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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Jun 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: No homework for the week.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 May 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: Garretstown is a beautiful beach; I have been there. The Department of Transport has set out its preferred tenderer for the search and rescue contract and that is Bristow Ireland, which I congratulate on the job. I am not one bit sorry to see that CHC has not gotten over the line. However, the people who worked for CHC are brave, solid heroes in my view who put their lives on the line on a...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 May 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: -----or the qualifications they bring. We need clarity urgently.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: A Common Vision for Cybersecurity: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: In attendance we also have Mr. Adrian Kelly from the Advanced Manufacturing Training Centre at Dundalk Institute of Technology.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: A Common Vision for Cybersecurity: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: I thank all of the presenters. It really is great to have the entire spectrum of the education and training section before the committee. I will direct specific questions to the witnesses, starting with Professor O'Shea. I have been to MTU, and the committee should visit to see what is going on there. There is great work going on. Professor O'Shea mentioned to me the need for a standard...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: A Common Vision for Cybersecurity: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: I thank all the participants. It has been really engaging. I have two questions, one of which is for Dr. Miller who spoke about what is going on in Northern Ireland. I know there is huge collaboration between him and Professor O'Shea and various other academic institutions in the Republic. With Ireland being an island - North and South, it really does not matter - we either stick together...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: A Common Vision for Cybersecurity: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: I thank Dr. Miller very much. My final question is for anybody who wants to take it . Mr. Larkin mentioned the sum of €1 billion, which is bound to raise eyebrows around here in Leinster House. The State is looking at a surplus of €11 billion this year and €16 billion next year. Mr. Larkin said €1 billion over seven years would be his target. He would want...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: A Common Vision for Cybersecurity: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: I bet the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform has just switched on all the terminals to look in here right now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: A Common Vision for Cybersecurity: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: We need to realise that cybercrime is now more lucrative than the drugs industry. It is a cleaner industry for the criminal and the risk of getting caught is probably lower. From that point of view, Mr. Umit Uygur talks about 3% of GDP. In Ireland GDP is a risky figure to be talking about.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: A Common Vision for Cybersecurity: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: Yes, today all the sectors involved in cybersecurity are present and I understand we are verging on the edge of the education committee, but-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: A Common Vision for Cybersecurity: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: -----this is cybersecurity. This is a risk to the State and the people who are here have a unified vision of what the country needs in cybersecurity. The request for €1 billion is a small request at the end of the day, even if it slipped off Mr. Larkin's tongue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: A Common Vision for Cybersecurity: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: We should go to MTU.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 May 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: Recently, in Mayo County Council, Independent Councillor Seamus Weir, cathaoirleach of the council, did something rather unusual. He organised for Mr. Larry Carty to make a presentation to the assembled council regarding the death of Private Billy Kedian. Billy Kedian, a soldier of the 1st Battalion in Galway, was killed on 31 May 1999. Yesterday, The Irish Suncarried a story about Billy...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 May 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: I should have thanked Neil Cotter, who broke the story in The Irish Sun.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: High-Level Action Plan for the Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces: Discussion (30 May 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: I thank the witnesses for their attendance. The world changed in February 2022 and it would be fair to say that if we were looking at the Commission on the Defence Forces report again, we would probably be looking at level of ambition three, rather than level of ambition two. It strikes me that it is an awful long time to 2028 to build the budget up to €1.5 billion and we should...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: High-Level Action Plan for the Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces: Discussion (30 May 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: Yes, the aid to the civil power. It is my understanding that there was to be an immediate focus on getting rid of the aid to the civil power taskings that are no longer a requirement given the security situation in the country. However, it appears that not one of those taskings has been stood down. If we are committing troops to things that are no longer necessary and if they are doing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: High-Level Action Plan for the Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces: Discussion (30 May 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: I fully accept that. I needed to put those on the record so that we get answers for them. I fully accept it may not be in Ms Sinnamon's gift to answer today.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: High-Level Action Plan for the Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces: Discussion (30 May 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: I might come back quickly on the RDF and the implication of barracks closures throughout the country. For example, if I live in Sligo and want to become a member of the RDF, where do I go? Do I go to Athlone, Finner Camp or Dún Uí Mhaoilíosa in Galway? We have broken the RDF by not having units locally. When I was in the RDF as a very young man, every Tuesday night every...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: High-Level Action Plan for the Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces: Discussion (30 May 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: With regard to change in the Defence Forces, in recent years there have been 12 reviews of the Defence Forces. We appointed a head of strategic HR, much to my annoyance, in 2017. I am not aware of a single issue or change that has been brought since then. I do not know why we placed strategic HR outside the Defence Forces. It should be in with the people who understand the Defence Forces....