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Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (21 Mar 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: It is the Minister for local government, surely.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (21 Mar 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: I might add one caveat to all this. I fully understand what the campaign wants to do, and I support the relatives in particular. If the bodies are to be exhumed and moved, a fitting memorial should be erected within Kilmainham Gaol to mark the spot from which they are exhumed. Like it or lump it, this is our history. I know there will be people watching who will be saying "That Brit", but...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (21 Mar 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: I agree with Deputy Buckley.

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee (21 Mar 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: Will we consider the petition without him or will we call him?

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee (21 Mar 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: It is important that we hear from him because, judging from the amount of correspondence I am receiving from people who either are involved in the Prison Service or have left it, there seems to be a serious problem in that organisation that needs to be addressed. In this public forum, I encourage any member of the Prison Service who has an issue to come forward and let their issue be known -...

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee (21 Mar 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: That is good. Thank you, Chairman.

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee (21 Mar 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: It is the problem we have hit here all afternoon, which is that almost every query that has come before us has three or four Departments involved and nobody takes responsibility.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (21 Mar 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: We will just take the ones that are mentioned in the petition.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (21 Mar 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: We might include the nurses on the basis that they have a system in place and see what they might add to the discussion.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (21 Mar 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: We could get all the documentation we want but at the end of the day, it may be of no use to us. I know that Deputy O'Donoghue, who has an engineering background, might understand some of it but I would certainly be out of my depth. From that point of view, we need an expert.

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee (21 Mar 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: I have a question. I spoke to the Chair some time ago about a prison officer. Has he made a submission?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Mar 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: I, too, add my voice to those who have spoken on the Taoiseach, Deputy Leo Varadkar's resignation today. I will leave the media to decide what kind of Taoiseach he was. For me, he was a sensitive and shy man who was nice to meet and have a word with. I wish him well wherever he goes from here. We are all aware of the drugs somebody tried to land off the south-west coast of this country...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Mar 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: I welcome Senator Fitzpatrick to her role as Acting Leader today. I take the opportunity to acknowledge Saoirse Ruane, the 12-year-old who appeared on "The Late Late Show". In her short life, she raised millions of euro for children. We should remember her today. I spent the past few days in Brussels and Bruges to discuss defence and security. I have spoken many times about my great...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Mar 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: It is a worthwhile endeavour.

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: The Future of Local Democracy: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: It is no secret that I was never a member of a local authority so I am speaking to my experience in this House. I listened to the presentations downstairs in my office and I found myself asking whether we really know what we are doing in the Houses of the Oireachtas to local authorities. In recent years, we stripped county councillors of memberships of boards and of policing and security...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: The Future of Local Democracy: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: Okay, I am trying to. It was written by the authority that we were trying to regulate. It wrote its own legislation. The only Minister who ever liaised with me on legislation for local authority was Deputy Phelan and he was accommodating at the end of the day, albeit with both arms tied behind his back. I am not a party member but the witnesses are. They have been Ministers and are...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: The Future of Local Democracy: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: Maybe Deputy Phelan should answer that.

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: The Future of Local Democracy: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: You would want to give it for next week as well.

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: The Future of Local Democracy: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: My famous victory.

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: The Future of Local Democracy: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: If Deputy Phelan had not got married, he could have merged the Galway councils.