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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: We are told that the Department of Defence has it. Why do the Representative Association of Commissioned Officers, RACO, and the Permanent Defence Force Other Ranks Representative Association, PDFORRA, not have it? I understand that the representative bodies were sent for to be told what was in the commission's report, were promptly dismissed without being given a copy of the report, and do...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: He is not Minister for Defence.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: That is outrageous.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: Congratulations.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: I am sorry that the Leader did not get a directly elected mayor in Cork.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: He had a great election, too.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: Do not be so sour.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: That will be after the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform gets it.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: Why gets it first?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: I said the Department had it first and asked why that was the case.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: I asked if it was.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: In fairness, he has it.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: Who is listening?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: The report was leaked last week and the raise will be 96 cent per day.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 May 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: I have said on a number of occasions in this House that I have been involved during a period when people were being employed in various posts and I have also made the point that I have some concerns as to the ability of the commission to drive home its three nominees, or one of the nominees. To bring this back to an area I am comfortable with and familiar with, that is, the selection of...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 May 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: Following on from what Senator McDowell said, can anyone imagine a private organisation appointing a chief financial officer and consulting all the chief financial officers in town, but not the board of directors of the company or anybody on the management side? Here we have a situation where anybody can be consulted other than those who ultimately pay the judge, and that is the Government....

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 May 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: I am somewhat concerned about the use of the word "oversight". I do not necessarily subscribe to the notion that consultation means oversight. Consultation is exactly what it says on the tin, which is that the Government or the Minister for Justice and Equality may want to have particular criteria taken into account. We are not asking for the Minister to be able to veto anything. We are...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 May 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: Exactly. Therefore why have the Bill at all?

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 May 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: Under Standing Order 62(3)(b) I request that the division be taken again other than by electronic means.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 May 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: This morning I received the following letter from Mrs. Bernadette Quinlan and I wish to place it on the record of the House.Shy, lovely, gentle, dependable, carefree, happy young lad, very much into his fitness (some words used by his fellow soldiers and close friends to describe Matt [Quinlan]). He loved the Army, and was proud to be a soldier. The last time I saw my brother Matt (Private...