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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Foynes Port Company: Chairperson Designate (Resumed) (19 Apr 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: Does Mr. McGarry ever see the port expanding to take over other ports on the western seaboard? I would love to see Galway, for example, develop out as far as Mutton Island.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Foynes Port Company: Chairperson Designate (Resumed) (19 Apr 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: The port is limited in real estate, if I remember correctly. I worked in Alcan down there 100 years ago and as far as I recall, the port is elongated and is limited in what it can do.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Foynes Port Company: Chairperson Designate (Resumed) (19 Apr 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: Senator Horkan and I visited Hamburg harbour late last year. It was amazing to see a harbour where there were only six human beings working on site, with the rest of operations automated.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Foynes Port Company: Chairperson Designate (Resumed) (19 Apr 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: It was just amazing to watch but I am not sure that Shannon Foynes would have the real estate to get into the container business at scale. The port has the depth but not the land.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Foynes Port Company: Chairperson Designate (Resumed) (19 Apr 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: I wish Mr. McGarry well. It is a beautiful part of the country. Shannon Foynes is a wonderful little harbour. Back in the 1980s when I was working down there, it was dynamic and I am sure it is still as dynamic now. Mr. McGarry has a big job ahead of him and I wish him the very best of luck. We could not have fired him anyway so his appearance before us is merely a courtesy call.

Seanad: Election of Acting Chairperson (25 Apr 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: Is this a Fianna Fáil coup?

Seanad: Election of Acting Chairperson (25 Apr 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: Shall we accept Senator Wilson?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Apr 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: My thoughts too are with the Defence Forces personnel. It is a pity only 12 of them have gone to Sudan. It is a humanitarian mission. The triple lock does not apply. We should have many more people there. The need for heavy-lift aircraft has once again been exposed. On 18 May 1988, 02789H, prison officer Sean O'Brien was on duty in Portlaoise Prison. I have been given permission to use...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Apr 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: That is fine; no problem.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Apr 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: I find it strange that no evidence can be found in national archives, military archives or in the Department of Justice of this escape attempt in Portlaise Prison. O'Brien has been diagnosed with a severe form of post-traumatic stress disorder, PTSD. Has the State got a duty of care to this man? Is he entitled to be looked after? I ask the Deputy Leader to perhaps put that question to the...

Seanad: Report of the Independent Review Group on Dignity and Equality Issues in the Defence Forces: Statements (25 Apr 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: I stand before the Tánaiste today a proud veteran of the Irish Defence Forces. Every officer, NCO and service person of the Defence Forces, serving and retired, with whom I have engaged since the publication of the report has expressed a welcome for the statutory inquiry and for any Garda investigation of wrongdoing in the Defence Forces. All expressed strongly that any wrongdoing...

Seanad: Report of the Independent Review Group on Dignity and Equality Issues in the Defence Forces: Statements (25 Apr 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: I did not deny the need for a statutory inquiry-----

Seanad: Report of the Independent Review Group on Dignity and Equality Issues in the Defence Forces: Statements (25 Apr 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: The statutory inquiry will tell us all.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: The Garda Commissioner presented in front of the Garda Representative Association, GRA, in Westport yesterday. The issue of rostering of gardaí for both the GRA and the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors, AGSI, is a major problem and we have known for some time that it is a problem. The Commissioner said he is not the only one who has to compromise. It strikes me that he is...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 May 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: I congratulate the Leader on her nuptials. It shows great dedication to the job that she is here and not off in some sunny part of the world. I wish her and her husband many happy years together and many, many children.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 May 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: I come from a family of 11.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 May 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: In the context of the evacuation of Irish citizens from Sudan, the Tánaiste made a big play at the weekend of thanking France, Sweden and the UK for their assistance. We thanked everybody for assisting us. We sent 12 of our people out to assist with the evacuation when we did not have to restrict the number to 12.The triple lock does not apply in humanitarian situations. We survived...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 May 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: Yesterday morning, the Women of Honour were interviewed on RTÉ's "Morning Ireland" and very clear set out their opposition to what is going on with respect to the drafting of terms of reference for an investigation into the allegations - I stress the word "allegations" - that were brought forward by the independent review group.It appears we have a woke culture of civil servants and...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (24 May 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: I too welcome our friends from Malawi. I hope they enjoy their time here. A new practice has grown in recent months, or perhaps the last year or so, where we are now lobbied with blanket emails. If someone sends such an email to me I will dump it without reading it. If people want me to do something they should send an email to Gerard Craughwell, Craughwell, or Mr. Craughwell or whatever...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 May 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: Yesterday we got the news that Private Sean Rooney is to be honoured by the United Nations with a medal for his bravery in the loss of his life. This is a wonderful thing for the Rooney family, for the medal is a tangible remembrance of that man and the life he gave in the service of peace. I make a plea today, and asked the Acting Leader and Cathaoirleach to support it, that the Rooney...