Results 2,581-2,600 of 5,754 for speaker:Gerard Craughwell
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Brexit, the Good Friday-Belfast Agreement and the Environment: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: I thank the delegates.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Jul 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: I want, first and foremost, to thank the Leader for deferring statements on defence until after the review of the Public Service Pay Commission is published. There was no point in having it today so I thank him for that. I also commend the flag officer of the Naval Service on having the courage to take two ships out of service because he did not have crew to man them safely. That would be...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Jul 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: Does the Leader ever just reply?
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Jul 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: Every day it is a party political broadcast.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Jul 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: They are not home and dry yet.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Jun 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: I have spoken many times about the Public Service Pay Commission report on the Defence Forces but I have reached the end of my tether. The Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces, who has no control over public service pay, but who is doing his best to lead his charge, wrote on 20 June 2019 to his charge, that is, to all members of the Defence Forces. He said:On the 31st of May I informed you...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Jun 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: Colonel Justin McCarthy; Lieutenant Kevin Gleeson; Sergeant Hugh Gaynor; Corporal Peter Kelly; Corporal Liam Dougan; Private Matthew Farrell; Trooper Thomas Fennell; Trooper Anthony Browne; Private Michael McGuinn; Private Gerard Killeen; Private Patrick Davis; Corporal Liam Kelly; Corporal Luke Kelly-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Jun 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: I beg the Cathaoirleach's indulgence on this.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Jun 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: What it achieves, as far as I am concerned, is it brings home the fact that the men and women who serve this country are prepared to give their lives on a daily basis for whatever duty they are assigned. They never question it. They cannot march up to the gates tomorrow morning, withdraw their service or turn around and say to the-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Jun 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: I am sick of calling for debates.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Jun 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: The Cathaoirleach is an extremely generous and decent man.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Jun 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: The Taoiseach made a statement in the Dáil yesterday. How many times will he push back the report of the Public Service Pay Commission? How many times will the Government tell these struggling families it will deliver the pay commission's findings next week, the week after or not at all?
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Jun 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: I want the Taoiseach to come to this Chamber and explain what it is about the Defences Forces that makes him unwilling under any circumstances to give them their just rewards.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Jun 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: A Chathaoirligh, please do not ask me to resume my seat.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Jun 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: I have been disciplined all my life. I have always obeyed the rules but somebody somewhere has to disobey.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Jun 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: No.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Jun 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: The Cathaoirleach asked me-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Jun 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: We know that the Government has had the report of the Public Service Pay Commission for more than six weeks. There is no reason for the report not to have been released to the men and women who are depending on it.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Jun 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: I am proposing-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Jun 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: -----that no business take place in the House today until the Taoiseach, who is also the Minister for Defence, comes to the House to explain the delay in publishing the report. I ask all Members to support the amendment.