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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: I am jumping the queue in fairness because I have a meeting with the Minister.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: The bottom line is that I cannot have this situation. I do not get involved in local issues as much as I can avoid it. I am a national politician but we really must do something about it. At the next meeting, we will have a lot more research into it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: Can I say one final thing?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: As a former leader of a trade union, it is my experience that companies retain employees with good terms and conditions of employment. The current demand for heavy goods vehicles, HGV, drivers throughout Europe is massive. If a company cannot retain the people it has, it must look at its terms and conditions of employment and start paying them what they are worth.

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Other Voices on the Constitutional Future of the Island of Ireland: Referendums and Lessons from Other Jurisdictions (27 Oct 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: I welcome our guests and thank them for their time. First and foremost, I believe three things need to happen as we move through this process. First, on a point to Raymond McCord, we need a truth commission that will involve the security forces and the former terrorists on both sides. We need open and honest discussion and debate, and we need to know what happened in the area of collusion....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Oct 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: I congratulate the Cathaoirleach who has been awarded the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise. I am not sure if it means that he is wise. The award was made by the Ukrainian President and is quite prestigious. I congratulate the Cathaoirleach. We read in The Journal today that the Departments of Public Expenditure and Reform and Defence are at loggerheads over the continued service of a...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Oct 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: Well done.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Oct 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: On 22 October, Daniel McConnell, the political editor of the Irish Examiner, wrote an excellent piece about how general data protection regulation, GDPR, commercial sensitivity and various other excuses are being used to deny members of the press and Members of the Oireachtas access to information. This is something that has concerned me for some time. For example, I put in a freedom of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Global Food Crisis: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: I must go to another meeting but I will be back as soon as I can.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Oct 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: Credit where credit is due, the Minister, Deputy Harris, as the Minister in charge of further and higher education, has done more for those sectors than any Minister I can recall in my time.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Oct 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: Let us not get too touchy about it now.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Oct 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: The bottom line is that it is a new Department but other Ministers had responsibility in that area and we never saw the movement we are seeing now. Credit where credit is due. I am just back from Tallinn, where I was involved in the Tallinn Digital Summit. One of the issues I am concerned about is the overemphasis on academic qualifications in the area of cybersecurity. We need to develop...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: May we heckle?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: On 31 August, I wrote to the Minister for Transport, Deputy Ryan, and the Minister of State, Deputy Naughton, following a request from a member of the public about tender documents that had been released by the Department of Transport for the procurement of consultancy services for search and rescue services. My letter questioned why there were two very similar tenders in the marketplace....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: It was intimidating for me.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: It was intimidating for me. When a Member of this House is told that an email that was sent to Ministers is being referred to the Office of the Chief State Solicitor and the Office of the Attorney General, that is intimidating. I would like the Minister for Transport to come to the House to reassure all Members that he does not support or subscribe to any form of intimidation. I ask the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Oct 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: It is strange that every time I come into the Seanad for the Order of Business, something derails my line of thought. Senator Doherty has certainly derailed mine today. I have a sister who lost two children at full term. I cannot begin to tell the House the pain that she has felt in her life at the loss of those children. I fully support what Senator Doherty is trying to do. I offer my...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Oct 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: I am aware that my colleagues want to talk about my trip to Qatar. I am quite prepared to give a detailed report next week on that. It is a cheap shot but leaving that aside-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Oct 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: The bottom line is this. What an embarrassment that this State, in which we constantly talk about our sovereignty and neutrality and hear all the other nonsense about the defence of the State, is unable to protect the very lifeblood of data that come through this country or the economic zone for which we are responsible? People speak about the "cloud" as if it was up there. It is not. It...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Oct 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: I am well aware that he was here last week. There are times when other Ministers are here and Senator Buttimer is not. I was away on business and the Senator can like it or lump it. The Minister needs to come to the House to explain. The story only broke in the last few days.