Results 5,281-5,300 of 5,752 for speaker:Gerard Craughwell
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 May 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: A total farce.
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 May 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: Absolute rubbish.
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 May 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: The Government is hardly saving the post office network.
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 May 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: Hear, hear. Well said.
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 May 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: I second Senator Quinn's request that No. 15 be taken before No. 1 on the Order of Business today.
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 May 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: Yes. That is correct. There has been much congratulation over the weekend about the referendum. The result is due to the people, not necessarily to the political system. It was the people who went out and got the votes. I was particularly struck at the count on Saturday in the RDS at the inverse relationship between the "Yes" to the referendum on marriage equality and the referendum on...
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 May 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: How many Members spoke on it? It was a disgusting effort at reform.
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 May 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: Of course they should have been discussed, but who discussed them, a Chathaoirligh? Nobody.
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 May 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: The bottom line is that the Government promised reform when it took office but has not delivered any reform.
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 May 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: My heart sank when I listened to the debate on the recent report on Seanad reform. While it will not do so in the lifetime of this Government, the political class needs to wake up, as the Catholic Church has done. As Archbishop Diarmuid Martin stated, the church will take a step back, reflect on what has occurred and try to bring itself into line with citizens who are two steps ahead of us....
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 May 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: I seek additional time for the statements this afternoon to ensure all Senators can make a contribution.
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 May 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: There was silence around it.
- Seanad: National Drugs Strategy: Statements (26 May 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: I will not even take five minutes. I congratulate the Minister of State on the tremendous success in the referendum at the weekend. I saw his joy in the RDS. It was palpable and great to see. He did a great job, as did his party. He is to be congratulated on this. I stood with the Minister of State, Deputy Kevin Humphreys, on Leeson Street Bridge canvassing. Fair play to him - he...
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: I, too, would like to join my colleagues in lamenting the passing of Derek Davis. I also agree with what Senator Mooney has just said. It is not the function of the Taoiseach of this country to apologise for the actions of terrorists who acted on the soil of this country. I wish to raise two issues. The first is the issue of Balbriggan community school, which my colleague, Senator...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Family Income Supplement: Department of Social Protection (13 May 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: I start to get very worried when I hear phrases such as, "To further encourage lone parents to take up employment or increase their hours of employment," and then see the statement, “Staff of the Department are actively promoting both the back to work family dividend and family income supplement.” I would like to know how staff actively encourage a lone parent with a child aged...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Family Income Supplement: Department of Social Protection (13 May 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: The Senator is doing a good job.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Family Income Supplement: Department of Social Protection (13 May 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: On the personal development plan, I sometimes wonder whether these types of things are box-ticking exercises. Will the Department employ qualified persons to meet those moving into a transition to provide proper career analysis and carve out a career pathway for them? As the witnesses are probably aware, I left the further education sector to become a Senator relatively recently. In my...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Family Income Supplement: Department of Social Protection (13 May 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: I think the Department likes to view them as consumers. Am I right or wrong?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Family Income Supplement: Department of Social Protection (13 May 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: In that case, let us refer to them as clients.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Family Income Supplement: Department of Social Protection (13 May 2015)
Gerard Craughwell: Some of the training courses are available through ETB further education colleges. The course I ran was approximately €1,000 per client to fund their textbooks and examinations, which were professional examinations. In the case of beauty therapy courses, for example, while the tuition is free one could spend €1,000 or €1,100 on the equipment required. While there are...