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Seanad: National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (17 Jun 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: I second the amendment. I will not name the employer, but we all know of one major retailer in the country which has shown just how vicious it can be when its employees make representations or make public their concerns.Ultimately, when people end up on the street and we see a march similar to the one we saw last Saturday week, with about 3,000 people walking down the street towards the...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jun 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: I join colleagues regarding the case in Berkeley. On the morning of 9-11, my son was in New York and he was on his way to the twin towers. I pay tribute to the Department of Foreign Affairs, which worked overtime at the time to put parents' minds at rest. I recall that we got our telephone call at 7 p.m. to tell us our son was alive and uninjured. When I saw the photographs he brought...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: I support the request by Fianna Fáil to change the Order of Business today. It is outrageous that we are going to have a debate after the deal is done.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: It is also outrageous that we do not hear from the only independent voice that I have heard, Senator Sean Barrett. I will not take any advice from those who are about to feather their own nest inside on the board of Aer Lingus, getting a huge payout once this deal is done, and other people who have conflicts of interest. I know the Leader is a decent man and I ask him to change the Order of...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: They are paid from the public purse.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: I am suggesting that, like all public jobs, they should be advertised with criteria and interview panels.

Seanad: Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Statements (28 May 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Statements (28 May 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: I understand the Leader’s position but it is regrettable that Senator Barrett cannot be here. He is tied up in the banking inquiry and he simply cannot leave it. It is deeply regrettable that we will not hear his voice today.I speak today on behalf of those who cannot speak in this House, namely, the Aer Lingus staff who suffered severe cuts to their pensions as a result of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 May 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 May 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: Well said.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 May 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: Exactly.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 May 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: I want to join the other Members of this House who have spoken on the sale of Aer Lingus this morning. I travel around Europe like most of us, and arriving in new cities, one sees tram systems. What did we do with the tram system in Dublin? We pulled it apart about 100 years ago and now we are paying a fortune to put it back together. I look at Irish shipping, which was mentioned here...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 May 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: Two minutes, please, a Chathaoirleach. He was told he needed further tests to determine what form he has. We all know the sentence of motor neurone disease. Nobody in the health service will pick up a phone and tell him when he can have the appointment.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 May 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: I appreciate that, but I will give the name of this man to the Leader and maybe he will-----

Seanad: Order of Business (27 May 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: -----ask the Minister for Health to get some doctor to pick up the phone and alleviate his pain. Have we lost all humanity in this country?

Seanad: Order of Business (27 May 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: Do we not understand people's suffering?

Seanad: Order of Business (27 May 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: Hear, hear.