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

Gerard Craughwell: It is €620 or so, but I am sure that is just emergency relief.

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

Gerard Craughwell: I have to say I disagree with you-----

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

Gerard Craughwell: If someone is earning €200,000 per year-----

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

Gerard Craughwell: Deputy Daly made the point that people are actually sweeping human faeces out of their houses.

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

Gerard Craughwell: They will never get over that.

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

Gerard Craughwell: May I interrupt you for one moment? If I come asking for fuel costs-----

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

Gerard Craughwell: If I come asking for fuel costs to be covered, will I be means-tested or will the Department meet the cost of fuel for me?

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

Gerard Craughwell: If I earn more than €70,000, for example, €80,000 or €90,000, is that scale available anywhere or is it discretionary?

Seanad: Harbours Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (18 Dec 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: I second the amendment. I extend to the Minister and my colleagues my best wishes for the season. I thank you, a Chathaoirligh, and others who have sat in that Chair who have been kind enough to give me speaking time when perhaps I was not entitled to it because I did not belong to a group. I thank you for your generosity in that area.

Seanad: Harbours Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (18 Dec 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: Senator O'Neill is the one person who did not give me speaking time-----

Seanad: Harbours Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (18 Dec 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: -----so he is not getting that thanks. There is nothing more I can add to what Senator Barrett said. I believe the arguments he has made are robust. While it might mean the Minister's colleagues would have to come back next Monday, it would be noble to include that section in the Bill.

Seanad: Harbours Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (18 Dec 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: I move amendment No. 2:In page 10, line 35, to delete “may” and substitute “shall”. When the Minister was in the House the other day, he advised me that he had consulted wisely and widely on the Bill. Senator Barrett had originally asked him to change the wording of section 13(3)(a) by replacing "may" with "shall". Amendment No. 3 proposes the deletion of...

Seanad: Harbours Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (18 Dec 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: I thank the Minister for his reply but I ask him to clarify one or two points. First and foremost, the role of the harbour master is unique in that they are an arm of the State. They are charged with the protection of the State's assets and particularly with respect to the environment and the security of shipping lanes under their control. In addition, I wonder if there is any impediment...

Seanad: Harbours Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (18 Dec 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: It is, with some reservation.

Seanad: Harbours Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (18 Dec 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2015: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: I wish to put something on the record, as I have been contacted about this. Development plans are obliged to be drawn up with due regard to legislation, national policy, national planning advice and so forth. A development plan is a complex document drawn up by those who have unparalleled knowledge of their county and their aims for it. It is contributed to by the public through an...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2015: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: I thank the Minister of State for his reply.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: I am not sure if Senators are aware that our colleague in County Kildare, Councillor Willie Crowley, was the victim of a hit and run accident last night. His condition is critical and I am sure all Senators will join me in sending our good wishes to him. This morning, representatives of the Organisation of National Ex-Service Personnel and the Irish United Nations Veterans Association...

Seanad: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (16 Dec 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: I wish to support Senator Barrett. I am a little confused about why we are bringing local authorities in to run ports. The ports are a specialised area. I would rather see an integrated transport policy, whereby the big ports in use would incorporate some form of rail transfer of assets, etc. I am a little concerned that we are asking too much of local authorities.We have stripped them of...

Seanad: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (16 Dec 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: I take the Minister's word that there was a significant period of consultation but everything about this Bill seems to remove the opportunity for locally-elected people to have a serious input into the ports' boards. The boards would have oversight of what goes on. We seem to be empowering chief executives and disempowering elected people, a theme which appears to run right through...