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- Committee on Defence and National Security: Recent Air Corps Developments: Discussion (24 Jun 2025)
Gerard Craughwell: Would Ms McCrum agree that most who are about to leave do not meet the 12-year criterion? A pilot has to have 12 years of service.
- Committee on Defence and National Security: Recent Air Corps Developments: Discussion (24 Jun 2025)
Gerard Craughwell: They are not worked out yet.
- Committee on Defence and National Security: Recent Air Corps Developments: Discussion (24 Jun 2025)
Gerard Craughwell: Terms and conditions have not yet been agreed for the service commitment scheme for air traffic controllers. Therefore, no offer can be on the table at this point in time. Is that true or false? Will those who are either direct entry or promoted now to officer rank from air traffic control have to undergo such things as command and staff courses in order to progress through the ranks?
- Committee on Defence and National Security: Recent Air Corps Developments: Discussion (24 Jun 2025)
Gerard Craughwell: I understand five will not qualify if the same criteria is being used as for the officers.
- Committee on Defence and National Security: Recent Air Corps Developments: Discussion (24 Jun 2025)
Gerard Craughwell: There are no offers right now.
- Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jun 2025)
Gerard Craughwell: I thank the witnesses. I put on the record that my view of the function of this committee is to listen with an open mind and draw conclusions. We are not here to protect either neutrality or the triple lock. It was accepted by Ray Murphy that we do not qualify under customary international law as a neutral country. Professor Tonra has said that neutrality is Irish neutrality, whatever...
- Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jun 2025)
Gerard Craughwell: Would granting the yea or nay with respect to the deployment of troops by Ireland to a third party be repugnant to sovereignty?
- Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jun 2025)
Gerard Craughwell: We find ourselves in a situation where Mr. Noonan said that all power comes from the people under the Constitution. As the people voted to join the European Union, how does that in any way diminish our sovereignty? It was the people who made that decision. Add to that, the question has been raised by one or two of my colleagues with respect to putting neutrality into our Constitution. If...
- Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jun 2025)
Gerard Craughwell: Mr. Noonan adverted to the constitutional position with respect to Ireland declaring war. I am quite agnostic on the triple lock because we do not have enough troops to send anywhere so, to my mind, it is a red herring. However, if we wanted to re-establish our sovereignty and re-establish the Oireachtas and the office of the President as the de facto authority to deploy troops, what would...
- Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jun 2025)
Gerard Craughwell: I have to cut Mr. Noonan off because time is against me. I do not feel I am entrusted. I was elected to my seat in Seanad Éireann and that brought trust with it, as far as I am concerned.
- Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jun 2025)
Gerard Craughwell: With respect, Mr. Noonan adverted to us getting closer to NATO. I visited CCDCOE in Tallin and am damned glad that we are close to CCDCOE because cyber recognises no borders. Does Mr. Noonan have a difficulty with us co-operating at that level?
- Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jun 2025)
Gerard Craughwell: I might ask our other two guests to comment on co-operating with CCDCOE and the like.
- Committee on Defence and National Security: Recent Air Corps Developments: Discussion (24 Jun 2025)
Gerard Craughwell: But the Secretary General wrote to Ken Spratt in March 2021. I have the letter here. She identified air traffic control as an impediment to SAR for the Air Corps.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Jul 2025)
Gerard Craughwell: This morning at a meeting of the defence committee we heard how Defence Forces personnel take their instructions from the Department and from the Minister when it comes to policy issues. Last week, we had a meeting about the shortage of air traffic controllers and we were assured everything was in hand. I learned over the weekend that the offer of the bounty if you want to remain in service...
- Seanad: Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Jul 2025)
Gerard Craughwell: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Jul 2025)
Gerard Craughwell: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Jul 2025)
Gerard Craughwell: Let us never forget about the institutions we are talking about and that the horrific things that took place in these institutions was known far and wide within our society. I remember the great threat as a child was that if you misbehaved, you would find yourself in Letterfrack. People knew that if you went there, you were going to be subjected to brutality, at least, if not other sorts of...
- Seanad: Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Jul 2025)
Gerard Craughwell: It is not the same letter. There are two different letters. Given what we are talking about and the years and years of pain and suffering, ten minutes of the Seanad's time will not kill anybody.
- Seanad: Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Jul 2025)
Gerard Craughwell: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Jul 2025)
Gerard Craughwell: I second the amendment.