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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)
Gerard Craughwell: I did not intend asking anything about the Garda Síochána. On 24 August, it was reported in The Irish Timesthat the Minister, in an interview with 96FM in Cork, said that it does not matter if one is a Commissioner, a President, a Taoiseach, a Minister or anybody else for that matter, and the same rules should apply to everybody in Ireland. The Minister went on to say, "The idea...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)
Gerard Craughwell: With regard to the United Nations Security Council, the Minister's statement starts off referring to 15 years work with a two-year intensive workload. Will the Minister accept we have had the United Nations Security Council every 20 years since 1960? The mathematics suggest we would have had it anyway, if not this year, then next year.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)
Gerard Craughwell: With regard to the Secretary General's comprehensive report, he made the point in today's statement that stafff working in Iveagh House on 17 June 2020, many of whom had come to the office prepared to work through that night, were conducting essential business. By the way, it was unfair to ask the Secretary General to investigate his own staff and compile a report, having just taken over the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)
Gerard Craughwell: It was most unfortunate there was a child there on the night, but anyway. Is the Secretary General familiar with this document?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)
Gerard Craughwell: It is the Civil Service disciplinary code.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)
Gerard Craughwell: The first paragraph of the disciplinary code states: The purpose of this Code is to set out the arrangements for dealing with disciplinary matters in the Civil Service. It is also to ensure that all civil servants are aware that if there is [any] failure to adhere to the required standards of conduct, work performance and attendance, the disciplinary procedure [of] this Circular will apply....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)
Gerard Craughwell: Does Mr. Hackett accept that junior members of staff who will at some stage or who have in the past been subjected to the disciplinary procedures will feel there is one law for them and another for senior members of staff?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)
Gerard Craughwell: The Secretary General was promoted. Who recommended his promotion or move to an ambassador's role?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)
Gerard Craughwell: It is.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)
Gerard Craughwell: On a different issue, but it is important, because we are talking about issues-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)
Gerard Craughwell: I will take the Chairman's ruling and withdraw the question. I have one final point I need to address which is the news that broke today regarding another incident which is-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)
Gerard Craughwell: I appreciate the Chairman will say he will not allow it for discussion today. However, by not allowing it for discussion today, he forces me and other members of the committee to now request the Minister to return to deal with that issue. I would much rather that we cleared it out of the way today because it is a serious matter.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)
Gerard Craughwell: I will not question the authority, at all. I just want to make the point that this is a matter that hangs over us from another Department.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)
Gerard Craughwell: It will have to be dealt with in this committee. That is unfortunate for the Minister because I know he would want to deal with it today.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)
Gerard Craughwell: I appreciate that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)
Gerard Craughwell: That is my whole point to the Minister.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)
Gerard Craughwell: We may be at risk of double jeopardy because of what the Minister has done in the past number of days.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)
Gerard Craughwell: There is no point in discussing it this evening and it could well be that we will be discussing it for some time.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Feb 2022)
Gerard Craughwell: I need to correct the record of the House from yesterday. A statement was made yesterday that the Air Corps is not regulated-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Feb 2022)
Gerard Craughwell: I did not have the information yesterday when the statement was made.