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Seanad: Local Government Review: Statements (26 Jan 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: The Senator should care a bit more about them then.

Seanad: Local Government Review: Statements (26 Jan 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Local Government Review: Statements (26 Jan 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: One could get the Independents to work with the parties but will the parties work with the Independents?

Seanad: Local Government Review: Statements (26 Jan 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: How to go?

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jan 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: It is "Alice in Wonderland".

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jan 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: I support Senators Norris and Quinn. It is appalling that we would allow changes to the privileges and practices of this House without a debate.I have spoken many times on the issue of speaking time for people, such as myself, who are not members of groups or the way the House divides on party political grounds rather than on vocational panels which is what we are elected to. It would be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Quality of Teaching in Higher Education: Discussion (20 Jan 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: Why does that not surprise me?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Quality of Teaching in Higher Education: Discussion (20 Jan 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: I will pull out now and I thank the witnesses for their responses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Quality of Teaching in Higher Education: Discussion (20 Jan 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: Does the Chairman not agree that we should be looking at parity of esteem between academic and vocational training?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Quality of Teaching in Higher Education: Discussion (20 Jan 2016)

Gerard Craughwell: I thank Dr. Harvey, Professor Gallagher and Dr. Foley for attending. It has been an extremely interesting and timely debate and I thank Senator O'Donnell for requesting it. I hope the committee will forgive me if I wander a little as I try to make the points that I want to make. Every year when I see graduation photographs in the newspaper, I wonder how many plasterers, motor mechanics...

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...