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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Update on Civil Defence: Discussion (7 Mar 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: Great.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Update on Civil Defence: Discussion (7 Mar 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: They will know for next time.
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services (1 Mar 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Burke, for attending. Today, I am following up on a reply from the Minister for Health to a parliamentary question last October, in which he said his Department was considering a proposal to establish a working group to assist in the development of an updated strategy that addresses the hearing needs of the Irish population. I am grateful for the great...
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services (1 Mar 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: The Minister of State will have noticed that I am wearing headphones. I suffer badly from hearing loss and I can tell him it is the most frustrating disability. In crowded spaces I find I do not quite pick up on what people say and sometimes I get the wrong message. My wife reminded me that one time in a crowded gathering I was answering questions I had not been asked. It was an...
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services (1 Mar 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: Pardon?
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services (1 Mar 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: I thank the Minister of State. I am sure many in here would be delighted if I were on the periphery of conversations.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Mar 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: I ask that the Leader raise that with Government to ensure we get the people who are answerable.
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services (1 Mar 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: The Acting Chair is very observant. He can figure out where people are from by just looking at them.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Mar 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: Some time ago I reported that one of our CHC helicopters was forced to land on Valentia Island. Some weeks ago, one of our helicopters was forced to make an emergency landing in Derry, and I understand that, last night, Rescue 115 was forced to land off the coast of Clifden. I have brought up the issue of this organisation several times in this House, and I am very concerned it may be...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Accidents) Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: I thank the witnesses for their presentation. I want to go back to accidents that took place before this legislation. We clearly have a problem with the marine accident investigation board that was in place at the time. Regarding this legislation, and we have a problem in that we are on a very tight timeline for pre-legislative scrutiny on it, which I do not particularly agree with. I...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Accidents) Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: If the Bill is-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Accidents) Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: If I may, the Clinch report-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Accidents) Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: -----has been mentioned by more than one person. We are being asked to carry out pre-legislative scrutiny but we are not being provided with the tools to allow us to analyse past mistakes or issues. One or maybe both hands are being tied behind our backs, and both ankles are being nobbled as well.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Accidents) Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: Well, somebody is. The bottom line is it is up to this committee to decide whether it is prepared to allow that to happen. I would be interested in Mr. Kingston's views on that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Accidents) Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: Should it not, like the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, or the Ombudsman, be located completely away from any Department?