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Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jan 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: There is a problem in Border counties of which I was only made aware last week. When a person living in the Republic suffers trauma or an emergency and is shipped to the nearest hospital, where it is located across the Border, he or she will be treated on arrival, but he or she must pay for treatment. I refer to a person brought to Altnagelvin or Craigavon hospital. Form E111 does not...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hospital Services (24 Jan 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: This is my first time to address the Minister of State, Deputy Finian McGrath, since his elevation. I compliment him on being a champion for the disabled in the work he has done since reaching the office of Minister of State at the Department of Health. However, we are here to talk about St. Stephen's Hospital, Sarsfield Court, Glanmire, County Cork. As the Minister of State is aware, I do...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hospital Services (24 Jan 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I thank the Minister of State for his response. As regards major acute hospitals, there needs to be consultation locally rather than decisions being taken from a macro viewpoint in Dublin. People on the ground need to talk to local representatives who will represent their views. The Minister of State has done a lot of work in the area of disability, but we still have serious problems with...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jan 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: The UK's Supreme Court delivered its Brexit judgment this morning. There has been much focus on its implications for votes of the UK Parliament. Considerable attention has been drawn to the other aspects of the decision, in that the consent of the Northern Ireland and Scottish assemblies are not legally required before the Prime Minister can formally initiate Article 50. There has been...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jan 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jan 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: It will probably be in Wicklow.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jan 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: Let us not forget the Minister, Deputy Varadkar. That is not fair.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jan 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: Tell that to the city councillors in Galway and Cork.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jan 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: The Leader is covering all the bases.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jan 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I do not want to play politics on this issue but I want the Leader to inform the Minister that today's ruling by the UK Supreme Court is a game-changer for Brexit, one that will have to be discussed on Thursday. In view of his response, I will withdraw the amendment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Annual Work Programme: European Commission Representation in Ireland (18 Jan 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I welcome Mr. Kiely to the committee and thank him for his presentation. I hope he does not take personally what I have to say. He is a representative here doing a job. The opening statement on the yellow sheet carries the heading, "A Europe that preserves our way of life and empowers our young". However, do we want to preserve the way of life we have slipped into as a result of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU-Funded Projects: Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (18 Jan 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I thank our guests for coming before us and for the time they, in a voluntary capacity, devote to this issue. I cannot imagine what it must be like to go to the West Bank and watch the wanton destruction that takes place. I cannot imagine what it must be like for someone who has an olive grove that is 1,000 years old, which is ripped out of the ground to put property in the area by force....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Implications for Good Friday Agreement of UK Referendum Result: Discusssion (Resumed) (12 Jan 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I will try to be brief. I thank the witnesses for coming here today. I read their submission before they came and had an idea they were going to open up an entire can of worms. They have thrown the elephant into the middle of the room. Their presentation is about the relationship with the Twenty-six Counties in the South and the relationship with the UK. That is really what it is about....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Implications for Good Friday Agreement of UK Referendum Result: Discusssion (Resumed) (12 Jan 2017)

Gerard Craughwell: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. It is great to see a civil society group take such an interest in this issue. I am not too sure whether Brexit is a hard or a soft exit will make much of a difference to what is actually going to happen. I was a little concerned about the reference in the submission to there being an over-emphasis on working with the UK, or with the English in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Implications for Good Friday Agreement of UK Referendum Result: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Dec 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: The delegates are more than welcome. They come from one of my favourite parts of the world. Warrenpoint is absolutely beautiful. I love the place and the drive right up into Newcastle. It is a wonderful place. I have a lovely photograph from the 1930s of my father up there. He was a chauffeur. My mother never asked why his favourite song was "My Lagan Love". She was from Mayo. I do...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Implications for Good Friday Agreement of UK Referendum Result: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Dec 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: I will try to keep out of politics. Bearing in mind the joint venture, in respect of which reference was made to Cavan, Down, Armagh and Louth, I believe the whole arrangement would be so unworkable in the event of a hard border. There will be no solution other than a hard border if Brexit proceeds at the rate it is going. I can see nothing but a hard border ahead of us. That would be...

Seanad: Registration of Wills Bill 2016: Second Stage (14 Dec 2016)

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

Seanad: Registration of Wills Bill 2016: Second Stage (14 Dec 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: I join Senator Bacik in congratulating the British House of Lords on an excellent report on Brexit and UK-Irish relations, which makes some excellent suggestions. For those who have not read the report, I recommend that they do. I was somewhat disappointed as I felt that more people would have been interested in meeting the delegation from the House of Lords. I understand they had...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: Not yet.