Results 4,901-4,920 of 5,763 for speaker:Gerard Craughwell
- Seanad: Seanad Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (25 Nov 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: Be careful, the Senator could be in coalition with them next year.
- Seanad: Seanad Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (25 Nov 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: Fair play to him.
- Seanad: Seanad Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (25 Nov 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. It is such a love-in, it is a great day to be here, I have never seen anything like it in my life. I commend Senator Wilson. He has done what very few people have been able to do; he has brought something that will bring a degree of reform to this House. It is one slight step forward but it is one that has to be commended. There is no doubt...
- Seanad: Seanad Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (25 Nov 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: There ends the party political broadcast.
- Seanad: Seanad Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (25 Nov 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Seanad Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (25 Nov 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: As well as by the Independents.
- Seanad: Seanad Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (25 Nov 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: Well said.
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Second Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: Fair play.
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Second Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: The Senator should get the transcript out this evening.
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Second Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: I would like to welcome the Minister with open arms to the House but, on this occasion, I am afraid I cannot. I congratulate his Department and those who negotiated the Lansdowne Road agreement. A number of unions have signed up to it and some low paid cohorts in the public sector will benefit from it, which should be commended and welcomed. Has the Minister brought this legislation to the...
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Second Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: The Senator has not voted against a Bill and she should allow me my time. Will the Minister apply the Whip to this legislation? I need to know that because Members have been nominated by organisations that are odds with the legislation. On 13 October 2015, the Minister said in his Budget Statement that "the days of spending cuts are behind us". He further said, "I am pleased to report...
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Second Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: The credibility of the Government is now at stake. Let us take, for example, An Garda Síochána. The Garda was promised a review under an appendix to the Lansdowne Road agreement which would cover structural, human resources-industrial relations issues together with remuneration.I am not sure what has happened in regard to the structural review but only one serious meeting has...
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Second Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: I ask the Minister to wait a minute. They have been waived, but for how long will they be waived? Unless it is written down somewhere that nobody can get them, Deputies will get €6,000.
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Second Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: I am just about to finish. A public servant on less than €24,000 on casual work will not benefit from the pay increases because they are calculated on the whole salary not the part salary. That is my understanding of it.
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Second Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: If the Minister wants to clear that up that is fine.
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Second Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: My colleague, Senator Cáit Keane, mentioned city and county councillors. I know the Acting Chairman will give me a second on this issue-----
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Second Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: The very least we will do is for them. Pensions are a property right. They have been accepted as a property right in the courts so it is time to give a clear indication to pensioners of exactly when full restoration will take place. We need full dates. I appreciate the time the Acting Chairman has given me.
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Second Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Second Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: Money was not the issue.
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Second Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: We will lose that.