Results 3,201-3,220 of 5,873 for speaker:Gerard Craughwell
- Seanad: Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Second Stage (12 Feb 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: I welcome the Minister to the House. She has the floor of the House.
- Seanad: Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Second Stage (12 Feb 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2018)
Gerard Craughwell: Yes. In pressing the amendment, I would like to say that this is not some cheap shot at getting a Christmas break early. This is important.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2018)
Gerard Craughwell: Somebody is after texting that to the Leader.
- 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-----