• Independent Senator (Labour Panel)
• Entered the Seanad on 10 October 2014 — Byelection
• Email me whenever Gerard Craughwell speaks (no more than once per day)

• Recent appearances
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Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2018)

“One would have to meet the cow.”

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2018)

“One does not get a chance to respond to the Leader's response at the end of the Order of Business. Yesterday, he put up a sterling defence of the pay rise given to the Department of Defence people. Indeed he was correct. It was a 24% increase, not 25%. This means that 84.12% of members of the Defence Forces are 7% worse off than every other worker in this State based on averages. We also...”

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2018)

“It is based on a submission to the Public Service Pay Commission so it is not something I am dreaming.”

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• Has spoken in 100 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among Senators.
• People have made 2 comments on this Senator's speeches — above average among Senators.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 389 times in debates — above average among Senators.
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