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Seanad: Order of Business (13 Apr 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: This post was created.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Apr 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: It is a classic case of jobs for the boys.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Apr 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: There is little point in pressing it if the Minister is not available. However, by the time we get to talk to the Minister the post will be filled. It is a jobs for the boys post of €146,000 a year when we cannot get serving officers. We cannot do a whole lot about it.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Apr 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: The amendment has to be withdrawn.

Seanad: Litter Pollution (Amendment) Bill 2017: First Stage (13 Apr 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: The Senator will be here on his own.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Central Bank of Ireland (4 May 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I thank the witnesses for attending. My concern with respect to Brexit is in finding out what solutions the witnesses may be able to offer. The problems associated with Brexit have been well rehearsed in the public domain and the discussion appears to be focused on whether it will be a hard or soft Brexit. In my view, it will be a somewhat disorganised process in which some solutions may...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Enterprise Ireland (4 May 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I thank the witnesses. Their presentation is an excellent example of an organisation that is up and running and is ready to meet the challenges of Brexit. I congratulate Enterprise Ireland on that. An issue I have raised with every group I have met during our meetings on this topic is the issue of a hard and soft Brexit. It will be an extremely disorganised Brexit rather than hard or...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Enterprise Ireland (4 May 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I have some expertise in the area of institutes of technology. Does Mr. Sherry find they have sufficient resources in the research and development area? They have not been funded well in research and development. They have been excellent in delivering educational programmes but is there a greater need in the area of research and supporting industry? I do not know if it is a question Mr....

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Enterprise Ireland (4 May 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: When the representatives get back to their offices, will they provide us with the dates of those roadshows and the locations? It might be interesting to sit in on one of those to see what is going on.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Industry Representatives (4 May 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I thank all of the delegates for attending today and for the time they spent on putting their presentations together. I was very interested in Mr. McGrane's suggestion that we seek to bring together various organisations - a powerhouse of interested parties - to draft the Irish strategy. I compliment him on that excellent idea. I would like to know if any of the organisations have...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Industry Representatives (4 May 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: Hear, hear.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with the Bar of Ireland (4 May 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I welcome the delegation. I am sorry that other people are detained in other committees and that there are not more here. On the opportunities that will present themselves as we move closer to Brexit, has the Bar Council now got what may be termed a "marketing suite" in order to market its services to potential clients? I recently attended a conference where the preparedness of the...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with the Bar of Ireland (4 May 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: Mr. Leonard said some firms may bring their own lawyers from the UK or New York. Since the 1960s, quite a number of firms have come to Ireland. What has the practice been in general? Have they used Irish firms and Irish barristers to deal with their legal questions?

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with the Bar of Ireland (4 May 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: The problem to which I alluded is that many of those 100,000 are married to people who are entitled to Irish passports, their children are entitled to Irish passports and, in the event of a dispute involving family law or company law, there are European citizens, who have certain rights and entitlements, who will not be able to exercise them. Conversely, there are British citizens or UK...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I rose on 4 April regarding an alleged agreement between the Irish and British authorities regarding the permission for the RAF to overfly airspace. This matter was raised again in the Dáil on 12 April by Deputy Clare Daly and again on 2 May by Deputy Marc McSharry. In his reply the Minister at best side-stepped the issue and at worst he misled the House. I appreciate that matters of...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: It is in the public interest.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: We are not telling the people in charge of national security-----

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: Whether the agreement exists is all we need to know.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: People with the interest of national security that are-----

Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I wish to address the lack of corporate citizenship on the part of the banking sector. Day after day I listen to the news and hear the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government being criticised for his failure to act on housing provision. Thousands of houses cannot be built overnight at the drop of a hat, but there are houses for sale. In the last couple of weeks I...