Results 3,081-3,100 of 5,749 for speaker:Gerard Craughwell
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2018)
Gerard Craughwell: Does the Leader want to go through all the Bs?
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2018)
Gerard Craughwell: There is no plan B.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2018)
Gerard Craughwell: The Leader might add to that the officers of the court such as the county sheriffs.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2018)
Gerard Craughwell: That should give an idea of how rubbish it is.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2018)
Gerard Craughwell: Go on.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2018)
Gerard Craughwell: The Leader was not too passionate about Galway when it came to it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2018)
Gerard Craughwell: I wish everybody-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2018)
Gerard Craughwell: I was about to withdraw my happy Christmas and prosperous new year, but I will not.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2018)
Gerard Craughwell: I know the Leader cares deeply about legislation and ensuring that it has a safe passage through the House.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2018)
Gerard Craughwell: It is for this reason that I ask the Leader to withdraw No. 7 from the Order of Business today. I will put forward an amendment to that effect. The Judicial Appointments Commission Bill is important.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2018)
Gerard Craughwell: Yes, I propose that No. 7 be deleted.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2018)
Gerard Craughwell: I am.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2018)
Gerard Craughwell: If I may, the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill is extremely important, albeit severely flawed, and I am totally opposed to it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2018)
Gerard Craughwell: I think the Leader will agree that nobody is stopping the traffic on Kildare Street and demanding that this Bill is pushed through the House. Not even the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport is out screaming that it be passed today.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2018)
Gerard Craughwell: I ask that this Bill be deferred until January in order that we might devote sufficient time to it. There has been an extensive amount of debate on the Bill.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2018)
Gerard Craughwell: Senator Buttimer may call it that. I would call it-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2018)
Gerard Craughwell: -----scrutinising the legislation, which is what we are paid to do. I ask that the Bill be withdrawn from the Order of Business. I hope I will have a seconder and support. I thank the Leas-Cathaoirleach for his time and for his even-handed management of this morning's sitting.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2018)
Gerard Craughwell: The Leader hopes.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2018)
Gerard Craughwell: I thank the staff of the Seanad and the staff of the Oireachtas for their work throughout the year and for the efforts they go to, particularly in the Seanad office, to facilitate our every request. I wish them and theirs a happy Christmas and a prosperous new year. I thank the Leader for the courtesy he has shown throughout the year. We have not always agreed but the Leader has always...
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Dec 2018)
Gerard Craughwell: Regrettably, the British Prime Minister has decided to play a sort of brinksmanship game. We read this morning that troops have been mobilised to prepare for a hard Brexit. Earlier this week, Brigadier General Ger Aherne retired and he gave a detailed interview to Seán O'Rourke on Radio One, with respect to the lack of preparedness in Ireland regarding to the management of a border....