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Seanad: Order of Business (16 Feb 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: We are not trying to.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Feb 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: It is grossly unfair of the Leader to throw back things that Members cannot reply to during his presentation. That is unfair in every sense of the words.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Feb 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: The points that people make need to be addressed, but not to be addressed in a political way.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Feb 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I am glad the Leader has accepted that the Seanad will move to that stage.

Seanad: Establishment of a Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (16 Feb 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: It took Superintendent Geary from Ennis around 70 years to get justice from An Garda Síochána. Like my colleague, Senator Robbie Gallagher, I compliment the gardaí, sergeants, inspectors and superintendents who will go to work tonight and have no guarantee that they will come home and who have served the country with distinction. I send a message from this Chamber that not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council: Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach (15 Feb 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I congratulate the Chairman on the way he chaired the meetings in Brussels and ensured everybody from this committee had an opportunity to make their points. Likewise, the secretariat did a fantastic job, ensuring we got 14 meetings in two days when we met quite a number of important people. Until I went to Brussels I was unaware of the level of work the Minister of State had undertaken....

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I raise the issue of time for debate in this House. The Minister, Deputy Zappone, will come to the House this afternoon. I appreciate she has limited time available in order to deal with questions. However, right now several organisations in the State are at risk of suffering severe reputational damage which may go on into the future. The Senate has to come to terms with the new politics....

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: And other families too.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I am delighted the Leader was able to read it.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: No, I think I was making a new reality.

Seanad: Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion (15 Feb 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: The Senator is over time and the Minister wants time to reply.

Seanad: Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion (15 Feb 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I understand the Minister is withdrawing at this stage and that the Minister of State, Deputy Byrne will step in. I thank the Minister for his attendance.

Seanad: Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion (15 Feb 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I ask the Senator to conclude.

Seanad: Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion (15 Feb 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: Ceart go leor.

Seanad: Clarification on Statements made by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs: Statements (15 Feb 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: The Minister is very welcome. This is my first time to address her since her elevation. The saying goes,"What a tangled web we weave." I cannot begin to imagine what it was like for her to step off an aeroplane on Monday afternoon and walk into a firestorm, but I must compliment her and she has been consistent ever since. I have heard grand speeches and the shouting and roaring....

Seanad: Clarification on Statements made by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs: Statements (15 Feb 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: All right.

Seanad: Clarification on Statements made by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs: Statements (15 Feb 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I think what we are trying to get at is, at the end of it, if I may-----

Seanad: Clarification on Statements made by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs: Statements (15 Feb 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: We will come back to it.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I formally second Senator Marie-Louise O'Donnell's proposed amendment to the Order of Business. Tusla has been spoken about. In my office I have a complaint from parents who brought an issue to Tusla. Six weeks later another group of parents from the same town went to it to report a similar incident. It informed them that they were telling the same story as Mr. and Mrs. Bloggs six weeks...