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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Oct 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: Listen, a Chathaoirligh. I tried to get this through on a Private Members' motion. I came with a well-prepared piece and the reply that was given by the Department of Transport addressed none of my concerns. The tender is about to go out for SAR. The business case was put together with KPMG, advised by Frazer-Nash. The important thing here is that there are only three or four companies...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Oct 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: But Frazer-Nash is owned by one of them.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Oct 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: I appreciate that; I was going as fast as I could.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Oct 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: The Senator deserves the extra time. Some things are important. We can sit back and pretend these things do not happen but they are happening.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Oct 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: I will finish with this. We need the Minister in here to discuss search and rescue services and the forthcoming contract. We cannot allow a contract to go out while the report on Rescue 116 has not been published. The pilot of that helicopter had been awake for 18 hours when she was sent over to Blacksod. For God's sake-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Oct 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: I appreciate that but we are here to hold the Government to account.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Oct 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: I have failed to bring this issue up anywhere.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Oct 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: Four people are dead. I have tried to bring this up everywhere but nobody is interested.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Oct 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: Well said.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Oct 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: I thank the Leader for that.

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (5 Oct 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: I thank the Cathaoirleach Gníomhach. I find myself in the unusual position that I want to agree fully with my colleague. There should be representation from Munster, Galway or Connacht on any airport authority. We need to have a national view, and all laughing and joking aside, I totally agree with Senator Buttimer on this point. He has been advocating for this for some time now and...

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (5 Oct 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: I support what the Senator has said. It is a different thing entirely to take an Oireachtas Member and exclude him or her from board membership. That is probably right because legislation, etc., comes through both Houses. Local authority members, however, bring a wealth of experience and local knowledge to a board. That is something the Minister of State should look at over time.

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (5 Oct 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: I move amendment No. 1: In page 40, after line 37, to insert the following: "Amendment of Act of 1993 - Licence Holders Forum 59. The Act of 1993 is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 14: "Licence Holders Forum 14A.(1) The Irish Aviation Authority shall establish a standing body to serve as the collective statutory collaborative and consultative forum in...

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (5 Oct 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: I thank the Minister of State for being willing to listen. The Senator hit the nail on the head in saying we are talking about pilots first. Anybody who has watched the programme Senator Buttimer adverted to, on air accident investigations, will realise flying is about a number of small steps that must all be taken in the correct order. A pilot must not be afraid to report. There cannot...

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (5 Oct 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: I hear what the Minister of State is saying. I spent four years at the top of trade unionism, and in that time I learned that you can work within rules and lay down procedures that both sides can adhere to, though maybe not as rigidly as we are trying to do here. You can have regulations and rules that people have to adhere to to resolve difficulties. I will push a vote on this. I...

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (5 Oct 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: I have no doubt about the Minister of State's commitment to date. She has always been an honourable person and I accept her bona fides. My comments are not directed at her at all but she will not always be in her post.

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (5 Oct 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: The Minister of State will move on to greater and better things and she may finish up as Taoiseach, which would be great for Galway. We are talking about the current organisation and not her. We have all said that there is a toxicity in that organisation at the moment. Perhaps a new CEO or chairman will make all of that better but I do not know. This debate is not about the Minister of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Sep 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: I join with Senator Boylan on the issue of animals. My dog of 11 years died recently and I wanted to replace him. As one cannot find pups in the various rescue centres at the moment, I decided to search online and discovered that puppies are being sold for up to €3,000 each. Let us think about the outrageous amount of money that can be earned from one litter of pups. There also are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Secretary General of the Department of the Taoiseach (29 Sep 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: I thank Mr. Fraser for attending the meeting. It is good of him to appear before the committee. He spoke a great deal about process and procedures. Indeed, he spoke at the finance committee in June 2021 about his belief that process and procedure are the way we should do business. I assume that, as the most senior civil servant in the country, he is an expert in process and procedure....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Secretary General of the Department of the Taoiseach (29 Sep 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: As the most senior civil servant advising the Taoiseach and the Cabinet, I assume Mr. Fraser has meetings on a weekly or more frequent basis with Government advisers, the chef de cabinet and perhaps Ministers, and I am sure he is well used to a situation where eleventh-hour issues come before the Cabinet, for example, a couple of hours before a Cabinet meeting something urgent arises that he...