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Seanad: Dealing with the Past in Northern Ireland: Statements (27 Mar 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: I welcome the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Simon Coveney, to the House. Before we begin, I welcome Órfhlaith Begley, MP for West Tyrone, and Catherine Kelly, MLA for West Tyrone, who are in the Visitors Gallery. I also welcome the family of Councillor Patsy Kelly who are in the Public Gallery. I call the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign...

Seanad: Dealing with the Past in Northern Ireland: Statements (27 Mar 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: The Senator is well over his time now.

Seanad: Dealing with the Past in Northern Ireland: Statements (27 Mar 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: I thank the Minister for coming to the House to speak about this most important matter. I welcome the family of councillor Patsy Kelly. Much has been said by the Minister and by those who have already spoken. Many people in the South speak about the North of Ireland. I refer to people who have never visited and have never been across the Border in their lives. The only thing they can...

Seanad: Protection of Employment (Measures to Counter False Self-Employment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (27 Mar 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: On that issue, as far as the Minster is concerned, the end user is the person responsible and any intermediary does not matter. One of the areas in which there has been bogus self-employment in the past is the public sector. It strikes me that a Department may be the funding agency, but a subsidiary or other group funded by the Department would have the employees working under its payroll...

Seanad: Protection of Employment (Measures to Counter False Self-Employment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (27 Mar 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: I do not want to go around on circles either. However, this is a critical matter. In my experience in both the health and education sectors, people have been treated differently because they moved from, for example, one education and training board or one hospital to another. I have always held the view that the employer ultimately was the Department of Education and Skills or the HSE....

Seanad: Protection of Employment (Measures to Counter False Self-Employment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (27 Mar 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: I accept the Minister’s point. The final appeal in all cases is an appeal to the courts. Will she accept that for most employees driven to that level, an appeal to the courts is out of their reach? Will she agree that, as a caring State, we should have rules and regulations which are easily interpreted and can be applied across the board? Employees who have been miscategorised find...

Seanad: Protection of Employment (Measures to Counter False Self-Employment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (27 Mar 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: In keeping with what has been said by my two colleagues, bogus self-employment was one of the greatest problems of all during the boom years in this country. When the country hit skid row, the people who suffered the most were those who survived on welfare and who depended on it to bring them forward. I will not focus on any category in particular but will just say that we were all...

Seanad: Protection of Employment (Measures to Counter False Self-Employment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (27 Mar 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: Yes.

Seanad: Protection of Employment (Measures to Counter False Self-Employment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (27 Mar 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: The one thing I can tell the House is that I contacted the Minister's office about a particular case and it acted swiftly on it so I know she has a genuine concern where there is bogus self-employment and I know that the Department will act as quickly as it can when it is made aware of it. Senator Nash's Bill deserves the opportunity to pass through the system. If this is the only...

Seanad: Protection of Employment (Measures to Counter False Self-Employment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (27 Mar 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: Very briefly. I again commend Senator Nash on bringing forward this Bill. It is about the protection of employees. There has been a lot of talk about who is and is not here. I will let them face the public themselves and explain why they are or are not here, as the case may be.At this last minute, I ask the Minister to reconsider and not allow this Bill to be killed today. That is my...

Seanad: Protection of Employment (Measures to Counter False Self-Employment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (27 Mar 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: They are true.

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

Gerard Craughwell: For once there is a positive story about the Defence Forces this morning. I compliment PDFORRA, the Department of Defence and the Minister of State on agreeing to withdraw the case in the High Court in respect of the working time directive and refer it for mediation.I hope that we see a positive outcome. Following the debate we had with the Minister of State some days ago, it is very...

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

Gerard Craughwell: Second, discussion should be suspended until the outcome of Brexit is known. We do not want to sign ourselves up to something in fisheries that we may regret in a post-Brexit world. We saw what happened in Westminster last night. In many ways, my heart goes out to Prime Minister May. She really looked embattled in her own Parliament last night and it cannot be a comfortable place for anybody.

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

Gerard Craughwell: Brexit has thrown the whole lot of us, particularly the business people and agricultural community in this country, into a state of complete and utter disarray and panic because nobody knows where we are going. The Europeans and ourselves are very solid but we have gone as far as we are going to go. It appears as though the British cannot agree among themselves on anything but I wish them...

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

Gerard Craughwell: For the sake of a day, let us not divide the House tomorrow morning.

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

Gerard Craughwell: The Leader is also dividing the House.

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

Gerard Craughwell: The Leader will divide the House and we will be forced to do that..

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

Gerard Craughwell: I thank the Leader.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Mar 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: When will the Government recognise there is more to Irish politics than political parties? The Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Phelan, has proposed an initiative to attract more women into local politics in which he is offering €100 per candidate to political parties. What about the fine Independent women who represent their local...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Mar 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: In order that the record is not false or misleading, The Irish Timespublished the figures last week. It is way below 94%; 8,300 is the strength.