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Seanad: Order of Business (16 Feb 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: It is in the public domain.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Feb 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: Superintendent Taylor was forced out of his job for 22 months.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Feb 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: The Garda Commissioner must take a neutral position and in doing so that requires that she steps down and steps aside while the tribunal is going on. Whether she returns or not will be a matter for the outcome of the tribunal, but she must step down, and she must do that immediately.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Feb 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: We are not trying to.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Feb 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: It is grossly unfair of the Leader to throw back things that Members cannot reply to during his presentation. That is unfair in every sense of the words.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Feb 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: The points that people make need to be addressed, but not to be addressed in a political way.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Feb 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I am glad the Leader has accepted that the Seanad will move to that stage.

Seanad: Establishment of a Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (16 Feb 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: It took Superintendent Geary from Ennis around 70 years to get justice from An Garda Síochána. Like my colleague, Senator Robbie Gallagher, I compliment the gardaí, sergeants, inspectors and superintendents who will go to work tonight and have no guarantee that they will come home and who have served the country with distinction. I send a message from this Chamber that not...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Feb 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I have long been a supporter of the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government and the work he is doing to get house building back on the rails and people into housing. During the discussions on the programme for Government I asked if the Government would contact the Central Bank with a view to having rent paid recognised for the purposes of mortgage applications.As the...

Seanad: Recent Education Announcements: Statements (21 Feb 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I welcome the Minister and compliment him on hitting the ground running when he was appointed Minister for Education and Skills. Thus far the signs have been good and I am not saying it to boost his chances as regards anything that may happen tomorrow. He has done a good job. Equality of access has been discussed. Frankly, the nonsense of teaching religion in national schools must stop....

Seanad: Recent Education Announcements: Statements (21 Feb 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: For the record, I did mention that.

Seanad: Recent Education Announcements: Statements (21 Feb 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: If we are out of time, I can deal with the Minister directly.

Seanad: Recent Education Announcements: Statements (21 Feb 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: Underutilised, for want of a better word. I am looking for the-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Joint Sitting with Joint Committee on European Union Affairs
First Vice-President of the European Commission, Mr. Frans Timmermans: Discussion (21 Feb 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: Mr. Timmermans is very welcome. I have a couple of questions for him. First and foremost, everybody we speak to in Europe talks about the special status for Northern Ireland. Will the witness accept that it is a three-way process that will involve the goodwill of the European Union, the United Kingdom and Ireland in negotiating some sort of special relationship? I feel that it will...

Seanad: Minimum Custodial Periods upon Conviction for Murder Bill 2017: Second Stage (22 Feb 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I congratulate my colleague, Senator Marie-Louise O'Donnell, on the introduction of the Minimum Custodial Periods upon Conviction for Murder Bill 2017. This is the work of the Seanad. The Seanad is about righting legislation that is wrong or in some way flawed. I am happy and proud to support my colleague Senator O'Donnell. I welcome the clarity this Bill offers the Judiciary in making...

Seanad: Minimum Custodial Periods upon Conviction for Murder Bill 2017: Second Stage (22 Feb 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: Senator Ó Ríordáin has eight minutes.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I congratulate the Taoiseach. He went into a parliamentary party meeting of what appeared to be a divided party and he came out with a united party behind him. That was some achievement and he deserves to be congratulated on it. I am glad he will be given time to leave office at his own bidding.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I will move back next week.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I also congratulate my colleague Senator Neale Richmond on his selection as chairman of the Seanad's Brexit committee. He has shown himself to be a deeply committed European. During our tour involving 14 meetings in two days, he showed himself to be thoroughly knowledgeable on Brexit. I am delighted to work with him. I ask the Deputy Leader to consider in the near future a rapporteur for...

Seanad: Commencement Matters (Resumed): Hospital Waiting Lists (28 Feb 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House to answer questions about hospital waiting lists in the south east. The Minister of State knows that I rarely ever get involved in local issues. I do not wish to in any way insult the Minister for Health who is doing an excellent job, as is the Minister of State in his own role. The issues I bring to him today are issues which have...