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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jun 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: Well said.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jun 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: Well said.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jun 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: I join with Senator O'Sullivan, whose comments were well made and showed perfect timing. In an article by Sorcha Pollak in The Irish Timeson 13 June 2022 entitled "Five Ukrainian soldiers with 'significant trauma-related injuries' airlifted to Dublin", a statement from a Department of Foreign Affairs spokesperson was included. That spokesperson said Ireland was "not politically or morally...

Seanad: Sick Leave Bill 2022: Second Stage (15 Jun 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: The Tánaiste is welcome to the House. I believe this is the first time I have addressed him in this House since he was elected, which was a long time ago. To go back to that dreadful St. Patrick's Day when he addressed us all from Washington or New York at the start of Covid, I was amazed at how quickly he responded to requests from Independents like me who were not party affiliated in...

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Jun 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: I want the Minister of State to answer the question concerning whether there are people with aviation expertise in her Department. I want this answer. The other thing-----

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Jun 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: I move amendment No. 2: In page 40, after line 37, to insert the following: “Amendment of Act of 1993 - Licence Holders Charter 59.The Act of 1993 is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 14: “Licence Holders Charter 14B.(1) For the purpose of ensuring that the system of authorisation and licensing is operated in an integrated and...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Jun 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: The Air Accident Investigation Unit report into the fatal crash of Rescue 116 and the loss of four very brave search and rescue operators and the subsequent inquest have laid bare the failures of the contract, oversight and all of the agencies involved. It goes back to when the contract was put together. The absence of aviation expertise in both the Department of Transport and the Irish...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Jun 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: We need to have a debate on that.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Jun 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: With regard to the NCT, it is illegal to drive a car that does not have an up-to-date NCT. The Minister needs to make a statement that will protect citizens.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Jun 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: I know.

Seanad: Neurology Nurses: Motion (22 Jun 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: I welcome the Minister of State. This motion is reasonable and one that I wish to support. Sometimes, I feel sorry for a Minister coming to the House to take a motion like this, given that the problems that we are discussing have been endemic in the health system as far back as I remember. On Sunday, I listened to Ms Phil Ní Sheaghdha, the general secretary of the Irish Nurses and...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Jun 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: Hear, hear. Well said.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Jun 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: With respect to the use of the Defence Forces at Dublin Airport, once again, when this country is in crisis, we fall back on the Defence Forces, whose members will not be paid the national minimum wage for the hours they work. They are the lowest paid public servants. Many of them will be dragged to Dublin from all over the country to provide these services. I appreciate that Dublin...

Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Second Stage (28 Jun 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: I am sorry for interrupting the Minister, but can we get copies of the speech?

Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Second Stage (28 Jun 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: We will do it for him.

Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Second Stage (28 Jun 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: I rise to address the Minister as one of his biggest fans when it comes to further education. I came through the further education system. It opened many doors for me and my colleagues. Indeed, some of my colleagues who went through Limerick Senior College in the early 1990s went on to become CEOs of some of the largest corporations in the world and finished up studying in institutions...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jun 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: I concur with everything that has been said about CE schemes. I just wish that we would have treated the supervisors much better. These people do an amazing job in local communities, but we have treated them badly. The part-time Minister for Defence has agreed to place the Defence Forces at the disposal of a private company at Dublin Airport. If Supermac's or McDonald's was stuck for...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jun 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: I will not withdraw it.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jun 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: We are discussing placing a number of Defence Forces personnel on standby at Dublin Airport. What the general public does not realise – the Deputy Leader does because she has been at the coalface – is that putting people on standby means that they are not going on leave and must instead be available. In the middle of the holiday season, soldiers and their families go on...

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: I probably should have interjected before Senator Doherty rose to speak, but now is as good a time as any. The Minister of State will have received a letter today from IALPA. I wish to put the content of that letter on the record of the House. It reads: Dear Minister, I refer to the script of the debate in Seanad Éireann on Thursday, 16 June 2022. An extract is attached for your...