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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...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 May 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 May 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: Hear, hear.

Seanad: National Minimum Wage (Removal of Sub-minimum Rates of Pay) Bill 2017: Second Stage (29 May 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: Senator Nash has the floor.

Seanad: National Minimum Wage (Removal of Sub-minimum Rates of Pay) Bill 2017: Second Stage (29 May 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: No further Senators are offering. The Minister has 15 minutes.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 May 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: On the issue of insurance, it so happens that yesterday I received my renewal notice for my house and car insurance.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 May 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: My car insurance has gone down by €20 to €380 fully comprehensive for a 2 l car-----

Seanad: Order of Business (23 May 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: -----and my house insurance has gone down by €200. I do not know if people are going to the right brokers. There has been much debate in recent weeks with respect to the eighth amendment, and there have been fairly serious debates on both sides. A lady approached me and asked me a question. When a public patient in this country is referred to the care of an obstetrician, she does...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 May 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: -----given that it may have an effect, not necessarily on the treatment because I believe all doctors will act professionally, but on the mindset?

Seanad: Order of Business (23 May 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: It is an important issue. Any time I have needed a consultant I have had a choice and I have been able to ask people about different consultants. I once had a consultant allocated to me to whom I would not bring my beagle. Is this something that needs to be considered in the future in the post-referendum days?