Results 5,801-5,820 of 5,918 for speaker:Gerard Craughwell
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Dec 2014)
Gerard Craughwell: I am delighted to hear that because there are people who talk about €3 as if it was nothing.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Dec 2014)
Gerard Craughwell: I got a phone call this afternoon from a councillor in Tralee to tell me that the Vincent de Paul in Tralee handed out 1,000 food parcels. The Minister may pass that on to some of our colleagues The Minister is encouraging me to divorce my wife of 38 years because my neighbour is getting his water for €60 because his is a one-person household. I am paying €160 and the guy up...
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Dec 2014)
Gerard Craughwell: The Minister says the bonus structure has gone away. I would like him to address this today because we both know that one cannot take away a term or condition of employment without compensating those who are entitled to it. I am not one bit concerned about the top guys who are going to walk away with megabucks in their pockets. I am talking about the guys who are on €35,000 or...
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Dec 2014)
Gerard Craughwell: There are group e-mails, there are spam e-mails but some human somewhere has to make them initially.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Dec 2014)
Gerard Craughwell: Somebody said something about scaremongering. I am delighted the Minister rejected the scaremongering by his Cabinet colleagues. I compliment him on that. There is no fairness in the charge. There is no fairness in anything this Government has brought in. We have only to consider property charges. Try living in Dublin and see how much the property tax is, then start paying for water. My...
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Dec 2014)
Gerard Craughwell: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Dec 2014)
Gerard Craughwell: Put a bucket out.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Dec 2014)
Gerard Craughwell: There is no such thing as a computer generated e-mail.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Dec 2014)
Gerard Craughwell: They pay a higher property tax.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (18 Dec 2014)
Gerard Craughwell: What happened to their bonuses?
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (18 Dec 2014)
Gerard Craughwell: We do not need them.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (18 Dec 2014)
Gerard Craughwell: We would chop a load off that.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (18 Dec 2014)
Gerard Craughwell: Do not start on the unions, please.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (18 Dec 2014)
Gerard Craughwell: A plebiscite is-----
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (18 Dec 2014)
Gerard Craughwell: It changes nothing.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (18 Dec 2014)
Gerard Craughwell: It surely is a fix.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (18 Dec 2014)
Gerard Craughwell: There is no money.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (18 Dec 2014)
Gerard Craughwell: I do not mean to be critical but I do like to follow it on paper as the Minister of State speaks so that I can note various points. I do not mean to be awkward.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (18 Dec 2014)
Gerard Craughwell: Is the Minister asking that we defer taking the Bill until January to give us plenty of time to consider it?
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2014)
Gerard Craughwell: Yes.