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Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Second Stage (18 Jul 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: The Minister of State can have two minutes.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Second Stage (18 Jul 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Jul 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: Amendments Nos. a1 to 3, inclusive, are related and will be taken together by agreement.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Jul 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I thank Senator Ó Clochartaigh. For the purposes of clarity, amendments Nos. a1 to 3, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Amendments Nos. 2 and 3 are logical alternatives to amendment No. 1. I thank the Senator for pointing that out.

Seanad: Naval Service Deployment: Statements (13 Jul 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House to debate the UN mandate for Operation Sophia. I am aware the proposal is subject to the triple lock mechanism and it must be mandated by the UN, the Cabinet and the Oireachtas. I am shocked it has only recently appeared on the Order Paper and is being rushed through the Oireachtas with little time for full debate at this 11th hour. I...

Seanad: Naval Service Deployment: Statements (13 Jul 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: The Minister is sitting there throwing his eyes up to heaven. Damn it to hell, I have never been treated with such disrespect. I have respected the Minister of State every time he has come to this House. It is damned unfair of him to sit there and throw his eyes up to heaven when I bring him real facts. The Minister of State knows the facts that are coming down the road. He is presiding...

Seanad: Naval Service Deployment: Statements (13 Jul 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: The Senator is out of time.

Seanad: Naval Service Deployment: Statements (13 Jul 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: There are two more speakers.

Seanad: Naval Service Deployment: Statements (13 Jul 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: On a point of order-----

Seanad: Naval Service Deployment: Statements (13 Jul 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: There is been an accusation that I lied.

Seanad: Naval Service Deployment: Statements (13 Jul 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: There has been an accusation on the floor of the House that I lied.

Seanad: Naval Service Deployment: Statements (13 Jul 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I am here, and if I lied I want to be told where I lied.

Seanad: Naval Service Deployment: Statements (13 Jul 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I am entitled to that. I am a Member of the House and I am entitled to that.

Seanad: Naval Service Deployment: Statements (13 Jul 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I have not lied in this House.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: There is room there for a stadium.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I read this morning in The Irish Timesof Michael Hayes's "courageous apology" for the IRA bombings in Birmingham in 1976. How hollow that reads. How is that courageous? This man allowed six men to languish in jail for 16 years-----

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: -----and kept his mouth shut. He had, no doubt, colleagues who assisted him. This was an attack on a pub where people were enjoying a social evening. Many things happened during the Troubles but this was one of the most disgusting of all. What is even more disgusting, however, is that this hollow apology is now being seen as a somehow courageous act. What is courageous about it? Can he...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: When I saw the bonfires being prepared last night - every year these massive goddamn bonfires - I was able to understand why there was conflict in the North of Ireland and why it degenerated into what it did. What I cannot understand, however, is a coward like this, who comes out now when it is safe claiming that he is sorry and apologising to the relatives of the Birmingham victims. He did...

Seanad: Report of Seanad Special Select Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Motion (12 Jul 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: The Minister of State is very welcome to the House. As I said to her at a meeting of the select committee last week, she has a tough job ahead of her. I know she is up to it and I wish her all the best. Much groundwork has been done by the Government on Brexit and as an Independent Senator I acknowledge this work. Perhaps the citizens would be well served if they were given more...

Seanad: Report of Seanad Special Select Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Motion (12 Jul 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach. I ask the Minister of State that by autumn of this year there be direct communication with citizens to reassure them of where Ireland is going. I am delighted that she is in her new post and look forward to seeing her getting on and off planes across Europe and defending Ireland everywhere she goes. She will do that well. I thank her for coming to the...