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- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Oct 2022)
Gerard Craughwell: The bottom line is that it is a new Department but other Ministers had responsibility in that area and we never saw the movement we are seeing now. Credit where credit is due. I am just back from Tallinn, where I was involved in the Tallinn Digital Summit. One of the issues I am concerned about is the overemphasis on academic qualifications in the area of cybersecurity. We need to develop...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Oct 2022)
Gerard Craughwell: Well done.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Oct 2022)
Gerard Craughwell: On 22 October, Daniel McConnell, the political editor of the Irish Examiner, wrote an excellent piece about how general data protection regulation, GDPR, commercial sensitivity and various other excuses are being used to deny members of the press and Members of the Oireachtas access to information. This is something that has concerned me for some time. For example, I put in a freedom of...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Oct 2022)
Gerard Craughwell: I congratulate the Cathaoirleach who has been awarded the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise. I am not sure if it means that he is wise. The award was made by the Ukrainian President and is quite prestigious. I congratulate the Cathaoirleach. We read in The Journal today that the Departments of Public Expenditure and Reform and Defence are at loggerheads over the continued service of a...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Global Food Crisis: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)
Gerard Craughwell: I must go to another meeting but I will be back as soon as I can.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Nov 2022)
Gerard Craughwell: On 12 July, in the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence, I asked the Minister, Deputy Coveney, if the constitutionality of overflights by the RAF had ever been considered by the Cabinet. The Minister, Deputy Coveney, replied that “We do not have overflight arrangements with the RAF, to be clear.”Yesterday afternoon in the House of Commons, following a...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Nov 2022)
Gerard Craughwell: With all due respect, it is fairly clear.
- Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (9 Nov 2022)
Gerard Craughwell: That is a bit ambitious.
- Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (9 Nov 2022)
Gerard Craughwell: I wish to speak to what the Minister of State said. Will the IAA take over full responsibility for oversight of the search and rescue, SAR, contractor services or will the Department still have its own person carrying out oversight duties?
- Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (9 Nov 2022)
Gerard Craughwell: As has been said, it is very late in the day. This Bill has been two years rolling through this House. It is rather late in the day to find technical amendments that should have been picked up much earlier. When I see amendments being brought forward because of erroneous drafting or whatever, I wonder if there are other things we have not found yet.
- Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (9 Nov 2022)
Gerard Craughwell: I am. There is one slight difference. It says "not less" and we say "minimum" but it is marginal.
- Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (9 Nov 2022)
Gerard Craughwell: I am looking at the amendment involving the insertion of paragraphs (a) and (b), which, I believe, would be at line 31.
- Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (9 Nov 2022)
Gerard Craughwell: I am a little confused. We are talking about amendment No. 12. Is that correct?
- Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (9 Nov 2022)
Gerard Craughwell: Fine.
- Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (9 Nov 2022)
Gerard Craughwell: Perhaps the Minister of State will clarify a point. Paragraph (a) reads, "specify the organisations invited to participate in the Forum, which shall include recognised aviation stakeholder groups, recognised aviation trade unions and representative bodies, certified aviation organisations and other interested parties,". When the Minister of State specifies the groups that are participating...
- Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (9 Nov 2022)
Gerard Craughwell: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (9 Nov 2022)
Gerard Craughwell: I totally support my colleague, Senator Doherty, on this. I would be extremely uncomfortable when the IAA appointing its own chairperson. This amendment makes perfect sense and would make for a far more democratic organisation from the outset. In light of the fact that the Minister of State will have to go back to Dáil Éireann with this Bill anyway because of the amendments that...
- Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (9 Nov 2022)
Gerard Craughwell: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (9 Nov 2022)
Gerard Craughwell: I second the amendment. We have discussed this and thrashed it out in the House about the licenceholders' forum. The important thing is that there is what I would call a mean and keen group of people who have a common interest and the fog is being taken out of the committee. The stakeholders forum will include all sorts of people who have no role whatsoever in developing a licenceholders'...
- Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (9 Nov 2022)
Gerard Craughwell: I second the amendment.