Results 821-840 of 5,754 for speaker:Gerard Craughwell
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: The Garda Commissioner presented in front of the Garda Representative Association, GRA, in Westport yesterday. The issue of rostering of gardaí for both the GRA and the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors, AGSI, is a major problem and we have known for some time that it is a problem. The Commissioner said he is not the only one who has to compromise. It strikes me that he is...
- Seanad: Election of Acting Chairperson (25 Apr 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: Is this a Fianna Fáil coup?
- Seanad: Election of Acting Chairperson (25 Apr 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: Shall we accept Senator Wilson?
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Apr 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: My thoughts too are with the Defence Forces personnel. It is a pity only 12 of them have gone to Sudan. It is a humanitarian mission. The triple lock does not apply. We should have many more people there. The need for heavy-lift aircraft has once again been exposed. On 18 May 1988, 02789H, prison officer Sean O'Brien was on duty in Portlaoise Prison. I have been given permission to use...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Apr 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: That is fine; no problem.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Apr 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: I find it strange that no evidence can be found in national archives, military archives or in the Department of Justice of this escape attempt in Portlaise Prison. O'Brien has been diagnosed with a severe form of post-traumatic stress disorder, PTSD. Has the State got a duty of care to this man? Is he entitled to be looked after? I ask the Deputy Leader to perhaps put that question to the...
- Seanad: Report of the Independent Review Group on Dignity and Equality Issues in the Defence Forces: Statements (25 Apr 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: I stand before the Tánaiste today a proud veteran of the Irish Defence Forces. Every officer, NCO and service person of the Defence Forces, serving and retired, with whom I have engaged since the publication of the report has expressed a welcome for the statutory inquiry and for any Garda investigation of wrongdoing in the Defence Forces. All expressed strongly that any wrongdoing...
- Seanad: Report of the Independent Review Group on Dignity and Equality Issues in the Defence Forces: Statements (25 Apr 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: I did not deny the need for a statutory inquiry-----
- Seanad: Report of the Independent Review Group on Dignity and Equality Issues in the Defence Forces: Statements (25 Apr 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: The statutory inquiry will tell us all.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Apr 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: Some chance.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Apr 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Apr 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: Well said.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Apr 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: Senator Byrne should get down off the horse.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Apr 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: With respect to the tweet from Senator Keogan, it is clear that Senator Malcolm Byrne does not understand the meaning of the term "technical group". Senator Keogan does not speak for me or for any of my colleagues. We speak independently of one another, we have our own views and our own minds. I do not subscribe to the tweet that was put out by Senator Keogan. Mr. Drew Harris, one of the...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Apr 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: Absolutely and I have not said he lied. I said that if it is shown that the system was not hacked, then he can be accused of lying. Time and again Secretaries General have been called before Oireachtas committees. In the case of the Joint Committee on Transport, of which I am a member, the Secretary General of the Department of Transport has refused to come before the committee. It is...
- Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Second Stage (19 Apr 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: The Minister is welcome to the House. I congratulate him for bringing this Bill forward. At the outset, I will remark on the work of our library service for providing excellent briefing material. I compliment the joint Oireachtas committee that sat and deliberated on this issue and I remember those parents who adopted and fostered children. In many case, in fact in most cases, they were...
- Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Second Stage (19 Apr 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: We as a society owe the women. The Acting Chairperson is looking at me to tell me that my time is coming to an end.
- Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Second Stage (19 Apr 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: I ask the Minister to let sense prevail. My colleague Senator Boyhan is correct that this is the reviving House. We have an opportunity to get this right. Senator Doherty said it a few moments ago. Everyone who has spoken today has said it. Let us pause for a moment. Let us get it right. Let us work together. The Minister has done a fantastic job so far. Let us get it 100% right. I...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (19 Apr 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: I second the proposal.