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Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Representatives of the Transport Sector (11 May 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I thank the witnesses for attending today, particularly Mr. Sean Kennedy who flew in for this meeting. Open skies exist between the European Union and the United States. Should the United Kingdom decide it does not want to be part of that, is there an opportunity for Ireland to become the European hub for transatlantic flights? There is a suggestion that British Airways has been...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Representatives of the Transport Sector (11 May 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: One of the witnesses said in relation to Border posts that it might be necessary to alter railway stations. Is that a contingency plan that is in place now? Hard or soft, once there is a Border, immigration plans can be implemented at any time.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Representatives of the Transport Sector (11 May 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I agree with Senator McDowell, anyway.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Mr. Eamon Gilmore (11 May 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I thank Mr. Gilmore for being here today. I am sure there are many other things he could be doing apart from sitting here, but we feel that his experience on the international stage is vital. I will deal first and foremost with the referendum issue, if I may. I firmly believe that Britain, a country that fought in two world wars, will not back down even if they realise that their current...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Semester - National Reform Programme: Discussion (10 May 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I thank the gentlemen very much for coming here this afternoon. Reference was made to corporate tax and volatile tax, and the use thereof. Does the ESRI see any benefit in using windfalls from these taxes to deal with crises like, for example, the housing crisis that exists now in the country? We cannot guarantee these taxes into the future but could we use what is there to meet immediate...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Semester - National Reform Programme: Discussion (10 May 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: Regardless of what option is taken in terms of third-level education, it is my view that education is a public good and there should be no system of charges for it. Leaving that aside, does the witness agree that the third-level institutions, driven by budgets, are driving the need for third-level education on the academic side? In the Finnish model, one can come through either the academic...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Semester - National Reform Programme: Discussion (10 May 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: Our distinguished guests did not appear before the committee to listen to political wrangling between parties. There must be an election in the air. We want to hear their expert opinions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Semester - National Reform Programme: Discussion (10 May 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: The notion of in-work poverty seems to work its way through everything Ms Murphy has said this afternoon. My own term for it is "living in income poverty". There can be nothing more soul-destroying than picking up one's cheque at the end of the week, or the end of the month as the case may be, to find that all one has is enough to make ends meet, with absolutely no spare cash whatsoever. ...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I wish to address the lack of corporate citizenship on the part of the banking sector. Day after day I listen to the news and hear the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government being criticised for his failure to act on housing provision. Thousands of houses cannot be built overnight at the drop of a hat, but there are houses for sale. In the last couple of weeks I...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I only speak for myself.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: Hear, hear. Well said.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I rose on 4 April regarding an alleged agreement between the Irish and British authorities regarding the permission for the RAF to overfly airspace. This matter was raised again in the Dáil on 12 April by Deputy Clare Daly and again on 2 May by Deputy Marc McSharry. In his reply the Minister at best side-stepped the issue and at worst he misled the House. I appreciate that matters of...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: It is in the public interest.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: We are not telling the people in charge of national security-----

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: Whether the agreement exists is all we need to know.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: People with the interest of national security that are-----

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with the Bar of Ireland (4 May 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: The problem to which I alluded is that many of those 100,000 are married to people who are entitled to Irish passports, their children are entitled to Irish passports and, in the event of a dispute involving family law or company law, there are European citizens, who have certain rights and entitlements, who will not be able to exercise them. Conversely, there are British citizens or UK...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with the Bar of Ireland (4 May 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: Mr. Leonard said some firms may bring their own lawyers from the UK or New York. Since the 1960s, quite a number of firms have come to Ireland. What has the practice been in general? Have they used Irish firms and Irish barristers to deal with their legal questions?

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with the Bar of Ireland (4 May 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I welcome the delegation. I am sorry that other people are detained in other committees and that there are not more here. On the opportunities that will present themselves as we move closer to Brexit, has the Bar Council now got what may be termed a "marketing suite" in order to market its services to potential clients? I recently attended a conference where the preparedness of the...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Industry Representatives (4 May 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: Hear, hear.