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Seanad: Order of Business (13 Apr 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Apr 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: Why did it take 75 pages of documentation from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform?

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Apr 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: Neither will the Department.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Apr 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: This post was created.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Apr 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: It is a classic case of jobs for the boys.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Apr 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: There is little point in pressing it if the Minister is not available. However, by the time we get to talk to the Minister the post will be filled. It is a jobs for the boys post of €146,000 a year when we cannot get serving officers. We cannot do a whole lot about it.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Apr 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: The amendment has to be withdrawn.

Seanad: Litter Pollution (Amendment) Bill 2017: First Stage (13 Apr 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: The Senator will be here on his own.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Union Issues: Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach (12 Apr 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I thank the Minister of State for his work in Europe. It cannot be easy to find oneself in Latvia one day and in Greece the next, it is tough going. When we visited Brussels, I was very impressed at the level of work being carried out by the ambassador and his team there. The one down-side to the Minister of State's work and that of the ambassador is that not enough citizens in Ireland are...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Apr 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I second my colleague Senator Michael McDowell's proposal that we take all Stages of the Intoxicating Liquor (Amendment) Bill. Like him, I am prepared to work with the Leader and will listen to what he has to say in replying to the Order of Business. Last week I spoke about the functions and role of the education and training boards. Through Senator Billy Lawless, I was introduced to some...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Apr 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: Naturally, start-ups seek equity. We would like to see the education and training boards being given back the responsibility to assisting small start-ups. In order to do so, we need the Minister for Education and Skills to come to the House to discuss the issue. In the revised Bill responsibility was removed from the education and training boards. I invite everyone to visit the PorterShed...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Apr 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: Creating five jobs in a small town would make a huge difference. If we could get ten small towns involved, 50 jobs could be created. I ask the Leader, at his leisure, to invite the Minister responsible to come to the House to debate this issue after the Easter break.

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (12 Apr 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I wish to second the Intoxicating Liquor (Amendment) Bill 2017. I welcome the Minister of State and thank him for giving the Bill a Second Stage reading. I thank Senator Billy Lawless and my fellow Independent colleagues for bringing the Bill forward in 2017. The need to repeal the Good Friday alcohol ban is raised on a yearly basis to no avail, but I am very hopeful today. We know that...

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (12 Apr 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: -----and that should not be an impediment for moving this Bill on and delivering a more secular society. I congratulate my colleague, Senator Billy Lawless, for bringing this Bill forward.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Apr 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I had the pleasure of visiting Kinsale two weeks ago, where I was a guest at the presentation of awards at Kinsale Community School, which is probably one of the most finely-run schools in the country. It strikes me that as we approach Easter and the education conference week, this House should acknowledge the tremendous contribution made by education to the economy, the work of teachers...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Apr 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: -----and the effort and the time they put in, far outside the classroom, for things like extra-curricular activities.We should acknowledge that. We should also acknowledge the fact that, despite the difficulties in dual union second level schools, they have continued to deliver the curriculum at the highest possible level throughout the school year. I ask that we have a debate in the House...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Apr 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I attended the debate last night in Dáil Éireann on the current state of the Defence Forces. I compliment Deputy Lisa Chambers on the wonderful presentation she made. Deputy Marc MacSharry addressed the issue I had addressed in this House yesterday, namely, RAF jets flying in Irish airspace. Subsequent to my presentation yesterday, the National Security Committee was brought to...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Apr 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: That is an unfair comment.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Apr 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: On a point of information for the House-----

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Apr 2017)

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