Results 841-860 of 5,754 for speaker:Gerard Craughwell
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Second Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: I am just about to finish. A public servant on less than €24,000 on casual work will not benefit from the pay increases because they are calculated on the whole salary not the part salary. That is my understanding of it.
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Second Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: If the Minister wants to clear that up that is fine.
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Second Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: My colleague, Senator Cáit Keane, mentioned city and county councillors. I know the Acting Chairman will give me a second on this issue-----
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Second Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: The very least we will do is for them. Pensions are a property right. They have been accepted as a property right in the courts so it is time to give a clear indication to pensioners of exactly when full restoration will take place. We need full dates. I appreciate the time the Acting Chairman has given me.
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Second Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Second Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: Money was not the issue.
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Second Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: We will lose that.
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Second Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: No, I asked the Minister whether the emergency is over.
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Second Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: That is not fair. The Minister was asked a direct question.
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Second Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: The Minister told the entire country that the emergency is over. In fairness, a question was asked.
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Second Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: It has not been done with gardaí.
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Second Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: The Minister is wrong.
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Second Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: I voted in favour of an amendment in the reasonable conduct of business on issues with which I agreed, but I cannot vote with a Government that uses the Whip in votes.
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Second Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: But it has not.
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Second Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: There is a question which as been left unanswered. Will the Government apply the Whip?
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Second Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: That is unfair.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: He would not be a bit partial.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: Anybody who was listening to "Morning Ireland" this morning heard a nurse from St. Vincent's Hospital. I do not believe anybody can blame the nursing staff for taking the action they are taking. On a number of occasions, I have myself lain in St. Vincent's in the middle of the accident and emergency department, having been admitted with chest pain, and I can tell the Leader it is not a nice...
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: I need to know if we are going to go through a charade here purely to satisfy public opinion or if we are genuinely taking the Bill as this House should. With respect to my colleagues who have put down a Private Members' Bill this afternoon regarding the Seanad Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2015, I compliment them for bringing it forward. There will be support from the other side of the House...