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- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Nov 2021)
Gerard Craughwell: Ireland set up in recent years technological universities throughout the country and we are very proud of that. I was present of the Teachers Union of Ireland during the initial stages of that and I was struck by the commitment of staff in all of the former institutes of technology to get behind the drive to bring the technological universities about. There were difficulties, which we...
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2021)
Gerard Craughwell: I will be brief. The amendments tabled collectively by me and Senators Keogan and Boyhan have been requested by the Association of Irish Local Government which is a cross-party group. It involves all parties and none. I must bow to its members' knowledge. They are the people on the ground who must oversee planning in their areas.I accept the Minister's bona fides and I do understand the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence Forces Veterans: Discussion (16 Nov 2021)
Gerard Craughwell: Sorry to interrupt. On that point, I know some retired public servants who have through the organisations been employed to go back. They are not working for the State. They are working for the organisation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence Forces Veterans: Discussion (16 Nov 2021)
Gerard Craughwell: Would ONE look at that option?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence Forces Veterans: Discussion (16 Nov 2021)
Gerard Craughwell: I welcome all my former colleagues. I am sorry I missed a small part of their presentations as I had to attend the Order of Business. The first matter regarding membership and retaining membership is an issue we encountered during my time in the Teachers Union of Ireland. Teachers retired after their service, melted away and were lost to the organisation. The Retired Members Association...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Nov 2021)
Gerard Craughwell: I am grateful to the Cathaoirleach for allowing me in even though I was not scheduled to speak. The death of Austin Currie, as many of my colleagues have said, is a tremendous loss to Ireland. My sympathies go to his family. It is a pity we do not have more people like Austin Currie now working in Northern Ireland, people with nothing but peace in their minds, hearts and everything they...
- Seanad: Vacancy in Membership of Seanad Éireann: Motion (10 Nov 2021)
Gerard Craughwell: I second the motion.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Nov 2021)
Gerard Craughwell: Last Saturday, we gathered in Cathal Brugha Barracks to remember the men of Niemba and the Niemba massacre. It is timely to remember that members of the Irish Defence Forces lose their lives, sometimes brutally, as they serve overseas. Next Sunday in St. Patrick’s Cathedral and many other cathedrals around the country, we will remember the Irish who fell in the first and second world...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Nov 2021)
Gerard Craughwell: It is in the report. I am not saying anything that is not public knowledge.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Nov 2021)
Gerard Craughwell: It was reckless in its behaviour with respect to safety.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Nov 2021)
Gerard Craughwell: The name of the one-person company is long in the public domain.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Nov 2021)
Gerard Craughwell: The Minister named the company, not me, so-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Nov 2021)
Gerard Craughwell: My point is-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Nov 2021)
Gerard Craughwell: These issues have to be aired in public.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Nov 2021)
Gerard Craughwell: We are about to reward a contract to a company again for ten years. If, for example, the incumbent is part of the tendering process-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Nov 2021)
Gerard Craughwell: Do I not have an obligation as a public representative to raise these issues?
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Nov 2021)
Gerard Craughwell: -----and the only place I can do that safely is in here because I have been threatened by the Department-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Nov 2021)
Gerard Craughwell: -----that it will contact the other people.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Nov 2021)
Gerard Craughwell: Let me put something on the record.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Nov 2021)
Gerard Craughwell: We have been prevented many times from talking about SAR services. We now have a Bill going through this House-----