Results 5,141-5,160 of 5,872 for speaker:Gerard Craughwell
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Construction Contracts (14 Oct 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: The Minister of State said the closing date in respect of the Public Appointments Service was 18 September. We are almost a month beyond that date. Have interviews taken place or are they about to and is that now the only impediment that exists to the commencement of the legislation? I mean no disrespect to the Minister of State, but he said he took the matter over late last year. As...
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Construction Contracts (14 Oct 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: Have the interviews taken place or will they soon and will the Minister of State commence the Act as soon as the panel is in place?
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Construction Contracts (14 Oct 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: We will make the Minister of State drop us a line to let us know.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Oct 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: I rise to ask the Leader if we could have a debate on commercial rates. Today I met some contractors and had a Commencement Matter debate with the Minister. I also met retailers whose businesses are being closed. One told me that when he visited the local authority to explain that he had difficulty finding money to pay rates, but could keep his business open, he was told to close it. When...
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Oct 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: Well done on that.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: Like everybody else here, I add my condolences to the people in Carrickmines, to Garda Golden's family and to the family of the homeless man who died in Dublin over the weekend. The people in Carrickmines live just down the road from me. It was a halting site that was well in off the road. They were people who minded their own business, who went about their daily lives. To see two...
- Seanad: Budget 2016: Statements (13 Oct 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: This is grossly unfair.
- Seanad: Budget 2016: Statements (13 Oct 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: I come in here time after time-----
- Seanad: Budget 2016: Statements (13 Oct 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: In fairness-----
- Seanad: Budget 2016: Statements (13 Oct 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: -----you have allowed speakers to go over time.
- Seanad: Budget 2016: Statements (13 Oct 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: People like me, who sit here for hours-----
- Seanad: Budget 2016: Statements (13 Oct 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: I am sure the Minister of State would love to hear the compliments I have to pay to today's budget. It would be a refreshing move from this side of the House.
- Seanad: Budget 2016: Statements (13 Oct 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: The Leader could move an amendment. I ask him to do that in the interests of fairness.
- Seanad: Budget 2016: Statements (13 Oct 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: With all due respects to the Minister of State-----
- Seanad: Budget 2016: Statements (13 Oct 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: -----I appreciate that he is caught in this rule just like I am, but this is outrageous.
- Seanad: Budget 2016: Statements (13 Oct 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: There were two hours and the Acting Chairman let half the people speak over time.
- Seanad: Budget 2016: Statements (13 Oct 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: The Minister of State missed my part.
- Seanad: Budget 2016: Statements (13 Oct 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: The Minister of State is allowed to speak over time.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Oct 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: Go raibh maith agat, a Chathaoirligh. I join with colleagues who have spoken about the forthcoming election to the Seanad. I agree with what Senators Norris and Mullen had to say. We debase ourselves in this House in the way we allow elections to take place. It is a foregone conclusion before it has even started. Indeed, it has been in the public domain, put there by members of----
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Oct 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: As one of my colleagues on the other side of the House said, somebody kicked an own goal and that is the only reason I am here. The bottom line is that I do not believe Fine Gael will put up a candidate. I compliment Fianna Fáil and hope Sinn Féin will consider it. Indeed, if there is a person who is independent and is looking for a signature, my signature is here waiting. I...