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- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2017)
Gerard Craughwell: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2017)
Gerard Craughwell: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2017)
Gerard Craughwell: I accept that. I know that neither the Taoiseach nor the Minister of State would want to do anything less.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Legacy Issues Affecting Victims and Relatives in Northern Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Nov 2017)
Gerard Craughwell: I am trying to look at where we are now. Mr. Donaldson asked if we can deal with the present. My view is that the Good Friday Agreement is rapidly heading for the rocks because we have spent recent years clapping ourselves on the back over the great achievement. It was peace in our time and everyone could sit back and forget about it. Then one meets groups such as those before us who...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Legacy Issues Affecting Victims and Relatives in Northern Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Nov 2017)
Gerard Craughwell: I apologise. I qualified it by saying that is what it is referred to by some in the North of Ireland but IRA is the term I used.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Legacy Issues Affecting Victims and Relatives in Northern Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Nov 2017)
Gerard Craughwell: We have asked time and again for the Minister on our side to provide a list of outstanding legacy issues that need to be dealt with under the Good Friday Agreement.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Key Developments on European Agenda: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Helen McEntee (9 Nov 2017)
Gerard Craughwell: The Minister of State is most welcome to the committee. I also welcome my colleague, Brian Hayes, MEP, who always makes himself available to Members, as do his colleagues, Marian Harkin and Nessa Childers. Every time I turn around, Brian Hayes is here listening to what is going on and bringing back information from Brussels. For that, I am deeply appreciative, although he is a tough guy to...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Key Developments on European Agenda: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Helen McEntee (9 Nov 2017)
Gerard Craughwell: I would like the comments I made on the defence issue and the idea that-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Key Developments on European Agenda: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Helen McEntee (9 Nov 2017)
Gerard Craughwell: I will conclude. What plans are in place for the Taoiseach to put forward an Irish vision for Brexit? This question may be a little premature because the public consultation is only now commencing. I would like to hear a strong statement on this matter. The Vice Chairman has put me in my box again.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Key Developments on European Agenda: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Helen McEntee (9 Nov 2017)
Gerard Craughwell: I wish to ask a brief question on cybersecurity.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Key Developments on European Agenda: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Helen McEntee (9 Nov 2017)
Gerard Craughwell: I asked a very brief question on cybersecurity.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Key Developments on European Agenda: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Helen McEntee (9 Nov 2017)
Gerard Craughwell: Given the threat to all of Europe, not just Ireland, I am interested in knowing whether there is now any move outside PESCO to bring cybersecurity under a single umbrella?
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 Nov 2017)
Gerard Craughwell: Over 25 years of union membership and, in particular, in the five years I spent on the national executive of the Teachers' Union of Ireland and two years as its president I learned one thing. If a representative body is undermined by promises which have not been kept, it is placed at risk by its own members. Yesterday a colleague of ours, Senator Aidan Davitt, referred to local authority...
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 Nov 2017)
Gerard Craughwell: My point was-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 Nov 2017)
Gerard Craughwell: If the Government does not deliver on promises-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 Nov 2017)
Gerard Craughwell: That is much appreciated.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2017)
Gerard Craughwell: I wish to propose an amendment to the Order of Business to the effect that No. 11, the Defence (Veterans Lapel Badge) Bill 2017 - First Stage, be taken before No. 1. I ask the Leader to consider my request. I congratulate Senator Feighan for organising a delegation to the House of Commons and House of Lords over the past two days of which I had the privilege of being part. Incentives such...
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2017)
Gerard Craughwell: Senator Coghlan is correct; he had no solutions. We certainly did not hear any solutions, which means events such as those organised by Senator Feighan are of the utmost importance. There needs to be far greater engagement. I congratulate and thank Senator Feighan on his efforts. The administration behind getting people there and the amount of work in setting up meetings with all the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2017)
Gerard Craughwell: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2017)
Gerard Craughwell: Well said.