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Seanad: Driving Test Waiting Times: Statements (20 May 2025)

Gerard Craughwell: I want to share time with Senator Keogan, if I may.

Seanad: Driving Test Waiting Times: Statements (20 May 2025)

Gerard Craughwell: I almost referred to the Minister of State as "Senator Buttimer". It is a pleasure to see him here. I congratulate him on his election to the Dáil and his elevation to a ministerial post. I know from my time with him on the transport committee during the previous Government that he has a personal commitment to addressing waiting times for the driving test and that he is committed to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2025)

Gerard Craughwell: There are two men in Iran today, Behrouz Ehsani and Mehdi Hassani, both of whom are political prisoners, both of whom have been turned down for a judicial review for the third time and both of whom will be executed by the regime in Iran. Iran has murdered 1,100 political prisoners since the summer of last year. That tendency is beginning to increase. Iran is at the heart of supporting...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 May 2025)

Gerard Craughwell: Frequently, we talk about, and I know the Deputy Leader does as much as I do, members of the Defence Forces, especially in places of danger, such as the service in Lebanon. Rarely do we ever talk about members of our public service who put their lives at risk for their fellow man, such as what we saw yesterday in the firing of shots over the heads of Irish diplomats. Feilim McLaughlin and...

Seanad: Public Procurement: Statements (22 May 2025)

Gerard Craughwell: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. This is my first time to address her as the Minister of State. I congratulate her on her elevation. I wish her the best of luck. The Minister of State said at the outset that she was responsible for the purchase of everything from major projects down to toilet rolls for national schools. That is a massive undertaking for any Department to...

Committee on Defence and National Security: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (22 May 2025)

Gerard Craughwell: I congratulate Senator Wilson. We now have a full team and it is a good team. Senator Wilson is capable of being somewhat independent when he is in the chair, so in the Cathaoirleach's absence we will be in good hands. I am delighted for the Leas-Chathaoirleach.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 May 2025)

Gerard Craughwell: This morning I noticed the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Simon Harris, made some very strong statements regarding what is going on in Kyiv. We talk about the genocide in Gaza and the war criminality of the likes of Netanyahu. We should be aware that Putin is equally a war criminal. Donald Trump told us during the election campaign that if he was elected,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2025)

Gerard Craughwell: Hear, hear.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2025)

Gerard Craughwell: Will the Senator put on the kettle?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2025)

Gerard Craughwell: Senator Clonan and I are facing into many weeks of talking about the triple lock. My view is that it was a ridiculous thing to introduce in the first place but it is a red herring. We are spending weeks talking about the triple lock when the Air Corps operations are now closed at weekends and at 8 p.m. every night, meaning aircraft cannot take off or land during those times. We are heading...