Results 321-340 of 5,447 for speaker:Gerard Craughwell
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: Sure.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: Long living in the UK.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: I always do.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2021: Second Stage (7 Nov 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: I rise, as quite an elderly lemon in this House, to support this Bill.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2021: Second Stage (7 Nov 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: I think back to my youth. At 12 years of age, I started my first job. At 15, I ran a bar in a hotel in Lisdoonvarna for the entire season. Before the age of 16, I was working in a pub called The Hog in the Pound in South Molton Street in London. By the time I was just over 16, I was a member of the Armed Forces. To suggest, today, that a 16-year-old would be anything like I was when I...
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2021: Second Stage (7 Nov 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: I am deaf so I cannot hear the Senator. I would like to see participation at as early an age as possible. I think 16 is a good age to start. My colleague Senator Cummins made the point that he came from an education background; so too did I. I travelled the length and breadth of the country as president of the Teachers' Union of Ireland, TUI, and I learned how advanced children are from...
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2021: Second Stage (7 Nov 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: The bottom line is that we have nothing to fear. I encourage the Minister of State to kick aside any amendment and go for it. He should be a brave Minister of State. He will go down in history.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2021: Second Stage (7 Nov 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: And maybe beyond.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2021: Second Stage (7 Nov 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: So the people proposing the Bill are actually kicking it down the road.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2021: Second Stage (7 Nov 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: On a point of order, this was a Fianna Fáil Bill that was brought to the House and Fianna Fáil apparently are the people who are kicking it to touch until 1 July 2024. Do they not speak to one another in that party or where are we going? This is nonsense.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Oct 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: When budget 2024 was released, there was a lot in it. Education funding is part of what was outlined. It probably did not make much of a splash by way of headlines because the announcement of free school books up to junior certificate level was the headline but buried within the budget are a number of concerning issues. For example, funding for the capitation fee was €90 million...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Oct 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: Or next week.
- Seanad: The Political Situation in Northern Ireland: Statements (25 Oct 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: I want to recognise my colleagues. Senator Blaney has had a deep commitment to Northern Ireland and Senator McGahon, has equally pointed out the things that he sees that need to be done. Senator Martin made a point about representation for Northern Ireland in Europe, which would be a massive step forward by the Republic if it looked for it, albeit that representative would have to be...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: On the pre-legislative scrutiny issue, I have some sympathy with where Deputy Kenny is coming from. If we are to change speed limits in urban areas in the way the Minister of State quite rightly wants to, it will not happen inside six months. It certainly will not make a difference between now and Christmas. It is disingenuous to suggest that. The Minister of State is 100% correct in his...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: On the issue of public transport, there is a request from Cork and Galway to introduce light electric rail. We should do that for both cities. It is not something we should be talking about; it is something we should be doing. I know there is a preoccupation in Galway with the ring road and the problems that has caused. I support an integrated ring road and light rail system for Galway....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: I also asked about the issue of crushing vehicles.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: No, I would confiscate them, crush them and make the so-and-so that owns them watch them being crushed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: It is done in some places.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: I will do that but it would take a very brave Minister.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)
Gerard Craughwell: If people saw their SUVs, worth €50,000, being crushed-----