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Committee on Public Petitions: Petition on Justice and Marine Safety: Discussion (22 Feb 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: I presume he still stands several million euro in the red.

Committee on Public Petitions: Petition on Justice and Marine Safety: Discussion (22 Feb 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: I need to go to another meeting. I support this family 100%. This is too big an issue for a family to fight and the State should step in. The Department of Transport is not the easiest in the world to deal with, based on my personal experience. I am sure Deputy Brady will have far more questions to ask Mr. Gaffney. I really wish him well and I am very sorry he finds himself in this...

Committee on Public Petitions: Petition on Justice and Marine Safety: Discussion (22 Feb 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: Mr. Gaffney put the safety of its crew above everything else.

Committee on Public Petitions: Petition on Justice and Marine Safety: Discussion (22 Feb 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: Mr. Gaffney has good people around him.

Committee on Public Petitions: Petition on Justice and Marine Safety: Discussion (22 Feb 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: I wish him the very best of luck. If I am needed for a vote here, I can come back. I will be in the Seanad for the next couple of hours.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Feb 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: I, too, send my condolences to the family of Michael O'Regan. I met him only a few days before he passed away at SuperValu in Ballinteer. He was as feisty as ever and in great form. Everything the Cathaoirleach said about him epitomises the man he was. He would always stop and have a chat in the corridors of Leinster House. Reading the British newspapers this morning, I must conclude...

Seanad: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (21 Feb 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (21 Feb 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (21 Feb 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (21 Feb 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: I just want to say a few brief words. The Minister of State is a proud Limerick man. I have known him for many years. This is a great day for him. He is driving home a Bill for an elected mayor in his city, one of the finest cities in Ireland. I know him from way back. His commitment to Limerick was never in question at any time. He has taken amendments on board and modified the Bill...

Seanad: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (21 Feb 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: I am so delighted I left. Seriously, this is a fantastic day's work for the Minister of State. I congratulate him on a great day's work. I am delighted that he was the Minister of State to drive this forward.

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

Gerard Craughwell: I suppose they are in County Tipperary.

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

Gerard Craughwell: I am not surprised.

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

Gerard Craughwell: At the outset, I congratulate the Deputy Leader.From working with her in recent years, I genuinely feel that she has shown herself to be an extremely independent person and an independent thinker. She has been rewarded by being selected and now she has to go and do the hard work. I wish her well in that. On the referendum, I am becoming more and more concerned at what I believe are the...

Seanad: Special Measures in the Public Interest (Derrybrien Wind Farm) Bill 2023: Second Stage (20 Feb 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: Before I launch into what I have to say, I understand planning permission would be required to remove the current Derrybrien wind generators. I will be objecting to that planning permission and taking this as far as I possibly can. I disagree with some of what the previous speaker said. We are talking about changing a law, not ignoring the law. Today, we heard a detailed and valid argument...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Feb 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: Can I interrupt for a moment? What Mr. Guinan is telling me is what any normal representative body does.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Feb 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: My colleague, Senator McDowell, and others have raised the matter of the oversight body. RACO and PDFORRA were both members of the previous oversight body. There was no problem I was aware of and I have to put on record that this committee should insist there is counterbalance on the oversight body and that the representative bodies have membership, along with the Secretary General-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Feb 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: Yes, or the Secretary General should leave and then there would be no requirement for any counterbalance. However, I would favour RACO and PDFORRA being members of the oversight body.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Feb 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: It is important to say that I constantly get comments about the fact that people such as myself and my colleagues Deputies Berry and Stanton and Senator Wilson are negative about the Defence Forces. We have the representative bodies here this evening. Their final statement this evening was about the wonderful career that Defence Force membership offers people. We need to compliment them on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Feb 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: Not much is left to be asked. For the PDFORRA and RACO representatives, has a member of their organisations, that they are aware of in the history of those organisations, ever been charged for making political statements or interfering in the political process? Mr. Berney made a very important point. As a former president of a trade union myself, it has always been the case that changes...