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Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Feb 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Feb 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: I concur with what my colleague Senator Norris said. I have been before the Labour Court and rights commissioners on many occasions and while I respect that individuals have a right to choose whomever they want to represent them, we have a responsibility to ensure that it is a competent person. I will be accused again of supporting the creation of a nanny state. I have seen too many...

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Feb 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: The matter is self-explanatory and I concur with Senator Norris.

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Feb 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: I accept the Minister's comments and there is no doubt eminent legal professionals and public servants will apply for these jobs. There is a huge difference, however, between being suitably qualified and having the experience to run the position. Employment cases and employment law can be extremely difficult and specialism is required, which can only be gained through experience. I will...

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Feb 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: If I am fishing for sharks, I would rather fish where the sharks are rather than bother myself with salmon and the like.

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Feb 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: I find myself in total agreement with my colleague, Senator Cullinane. I have been involved in workplace relations committees from local branch level through to national level, and the level of ignorance with respect to knowledge of employees' rights is unbelievable. What Senator Cullinane is asking for here, and I look forward to him tabling an amendment on Report Stage, is basic...

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Feb 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: I support Senator Quinn's amendments, which many may find a little surprising. I agree wholeheartedly with what he said. I have, however, one caveat which, if these amendments are accepted, I will address by way of amendment on Report Stage - namely, that where a copy of a document is taken it be certified as a true copy of the original document. I do not want to see a situation whereby a...

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Feb 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: I move amendment No. 42: In page 26, line 35, to delete "shall not" and substitute "made to the Inspector after receiving a caution shall".

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Feb 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: I wish to refer to amendment No. 42.

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Feb 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: I will not do so at this time.

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Feb 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: The proposed amendment mentions evidence made to the inspector "after receiving a caution". There is a proviso. Is the constitutional provision met by this?

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Feb 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: We sought to remove the phrase "shall not" and substitute the phrase "made to the Inspector after receiving a caution shall".

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Feb 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: I do not wish to delay the Minister. Does he wish to gather information without compelling somebody in doing so? If we use the word "caution", are people compelled to answer, which may damage the collection of evidence?

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Feb 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: I support Senator Cullinane's request to reduce the period from 42 days to 28 days. It never ceases to amaze me that we provide such latitude to organisations that have all the resources in the world available to them to prepare documentation. A period of 28 days is an ample amount of time for an employer to put together any documentation required. A period of 42 days is excessive and not...

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Feb 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: They have a lot more than their employees.

Seanad: Betting (Amendment) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (18 Feb 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: Tá fáilte romhat, a tAire Stáit. I pressed an amendment to this Bill last week to provide that warnings would be issued by Government on all gambling and betting outlets. My colleague, Senator Darragh O'Brien, brought to the Seanad's attention the number of gambling machines that are available in betting offices. I heard today that a public house in the south east, well away...

Seanad: Betting (Amendment) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (18 Feb 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: I deeply regret naming him. However, he had no difficulty naming me.

Seanad: Betting (Amendment) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (18 Feb 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: He put his name into the public array when he named me and put his byline to it. Therefore, I do not apologise.

Seanad: Betting (Amendment) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (18 Feb 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: Perhaps it was political folly, but I do not know that it is given the damage being done to families. Families are being destroyed. Let us consider what wives are told. The man who came to see me haunts me. I have thought of him going home to his wife and asking her to sit down because there is something he has to tell her. This haunts me because in 1983 when my business went bust, I had...

Seanad: Betting (Amendment) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (18 Feb 2015)

Gerard Craughwell: I wait with bated breath for the gambling control Bill. Last night, I was thinking about gambling.As I was thinking about it, an advertisement appeared on the television offering me access to the best bingo game in the world. I could pick from five or six by dialling some number or getting online. No sooner had that advertisement finished than something came up on the television offering...