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

Gerard Craughwell: Hear, hear.

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

Gerard Craughwell: I join with others in wishing the staff who run the Seanad well as we head towards the summer recess. Last weekend, The Irish Mail on Sundaycarried a story about the Leader and me, and the Air Navigation and Transport Bill that is passing through this House at present. The article referenced the likely impact on the Leader's position as a result of the position she has taken in the House....

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

Gerard Craughwell: I appreciate that. The point I am trying to make, and this is something we should all reflect on as we go away for the summer, is about the role of the Seanad. Most of us are proud to be in this House. Its role is to challenge the Government, to look at Government legislation as it works its way through, to initiate legislation and to bring topical matters of concern to the nation to this...

Seanad: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (13 Jul 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: I thank the Minister for coming to the House for this debate. My colleague made the point that some of us have received emails referring to our vote in favour of the Bill on Second Stage. No amendment could be moved on that Stage. Unfortunately, there are people playing politics with this issue, which involves a devastating situation for families all over the country. We want to see a...

Seanad: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (13 Jul 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: Just let me finish off. At the end of the day, we want to see the families compensated as best we can. I am not going to say a whole lot more. The amendment we tabled stands for itself. I ask the Minister to accept it and I am willing to listen to his response.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Strategy: Discussion (13 Jul 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: The Senator could ask a constituent to allow him to charge his car.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Strategy: Discussion (13 Jul 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: Ban the children for a start.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Strategy: Discussion (13 Jul 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: I hate days like today. My head has been in six or seven different places. I missed the opening presentations.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Strategy: Discussion (13 Jul 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: I have never been able to multitask. I am very single-minded.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Strategy: Discussion (13 Jul 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: I recall being in County Kerry some time ago, visiting Dingle. I told my wife that I had always wanted to drive the Ring of Kerry. I set my satnav and started driving. I drove for a while and the satnav instructed me to take the next left. I took the next left and continued on. The road started to get narrower and narrower until there was grass in the middle of it. I wondered how a bus...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Strategy: Discussion (13 Jul 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: I am mindful that during the Celtic tiger in the noughties people were driving Range Rovers and other such vehicles around Foxrock. I said to a friend of mine that I wondered why they were driving the vehicles. He said that when they bought the vehicles, they got a pair of wellingtons too. They would go to the ploughing championship once a year to try out four-wheel drive. I am...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Strategy: Discussion (13 Jul 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: Is it foreseeable that a situation will ever arise where it will be possible for me to drive into a forecourt, open a little pocket in the side of my car, wheel out the used battery and wheel in a new battery and take off?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Strategy: Discussion (13 Jul 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: Okay. I must get Dr. O'Grady's number for the next time I am on the Ring of Kerry and I get lost.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Jul 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: I rise this morning a happy man for once with regard to the Defence Forces. A great piece of work was done by the Department in bringing forward the changes that are coming. It is a great day for the Reserve Defence Forces and private soldiers who will see substantial increases in their income. It gives great hope for the future. There always has to be a down side and with such a large...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Jul 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: I hope this is not another Tipperary thing.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Jul 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: I knew it would be about Tipperary.

Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (12 Jul 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: Amendment No. 1 relates to a group elected by their peers as a student union. The Minister might clear up one issue for me. As I know from my trade union days, there is always a risk of fringe groups. I would hope the direction the HEA would give in the establishment of a student union is that it would be all-encompassing and that special interest groups would be encompassed within the...

Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: I will speak very briefly. I can see where Senator Malcolm Byrne was coming from with respect to amendment No. 51, but I am a little concerned that an t-údarás may be silenced by a Minister, while the heads of higher education institutions may voice their views. I may be wrong, but that is my understanding. The Minister might clarify the position for me. Is it possible that the...

Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: Amendment No. 70 deals with-----

Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: But I never spoke on amendment No. 70.