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Seanad: Situation in Ukraine: Statements (1 Mar 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: Hear, hear. Well said.

Seanad: Citizens' Assemblies: Motion (23 Feb 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: I support everything Senator Boyhan said in respect of local authorities.I was sitting in my office listening to Senator Ruane. Many people have spoken about her community today. Senator Ruane's community is my community. A person I loved dearly died because of addiction. It is the most horrible death. It is not something you will only find in the poorer areas of society. You will find...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Feb 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: I first want to remark on the fact that representatives of the Uyghur community were in Leinster House today. It is a testament to the Seanad that we are not afraid to recognise and bring into the House people from any community anywhere in the world who are being subjected to horrendous treatment. I also welcome the Lord Mayor of Cork. It is always a pleasure to see him in the House. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Israel's Apartheid against Palestinians: Amnesty International (22 Feb 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: Deputy Berry is tied up in the Dáil this afternoon and asked me to convey his apologies.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Feb 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: On Sunday last, an Chéad Chathlán Coisithe i nDún Uí Mhaolíosa i nGaillimh held its commemoration of 100 years. I want to pay some respect to my colleagues: Senator Kyne, who is here; Senator Crowe; and Deputies Ó Cuív and Grealish. Their attendance at that parade was greatly appreciated by all. Soldiers in Galway know they have support in this House and...

Seanad: Life Saving Equipment Bill 2017: Committee Stage (17 Feb 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: I welcome the first responders. Few of the Members who have spoken here this afternoon know what it is like to wake up at 5 a.m. with a pain in your chest as if you had just been hit by a bus. I have had that experience. I spent two years from 1999 to 2001 carefully assessing everywhere I went outside Dublin to see if there was a hospital close by. I cannot begin to tell Members the fear...

Committee on Public Petitions: Annual Reports of the Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman: Press Ombudsman (17 Feb 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: Mr. Feeney is very welcome. I admire his openness and willingness to listen and answer questions. If I may, I will focus on social media, although I know he has been fairly well quizzed on it. In a recent radio programme, I listened to a lady who was the owner of a bed and breakfast down the country. In seeking to put up an image on her website, she googled a particular part of her local...

Committee on Public Petitions: Annual Reports of the Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman: Press Ombudsman (17 Feb 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: In its search engine tools, Google provides people with a facility to check the copyright of photographs. There are many sites that you can buy the images from. I was rather shocked to find that my own image is copyrighted, not by me, but by the person who took the photograph. I fully understand that. I wish to raise another sensitive issue concerning the media in general. The august...

Committee on Public Petitions: Annual Reports of the Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman: Press Ombudsman (17 Feb 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: Indeed. Many of my party colleagues right now would probably say that my Independent Group gets more publicity than any of them, which may or may not be true. I want to talk to Mr. Feeney very briefly about the area of litigation in Ireland. The printed press, particularly, and, indeed, both TV stations and all radio stations operating in the Republic, are extremely sensitive to the...

Committee on Public Petitions: Annual Reports of the Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman: Press Ombudsman (17 Feb 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: If we look at a defamation case where the ordinary working guy, Joe Bloggs, is minding his own business and gets mentioned in a newspaper, nobody would be afraid to mention his name. The worst-case scenario is that if the newspaper has defamed him in some way, it will cost a couple of thousand euro whereas if it affects a person with a high profile, as Mr. Feeney rightly pointed out, it...

Committee on Public Petitions: Annual Reports of the Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman: Press Ombudsman (17 Feb 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: Mr. Feeney raised another issue with me.

Committee on Public Petitions: Annual Reports of the Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman: Press Ombudsman (17 Feb 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: I will submit this quickly. A Scottish newspaper sued a person, either on the person's website or Facebook, I am not sure which, for republishing its article by putting up a link to it. I guess there is a role for Mr. Feeney's office there. I would hope that the Press Ombudsman's office would be used as a precursor to any litigation for defamation and that that in some way would mitigate...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Iarnród Éireann (17 Feb 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: I welcome the witnesses. One of the most profound statements they made is that railway planning usually covers several generations. The destruction of our railways around this country has impacted on several generations. That brings me to a question from a dear friend and colleague in the west, Mark Duffy, who is a councillor in Ballina. He speaks about the western rail corridor. He...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Iarnród Éireann (17 Feb 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: Has Irish Rail ever considered a Ryanair approach to rail travel? If I travel by public transport, I like to travel on a train because I have the freedom to move about and I can get a meal on many trains, which suits me nicely. I am looking at fares. From Galway to Dublin costs €20 on a train and €12 on a bus. Killarney to Dublin costs €43 on the train and €25...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Iarnród Éireann (17 Feb 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: There are two more points I want to put to Mr. Meade quickly. I drive quite a lot across the country as well. For example, when I would arrive in Cork, I might want to go out to west Cork or somewhere like that, and I take my car instead. Senator Horkan made the point that he would love to be able to drive onto a train and drive off at the other end. Similarly, as I drive across the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Feb 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: I appreciate the Cathaoirleach letting me speak this afternoon. I want to report a new form of cyberattack that is taking place. I have just been the subject of one. I got a message from AIB on the AIB telephone number this morning, telling me that my card had been used in Manchester and asking me to log on and put my details through. After I looked at the first page, I said that it was...

Seanad: Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures Bill 2022: Second Stage (15 Feb 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: I had not intended to speak on this Bill. I welcome the Minister to the House. There are two or three provisions in this legislation that are reasonably good. For many years, I have listened to people outside talking about us living in a bubble in here, totally removed from real society. How many people sitting round the Cabinet table or in this House have ever experienced real poverty?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Security Situation in Ukraine: Engagement with Ukrainian Ambassador (15 Feb 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: The ambassador is very welcome. I thank her for her presentation. How successful does she think sanctions would be if there were an invasion? Does she think the Russians would pull out because of sanctions, or would they just ignore them? My colleague mentioned the use of mercenaries. It is the case that militia have been set up in Ukraine and local citizens have trained in the use of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Irish Air Line Pilots' Association (15 Feb 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: Captains Cullen and Brereton are welcome before the committee. Captain Cullen is an aviator.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Irish Air Line Pilots' Association (15 Feb 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: I have often heard it said that if we applied the same rules to medicine as we apply to aviation, fewer people would die in operating theatres and the like. Aviation has a track record of being regulated and of being totally and utterly committed to rules, regulations and cross-checking that is second to none. That is the first point I want to make. Captain Brereton dealt with the peer...