Results 2,601-2,620 of 5,754 for speaker:Gerard Craughwell
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Jun 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: Is my proposal clear? It is that no business take place in this House today until the Taoiseach comes to the House to explain the impediment to releasing the Public Service Pay Commission report on Defence Forces pay.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Jun 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: I am inclined to agree with Senator Nash.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Jun 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: I propose an amendment to the Order of Business, that the Taoiseach come to the House to explain why the Public Service Pay Commission report has not been released to the Defence Forces.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Jun 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: Of course I want to press the amendment but I have been placed in a most awkward position. I have just been told by the Deputy Leader, whose word I accept, that the Taoiseach has had a bereavement and cannot come to the House. Three minutes ago, however, I could see on a television screen the Taoiseach answering questions in the Dáil.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Jun 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: I am constantly being pushed off-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Jun 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: This is not bloody well good enough.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Jun 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: Should I pull the trigger at this stage and find I do not win because the two main parties in the House-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Jun 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: We will raise it the following week, the week after that and the week after that. The Government has put the Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Jun 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: -----in the most horrible position. The Government has undermined the Chief of Staff's position in the country.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Jun 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: This is just not on.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Jun 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: I will call a vote on it.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Jun 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: This is not on. You are a most decent man, a Chathaoirligh, but this is not on.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Jun 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: I was explaining my position.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Jun 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: Will the Cathaoirleach let me explain my position, please?
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Jun 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: This is grossly unfair.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Jun 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: It is grossly unfair.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Jun 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: No, it is damned unfair. The Government the Senator supports has put the Chief of Staff in the most horrible position.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Jun 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: The Government has undermined the Chief of Staff.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Jun 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: I hope to get the Defence Forces' self-esteem back.
- Seanad: Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (26 Jun 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: The Minister never misses a trick.