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

Gerard Craughwell: I thank the Deputy Leader.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: It will be Independents' day on Saturday.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: How does one follow that? A number of my colleagues have mentioned drug addiction, while one has mentioned the problems faced in emergency departments. A couple of weeks ago I had the misfortune of having to spend the best part of 24 hours in an emergency department with a relative who was a frequent visitor to the place owing to chronic health issues. I cannot begin to recount the girl's...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: Anyone sitting with the girl I was with, or the others sitting around us who were really sick would have been heartbroken. At one point the queue had to be restarted because one of the substance abusers had run out of the place and a number of staff had to follow to bring her back in order that she could be fitted back into the queue. I cannot begin to describe the hurt felt by the people...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: I second Senator Humphreys'-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: I feel the love.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: Roll on independence day.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: Down with that sort of thing now.

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (21 May 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: I move amendment No. 1:In page 8, between lines 39 and 40, to insert the following:“(VI) refurbishment that meets a per square foot value investment as set by regulations published by the Minister for properties that are pre 1963,”. I welcome the Minister. I appreciate his urgency regarding this Bill but this amendment has the backing of this country's leading expert in...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (21 May 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: I am trying to put some important facts on the record.

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (21 May 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: A heat pump operates most efficiently at a narrow-operating delta-T temperature range and would be very inefficient and costly to operate in such a home. A demand-response heating system, such as oil or gas boilers, would be much more effective. Under the current rules it can be practically impossible to obtain window energy performance certification for bespoke wooden sash windows. It can...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (21 May 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: That is outrageous. I do not need anybody to write amendments for me. The amendment is based on professional advice from one of the leading BER consultants, Mr. Liam Donohoe, registered SEAI BER assessor and heat pump technical adviser, of Glen of Imaal. That is who gave me the information I needed.

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (21 May 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: I thank the Minister for his considered response. Like everyone else, I want to ensure that tenants have good quality accommodation. When I went to London as a young man of 15 and a half years of age, I recall having to share a single room with four other men whom I did not even know. That was the name of the game in those days. I remember the landlady charging us 10 shillings a week for...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (21 May 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: I will not take lectures from anybody.

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (21 May 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: What I was discussing here was not something to enrich landlords, it was the engineering difficulties that exist in the context of bringing pre-1963 properties up to standard. The grave danger we have is that single property owners of many pre-1963 properties will find it too expensive to upgrade and that those properties will be placed on the market or will be left to just sit there. We...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 May 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: I echo the words of Senator Horkan. We have a proud tradition of welcoming leaders of other countries and if we have something to say to them, regarding human rights or anything else, we say it to them when they are here. I fully support what Senator Horkan has said. I was one of the people who insisted yesterday that we stopped on Committee Stage of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment)...

Seanad: National Broadband Plan: Statements (16 May 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: I thank the Chair. I welcome the Minister to the House. He was given the poisoned chalice seven months ago, and I wish him well with it. Happy days, things were never better. As the Minister knows, I was president of a trade union during the worst time the country went through, one could not employ a teacher unless one had permission from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform....

Seanad: National Broadband Plan: Statements (16 May 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: The Secretary General of the Department has been clear-----

Seanad: National Broadband Plan: Statements (16 May 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: I will finish on this point. I have been very clear on one thing. The Secretary General has prepared himself for his next appearance before the Committee of Public Accounts. Nobody can accuse him of not setting out the risk we are facing. I wish the Minister well with the project but I am not sold on it.

Seanad: National Broadband Plan: Statements (16 May 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: It is still contingent on fibre.