Results 641-660 of 5,754 for speaker:Gerard Craughwell
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: On the pre-legislative scrutiny issue, I have some sympathy with where Deputy Kenny is coming from. If we are to change speed limits in urban areas in the way the Minister of State quite rightly wants to, it will not happen inside six months. It certainly will not make a difference between now and Christmas. It is disingenuous to suggest that. The Minister of State is 100% correct in his...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: On the issue of public transport, there is a request from Cork and Galway to introduce light electric rail. We should do that for both cities. It is not something we should be talking about; it is something we should be doing. I know there is a preoccupation in Galway with the ring road and the problems that has caused. I support an integrated ring road and light rail system for Galway....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: I also asked about the issue of crushing vehicles.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: No, I would confiscate them, crush them and make the so-and-so that owns them watch them being crushed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: It is done in some places.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: I will do that but it would take a very brave Minister.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: If people saw their SUVs, worth €50,000, being crushed-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: Would the Minister of State accept that a lot of guys who are banned from driving are actually caught driving subsequently? Worse still, many are caught driving without insurance.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Oct 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: The Acting Leader will have some interest in what I have to say because it concerns the Defence Forces. The Tánaiste and then Taoiseach was flown to Europe in a PC-12 aircraft because the Learjet aircraft, which is 20 years old, is on the ground in need of repair. While he was out there, the PC-12 developed problems and he could not fly back. He was left stranded in Brussels because...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: Give them tomorrow night's off as well.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: Is the Senator allowed extra time because he is a member of Fine Gael?
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: These Cork spats in the House are very unseemly. My colleague Senator Warfield spoke about Ursula von der Leyen and what she had to say and what she did not have to say. We have a situation where our President, Michael D. Higgins, goes to-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: Stick with me here now.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: He goes to Rome-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: I have to put on my headphones now because I have to hear you.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: Michael D. Higgins goes to Rome and he does exactly what Ursula von der Leyen did.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: He makes a statement without, I understand, having run it past the Government or the Council of State.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: I hope the clock has stopped.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: No, there is a question here.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: Excuse me. There is a question here. We have a Constitution in this country.