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- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Dec 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Dec 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: And the Senator is the central character.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Dec 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: There was more than 109.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Dec 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: I would not subscribe to a conspiracy theory.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Dec 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: I will not accept that nonsense from the Senator. He should just go and report to the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, now that he is being hammered here.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Dec 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: They probably used the guillotine.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: Do not press the button.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: I note the Minister's impeccable mathematics. This morning, the Leader tried to tell us that 109 hours have been spent discussing the Bill when, in fact, at least 125 hours have been spent on it and probably more. I have been accused by many Members of the House of being a lackey to my colleague, Senator McDowell. I took my own legal advice on the Bill and on Second Stage I stated that it...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: This will be a textbook case for students of political science for years to come on how a Government can be manipulated by one man. There are probably half a dozen PhDs to be earned from the Bill. The Leader will get his way this evening and discussion of the Bill will be guillotined. I am very sorry that the name of the Minister, Deputy Flanagan, is associated with it. He is much better...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: It is holed below the waterline.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: The Minister said it was 125 hours of debate.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: He is the crony Minister.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Dec 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: I will start by complimenting my colleague, Senator Marshall, on the presentation of the film "Lost Lives" last night. The Leader, as an educator, would agree that this film should be shown in every school in the country from the furthest southern point through to the North of Ireland and, indeed, across the UK. It is the most deeply emotional film I have seen and the most balanced report...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Dec 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: Are we going to Booking.com?
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Dec 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: I think the Leader will agree that I was only trying to reflect their frustration today.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Dec 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: That will be days before the rest of us.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Dec 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: Senators will find I do not print very much around here.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Dec 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: Following on from climate change I was looking for the Leader's view on kids from national schools.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Dec 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: I was talking about national school kids.