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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jan 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: I doubt it very much.

Seanad: An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An Teaghlach), 2023: An Dara Céim - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (The Family) Bill 2023: Second Stage (22 Jan 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: Following on from my colleague, Senator Mullen, I have to talk about the democratic process. For something as serious as a constitutional amendment, to come to the House and give a couple of hours of debate to two major changes to the Constitution is repugnant to the very House itself and everything we stand for. One of the Minister's colleagues, during an interview on a radio station with...

Seanad: An Bille um an Daicheadú Leasú ar an mBunreacht (Cúram), 2023: An Dara Céim - Fortieth Amendment of the Constitution (Care) Bill 2023: Second Stage (22 Jan 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: You mentioned everybody. You did not mention me or-----

Seanad: An Bille um an Daicheadú Leasú ar an mBunreacht (Cúram), 2023: An Dara Céim - Fortieth Amendment of the Constitution (Care) Bill 2023: Second Stage (22 Jan 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: That is fine.

Seanad: An Bille um an Daicheadú Leasú ar an mBunreacht (Cúram), 2023: An Dara Céim - Fortieth Amendment of the Constitution (Care) Bill 2023: Second Stage (22 Jan 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: I have heard a lot this afternoon about mothers and I support the notion of removing some of the archaic language that is in our Constitution. Shortly before my mother died, I visited her in Galway. The visit ended and while on my way home to Dublin, I thought about her and the impact she had on my life. I realised, by the time I got to Athlone, that I had never told her, so I turned...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Jan 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: As we move through the period up to the referendum on 8 March for the thirty-ninth and fortieth amendments to the Constitution, it is vital and important that the public is protected from mis- or disinformation. The women of Ireland can thank the Irish Countrywomen's Association and several other women's associations that led change in Ireland over the years. Many of those associations are...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Jan 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: I appreciate that this is not the debate. She wrote: Article 41.2 may not hurt women directly, but it frames our lives, our society and our value. It gives the State the oppressive role of keeping women from careers or employment of our own, ensuring “that mothers shall not be obliged by economic necessity to engage in labour to the neglect of their duties in the home”. Ms...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Jan 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: No, no. It is important-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Jan 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: Fire away.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Jan 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: I understand the Cathaoirleach's perception there-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Jan 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: No, the fact here is that disinformation and misinformation is being spread by one of the agencies funded by this State, that is, the National Women's Council. She is directly-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Jan 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: No. She is directly opposing what Ms Justice Denham said. Ms Justice Denham stated the recognition and acknowledgment does not exclude women and mothers from other roles and activities. We must be very straight. It is no secret I am opposed to the referendums.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Jan 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: We have to be very clear in the information we put into the public domain. Of all agencies, the National Women's Council that was founded-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Jan 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: I am seeking a retraction by the National Women's Council for this scurrilous statement.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Jan 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: It is a matter for this House-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Jan 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: -----and the National Women's Council can hear it from here.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Jan 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: Hang on a minute. The Cathaoirleach cut me off several times. Give a guy a break here.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Jan 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: Listen now. The year 1973, more than 50 years ago, was when the marriage ban disappeared so let us be honest with people. Let us be straight. The judgment in the Supreme Court yesterday-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Jan 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: -----changed the rules regarding children. I will speak more this afternoon.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Jan 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: I love the way the Cathaoirleach cut me off, I really do, but these things are important. Accurate, clear information for the public is what is needed, not rhetoric.