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Seanad: Commencement Matters: School Patronage (4 Apr 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I must ask the Senator to conclude.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: School Patronage (4 Apr 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: Thank you, Senator. I think you have made your point.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: School Patronage (4 Apr 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: The Senator is out of time. I call the Minister.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Homeless Accommodation Provision (4 Apr 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: The next matter, in the name of Senator Martin Conway, is the need for the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to outline when he intends to provide funding for Kerry County Council to upgrade Armagh House in Killarney, which provides emergency accommodation for people who find themselves homeless in south Kerry.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Homeless Accommodation Provision (4 Apr 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: Does the Minister of State wish to reply to that and thank the Senator for his good wishes?

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Apr 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: The Constitution is the most sacred document in the country. It drives everything we do and should control everything that takes place in this House. I refer to Article 15.6 on the right to raise and maintain military forces, which right rests exclusively with the Oireachtas. Imagine my shock at the weekend when I discovered that an agreement had been signed between this country and the...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Apr 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: It creates a merger or a partnership in respect of our sovereignty. We talk about our sovereignty all the time, yet we are allowing jets of the Royal Air Force, RAF, to fly over the country. The director of Irish military aviation and the general officer commanding, GOC, of the Air Corps has no knowledge whatsoever of the agreement. It is my understanding that when he learned of it, he was...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Apr 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: They might be, but if they do come, I shall be safe.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Apr 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: In light of what the Leader has said, clearly there is a conflict between the two of us as to which Department is responsible.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Apr 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I need a little bit of time.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Apr 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: When we are talking about military aircraft and military people, to my mind it is the Department of Defence.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Apr 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: There is no point in us arguing. I just want a few seconds. When we are talking about the sovereignty of the State, it falls to the Oireachtas alone to make decisions. I would pursue the matter but I will not force a division of the House today, in deference to the Leader's offer for me to meet with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

Seanad: Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016: Second Stage (4 Apr 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: Senator Boyhan is next and he is sharing time with Senator McDowell. The Senators have four minutes each.

Seanad: Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016: Second Stage (4 Apr 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: The Minister has the floor.

Seanad: Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016: Second Stage (4 Apr 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: UK Withdrawal from the EU: British Ambassador to Ireland (4 Apr 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I welcome the ambassador here this morning. The British Supreme Court's ruling on Article 50 found that Westminster is in charge and that there is no requirement for engagement with any of the devolved governments with respect to its triggering. The Good Friday Agreement is of particular concern because, apart from the fact that it is an international agreement underpinned by the British...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: UK Withdrawal from the EU: British Ambassador to Ireland (4 Apr 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: Could I cut in for one moment please? I have just remembered the other issue I wished to raise. There are 100,000 UK citizens in Northern Ireland who have become naturalised by virtue of the fact that they moved there to take up employment. They include university academic staff, medical staff and so forth from various parts of the world who have been naturalised in Northern Ireland. They...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: UK Withdrawal from the EU: British Ambassador to Ireland (4 Apr 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: On the issue of academic co-operation, many young students go from here to the UK for third level study or postgraduate qualifications. I do not believe the ambassador will be able to answer my question but he might include the answer in his follow-up correspondence. I am concerned that those students who will start an academic career over the next two years will spend their first year...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Apr 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I attended the debate last night in Dáil Éireann on the current state of the Defence Forces. I compliment Deputy Lisa Chambers on the wonderful presentation she made. Deputy Marc MacSharry addressed the issue I had addressed in this House yesterday, namely, RAF jets flying in Irish airspace. Subsequent to my presentation yesterday, the National Security Committee was brought to...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Apr 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: That is an unfair comment.