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Seanad: Councillors' Conditions: Statements (29 Mar 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: I would hate that to happen.

Seanad: Councillors' Conditions: Statements (29 Mar 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: I have placed the Minister of State on the spot. He knows where he stands and what is expected from him. I wish him well as he goes forward.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Impact of Transparency on Negotiations in the Institutions of the European Union: Dr. James Cross (28 Mar 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: I thank Dr. Cross for coming before us. It was a most interesting presentation. If those of us on the outside looking in and arguing for greater transparency had access to every document related to the European Union, would we be able to cope? It is my view that we probably would not. From Dr. Cross's use of the website, is it meta-searchable? Can we cross-reference one search word to...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: Will the Leader invite the Minister for Health to the House to discuss addiction services in Cork, his city? I have read his comments on the area and the need for treatment centres and the setting aside of beds in the mental health unit for those who are entering detoxification, and his words on the need to amend the Mental Health Act 2001 to include addiction. I have had representations...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Mar 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: Shortly before I came in here today, I watched Leader's Questions in the Dáil. In particular I watched the debate on the proposed expulsion of a member of the Russian diplomatic community. I am shocked, to say the least, that we have decided to expel a diplomat from the Russian Embassy. To my memory, we have never engaged in anything to do with incidents that have happened in other...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Mar 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: Indeed, I would like to see whether there is anything worth being involved in from an espionage point of view in this country.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Mar 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: I was given a briefing on this matter similar to that given to party leaders. The other issue that I wish to talk about briefly is adult education and guidance services and the tremendous job those involved have done throughout the worst years of the recession. They have dealt with 52,000 people each year. I do not know whether we fully respect the work that is being done in adult...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Mar 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: We do not know who produced it. Solidarity extends to Brexit-----

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Mar 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: Are architects already working on it?

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Mar 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: Nobody hires an architect to design a house and then has a chat about it.

Seanad: An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht 2018: An Dara Céim - Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Second Stage (27 Mar 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: In all honesty, I would rather be standing anywhere else than in this Chamber. I have thought long and hard about whether I would make a contribution at all. Unlike most of my colleagues here, I lived through the 1983 referendum and saw what it did to Ireland and Irish society. As the Minister spoke about where this legislation would go and the plans regarding things like sex education,...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: I wish to raise the retweeting of a tweet by my colleague, Senator Devine. I know Senator Devine as a hard-working person here in the Seanad, but I could not allow such a thing to go without comment. Brian Stack was a prison officer who served this country during the Troubles. He was murdered by thoughtless people. Like many other members of this country's security forces - prison...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: Murdered.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Mar 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: I do not believe what I have heard here this afternoon. Senator Murnane O'Connor is a very good friend of mind and I hold her in high esteem-----

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Mar 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: -----but come on. In terms of young people being uninformed, engaged or not engaged, she has suggested that we should talk to teachers, the mammies and the daddies to raise awareness. I presume that when we are finished doing that she hopes we will have a tea party and that we will all sit down to chat a little bit more. For God's sake, we are talking about people who are 16 years of age....

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Mar 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: I am delighted that I have provided the House with something to chuckle about. This is really serious; 16 year olds are not children. A couple of weeks ago, we tried to amend the Data Protection Bill to raise the digital age of consent to 16 and the House went berserk. Members said, "No, it should be 13." They are not going to kill us and it is unlikely they will do silly things. They...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Mar 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: As he is going to support the Bill, I can sit down and relax for the rest of the afternoon. It is great to see a progressive Minister of State who wants to see a progressive society in which 16 years olds and above vote in European, local and, eventually perhaps, presidential elections, not that I have any great interest in that.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Mar 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: I have given the Senator a fair amount of latitude. She should be dealing with the section not the individual amendments.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Mar 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: The Senator is specifically outlining one after the other. The section is what is up for discussion and the amendments have been ruled out of order.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Mar 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: I cannot speak for the last Chairman. I have only been in the Chair for the past few minutes.