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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jun 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: The Leader should look at the what the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council is telling people about the economics of this Government, which is spending like there is no tomorrow.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jun 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: Yes it is.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jun 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: The chickens will come home to roost yet.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jun 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: Why do we have a party-political broadcast?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jun 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: Why is the word "soon" used?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jun 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: Why not now? They have had it for the past two or three bloody weeks.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jun 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: In fairness, this is bloody madness.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jun 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: What is the secret?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jun 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: The Leader is going down the cheap route.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jun 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: Spare me. Who is keeping the report?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jun 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: I never kept a report from my members.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jun 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: We have observed the process all the way.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jun 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: On a point of order-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jun 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: -----the information that has been placed before the House today is factually incorrect.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jun 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: The Defence Forces' representative bodies were asked to come to the Department of Defence over two weeks ago to be briefed but they were then told not to come in and to go home.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jun 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: We know all that.

Seanad: Death of Former Member - Expressions of Sympathy (13 Jun 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: I welcome the Robb family here today. I did not know their father which I admit at the outset. From reading about his life, I know that at the time he came to Seanad Éireann he was a trauma surgeon from the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast and he knew exactly the country he was dealing with and exactly the conflict that was going on in his part of the country. He took the brave step...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Alliance Building to Strengthen the European Union (Resumed): Institute of International and European Affairs (12 Jun 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: I apologise to the witnesses; during their presentation I was involved in legislation in the Senate and I do not have time to go into great detail here. One of the documents before me is entitled The Specific Character of Ireland's Security and Defence Policy. Reflections on neutrality is mentioned. One of the great challenges for us relates directly to our defence policy. We no longer...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Alliance Building to Strengthen the European Union (Resumed): Institute of International and European Affairs (12 Jun 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: I am chairman of the German-Irish parliamentary friendship group and have just left a meeting of it. We were talking about the situation in the North of Ireland. It was really heartening to hear them place in order several issues in terms of their importance. For them, the first and most important issue is the maintenance of the Good Friday Agreement. The second is the integrity of the...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: As Senator McDowell pointed out, take the case of a judge, a person from a lower court and someone who had not had a judicial appointment all in the same pool. Apart from anything else, say a High Court judge failed to get appointed to the Court of Appeal and somebody from a lower court was appointed instead, then there would be reputational damage to the High Court judge. I am a little...