Results 781-800 of 5,918 for speaker:Gerard Craughwell
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: This weekend, it was once again confirmed to me that, in this country, we do not understand security or intelligence. Under the Irish intelligence system, the Garda is double-hatted – this is unlike the situation in any other state – and is responsible for both intelligence and policing. We find that the head of intelligence is now likely to be hired from abroad. Just think...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: Employing a foreigner to head up our intelligence system is beyond belief. It would happen in no other country in the world. Even some of the banana republics manage to have their own intelligence and security. At the end of the day-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: I would delightfully give way to Senator Seery Kearney.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: I might just reply.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: My good friend and colleague has just confirmed to me that Fine Gael does not understand intelligence.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: Employment law-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: We are talking about the head of intelligence. No country in the world-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: -----would appoint a person from outside the jurisdiction to head up intelligence. That, as far as I am concerned, is something we-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: It is not racist.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: It is far from racist. It is plain common sense.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: I shall leave it at that.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: Sure.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: Long living in the UK.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: I always do.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2021: Second Stage (7 Nov 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: I rise, as quite an elderly lemon in this House, to support this Bill.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2021: Second Stage (7 Nov 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: I think back to my youth. At 12 years of age, I started my first job. At 15, I ran a bar in a hotel in Lisdoonvarna for the entire season. Before the age of 16, I was working in a pub called The Hog in the Pound in South Molton Street in London. By the time I was just over 16, I was a member of the Armed Forces. To suggest, today, that a 16-year-old would be anything like I was when I...
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2021: Second Stage (7 Nov 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: I am deaf so I cannot hear the Senator. I would like to see participation at as early an age as possible. I think 16 is a good age to start. My colleague Senator Cummins made the point that he came from an education background; so too did I. I travelled the length and breadth of the country as president of the Teachers' Union of Ireland, TUI, and I learned how advanced children are from...
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2021: Second Stage (7 Nov 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: The bottom line is that we have nothing to fear. I encourage the Minister of State to kick aside any amendment and go for it. He should be a brave Minister of State. He will go down in history.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2021: Second Stage (7 Nov 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: And maybe beyond.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2021: Second Stage (7 Nov 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: So the people proposing the Bill are actually kicking it down the road.