Results 4,101-4,120 of 5,762 for speaker:Gerard Craughwell
- Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with All-Island Bodies (7 Jun 2017)
Gerard Craughwell: Dia dhaoibh, a dhaoine uaisle. Tá brón orm. Tá mo Ghaeilge uafásach. Mar sin, beidh mé ag labhairt as Béarla agus beidh mé ag éisteacht as Béarla. Más maith leis na finnéithe labhairt as Gaeilge, ar aghaidh leo. On behalf of the committee, I welcome the delegates to our last session today, including Mr. Ó Coinn. We heard from...
- Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with All-Island Bodies (7 Jun 2017)
Gerard Craughwell: I thank Mr. Ó Coinn. When I hear Irish spoken like that, it really saddens me how we lose the language so quickly when we finish school. It is a beautiful language which, when beautifully spoken, is quite a pleasure to hear.
- Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with All-Island Bodies (7 Jun 2017)
Gerard Craughwell: I am delighted to hear that Gaeilge is being studied in east Belfast. I served with the Royal Irish Rangers 40 years ago and when we were overseas, we were Irish. That was it. Our identity was Irish. We had no other identity. We only parted on sectarian grounds or on nationalist versus unionist grounds on the boat when we passed the Isle of Man on the way home on leave. I believe that...
- Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with All-Island Bodies (7 Jun 2017)
Gerard Craughwell: Go raibh míle maith agat.
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Rural Resettlement Scheme (31 May 2017)
Gerard Craughwell: The Minister of State is earning his keep this morning. I thank him for coming to the House to provide clarification on a statement made in respect of a Commencement matter tabled by Senator Conway on 14 December last year. Mr. Jim Connolly asked me to bring this issue to the attention of the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government. Mr. Connolly is the founder and...
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Rural Resettlement Scheme (31 May 2017)
Gerard Craughwell: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. There is no doubting his commitment to the housing crisis, or indeed that of the senior Minister. It might be no harm to contact with Mr. Jim Connolly and also to reconsider or to try to organise that the agency would not close but rather would continue to do its good work. We need to get people back into rural Ireland. I thank the Minister of...
- Seanad: Order of Business (31 May 2017)
Gerard Craughwell: The Leader will know that I frequently have a go at the Government when I feel it is important. Today, however, as the current Taoiseach exits office, I want to place on the record of the House the job he has done in respect of Brexit, along with the Minister of State with responsibility for European affairs, Deputy Dara Murphy. I am just back from a COSAC plenary meeting in Malta at which...
- Seanad: Order of Business (31 May 2017)
Gerard Craughwell: I feel deeply aggrieved about the matter.
- Seanad: Order of Business (31 May 2017)
Gerard Craughwell: Thank you.
- Seanad: Tourism: Statements (31 May 2017)
Gerard Craughwell: I welcome the Minister of State and call the House to order.
- Seanad: Tourism: Statements (31 May 2017)
Gerard Craughwell: Thank you, Senator.
- Seanad: Tourism: Statements (31 May 2017)
Gerard Craughwell: The Senator is out of time.
- Seanad: Tourism: Statements (31 May 2017)
Gerard Craughwell: I must ask the Senator to stop now because if I do not then other speakers who are waiting will not get in.
- Seanad: Tourism: Statements (31 May 2017)
Gerard Craughwell: One last thing, very quickly.
- Seanad: Business of Seanad (31 May 2017)
Gerard Craughwell: Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Business of Seanad (31 May 2017)
Gerard Craughwell: At 8.15 p.m.
- Seanad: Business of Seanad (31 May 2017)
Gerard Craughwell: We cannot make the Minister come here when she is tied up elsewhere, so I am looking for an alternative proposal.
- Seanad: Business of Seanad (31 May 2017)
Gerard Craughwell: Is the Leader proposing that we not take No. 7 on the Order of Business for today?
- Seanad: Business of Seanad (31 May 2017)
Gerard Craughwell: Is that acceptable to the Members?
- Seanad: Business of Seanad (31 May 2017)
Gerard Craughwell: Will the Leader move that we will not take this item of business?