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- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: Frequently as legislation passes through this House, people refer to an amendment or part of a Bill that will be discussed in future. It is not uncommon and what Senator Bacik is doing is not wrong.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: On the constitutional question, judicial appointments are made by the President acting on the advice of the Government in accordance with Articles 13.9 and 35.1 of the Constitution. The removal of this subsection as stated ensures that there is no ambiguity on this. It is the prerogative of the Government and not a new quango who it recommends to the President for appointment as it has done...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: Under Standing Order 62(3)(b), I request that the division be taken again other than by electronic means.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: I will second it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Recruitment and Retention in the Defence Forces: Discussion with Minister of State (28 Nov 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: My first question is about the Lariam drug. The Health Products Regulatory Authority, HPRA, removed the licence for Lariam in 2016, yet it is still in use in the Defence Forces. Why is that? How many legal cases have been lodged against the Department of Defence and the State with respect to the side effects soldiers were experiencing from the use of Lariam? Will the Minister of State...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Recruitment and Retention in the Defence Forces: Discussion with Minister of State (28 Nov 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: The Minister of State did not like it when people on this side spoke during his contribution. I ask for the same respect that he demands. The Minister of State with responsibility for Defence, rather than the Minister for Defence, the Taoiseach, appears before this committee. The buck should stop with the Taoiseach but it stops with the Minister of State because he has responsibility for...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Recruitment and Retention in the Defence Forces: Discussion with Minister of State (28 Nov 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: Why did we have to wait?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Recruitment and Retention in the Defence Forces: Discussion with Minister of State (28 Nov 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: It is guaranteed to be back.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Nov 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: We should take up the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's motto and get this done.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Nov 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: I would be happy if the Leader could explain to me how our citizens are going to benefit from this seat the Government is chasing on the United Nations Security Council. As of September this year, we had spent €650,000, €100,000 of which was spent on a video using Bono to sell the notion of Ireland having a seat on the Security Council. We recently spent another...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Nov 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: That was a very tight one.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Nov 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: But not right now.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Nov 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: Well said.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Nov 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Nov 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: I was nearly killed when I took some exercise around the city.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Nov 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: I asked the Leader to explain the benefit of having a seat on the Security Council.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Nov 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: The Leader does not know what the benefit is.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Nov 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: In fairness, on a point of order, I asked a question and I am entitled to an answer rather than an insult. The Leader cannot explain what value this seat would have.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Nov 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: The Government will not have enough of them to cover peace missions.