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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: CIÉ Group Pensions: Discussion (7 Mar 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: The evidence is there.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Mar 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: Having watched television and listened to various politicians speak about the emergency weather conditions in recent days, I was surprised to note that few of them, if any, referred to the Defence Forces. I know that members of the Defence Forces are on duty 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Like many volunteers, they left their families and went outside in difficult conditions.Indeed I...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Feb 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: I first met Senator Ó Clochartaigh when I came in here following a by-election in 2014. He is one of Ireland's gentlemen and a man I will miss dearly. I will miss his beautiful Irish, his smiling face and his helpful hand any time I ever needed it. He is a decent man and I wish him well. TG4's gain is our loss and Ireland's loss. I wish him the very best of luck. He was a really...

Seanad: Protection of Employment (Measures to Counter False Self-Employment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (28 Feb 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: I assure the Acting Chairman that I will not take eight minutes either. I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House. I would not dream to presume to tell him how to deal with workers in his own constituency. I know he is capable of representing their interests. I thank Senator Nash and the Labour Party for bringing this forward. If I have any criticism of it, it is that it did...

Seanad: Protection of Employment (Measures to Counter False Self-Employment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (28 Feb 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: My colleague, Senator Horkan, referred to class K PRSI.We brought in terms and conditions of employment in this very House which affect people's pensions and we did not take the time to examine what they were doing. We applied crude rules across the board and this has happened in several parts of the public service. With regard to abatement, ordinary individuals who retired from one part of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Transparency and Ireland's Involvement in European Union Institutions: European Movement Ireland (28 Feb 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: The Vice Chairman will forgive me for being late this morning. Getting out of my driveway was the problem. Once I was on the road it was easy enough to get in. I am sorry I missed the presentation. Ms O'Connell speaks of providing factual information which is a really important aspect when considering the future of Europe. It is great that the roadshow is going around the country,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Transparency and Ireland's Involvement in European Union Institutions: European Movement Ireland (28 Feb 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: Has anybody put forward the thesis that Ireland is not a neutral country? We are not a neutral country. We are militarily non-aligned, which is vastly different from being neutral. If we were a neutral country we should probably be spending around 10% of our gross domestic product, GDP, on armaments alone to keep our country safe and neutral. We are militarily non-aligned. The constant...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Transparency and Ireland's Involvement in European Union Institutions: European Movement Ireland (28 Feb 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: I thank Ms O'Connell.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: Before I came to the Chamber today I noted that the President of the United States, Mr. Donald Trump, has announced that he intends to stand for re-election in 2020. In any democracy it is great that the people know in advance that their President intends to run for a second term. We all know that I have decided to put my name in the ring in the forthcoming presidential election in Ireland...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: The truth of the matter is that the people of this country are entitled to know the direction in which this country is going. They are entitled to be told in advance and in plenty of time. Playing cuties with dates in July when people are on holiday and dropping rumours-----

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: I am drawing on a statement that the current President made in 2004.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: Everybody knows that I hold the President in the highest esteem. He has done a wonderful job but that should not prevent us from discussing the position. It should not prevent us from discussing the need-----

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: I will not push the Cathaoirleach to rule against me. I have made my point. The Leader will no doubt be aware that a group of retired Defence Forces personnel have come together to express their concerns about the Defence Forces. I have met the Minister of State and he has been quite forthright in what he is trying to do but we need to have a debate with him on some of the issues of...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: The Minister could start with a declaration that there was no ricochet.

Seanad: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: I was very impressed with what the last speaker had to say and I agree with much of it. When I was a young fella growing up my Dad told me that I could not smoke, and I smoked like hell. My Dad told me I could not drink until I was at least 18, and many's the good pint I had when I was 15 and 16. Shortly after I became president of the Teachers Union of Ireland I was called----

Seanad: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: This is quite a serious point I am trying to make. I got a call to the north west of Ireland where two young children had taken their own lives. They had taken their lives because they were accessing social media. Those two young children were younger than 16. When I arrived in the school the principal told me that they had a rake of psychologists in trying to deal with the fallout of...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Feb 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: It is ruining his video.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: First and foremost, the situation with Permanent TSB is outrageous. God be with the days when one could walk into the office of a bank manager, sit down with him or her and discuss a matter. I will never forget the generosity of the bank manager who dealt with me when I went bust financially. He sat me down in his office and gave me a cup of tea and biscuits before proceeding to discuss...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2018)

Gerard Craughwell: The citizens in the North of Ireland, who are petrified out of their lives at the thought of Brexit coming down the road towards them like a railway crash, have no voice. For this reason alone, we must immediately ensure that all of the North-South institutions are brought back into full being. If the people who live in the North of Ireland and are elected in the North of Ireland are...