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Seanad: Childcare Support Bill 2017: Committee Stage (3 May 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: Amendments Nos. 1 to 3, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Childcare Support Bill 2017: Committee Stage (3 May 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: Amendments Nos. 4 and 5 are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Childcare Support Bill 2017: Committee Stage (3 May 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: Amendments Nos. 6 and 7 are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Statements (3 May 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: I thank the Minister for coming to the House. I thank him for having the courage to face this issue. People sometimes accuse me of being nice to Ministers, but it cannot have been easy to go out day after day and take on the responsibility for what has happened. More importantly, during his speech today he told us of being handed last-minute information minutes before going into the...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: That is the last thing he wants.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: I join colleagues in welcoming two fine Irishmen to the Seanad, namely, Senators Anthony Lawlor and Ian Marshall. They are more than welcome. I am sure we will hear from them and do battle over the coming months. The one thing I would say to them is, "Enjoy it." We have heard many Members today speak of Vicky Phelan. There are few words that can describe what must have gone through that...

Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Statements (1 May 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: I will not delay the Minister, other than to say that every time I see him, the Taoiseach and the Minister of State on television, my confidence that they know what they are about grows. The job they are doing is exceptional. They are representing this country well and anywhere we travel we hear of the work they have done. However, it is not the members of the Government that bother me....

Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Statements (1 May 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: The bottom line on it is that I trust the Minister and his colleagues. I do not trust the other side. I would the Minister to consider those points.

Seanad: Defence Forces: Statements (1 May 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: I thank the Minister of State and the Leader for facilitating this debate at my request. As the Minister of State knows, the first official review of the 2015 White Paper on Defence is due to commence in July. Even though the ten-year White Paper is only into its third year, the world is certainly a very changed place. Brexit, the uncertainty of a hard border, increased international...

Seanad: Defence Forces: Statements (1 May 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: That concludes the statements. When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: Defence Forces: Statements (1 May 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Driver Test Centres (26 Apr 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: I will endeavour to get through it as quickly as I can. I thank the Minister, Deputy Ross, for coming to the House this morning to take this Commencement matter. Many Ministers send a Minister of State in their stead, so I thank the Minister for his attendance. Many driving tests for heavy good vehicles, HGVs, and buses scheduled to take place in the past two weeks at the Westside test...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Driver Test Centres (26 Apr 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: I thank the Minister for that positive response. There are a number of locations the OPW could have a look at, including the industrial estate in Galway, the Údarás na Gaeltachta site and the old Tuam sugar factory. They are three sites off the top of my head that it may be possible to use. I thank the Minister for his time and for agreeing to support this.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Union Enlargement: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: Our witness is very welcome and I thank him for a comprehensive overview of where things are. I have always had some concern about expansion of the European project. One is acutely aware of the old economic diminishing marginal returns to expansion, and the larger we get, the more precarious things become. Clearly, there is great benefit in expanding the project and taking in other...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Union Enlargement: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: I thank the ambassadors for their presentations. I will deal with Albania first. The steps taken in curbing corruption and putting judicial processes in place are to be commended. Albania's abundance of natural resources is incredible and probably explains the unemployment rate. There is tremendous capacity to build a very strong economy, which would be more than welcome in the European...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Apr 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: About two years ago in this House I asked a question on the HPV vaccine and I was damned by the keyboard warriors-----

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Apr 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: No, not by the Leader. I was damned by the keyboard warriors as anti-vaccine, and it has plagued me ever since.Well, the keyboard warriors can stick this one into their agenda now. I am deeply concerned at the absence of the BCG vaccination, which was used for TB. I understand there are virtually no stocks of BCG left in the country. With the immigration that has taken place over the...

Seanad: Smoking Ban: Motion (25 Apr 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: I welcome the Minister of State with responsibility for health promotion and the national drugs strategy, Deputy Catherine Byrne, to the House. I call Senator Reilly.

Seanad: Smoking Ban: Motion (25 Apr 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: I certainly will.