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Seanad: Order of Business (30 Nov 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: Why is it that the Leader always feels he has to interject when he will get ten minutes-----

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Nov 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: The Leader will get half an hour when this is finished to have a crack at everybody.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Nov 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: If I may conclude,-----

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Nov 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: The truth of the matter is that recruits are walking out in droves. We have to do something. What is happening with the Garda is in the full glare of the public eye. What is happening in the Defence Forces is hidden behind closed doors. We have bought massive ships but do not have crews to sail them. We are discussing replacing or improving the armoured personnel carrier, APC, fleet but...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Nov 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Nov 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: They got their pensions and are gone with them.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Nov 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: There has been a lot this week about taking political heads, as Senator Norris said. Anybody who participates in an attempt to destroy the reputation of a decent, honest man deserves everything that is coming to them but Fintan O'Toole writes in The Irish Timestoday about the subversion of this State by faceless, grey beards who hide behind the political system, namely, the officials of this...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (29 Nov 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I call the Leader to make a short announcement.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (29 Nov 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015: Statements (29 Nov 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I am sorry, but I believe there is a point of order. Is a copy of the Minister's script available?

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015: Statements (29 Nov 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: Okay.

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015: Statements (29 Nov 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: Senator James Reilly has five minutes.

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015: Statements (29 Nov 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: The Senator is out of time.

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015: Statements (29 Nov 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: There are three speakers left and there are only ten minutes left. Each speaker has five minutes each, but it would be appreciated if each could curtail his or her time.

Seanad: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund 2017: Motion (29 Nov 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I neglected to welcome the Minister to the House before he spoke, so I will take this opportunity to do so. I thank him for being here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Northern Ireland Issues and Implications of Brexit for Good Friday Agreement: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (23 Nov 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I thank the Minister for his very forthright statements here today. A number of people in Northern Ireland with whom I have been dealing, particularly businesses which feel they need a voice other than a political voice, have come together. We are holding a meeting in Strabane where they are threatening to remove thousands of jobs from Northern Ireland if there is a hard Brexit on 11...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: First, I congratulate the emergency services in County Laois. Many of the those involved with the emergency services are volunteers and they are never found wanting when there is a crisis. My former colleagues in the Defence Forces are out again doing their job. There is a bit of a frenzy going on in politics at present. I am not here to speak for the Tánaiste, although I have some...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I agree with much of what my colleague, Senator Mark Daly, said. We in this country have a tendency to try to bury the truth. If that fails, we go on a witch-hunt and pursue the wrongdoers. When it gets too close for comfort, the wrongdoers resign, take their pensions or go off and get an important job somewhere else. Everybody then sits back and it just rolls over and over. My office is...

Seanad: Tracker Mortgages: Statements (22 Nov 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I will be as brief as possible. My colleague has covered most of the things I wished to say. One concern I have is that we seem to be talking more about Ned Kelly than the respectable banks the Minister of State and I once knew. I am quite concerned that somewhere along the line these gangsters must have come together and agreed that they would all apply the same principle on tracker...

Seanad: Defence Forces (Veterans Lapel Badge) Bill 2017: Second Stage (22 Nov 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House today to debate my Defence Forces (Veterans Lapel Badge) Bill 2017. The Bill provides for the establishment of a veterans lapel badge to be conferred upon members of the Army, Air Corps, Naval Service and Reserve Defence Force by the Minister for Defence. The purpose of the veterans lapel...