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- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: The Leader has just been asked-----
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: Tell us what you are afraid of.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: The only people suffering from the temperature here are our Fianna Fáil colleagues across the way-----
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: -----who are afraid of this Bill.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: They are afraid of it.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: Cohesion has fallen apart here.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: On a point of information-----
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: -----the latest I have sat in this House is 3.30 a.m. I am quite prepared to do the same tonight. In fact, I will stay here until 9 a.m.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: We need the Leader. Where is she?
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: I think they are welcome all right.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: I see an election coming.
- Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Dec 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: The Minister is very welcome to the House. I submitted an amendment on section 14 of the Bill, which deals with the dreaded class K PRSI. It has been ruled out of order because of the cost to the Exchequer. Members of this House who have gone to the dentist to get their teeth cleaned have come to me about PRSI. They are paying €386 in PRSI and cannot get dental care. It was...
- Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Dec 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: Is that so?
- Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Dec 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: I want to-----
- Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Dec 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: I just wanted to thank the Minister for her direction. I will work across all parties and, hopefully, bring forward a Private Members’ Bill early in the new year.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Dec 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: Last night, we had an excellent debate on the issue of members of local authorities. We are coming up to local and European elections, to be held next year, and a number of senior members of local authorities have decided they will pack it in at that stage. They will get a relatively small lump sum for up to 40 years of service in some cases. Why is it that outgoing members of local...
- Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (7 Dec 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: The Minister is welcome. First and foremost, I want to congratulate him and the Minister, Deputy Humphreys, on what has been a very good social welfare budget. It clearly set out to look after the less well-off in our society, which is really good. I want to devote my time today to speaking about class K PRSI. I delivered a rapporteur's report on class K PRSI in 2016, which I have here...