Results 5,021-5,040 of 5,872 for speaker:Gerard Craughwell
- 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.
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Second Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: No, I asked the Minister whether the emergency is over.
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Second Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: That is not fair. The Minister was asked a direct question.
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Second Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: The Minister told the entire country that the emergency is over. In fairness, a question was asked.
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Second Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: It has not been done with gardaí.
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Second Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: The Minister is wrong.
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Second Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: I voted in favour of an amendment in the reasonable conduct of business on issues with which I agreed, but I cannot vote with a Government that uses the Whip in votes.
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Second Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: But it has not.
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Second Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: There is a question which as been left unanswered. Will the Government apply the Whip?
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Second Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: That is unfair.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Special Needs Provision in Second Level Schools: SNPA, NCSE and NAPD (18 Nov 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: I say to the National Association of Principals and Deputy Principals, NAPD, that although we may not have always sung from the same hymn sheet in a former professional life of mine, I know the work it does in preparing principals to deal with all the issues we are talking about is incredible. I have seen the agenda for the conferences, along with some of the work and training being done. I...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Special Needs Provision in Second Level Schools: SNPA, NCSE and NAPD (18 Nov 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: I went to Finland some time ago. We visited a number of schools. One of the things I looked for in every school was the mixed ability class and the special education student. We visited four large second level schools but they were unable to show me one.