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Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Sep 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: I understand the Minister of State’s bona fides. However, in our wildest imagination, we cannot possibly say that we were compliant with anything leading up to the crash of Rescue 116. The air accident investigation report is damning of the operator, the Coast Guard, the IAA and the Minister of State’s Department. As my colleague just pointed out, two of the recommendations...

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Sep 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: Just one final point-----

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Sep 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: Those are only two of the recommendations, there is another also which I cannot recall off the top of my head that is closed but not completed. I do not know how the Minister of State does that. There are four families out there who have lost loved ones. Are we trying to tell them that there was a recommendation from the AAIU and we are considering it? In the case of any air accident...

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Sep 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: I move amendment No. 4: On page 53, line 35, to delete "aircraft."." and substitute the following: "aircraft. 63G.(1) For the purposes of ensuring compliance with air carrier operating licence obligations (which is deemed for these purposes to include an air operator certificate) and compliance with any other obligation of any air carrier, the Irish Aviation Authority may cause such...

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Sep 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: There are so many pages of amendments that the Cathaoirleach will have to forgive me. I am lost.

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Sep 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: I see it.

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Sep 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: I have it. I am trying to get my head around it. I am sorry, there are so many amendments flying through that I am having difficulty catching up with this one.

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Sep 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: Forgive me. I am totally caught. Amendment No. 4 intends to delete the word "aircraft" and add new sections. This is for the purposes of ensuring compliance with the air carrier's operating licence obligations and compliance with any other obligation of any air carrier. The Irish Aviation Authority may cause investigations as it thinks fit to be carried out. We want to strengthen the...

Seanad: Procurement Process for a New Irish Coast Guard Aviation Service: Statements (21 Sep 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: The Minister of State is welcome to the House for this, the third debate I have requested on the procurement process for the next SAR contract. I acknowledge that in the letter of 4 August, signed by the Minister of State and the Minister for Transport, Deputy Eamon Ryan, it is stated that, as Ministers, they are somewhat removed from the day-to-day execution of procurement processes and...

Seanad: Procurement Process for a New Irish Coast Guard Aviation Service: Statements (21 Sep 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: The Minister is responsible for the Secretary General.

Seanad: Procurement Process for a New Irish Coast Guard Aviation Service: Statements (21 Sep 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: The Minister is responsible for what is said in her Department.

Seanad: Procurement Process for a New Irish Coast Guard Aviation Service: Statements (21 Sep 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: The Department made these allegations. I need to know if the Ministers stand over that.

Seanad: Procurement Process for a New Irish Coast Guard Aviation Service: Statements (21 Sep 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: Who is this civil servant who feels he can treat elected Members of this House in that way? Does the Minister of State accept that the Oireachtas and its joint committees have an oversight and governance role set out in EU Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on procurement, particularly under Article 83? Finally, in the most recent SAR...

Seanad: Procurement Process for a New Irish Coast Guard Aviation Service: Statements (21 Sep 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: It is rather easy to just write off what has been said.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Sep 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: I would like to remark on the funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II yesterday. My God, the British forces know how to do ceremony. As I was sitting watching them with their medals on their chests yesterday, I was mindful of how mean we are in this country when it comes to recognising valour and the issuing of medals. We are still fighting our way through the Jadotville situation and...

Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (20 Sep 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: The Minister is welcome. I congratulate him on the work he is doing in respect of further education. For 25 years of my life while working in further education, I wanted a Minister like him who would drive matters forward. Fair play to him; he is doing a great job so far. In the context of amendment No. 76, the Bill reads "such other body or person as it considers appropriate". We tabled...

Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (20 Sep 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: I wish to seek a point of clarification. Forgive me because my hearing is not the best. The Minister said he sees capacity to deal with the county councillor issue at the regulation stage when regulations are being put in place. Is the Minister telling me that all is not lost in that regard? The answer to that question will inform a lot of what I do from here on out.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Sep 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: As a member of the Royal British Legion and former member of the Royal Irish Rangers and a colleague of the many who served in Her Majesty's forces who now live in the Republic of Ireland, I would like to express my sympathies on their behalf. Her Majesty when she visited Ireland won the hearts of the nation of Ireland in a few short words and she is indeed a sad loss. I ask also that the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Impacting the Taxi Industry: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: As someone who travels in taxis around Dublin all the time, I believe we are in serious danger of losing the service, or at least the quality and volume of service one would expect. The costs involved in running taxis, between fuel and insurance, seem to have gone through the ceiling. There are companies that lease the cars to drivers but I am not sure how that works. Is that in danger of...