Results 3,961-3,980 of 5,763 for speaker:Gerard Craughwell
- Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (3 Nov 2021)
Gerard Craughwell: I will be brief. The Minister of State has addressed the capacity of the Oireachtas to query all the activities of the Defence Forces through the Oireachtas committees and parliamentary questions. That is there already so I do not see a need to duplicate reporting.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Nov 2021)
Gerard Craughwell: The Leader kindly arranged a meeting with the Minister for Transport, Deputy Eamon Ryan, about the air navigation and transport Bill. That meeting took place the other day. I was somewhat disturbed that we were presented with the fait accompliby the regulator by way of a PowerPoint presentation.I asked at the end of the meeting that the PowerPoint presentation be made available immediately...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Nov 2021)
Gerard Craughwell: We just had Senator O'Loughlin speaking about bullying. A lot of the bullies moved from the schoolyard into corporate Ireland and beyond. I want a debate on bullying but I certainly want Mr. Cosgrave-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Nov 2021)
Gerard Craughwell: I just think it is wrong.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Nov 2021)
Gerard Craughwell: He was quick enough to speak in the absence of the Tánaiste, so he was. I will leave it at that. I will not argue any more with you, a Leas-Chathaoirligh.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Nov 2021)
Gerard Craughwell: Last Saturday, we gathered in Cathal Brugha Barracks to remember the men of Niemba and the Niemba massacre. It is timely to remember that members of the Irish Defence Forces lose their lives, sometimes brutally, as they serve overseas. Next Sunday in St. Patrick’s Cathedral and many other cathedrals around the country, we will remember the Irish who fell in the first and second world...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Nov 2021)
Gerard Craughwell: It is in the report. I am not saying anything that is not public knowledge.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Nov 2021)
Gerard Craughwell: It was reckless in its behaviour with respect to safety.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Nov 2021)
Gerard Craughwell: The name of the one-person company is long in the public domain.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Nov 2021)
Gerard Craughwell: The Minister named the company, not me, so-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Nov 2021)
Gerard Craughwell: My point is-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Nov 2021)
Gerard Craughwell: These issues have to be aired in public.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Nov 2021)
Gerard Craughwell: We are about to reward a contract to a company again for ten years. If, for example, the incumbent is part of the tendering process-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Nov 2021)
Gerard Craughwell: Do I not have an obligation as a public representative to raise these issues?
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Nov 2021)
Gerard Craughwell: -----and the only place I can do that safely is in here because I have been threatened by the Department-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Nov 2021)
Gerard Craughwell: -----that it will contact the other people.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Nov 2021)
Gerard Craughwell: Let me put something on the record.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Nov 2021)
Gerard Craughwell: We have been prevented many times from talking about SAR services. We now have a Bill going through this House-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Nov 2021)
Gerard Craughwell: I am trying to be as-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Nov 2021)
Gerard Craughwell: I am trying to be measured here. We have a Bill on air navigation going through the House. We are not listening to the pilots. We must listen to the pilots lest we find ourselves down this road again.