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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Humanitarian Assistance for Household Flooding: Discussion (13 Jan 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: I have to say I disagree with you-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Humanitarian Assistance for Household Flooding: Discussion (13 Jan 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: If someone is earning €200,000 per year-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Humanitarian Assistance for Household Flooding: Discussion (13 Jan 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: Deputy Daly made the point that people are actually sweeping human faeces out of their houses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Humanitarian Assistance for Household Flooding: Discussion (13 Jan 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: They will never get over that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Humanitarian Assistance for Household Flooding: Discussion (13 Jan 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: May I interrupt you for one moment? If I come asking for fuel costs-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Humanitarian Assistance for Household Flooding: Discussion (13 Jan 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: If I come asking for fuel costs to be covered, will I be means-tested or will the Department meet the cost of fuel for me?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Humanitarian Assistance for Household Flooding: Discussion (13 Jan 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: If I earn more than €70,000, for example, €80,000 or €90,000, is that scale available anywhere or is it discretionary?

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Health Services (19 Jan 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: It is a pleasure to welcome the Minister. He has been invited here to discuss the important issue of physiotherapists and physical therapists. He is already familiar with the current situation regarding physiotherapists and physical therapists, having addressed the relevant committee on the matter and answered parliamentary questions relating to it in the Dáil. We are joined in the...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Health Services (19 Jan 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: I thank the Minister for his reply. It is worth pointing out that there is a delay in the work of the statutory registration board for physiotherapists pending the Minister's decision, which will be critical for the future. An urgent decision is necessary. Is one likely before the election is called? None of us can predict that date, but does "the very near future" mean in the next week...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Health Services (19 Jan 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: I thank the Minister for his response.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jan 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: I ask Senator Bacik, who I support, to include me in the list of group leaders. I am my own leader, Whip and group, so I ask her to include me.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jan 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: The Leader might recall that some time ago I mentioned Councillor Willie Crowley. May the Lord have mercy on him, because he died recently. He championed the cause of the residents of Millfield Manor in Kildare. Millfield Manor was a development of 79 houses and 129 apartments. In March 2015, six of those houses were razed to the ground in 30 minutes by a fire. It was the most...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jan 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: I thought health was.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: Hear, hear. Well said.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: We see Members of this House make representations regularly on behalf of their constituents or those of Dáil geographic areas. I will make one for my constituency, which is also that of the Cathaoirleach and those in this House. No. 75, motions Nos. 7 and 10 under Private Members' business on the Clár deal specifically with the terms and conditions of employment for city and...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: I am not proposing an amendment. I want to know if we are going to have that debate before the general election.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: Well said.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: That is much appreciated.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: Well said.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Second Stage (20 Jan 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: I welcome the Minister to the House. Some time ago I had the pleasure of congratulating her on her work, in particular on 1 January at the flag raising ceremony and concert she laid on. I am afraid that today is not her finest hour. Like most Senators in this House, I have been contacted by people who have grave concerns about the Bill before the House today. I thank a colleague of mine...