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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Passenger Cap at Dublin Airport on Ryanair's Business and Operations: Ryanair (12 Jun 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: There is nothing wrong with losing a business. I have done it myself.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Passenger Cap at Dublin Airport on Ryanair's Business and Operations: Ryanair (12 Jun 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: Mr. O’Leary threw the elephant into the middle of the room when he adverted to the Minister and his responsibilities. He is the Minister for transport, climate change, communications, the environment and everything else you are having. No organisation would have one person trying to run so many different elements. I received a letter from the Minister for Transport and his then...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Passenger Cap at Dublin Airport on Ryanair's Business and Operations: Ryanair (12 Jun 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: I think Mr. O'Leary will find-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Passenger Cap at Dublin Airport on Ryanair's Business and Operations: Ryanair (12 Jun 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: I will finish on this.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Passenger Cap at Dublin Airport on Ryanair's Business and Operations: Ryanair (12 Jun 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: I will not come back in, a Leas-Chathaoirligh.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: I, too, would like to join with people who commended Natasha O'Brien on coming into the public domain to tell her story. However, I would caution that the case of the man involved is far from over and the last thing we want to do is provide some sort of defence that he has already been tried in the public domain. We need to be very careful and measured in what we say. I have always...

Seanad: Courts, Civil Law, Criminal Law and Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (25 Jun 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: I want to address the superannuation side of the Bill. There has been a tendency to believe that one size fits all when it comes to superannuation in the public service, and it does not. Where we have people on accelerated pensions because of the nature of the work they do, we have failed to recognise the impact the legislation has had. We are now finding that members of the Garda, the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Jun 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: Give them homework off next year.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Jun 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: I rise today again to discuss the Defence Forces and the press fest there is around what has happened in Limerick. No workplace in this country is immune from bullying and harassment in the workplace. Eight years ago, I raised in this House the possibility of bringing bullying in under criminal offences. I never wanted to speak about my own experiences publicly but I was bullied severely...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Jun 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCathaoirleach. I congratulate the new Deputy Leader, Senator Kyne. I am delighted for him as a fellow Galwegian and to see him take on the role of Deputy Leader. I know he will be ever-facilitating of me-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Jun 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: -----in the coming months and years.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Jun 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: Next week we will be discussing independence and it has two factors. There is independence in fact and independence in appearance. Next week we will be looking at Committee Stage of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024 and the issue of the independence of the external oversight body will arise. Every Member of this House who has spoken on Second Stage of the Bill has said that it is...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Jun 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: Absolutely.

Committee on Public Petitions: Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman: Annual Report and Other Matters (27 Jun 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: First, I apologise. Typically at this time, what is happening in the Houses is quite insane and difficult to keep up with. I thank Mr. Sloyan for being here. I am very appreciative of his office. The first area I wish to raise is that of pension abatement. I understand there have been several court cases through the years where a pension is seen by the courts as a property right and...

Committee on Public Petitions: Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman: Annual Report and Other Matters (27 Jun 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: Because we have a situation where members of the Defence Forces who go into certain occupations, such as roles with the Irish Aviation Authority, for example, are not subject to pension abatement. The position is similar for Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas or employees of several semi-State agencies. Abatement was brought in to prevent very senior civil servants from taking lump...

Committee on Public Petitions: Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman: Annual Report and Other Matters (27 Jun 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: In the case of service provided, a key component of the confidence of the public to come and use the service is to know how successful things are. Does the ombudsman carry out an after-service investigation or statistical analysis of how long it took to deal with a particular problem, the number of positive and negative outcomes and the number of cases that were spurious and should never...

Committee on Public Petitions: Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman: Annual Report and Other Matters (27 Jun 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: That is extremely reassuring and I thank Ms McGovern for jumping in.

Committee on Public Petitions: Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman: Annual Report and Other Matters (27 Jun 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: Mr. Sloyan will appreciate that we get petitions in here frequently for strange things. One of the strange ones before us right now and we have discussed it at length, thanks to the Chairman and indeed our wonderful support staff, is the area of insurance, specifically insurance for thatched properties. It has become a bugbear in here. As of right now, and the Chairman will correct me if I...

Committee on Public Petitions: Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman: Annual Report and Other Matters (27 Jun 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: The other area of interest to me in dealing with State organisations, and I have to hold my hands up here because I am one person who is involved with it, is dealing with pensions. There is a belief among some of us in the Oireachtas that, when you are dealing with State agencies, they delay it so long in the hope that you will die before they have to answer the question. How long is a...

Committee on Public Petitions: Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman: Annual Report and Other Matters (27 Jun 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: Okay, that is fine.