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Seanad: Mental Health Services: Statements (29 Apr 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: I only require 30 seconds.

Seanad: Mental Health Services: Statements (29 Apr 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: I assure the Minister of State that I will not take longer than 30 seconds.

Seanad: Mental Health Services: Statements (29 Apr 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: There are 80 people on the panel with the HSE at the moment. Why have they not been appointed?

Seanad: Mental Health Services: Statements (29 Apr 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: Is it tough work?

Seanad: Action Plan for Jobs: Motion (29 Apr 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: I move amendment No. 2: "To insert the following lines after 'calls on the Government to': - 'immediately end the use of zero-hours contracts in all sectors; - take immediate steps to address the cost of childcare, which is crippling young families;'."I believe in offering credit where credit is due and I fully acknowledge the work the Government has done. I am not here to criticise in...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Health Services Staff Recruitment (28 Apr 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: I welcome the Minister to the House for the debate on this matter. On 25 March, an independent report into the deaths of 12 children in State care or known to child protection services severely criticised the State's social work and mental health services. Four of these cases concerned young women between the ages of 14 and 19 with emotional difficulties who had taken their own lives....

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Health Services Staff Recruitment (28 Apr 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: I accept what the Minister says and I understand his own concerns in this area. However, as Minister for Health, he has responsibility for the HSE. The establishment of a working group to report on this matter now is a bit late in the day. There are vacant posts in the system and there are people available now to fill those posts. I cannot for the life of me understand why we cannot go...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Health Services Staff Recruitment (28 Apr 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: There are many people on the panel.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Health Services Staff Recruitment (28 Apr 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: Can the Minister offer some solace in terms of membership of the group including a counselling psychologist?

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Health Services Staff Recruitment (28 Apr 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: Go raibh maith agat.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: I join other Senators who have mentioned the war dead. Many young boys went away expecting to be home after a couple of months and many of them are still lying where they fell. It is a terribly sad day. I have visited the graves of the war dead in France and I am delighted the Irish Government built the peace tower over there and recognised our war dead. I wish to raise two issues. I...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: No. I have just received a message that the Minister has agreed to meet the three local Deputies on the issue. I would ask, however, that the Leader would relay my concerns to the Minister and place her on notice that if we do not hear positive news, I will propose this amendment again.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Apr 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: I support what has been said by my colleague, Senator Ó Clochartaigh, on the sale of Siteserv by IBRC. This matter has clearly been rumbling around the halls of Leinster House, and around many other halls, for a long time. There is something just not right about the matter. It is time for a full, open and independent inquiry into the matter. I would be obliged if the Leader would...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Apr 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: As of today, only 20 teachers have undergone training. Training sessions were set up in education centres throughout the country but no one has attended. Why have we not tried to resolve the industrial relations issue rather than waste money sending officials to deliver inservice training to people who will not attend?

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Apr 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: We need the Minister to come to the House to explain the matter as a matter of urgency.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Apr 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: The unions are.

Seanad: Sport Ireland Bill 2014: Second Stage (22 Apr 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: I congratulate the Minister of State on bringing forward this Bill which I welcome. I welcome the merger of two entities in so far as it allows for a single point of contact for those who want information and access to grant aid, etc. As a trade unionist, however, I am always concerned that there might be rationalisation associated with it, resulting in some job losses. I would like to see...

Seanad: Sport Ireland Bill 2014: Second Stage (22 Apr 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: Then there are Derval O’Rourke, Stephen Roche and Sean Kelly. How did this tiny country, with the resources we had put into sport, breed such fantastic sportspeople? The sportspeople of today have a lot going for them, but in the time of Senator Eamonn Coghlan, Ronnie Delaney or Christy O’Connor there was not much going for them. We have achieved a great deal as a country, of...

Seanad: Sport Ireland Bill 2014: Second Stage (22 Apr 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: No, I was not really in short pants when Senator Eamonn Coghlan was running. I thank the Minister of State for introducing the Bill

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Local Government Reform (21 Apr 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: I also welcome the Minister of State and thank the Cathaoirleach for scheduling this important and sensitive topic for discussion. What we are talking about is the low rate of representational payment to city and county councillors. I began the discussion last week when I raised with the Minister for Social Protection the important issue of councillors' PRSI contributions. Councillors...