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Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: Hear, hear. Well said.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: We see Members of this House make representations regularly on behalf of their constituents or those of Dáil geographic areas. I will make one for my constituency, which is also that of the Cathaoirleach and those in this House. No. 75, motions Nos. 7 and 10 under Private Members' business on the Clár deal specifically with the terms and conditions of employment for city and...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: I am not proposing an amendment. I want to know if we are going to have that debate before the general election.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: Well said.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: That is much appreciated.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: Well said.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Second Stage (20 Jan 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: I welcome the Minister to the House. Some time ago I had the pleasure of congratulating her on her work, in particular on 1 January at the flag raising ceremony and concert she laid on. I am afraid that today is not her finest hour. Like most Senators in this House, I have been contacted by people who have grave concerns about the Bill before the House today. I thank a colleague of mine...

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Second Stage (20 Jan 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: She said there are so many State boards that it is too difficult to count, yet how many of them have seen revisions similar to those proposed for the Heritage Council? I thank the Minister for taking the time to listen to me. I hope she will take the points on board, not only those made by myself and my colleagues but those made by people involved in the wildlife area who have serious...

Seanad: Competition (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Jan 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: I welcome the Minister and rise to support this timely Bill. I thank Senators Bacik and Hayden for introducing it. Like Senator Ó Domhnaill, I hope it will pass through the House as quickly as possible and be enacted before the Houses' dissolution. Employment has undoubtedly changed in the past 100 years. In the past ten or 20 years, it has become precarious. One can walk into an...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Health Services (19 Jan 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: It is a pleasure to welcome the Minister. He has been invited here to discuss the important issue of physiotherapists and physical therapists. He is already familiar with the current situation regarding physiotherapists and physical therapists, having addressed the relevant committee on the matter and answered parliamentary questions relating to it in the Dáil. We are joined in the...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Health Services (19 Jan 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: I thank the Minister for his reply. It is worth pointing out that there is a delay in the work of the statutory registration board for physiotherapists pending the Minister's decision, which will be critical for the future. An urgent decision is necessary. Is one likely before the election is called? None of us can predict that date, but does "the very near future" mean in the next week...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Health Services (19 Jan 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: I thank the Minister for his response.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jan 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: I ask Senator Bacik, who I support, to include me in the list of group leaders. I am my own leader, Whip and group, so I ask her to include me.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jan 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: The Leader might recall that some time ago I mentioned Councillor Willie Crowley. May the Lord have mercy on him, because he died recently. He championed the cause of the residents of Millfield Manor in Kildare. Millfield Manor was a development of 79 houses and 129 apartments. In March 2015, six of those houses were razed to the ground in 30 minutes by a fire. It was the most...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jan 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: I thought health was.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jan 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: I rise, first and foremost, to remember a great Galwegian, Irishman and sportsman, Mr. Christy O'Connor Jnr. It was a sad day for all of us when he departed this world. I also want to acknowledge my former colleagues in the Permanent Defence Forces and Reserve Defence Forces for the work they do. I wish to reiterate that they were out in the floods, not because they wanted to be but...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jan 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: The issue of drop-out levels in higher education was raised earlier. I know that new jobs have been announced and I admire the Government for what it has done-----

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jan 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: The Cathaoirleach is very anxious with his bell today.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jan 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: However, in truth, the jobs that were announced are not real jobs; they are hours, split across several jobs, in schools. The one area where we have let the education system down, for which we are now paying the price, is that of guidance counselling in schools. We must have a debate in this House with the Minister for Education on the issue of guidance and drop out rates at third level. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Humanitarian Assistance for Household Flooding: Discussion (13 Jan 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: I thank the officials for coming here today. I put on record our gratitude to the public servants who have gone above and beyond the call of duty, not just those from the Department of Social Protection, but also those from the Department of Defence and the various emergency services. The country has experienced fair devastation in the past month. I am thankful that my colleague raised the...