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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.

Seanad: Defence (Veterans Lapel Badge) Bill 2017: First Stage (8 Nov 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for establishment of a veterans lapel badge to be conferred upon former members of the Army, Air Corps, Naval Service and Reserve Defence Forces.

Seanad: Defence (Veterans Lapel Badge) Bill 2017: First Stage (8 Nov 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: Senator Freeman was going to second it but she has-----

Seanad: Defence (Veterans Lapel Badge) Bill 2017: First Stage (8 Nov 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I congratulate the Minister on the introduction of this Bill. In the good old days, when there were no off-licences or pubs nearby, we found ways of manufacturing drink. We distilled poitín in our gardens. People who want drink will get drink. They always do. The impression that has been given here is that Dutch Gold is the great mortal sin we need to control.

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: As I no longer smoke, although I still desire to do so every day, I went into a shop yesterday to buy a few sweets.

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: A young teenager who was standing beside me asked for two naggins of gin. That is not as cheap as Dutch Gold. She must have noticed that the assistant behind the counter was paying particular attention to her features - I mean from the point of view of her youth - because she immediately reached into her pocket and pulled out some sort of identification card to satisfy the shop assistant...

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: ------but that day he bought me a pint of Guinness and told me I was going to learn to drink like a man and need never be afraid to have a drink. I was violently ill that night and am delighted to say that I have never drank Guinness since and probably never will. I am sorry if I have damaged the Guinness brand in some way. It is about education. Some people now think it is rather funny...

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I fully accept what Senator Reilly has said but I want to support my colleague, Senator McDowell. If it were the case that we were talking about alcohol as a generic product as against specific types of alcohol, there would not be a problem. I think we can agree, however, that young people buy a naggin of vodka or whiskey because it will give them a hit much quicker than a can of Dutch...