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Seanad: Knowledge Development Box (Certification of Inventions) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (2 Feb 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: As Senator Higgins is not here, amendments Nos. 16 and 17 cannot be moved.

Seanad: Knowledge Development Box (Certification of Inventions) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (2 Feb 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: It has been discussed already.

Seanad: Knowledge Development Box (Certification of Inventions) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (2 Feb 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: When is it proposed to take the next Stage?

Seanad: Knowledge Development Box (Certification of Inventions) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (2 Feb 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I realise that the Leader has many commitments in trying to organise the business of this House. It is not easy to get everything that everybody wants. However, on a number of occasions, I have asked for the Minister for Defence to come before us in order that we might discuss the current state of the Defence Forces. One of issues of immediate concern is that the Defence Forces annual...

Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: Like everybody else here, I congratulate Martin Groves on his appointment. I had the pleasure of dealing with the man during one of the most stressful periods of his life, my by-election, and found him to be more than professional. His is a tremendous appointment and I wish him well for the future. I hope I too am here for many, many, many years with him. On the issue of President Trump,...

Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: The one in Brussels, Friends of Europe. It was a conference on Brexit.

Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: Friends of Europe. There were only two representatives from Ireland at the Bratislava conference, myself and Senator Leyden. Last night there were two representatives, neither from the Government, at the conference in Belfast. Are we serious about Brexit or are we not? I am calling for the Taoiseach to give a state of the nation address as to precisely what the Irish priorities are going...

Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: That is the problem - it is all about talk.

Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I was not talking about the Taoiseach. Perhaps some of his party soldiers might come along to these meetings.

Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: The Leader always does.

Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: But we do not know what they are doing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Implications for Good Friday Agreement of UK Referendum Result: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jan 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I apologise for not being here for the witnesses' presentations. I had to attend an address by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to the Seanad and what I heard there did not instill much hope in me. I wish to put matters in perspective and I apologise if I am going back over old ground. A total of 10,905 Irish students are studying in the UK; 23% of our goods are exported to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Implications for Good Friday Agreement of UK Referendum Result: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jan 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I am anxious to know how prepared the witnesses think we are. I will conclude on that note.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Implications for Good Friday Agreement of UK Referendum Result: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jan 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Tax Code (26 Jan 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House today. The last report of the Commission on Taxation was published in 2009. Many of its comprehensive range of proposals have been successfully implemented while others, such as water charges, continue to be controversial. One of the stated objectives of the report was to keep the overall tax burden low and to enhance the rewards of...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Tax Code (26 Jan 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: The reason I have called for this - I appreciate the 2009 review is quite recent, and that would mean this would require a very short commission - is to restore confidence, to bring on board the partnership model, particularly to bring in business, trade unions, and academics. Workers in this country have suffered hugely from the cuts in recent years. The local property tax is probably the...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jan 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: The name Walter Hegarty is not known by many of us in the House. He passed away last night. He was the holder of a distinguished service medal from the Defence Forces, which he won in the Congo in the 1960s. He was one of 155 men who were part of the siege of Jadotville, and it has taken us the best part of 50 years to recognise these men. However, we have not recognised them in the way...

Seanad: Northern Ireland: Statements (26 Jan 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: Go raibh míle maith agat. I was at the presentation at the Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement. I am trying to keep a lot of balls in the air today. I welcome the Minister to the House. At the outset I congratulate the Minister on the work he is doing on Brexit. After that I will start to take things apart. Let me put it in context. There is a great...