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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Oct 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: But Frazer-Nash is owned by one of them.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Oct 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: I appreciate that; I was going as fast as I could.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Oct 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: The Senator deserves the extra time. Some things are important. We can sit back and pretend these things do not happen but they are happening.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Oct 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: I will finish with this. We need the Minister in here to discuss search and rescue services and the forthcoming contract. We cannot allow a contract to go out while the report on Rescue 116 has not been published. The pilot of that helicopter had been awake for 18 hours when she was sent over to Blacksod. For God's sake-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Oct 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: I appreciate that but we are here to hold the Government to account.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Oct 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: I have failed to bring this issue up anywhere.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Oct 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: Four people are dead. I have tried to bring this up everywhere but nobody is interested.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Oct 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: Well said.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Oct 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: I thank the Leader for that.

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (5 Oct 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: I thank the Cathaoirleach Gníomhach. I find myself in the unusual position that I want to agree fully with my colleague. There should be representation from Munster, Galway or Connacht on any airport authority. We need to have a national view, and all laughing and joking aside, I totally agree with Senator Buttimer on this point. He has been advocating for this for some time now and...

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (5 Oct 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: I support what the Senator has said. It is a different thing entirely to take an Oireachtas Member and exclude him or her from board membership. That is probably right because legislation, etc., comes through both Houses. Local authority members, however, bring a wealth of experience and local knowledge to a board. That is something the Minister of State should look at over time.

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (5 Oct 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: I move amendment No. 1: In page 40, after line 37, to insert the following: "Amendment of Act of 1993 - Licence Holders Forum 59. The Act of 1993 is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 14: "Licence Holders Forum 14A.(1) The Irish Aviation Authority shall establish a standing body to serve as the collective statutory collaborative and consultative forum in...

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (5 Oct 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: I thank the Minister of State for being willing to listen. The Senator hit the nail on the head in saying we are talking about pilots first. Anybody who has watched the programme Senator Buttimer adverted to, on air accident investigations, will realise flying is about a number of small steps that must all be taken in the correct order. A pilot must not be afraid to report. There cannot...

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (5 Oct 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: I hear what the Minister of State is saying. I spent four years at the top of trade unionism, and in that time I learned that you can work within rules and lay down procedures that both sides can adhere to, though maybe not as rigidly as we are trying to do here. You can have regulations and rules that people have to adhere to to resolve difficulties. I will push a vote on this. I...

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (5 Oct 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: I have no doubt about the Minister of State's commitment to date. She has always been an honourable person and I accept her bona fides. My comments are not directed at her at all but she will not always be in her post.

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (5 Oct 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: The Minister of State will move on to greater and better things and she may finish up as Taoiseach, which would be great for Galway. We are talking about the current organisation and not her. We have all said that there is a toxicity in that organisation at the moment. Perhaps a new CEO or chairman will make all of that better but I do not know. This debate is not about the Minister of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Oct 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: At the outset, I wish to remember Paddy Moloney, who sadly passed away earlier today at the age of 83. Paddy was a great ambassador for Ireland and for Irish music. Chinese aggression towards the democratic island of Taiwan is intensifying and should be giving rise to concerns that China will try to take over the island by force. We have already seen how Beijing used a heavy-handed approach...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Oct 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: The Leader needs to take a bow. As Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, she motivated and led her Department through what must have been the greatest crisis it ever faced. We must recognise that as well.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Oct 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: I welcome the addition of 800 gardaí announced in the budget and 400 civilian staff who are to be recruited by An Garda Síochána, however, this is in sharp contrast with the situation in the Defence Forces. The paltry €35 million allocation in the budget for the Defence Forces for next year will only cover the increase in salaries as result of the most recent round of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Oct 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: I concur with the sympathies expressed by the Cathaoirleach to the family of Sir David Amess. On Thursday evening, I called to my grandchildren - I know the Leader has young children - and the excitement in my six-year-old granddaughter’s eyes when she sat me down to tell me she was going to read me a story and, as she read me the story, the excitement in the four-year-old sat beside...