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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Business of Joint Committee
Integrated Education: Discussion (26 Sep 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: I am sorry I was not here for the presentation. I was engaged in something else. Believe it or not, I grew up in a segregated society in Salthill in Galway. Boys swam in different places to girls and girls did not go to the same schools as boys did. It was a different sort of segregation and I am delighted to inform my colleague, Senator Ó Donnghaile, that in 1967, young people found...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Business of Joint Committee
Integrated Education: Discussion (26 Sep 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: Ms Copeland would be well advised.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Business of Joint Committee
Integrated Education: Discussion (26 Sep 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: How many controlled schools have transformed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Business of Joint Committee
Integrated Education: Discussion (26 Sep 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: That is good.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Implications for Ireland of the Withdrawal of the UK from the EU in Regard to Transport Matters (25 Sep 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: It looks like I will have to battle for speaking space. I thank the delegations for being here today and taking the time to make their presentations. In 2016, I spoke about the need to recover the corporate knowledge we had with respect to managing borders, managing freight, and so on. Sitting here today, a number of days out from what is supposed to be the day on which the UK crashes out...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Implications for Ireland of the Withdrawal of the UK from the EU in Regard to Transport Matters (25 Sep 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: Mr. Carr can correct me if I am wrong but Rosslare port was ring-fenced under the legislation in 2015 where it remains in the management of Iarnród Éireann unlike the other ports which were transferred to local authorities. I refer to warehouse provision. We are now talking about lean just in time, LJIT, systems rather than the just in time, JIT, system. There will be a need...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Implications for Ireland of the Withdrawal of the UK from the EU in Regard to Transport Matters (25 Sep 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: We import over 4,000 specific items from the UK and 2,900 of them can be sourced in other European countries, particularly Germany. That means we have got to put our thinking caps on when it comes to the future and where we will go if there is a Brexit.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Heritage Sites (24 Sep 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Moran, to the refurbished House and I thank him for loosening the purse strings to do a wonderful job on the historic Leinster House. The Office of Public Works is to be congratulated on a marvellous piece of work. Alas, that is not why we are here today. We are here at the request of Councillor Paddy McQuillan in regard to St. Laurence's Gate in...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Heritage Sites (24 Sep 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: I understand the limitations placed on the Department and that the Minister of State has calls from all corners of the country for various projects relating to monuments. The important aspect here is that there is a possibility of payback by having it open as a tourist attraction in Drogheda. When he returns to his Department the Minister of State might discuss with his officials how we...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2019: Committee Stage (24 Sep 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: I agree with Senator Higgins on this. I taught in further education for the best part of 25 years. Those who find themselves out of work for whatever reason and trying to plan their future or a way ahead sometimes feel pressurised into making decisions they ordinarily would not make. The fact that somebody attended should be enough. Trying to force somebody to accept a particular plan at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement with MEPs elected from Constituencies in Ireland (24 Sep 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: I congratulate the MEPs, who fought a sterling campaign. I am delighted for them and think that we have a solid team representing Ireland. The first thing that I want to talk about is Brexit, as everybody here seems to talk about. Eleven countries, between Finland and Greece, have borders. What would make Ireland different in the event of a soft or a hard Brexit? I have been saying since...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: National Risk Assessment (11 Jul 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: Senator Daly, please take your seat.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: National Risk Assessment (11 Jul 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: Senator, take your seat.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: National Risk Assessment (11 Jul 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: Minister, we are moving on.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Proposed Legislation (11 Jul 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: Thank you, Senator. The Minister of State to reply.

Seanad: Teachtaireachtaí ón Dáil - Messages from Dáil (11 Jul 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: Dáil Éireann passed the Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) (Amendment) Bill 2018 on 10 July 2019, considered by virtue of Article 20.2.2° of the Constitution as a Bill initiated in Dáil Éireann, to which the agreement of Seanad Éireann is desired. Dáil Éireann agreed on 10 July 2019 to the amendments made by Seanad...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jul 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: I join with colleagues in expressing my sympathy to the families of Brendan Grace and Noel Whelan. Noel Whelan contacted me and asked to meet me two days after I was elected to this House in 2014. He met me downtown and spent two hours with me, advising me and expressing his wishes and desires for how the Seanad would develop over the coming years. I thought it was a most generous act. I...

Seanad: Parole Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Jul 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: I support my colleague, Senator Marie-Louise O'Donnell, on this issue. One cannot doubt her commitment to ensuring a proper system for sentencing is put in place with regard to the issues that are of concern to her and those she represents through her association with AdVIC. I will support the Senator's amendment in a vote.

Seanad: Parole Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Jul 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: I will not take much of the Minister's time in what I have to say. One of the great things about being in the Seanad is that we can sit and listen to debate and different sides of the argument. Senator Marie-Louise O'Donnell's passion and conviction in this area is beyond question, as is her commitment to Advic. Those who have suffered at the hands of the cold-blooded murderers we are...

Seanad: Parole Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Jul 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: I cannot begin to imagine what his poor mother and father must feel. At the time of the Moors murders I was living in England and there was the way they played with the families. At least they were locked up and kept there until they expired. What Senator Marie-Louise O'Donnell is trying to do is allow judges to state this guy or woman should not go before a parole board for X number of...