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Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: The Attorney General is appointed under the Constitution and his or her job is to advise the Government. He or she cannot be restricted by legislation. That is what makes this legislation unique and different from anything else the Minister is considering holding forth as peer legislation. The Attorney General must be free to carry out the function that he or she is appointed to do under...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: On the issue of consultants, given that most of the consultancy firms in Dublin are now internationally based, what is to stop the firms that are consulting on the appointment of judges bringing in people from outside the jurisdiction to assist them in the short-listing? What control would we have over those persons once they leave the jurisdiction with respect to making statements about the...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: I join with Senator Norris. We need a debate now that the campaign is over. I congratulate President Higgins on his re-election. It is right and proper that he was re-elected by the people, not by the people in this House alone. Tony O'Brien was reported to have made some horrendous statements about the Minister for Health over the weekend. If he had something to say about the Minister...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: The Leader never misses an opportunity.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: We are not recruiting people to join the Government.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: I will knock another Order of Business out of this issue.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: It is a cheap shot by the Government.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: I want to interject briefly. My colleague, Senator McDowell, is acutely aware of human nature and the way in which people interact with one another. He has made his professional career out of that awareness. While I understand the Minister's point that he does not believe we would finish up with an adversarial position in which the Attorney General is totally at odds with the remainder of...

Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Statements (6 Nov 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: I ask that people speak through the Chair. We are out of time at any rate.

Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Statements (6 Nov 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: The Senator is out of time. I call Senator Paul Coghlan.

Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Statements (6 Nov 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: There are other speakers. I call Senator Paul Coghlan who has five minutes.

Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Statements (6 Nov 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: I will begin by congratulating the Tánaiste, the Minister of State, Deputy McEntee, and the Taoiseach on what I regard as probably one of the greatest achievements in cohesion of any Government. The Ministers and the Taoiseach are all sending out the same message, as are their officials throughout Europe. We have attended a number of meetings of the Conference of Parliamentary...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Oct 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: The Leader will say I am like a broken record when it comes to the Defence Forces, but I have gained information this morning that adjudications provided for increases in income for specialists in the Defence Forces such as chefs and members of the ranger wing, among various other specialists, but the Department has decided that, while it will pay the increases from 1 October, it will not...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: We are on section 25. The Minister has already spoken on this section.

Seanad: Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018: Second Stage (24 Oct 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I rise to support my colleague, Senator Pádraig Ó Céidigh, in this Bill. I wish to lend my support fully for the Perjury and Related Offences Bill introduced by my colleague and co-sponsored by my other colleagues, Senators Michael McDowell, Ian Marshall and Victor Boyhan. On a weekly basis, business owners, motorists, school...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: I compliment the Minister for Education and skills on taking rapid action at Adrgillan College. I know that some of the Leader's colleagues are in the constituency. The question on my mind is whether we will pay for the mistakes of the Celtic tiger era a second time, as we find ourselves tearing apart brand new schools, or schools less than ten years old in order to repair structural...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: Some €10 million of that will go into the pension fund.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: The White Paper is a flawed document. It does not deal with retention anywhere.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: I thank the Leader.