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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Nov 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: Hear, hear. Well said.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Nov 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: I came up here to talk about security but Senator Ruane has sent me off on another track. She is 100% correct. We have let communities down in areas. I lived in Limerick for a number of years and there were two estates whose residents were constantly referred to as troublemakers, scumbags and so on. In Galway city, there were similar estates and there are areas in Dublin that are...

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Second Stage (28 Nov 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: I thank the Minister of State for being here. I should start by saying that I am delighted to see that the Naval Service seagoing allowance has been retained. That is one of the good things in the budget. An awful lot more work needs to be done with respect to our soldiers, sailors and airmen. The Minister of State might consider whether the duty allowance should be made tax-free. That...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Nov 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: I join with the best wishes to Mary as she moves on to the next stage of her life. On 8 November 1960 an ambush took place in Niemba in the Congo. On this day that same year the bodies of the troopers killed in that ambush were brought home to Ireland. I want to read their names into the record: Lieutenant Kevin Gleeson, 2nd Field Engineer Company; Sergeant Hugh F. Gaynor, 2nd Motor...

Seanad: Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: The Minster of State is welcome to the House. I thank my Fianna Fáil colleagues for introducing this motion, although they seem slightly obsessed with AI and its use for elections and the like. Let us be honest about it: I can think of no situation where we will have an artificially intelligent Minister of State sitting in front of us answering questions in the House. As such, we as...

Seanad: Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: To leave aside the jokes and get down to the serious issues, AI has the capacity to rapidly evolve cybersecurity risks within our country. Not only is our country suffering from these, so too are countries right across Europe. The level of cyber awareness that exists within populations is desperately and deeply worrying, as is the replication capacity of AI. We saw just today in The Irish...

Seanad: Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: The bottom line where the National Cyber Security Centre is concerned is that we cannot put enough money into it. My final plea to the Minister of State is that the Government fund industry with respect to cyber awareness. Our nation should be the most cyber-aware country in the world given the amount of FDI in it.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Nov 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: For most of us growing up, watching the Artane boy's band march in Croke Park on All-Ireland final day was something of great joy. However, for a number of people the Artane Boy's Band, its title, uniform, and everything about it conjures up nothing but memories of the abuse and butchery that took place in the Artane Industrial School. Councillor Mannix Flynn has managed to get a motion...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Nov 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: I was not here yesterday, unfortunately, as I had other business. Today I want to remember the people of the Niemba massacre who lost their lives in Niemba in the Congo in 1960. Forever etched in my mind are the dates of 8 November and, in particular, 22 November when the bodies were returned to Ireland and brought down O'Connell Street in Dublin. Lieutenant Gleeson and his men, all but...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: This weekend, it was once again confirmed to me that, in this country, we do not understand security or intelligence. Under the Irish intelligence system, the Garda is double-hatted – this is unlike the situation in any other state – and is responsible for both intelligence and policing. We find that the head of intelligence is now likely to be hired from abroad. Just think...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: Employing a foreigner to head up our intelligence system is beyond belief. It would happen in no other country in the world. Even some of the banana republics manage to have their own intelligence and security. At the end of the day-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: I would delightfully give way to Senator Seery Kearney.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: I might just reply.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: My good friend and colleague has just confirmed to me that Fine Gael does not understand intelligence.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: Employment law-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: We are talking about the head of intelligence. No country in the world-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: -----would appoint a person from outside the jurisdiction to head up intelligence. That, as far as I am concerned, is something we-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: It is not racist.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: It is far from racist. It is plain common sense.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: I shall leave it at that.