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- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: National cybersecurity is based in the Department with responsibility for communications. The Minister will find that in Israel, for example, the director of national cybersecurity is in the office of the prime minister. Most directors elsewhere are at government level and not subject to some department's oversight. They work directly for the prime minister. We really need to look at our...
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: On a point of order, there are 999 city and county councillors watching this and waiting for amendments that concern them. This is not good.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: The Cathaoirleach is doing fine.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: The Leader has just been asked-----
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: Tell us what you are afraid of.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: The only people suffering from the temperature here are our Fianna Fáil colleagues across the way-----
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: -----who are afraid of this Bill.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: They are afraid of it.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: Cohesion has fallen apart here.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: On a point of information-----
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: -----the latest I have sat in this House is 3.30 a.m. I am quite prepared to do the same tonight. In fact, I will stay here until 9 a.m.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: We need the Leader. Where is she?
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: I think they are welcome all right.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: I see an election coming.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Dec 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: I join with everybody else in wishing Tom Hickey well in his retirement. I also wish Martin Groves, Bridget Doody and the staff of the Seanad a happy and peaceful Christmas. They need a peaceful Christmas after what we saw here last night. I wish the Cathaoirleach well and thank him for his tolerance. That will get me an extra few seconds. This week, the Irish Examinerreported that a...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Dec 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: We need to have a debate on that. We also have a Senator or two down there. I will very quickly mention another thing. Galway Bay FM has contacted me and, I am sure, most other Senators about the need for funding for reporting on local elections, local democracy issues and so on. The Taoiseach has promised that funding will be forthcoming once any European competition issues have been...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jan 2024)
Gerard Craughwell: In October 2014, when I came in here for the by-election count, which saw me into this House, it was initially very difficult to get to the Ceann Comhairle’s dining room. When I eventually arrived down there, the one person who stood beside me as the count took place was you, Senator Norris. I will never forget your generosity on that day. My sister sent me a text this morning in...