Results 861-880 of 5,754 for speaker:Gerard Craughwell
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Quarterly Update on Matters relating to Minister of State's Remit: Discussion (22 Mar 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: Just two minutes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Quarterly Update on Matters relating to Minister of State's Remit: Discussion (22 Mar 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: One minute then.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Quarterly Update on Matters relating to Minister of State's Remit: Discussion (22 Mar 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: Come on.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Quarterly Update on Matters relating to Minister of State's Remit: Discussion (22 Mar 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: I do not want to come back to it repeatedly. I am tired of it. However, I am happy with much of what the Minister of State said. It sounds good.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Work and Priorities of the Defence Forces: Engagement with Chief of Staff (21 Mar 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: I wish to place on record my concern that we all received a letter prior to the Chief of Staff arriving here to the effect we were not to stray into policy areas. I believe the Chief of Staff, as the most senior military officer in the country, is well capable of telling us if we stray into areas we should not stray into. With that in mind, I am somewhat concerned at the blurring I have...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Work and Priorities of the Defence Forces: Engagement with Chief of Staff (21 Mar 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: We have had significant vacancies in non-commissioned officer ranks in particular. Based on the comments of my colleague, Senator Clonan, would the Chief of Staff accept that the lack of supervision because of vacancies not being filled is contributing in some way to the difficulties outlined by Senator Clonan, that is, that we simply do not have enough people on the ground to maintain...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Work and Priorities of the Defence Forces: Engagement with Chief of Staff (21 Mar 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: We might bear in mind that in Black Hawk Down they were not afraid to go back and look at that and upgrade all of the people who were involved. Other countries have done it and have not been afraid to do so. Leaving aside the Jadotville issue, which is a separate issue, the other issue is the number of veterans who approach me and tell me about wonderful things that happened. I was not...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Work and Priorities of the Defence Forces: Engagement with Chief of Staff (21 Mar 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: That is okay.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Work and Priorities of the Defence Forces: Engagement with Chief of Staff (21 Mar 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: I understand that there are about 200-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Work and Priorities of the Defence Forces: Engagement with Chief of Staff (21 Mar 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: No. That is fine.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Update on Civil Defence: Discussion (7 Mar 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: I thank the Civil Defence officers for being here today. I have great memories of my time with the Civil Defence as a young man and indeed as a drill instructor for competitions. It is a great organisation. I have a bit of a problem, though. We seem to duplicate a lot of services in the country. We have the Coast Guard carrying out search and rescue, and we have Civil Defence carrying...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Update on Civil Defence: Discussion (7 Mar 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: Is the Manpack programme still operating?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Update on Civil Defence: Discussion (7 Mar 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: Does the Civil Defence still run competitions across counties?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Update on Civil Defence: Discussion (7 Mar 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: Those competitions were great in their day.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Update on Civil Defence: Discussion (7 Mar 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: How many pilots does the Civil Defence have for the drones? The witnesses may not know the answer to that. I do not wish to be unfair in my questions. The fact that 21 of the units have drone technology and what the Civil Defence is able to do with that technology is phenomenal and I offer my congratulations in that regard. Is it relying on one person in each of the 21 units, however, or...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Update on Civil Defence: Discussion (7 Mar 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: I congratulate the witnesses on this. It is fantastic stuff. Well done.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Update on Civil Defence: Discussion (7 Mar 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: It will still take me.