Results 5,061-5,080 of 5,752 for speaker:Gerard Craughwell
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2015 - Vote 37: Minister for Social Protection (22 Sep 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: Before the budget.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2015 - Vote 37: Minister for Social Protection (22 Sep 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: It is something I will bring to the committee if that is agreeable.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2015 - Vote 37: Minister for Social Protection (22 Sep 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: I thank the Minister.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2015 - Vote 37: Minister for Social Protection (22 Sep 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: It was amended in 2014.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2015 - Vote 37: Minister for Social Protection (22 Sep 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: It was amended in 2014 to broaden it to all unearned income. We will bring something to the Minister on it - specifically relating to local authority representatives.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jul 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: I, too, thank the Seanad staff, particularly for the help, assistance and mentoring, to some degree, I received when I came here. In recent days I have received a number of telephone calls from councillors around the country, all referring to three basic issues, namely, entitlement to sick pay, the negative impact on household incomes of full-time councillors with no other income and the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jul 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: I realise that, but the motion has not been taken. I am receiving calls from people who are sick and have no income because they are councillors. Last night I received a call from a councillor who, as a lone parent, had lost all of her welfare payments because she was a councillor. It is not good enough and all we are offering is soft talk. Everybody in the House has been in contact with...
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jul 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: You promised open and honest Government.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jul 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: All the time.
- Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: I support the amendment. I am one of the few people in the room who has worked in Aughinish Alumina, as did my former colleague. We were regularly paid to have our cars washed and polished due to chemical spills that took place within the confines of the island. Let us be under no illusions. On the positive side, Aughinish Alumina is a good employer and provides many jobs for the people...
- Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: Well said.
- Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: I move amendment No. 9: In page 55, to delete lines 13 to 26 and substitute the following: “(2) The database shall be the property of the Department of Social Protection for the purposes of payment of the grant and be subject to the provisions of data protection legislation.”. I regret that the Minister of State is taking the flak in the Chamber and the senior...
- Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: I am looking forward to receiving the €100. The wife and I will have a party with it, but I will not be paying my water fees.
- Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: Incidentally, if there is any suggestion that I will find myself on a database that is not controlled under data protection, I will have serious difficulty with it. I seek an assurance that the database, if it is created, will be the property of the Department of Social Protection. That should be provided for in the Bill, as amendment No. 9 proposes.
- Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: They are paying €100 for it.
- Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: That is what the Government is doing.
- Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: I would love to know what education is being provided.
- Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: I would love it.
- Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: I might have to request an immediate adjournment.
- Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: Senator Gilroy has missed the point entirely.