Results 1,401-1,420 of 5,754 for speaker:Gerard Craughwell
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2017)
Gerard Craughwell: This is not on. The Commissioner must step aside. I will leave it at that for now.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2017)
Gerard Craughwell: Fair play to the Leader.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2017)
Gerard Craughwell: One would need to be fairly sure.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2017)
Gerard Craughwell: I raise the issue of time for debate in this House. The Minister, Deputy Zappone, will come to the House this afternoon. I appreciate she has limited time available in order to deal with questions. However, right now several organisations in the State are at risk of suffering severe reputational damage which may go on into the future. The Senate has to come to terms with the new politics....
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2017)
Gerard Craughwell: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2017)
Gerard Craughwell: And other families too.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2017)
Gerard Craughwell: I am delighted the Leader was able to read it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2017)
Gerard Craughwell: No, I think I was making a new reality.
- Seanad: Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion (15 Feb 2017)
Gerard Craughwell: The Senator is over time and the Minister wants time to reply.
- Seanad: Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion (15 Feb 2017)
Gerard Craughwell: I understand the Minister is withdrawing at this stage and that the Minister of State, Deputy Byrne will step in. I thank the Minister for his attendance.
- Seanad: Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion (15 Feb 2017)
Gerard Craughwell: I ask the Senator to conclude.
- Seanad: Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion (15 Feb 2017)
Gerard Craughwell: Ceart go leor.
- Seanad: Clarification on Statements made by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs: Statements (15 Feb 2017)
Gerard Craughwell: The Minister is very welcome. This is my first time to address her since her elevation. The saying goes,"What a tangled web we weave." I cannot begin to imagine what it was like for her to step off an aeroplane on Monday afternoon and walk into a firestorm, but I must compliment her and she has been consistent ever since. I have heard grand speeches and the shouting and roaring....
- Seanad: Clarification on Statements made by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs: Statements (15 Feb 2017)
Gerard Craughwell: All right.
- Seanad: Clarification on Statements made by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs: Statements (15 Feb 2017)
Gerard Craughwell: I think what we are trying to get at is, at the end of it, if I may-----
- Seanad: Clarification on Statements made by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs: Statements (15 Feb 2017)
Gerard Craughwell: We will come back to it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council: Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach (15 Feb 2017)
Gerard Craughwell: I congratulate the Chairman on the way he chaired the meetings in Brussels and ensured everybody from this committee had an opportunity to make their points. Likewise, the secretariat did a fantastic job, ensuring we got 14 meetings in two days when we met quite a number of important people. Until I went to Brussels I was unaware of the level of work the Minister of State had undertaken....
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Feb 2017)
Gerard Craughwell: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Feb 2017)
Gerard Craughwell: When I turned on my radio this morning I heard that politics was being played with the Maurice McCabe issue, and I hope we will not have that in this House this evening. It is a very serious issue which has gone on for far too long. We have in front of us the terms of reference of the tribunal of inquiry, which I hope can be agreed in this House without politicising the issue. The issue of...
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Feb 2017)
Gerard Craughwell: What I am talking about is in the public domain.