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Seanad: Statement by the Taoiseach (18 Apr 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Statement by the Taoiseach (18 Apr 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: I welcome the Taoiseach to the House. I want to take this opportunity to congratulate him, and the team that he put around him, on the leadership that he has given on Brexit. It is a credit to him. I also wish to acknowledge the work done by our public servants. Both our ambassadors and officials abroad have done a tremendous job in supporting the Taoiseach with the policies that he has...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Apr 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: Hear, hear.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Apr 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: Follow that.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Apr 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: The Senator meets the Minister of State at their parliamentary party meeting every week.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Apr 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: The boss.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Apr 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: I second the proposal made by my colleague, Senator Boyhan, that an additional half an hour be added to the time allocated to debate No. 2, motion re Direct Election of Mayors Plebiscite Regulations 2019, with the time to be taken from the time allocated to debate the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill.Last night we heard several cries about democracy from my colleagues on the Sinn...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Apr 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: Fianna Fáil promised that it would consult on all of its votes, but it has not consulted on one of them.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Apr 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: I can stand here all day while this discussion takes place. I am quite happy to do so, but I will have my say. The Leader is a decent an honourable man and I do not believe that, on his own initiative, he would go against the wishes of the Taoiseach in the use of the guillotine. He is a democrat and I do not believe he would go against democratic principles on his own initiative. That...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Apr 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: We really need to put an end to it. I, therefore, call on the Leader to have the courage of his convictions.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Apr 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: Fine Gael is the biggest party in the coalition. Its members should stand up for themselves and say they will not go through with it anymore. They do not believe in the Bill and should scrap it. The Minister tells me that he has about 100 Bills waiting to be brought before the House. Let us start to get the real work done and stop trying to appease people.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Apr 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: Let us get rid of this nonsense. Sinn Féin's Members are shouting behind me. Perhaps that party might do the democratic thing for once today and stand up for the rest of us.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Apr 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: It should be put to a vote.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Apr 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: Even if it is rubbish.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: I am somewhat perturbed by all of this, with all of these secrets flying around the place. If ever there was a gaping hole in a Bill, it is with these secrets. We all know that nobody keeps secrets. Senator McDowell has alluded to telling a friend that he was shortlisted and everybody knows that that friend will tell two more friends who, in turn, will tell two more. Everybody says it is...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: A Government with a sufficiently large majority could decide, "To hell with this for a system. We want to appoint our pal Joe Bloggs." There is nothing in the Bill to stop that from happening. If it comes to the essay about which Senator McDowell spoke-----

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: Thank God for that. I am sure creative writers could be found to write essays that would justify anything. We are back to where we were. We go to all of the expense of having a commission in place and the difficulty of advertising positions and come up with and present the names of three individuals, assuming we can get three to go for the post. If I was working as a barrister or a...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: The Senator was not looking at me with affection.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: Section 48(2) states: "In the event that a person appointed to judicial office has not been recommended by the Commission under this Act, the notice of that appointment will be published in Iris Oifigiúil". Will that entire piece be deleted?

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: There would still be the possibility of a judge being appointed who was not recommended. I would love to know the circumstances in which that could happen.