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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.

Seanad: Disclosures Tribunal Report: Statements (23 Oct 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: I thank the Minister for coming to the House. It is clear that he is deeply committed to and supportive of the report. I also acknowledge that members of An Garda Síochána put their lives on the line every day and do an excellent job. It is a rarity in this country that a tribunal completes a substantial part of its work in ten months. In this case, the commission of inquiry...

Seanad: Disclosures Tribunal Report: Statements (23 Oct 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: Please do not refer to Members of the other House.

Seanad: Disclosures Tribunal Report: Statements (23 Oct 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: Let us keep our protocol.

Seanad: Disclosures Tribunal Report: Statements (23 Oct 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: The Senator's time is up.

Seanad: Disclosures Tribunal Report: Statements (23 Oct 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: You are now eating into Senator Buttimer's time.

Seanad: Disclosures Tribunal Report: Statements (23 Oct 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: Through the Chair, please.

Seanad: Disclosures Tribunal Report: Statements (23 Oct 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: This is not the forum for such a dialogue.