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

Gerard Craughwell: Come on now.

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

Gerard Craughwell: Looking at the grouping it is very hard to see how one can jump from one place to another place. I was trying to facilitate debate with the Minister that would follow some sort of sequence.

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

Gerard Craughwell: The Cathaoirleach will appreciate that this is a very important amendment that deals with city and county councils.

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

Gerard Craughwell: Senator Higgins was allowed in a second time.

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

Gerard Craughwell: Senator Higgins was allowed to speak a second time.

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

Gerard Craughwell: I proposed this one.

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

Gerard Craughwell: I did. If you look at it you will see that No. 70 is proposed by me.

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

Gerard Craughwell: You are telling me that the Member who proposes the first amendment in this group can speak a second time, but not others. This is the problem with grouping. It makes a situation where you have ruled us out from making our point.

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

Gerard Craughwell: So when I spoke the last time I was supposed to deal with amendments Nos. 51, 70 and so forth.

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

Gerard Craughwell: Come on, for God's sake.

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

Gerard Craughwell: I can deal with the Cathaoirleach giving me direction here. The rest of the Members should be quiet, if they do not mind.

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

Gerard Craughwell: By the way, this particular amendment impacts all of us in the Chamber except the Minister, unless there is a change of Government and he finds himself back here with us.

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

Gerard Craughwell: Perhaps the Minister will address that issue for me as a token of good faith.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and UN Security Council: Engagement with Minister for Foreign Affairs (12 Jul 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: I would not worry about it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and UN Security Council: Engagement with Minister for Foreign Affairs (12 Jul 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: I am not going to speak about defence other than to thank the Minister for delivering €500 million in funding for the period up to 2028. I am waiting for the fine detail but I congratulate the Minister on that. He has put a lot into it. I know I give him a hard time now and then but that is the nature of politics. Credit where credit is due. I have a few questions about the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and UN Security Council: Engagement with Minister for Foreign Affairs (12 Jul 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: We could call it in if we need it.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Jul 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: Hear, hear.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Jul 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: I think Senator McDowell's amendment has already been seconded. I propose a third amendment, that No. 4 be amended by the deletion of the second paragraph and the substitution of the following: "to be taken at the conclusion of No. 3 or at 7.15 p.m., whichever shall be the later, and the proceedings thereon shall, if not previously concluded, be adjourned at 8.45 p.m.".First, there is much...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Jul 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: Yes.

Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (6 Jul 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: I, too, support Senator Norris in this. With the appointments in this Bill generally there is an exclusion first and foremost of members of local authorities. When I look at this particular section I wonder how the Irish Federation of University Teachers, IFUT, and the Teachers Union of Ireland, TUI, which are the two trade unions representing third level staff, feel about students being...