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Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2014)

Gerard Craughwell: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2014)

Gerard Craughwell: Should I leave now?

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2014)

Gerard Craughwell: First and foremost, I agree with my colleague, Senator Darragh O'Brien, regarding the debate on mortgages, rent controls and so on. I have spoken about this before and I do not intend to go any further on it now other than to ask that it be considered and brought forward as quickly as possible. I want to ask the Leader about an important item, and I ask that he not tell me it is an...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: State Examinations (19 Nov 2014)

Gerard Craughwell: I ask the Minister to ask her officials to look at what is happening in Australia, where they are rowing back from in-school assessment, as is the case in Bavaria in Germany. Some of my third level colleagues in the Seanad with whom I have spoken in recent days tell me that academic institutions worldwide are trying to pull away from ongoing assessment in the manner we propose for the junior...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: State Examinations (19 Nov 2014)

Gerard Craughwell: In fairness we are talking-----

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: State Examinations (19 Nov 2014)

Gerard Craughwell: I have confidence that the Minister will also interact.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: State Examinations (19 Nov 2014)

Gerard Craughwell: Will the Minister look at any research we bring to her?

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: State Examinations (19 Nov 2014)

Gerard Craughwell: I thank the Minister.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: State Examinations (19 Nov 2014)

Gerard Craughwell: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. I am not going to ask the Minister to debate the issues she is negotiating with the unions here in public, nor am I trying to negotiate on behalf of the union that I once headed up as president. I know she has noted that members of the unions are in the Gallery. I want to bring a very simple scenario to the Minister. For the sake of argument, let us take...

Seanad: Adoption (Identity and Information) Bill 2014: Second Stage (19 Nov 2014)

Gerard Craughwell: Go raibh maith agat, a Leas-Chathaoirligh, agus cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. I have very little to say on the Bill other than to acknowledge the great bravery of the Senator who brought it to the House and those who seconded it, including Senator Healy Eames. Members have bravely opened up about their personal lives in here in order to make Ireland a better place for those who have been...

Seanad: Adoption (Identity and Information) Bill 2014: Second Stage (19 Nov 2014)

Gerard Craughwell: Sorry, got pregnant some time after her husband died. The woman was taken from the farm that she had been left, she was placed in a mental hospital, her two sons were sent to Letterfrack and her daughter was sent to America. The child that was born as a result was sent to be fostered. It so happened that a relation of mine who happened to be in Merlin Park Hospital met the child 75 years...

Seanad: Adoption (Identity and Information) Bill 2014: Second Stage (19 Nov 2014)

Gerard Craughwell: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Nov 2014)

Gerard Craughwell: It is funny that I wish to discuss exactly the same issue. I still hold my belief that we do not need to soften the mortgage market but I take on board the suggestion that we would be able to insure 10%. However, I ask the Leader to set aside time to debate the private rental market because unless we control the rental market, as the mortgage market becomes tighter, rents will only go up....

Seanad: Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme: Statements (18 Nov 2014)

Gerard Craughwell: Why was it allowed to?

Seanad: Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme: Statements (18 Nov 2014)

Gerard Craughwell: Have the trustees been replaced?

Seanad: Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme: Statements (18 Nov 2014)

Gerard Craughwell: The first thing we tell young people when they get a job is to get a pension. We tell them the pension will guarantee their comfort in their old age. As we get older, we become vulnerable. I am particularly aware of it as I get older myself. It is totally unacceptable to hit the most vulnerable people in our society. These people have already been hit. Any of them that invested in blue...

Seanad: Horizon 2020: Statements (18 Nov 2014)

Gerard Craughwell: I welcome the Minister of State. I hate to be the one to put a bit of a damper on things with my comments and hope I am wrong. For the first two years of Horizon 2020 I understand that €15 billion will be laid aside. The Seventh Framework Programme had nearly €11 billion in 2013 which did not include funding for a competitiveness and innovation framework but that is now...

Seanad: Horizon 2020: Statements (18 Nov 2014)

Gerard Craughwell: My colleague, Senator Quinn, suggested there should be a one-stop-shop. One of the things that I have found about funding in this country is that there is a multiplicity of funding sources and sometimes it becomes so confusing that one loses track of where one is going. Therefore, I support the call for a simple one-stop framework to access funding. Higher education institutes will be the...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Nov 2014)

Gerard Craughwell: On the issue of what happened at the weekend I was appalled by what I saw. I believe there is still a crime of incitement in this country and I believe that those who bring people onto the streets have a responsibility to ensure that those people behave themselves properly. What went on at the weekend in this country does not reflect the democracy in which we live. I am sick and tired of...

Seanad: Commemoration Planning: Statements (13 Nov 2014)

Gerard Craughwell: Will the Minister remember the groups that do not have PR consultants? Some poor unfortunates cannot afford them.