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Seanad: Education (Digital Devices in Schools) Bill 2018: Order for Second Stage (27 Jun 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: I move: "That Second Stage be taken now."

Seanad: Education (Digital Devices in Schools) Bill 2018: Second Stage (27 Jun 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." The Minister is very welcome and I thank him for giving us the opportunity to present this Bill. I also thank Senators Victor Boyhan and Billy Lawless for co-sponsoring it. While the Bill has been many months in the making, the issue of digital device usage in schools has been brought into closer focus in recent weeks. The Minister will...

Seanad: Education (Digital Devices in Schools) Bill 2018: Second Stage (27 Jun 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: I thank the Minister for his pragmatic approach to the Bill. The Bill is a discussion originator. It will start the discussion. Along with the processes the Minister has put in place for consultation with parents, that will stimulate a national discussion. The Minister is 100% correct. Having worked in information technology for 25 years, I spent every summer of my teaching career...

Seanad: Education (Digital Devices in Schools) Bill 2018: Second Stage (27 Jun 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Student Accommodation (26 Jun 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: Does the Minister of State wish to respond?

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Schools Administration (26 Jun 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: I welcome the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Bruton, to the House. The next Commencement matter is from Senator Gallagher.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Schools Administration (26 Jun 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: I thank the Senator.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jun 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: Under a large branch of rhododendrons.

Seanad: Community Banking System: Statements (30 May 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: The Senator is out of time.

Seanad: Local Property Tax: Motion (30 May 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: The Minister of State is getting something of a lashing on this property tax issue.

Seanad: Local Property Tax: Motion (30 May 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: I believe that in his speech today, he will announce the living in Dublin allowance and then we will not care about property tax, we will be very happy to pay it. I do not know what people were thinking of when they based the tax on the value of properties. A four-bedroom, semi-detached house in Leopardstown in Dublin had a value of €969,000 before the crash. Immediately after the...

Seanad: Local Property Tax: Motion (30 May 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: Putting the money into water is a cheat. We had all the marches in the streets and then the Government said it was withdrawing water charges. It decided to divert some of the money from property tax. Given the rate at which properties are going up in value it will catch up on the €1 billion it was going to collect anyway. That really has to stop. The Government has no idea how...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (30 May 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: I rise in support of my two colleagues in respect of this amendment. Senator McDowell pointed to silly things people do in their young lives that can haunt them for the rest of their lives and we frequently hear of learned judges treating young students sympathetically because a criminal offence will follow that student for the rest of his or her life. Such students will not be able to...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (30 May 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: We are big lads now.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (30 May 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: The Minister waited outside.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (30 May 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: May I comment?

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (30 May 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: The Minister would be good if he accepted the amendments.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (30 May 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 May 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: I do not intend to say very much on the referendum other than that the people have spoken and it now falls to us to put in place the legislation. I do not want to single anybody out but long before I came into the Oireachtas, Senator Bacik was always front and centre on women's issues. She must feel greatly vindicated at this stage for her work and I want to congratulate her for that.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 May 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: This morning we heard from the Garda Representative Association, GRA, conference that one in four gardaí may be suffering from work-related stress or trauma. That is according to a survey carried out by the GRA. The survey, carried out by psychotherapist Dr. Finian Fallon, described 27% of those who responded as potentially walking wounded. Just over 2,200 gardaí responded to an...