committee and said that there are opportunities and we need to be looking for them. That is vitally important to the country. I am a little bit concerned when we start talking...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Implications for Ireland of the Withdrawal of the UK from the EU in Regard to the Education and Research Sector (9 Oct 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: Is that done on a project-by-project basis where one third comes from Government and two thirds from a company? In other words, a company with a specific problem is prepared to put in €400,000 and Government is then asked to put in another €200,000 to fund the project.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Implications for Ireland of the Withdrawal of the UK from the EU in Regard to the Education and Research Sector (9 Oct 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: On the issue of passports, it is really important-----

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Implications for Ireland of the Withdrawal of the UK from the EU in Regard to the Education and Research Sector (9 Oct 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: I need to get in this question about passports.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Implications for Ireland of the Withdrawal of the UK from the EU in Regard to the Education and Research Sector (9 Oct 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: Reference was made to passports and when a student produces an Irish passport. We had a delegation over from the United States, all of whom were emigrants working in the medical devices and pharmaceutical area. They are Irish citizens who brought their children to the US where they have been promoted into senior positions. Their children, who hold Irish passports, have to pay full non-EU...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Implications for Ireland of the Withdrawal of the UK from the EU in Regard to the Energy Sector (9 Oct 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: The witnesses are welcome. Their joint presentation has reassured me that business will rise above politics and that Brexit will do whatever Brexit does but business will continue to be transacted across the globe. Their presentation was very welcome. They are not hanging about waiting to see who wins and who loses; they are ensuring the future of their businesses, which is important. ...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Implications for Ireland of the Withdrawal of the UK from the EU in Regard to the Energy Sector (9 Oct 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: Would it be fair to assume that all three organisations have at least engaged with the security forces? One of the things an unstable political situation may cause, and we have already seen some of it in Derry with the shooting of a journalist, is a rise in dissident behaviour. One way to cripple a country is to hit energy supplies. I want the public to be satisfied that at least the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Oct 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: I congratulate the Financial Services Union and the University of Limerick on an excellent piece of research into technology, work and skills on the impact of technology on employees. They held a seminar across the road on the right to disconnect. It is really important for workers here. More and more workers are expected to be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Emails fly to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Oct 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: Any more.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Oct 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: A lot of them just come back for a holiday now.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Oct 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: An election is coming.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Oct 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: A fair point.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Oct 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: Hear, hear.