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- Committee on Defence and National Security: Recent Air Corps Developments: Discussion (24 Jun 2025)
Gerard Craughwell: That is my understanding.
- Committee on Defence and National Security: Recent Air Corps Developments: Discussion (24 Jun 2025)
Gerard Craughwell: How many offers have there been under the service commitment scheme?
- Committee on Defence and National Security: Recent Air Corps Developments: Discussion (24 Jun 2025)
Gerard Craughwell: Am I correct in saying that nobody has had an offer yet?
- Committee on Defence and National Security: Recent Air Corps Developments: Discussion (24 Jun 2025)
Gerard Craughwell: That is rather concerning. The Secretary General talked about Bristow moving in. We knew Bristow was moving to Weston a long time before 2024.
- Committee on Defence and National Security: Recent Air Corps Developments: Discussion (24 Jun 2025)
Gerard Craughwell: Has the Department worked out the terms and conditions for the service commitment scheme? What I have seen is that we are simply taking what was available to pilots and transferring it to air traffic controllers. Surely, these are two very different occupations.
- Committee on Defence and National Security: Recent Air Corps Developments: Discussion (24 Jun 2025)
Gerard Craughwell: Would Ms McCrum agree that most who are about to leave do not meet the 12-year criterion? A pilot has to have 12 years of service.
- Committee on Defence and National Security: Recent Air Corps Developments: Discussion (24 Jun 2025)
Gerard Craughwell: They are not worked out yet.
- Committee on Defence and National Security: Recent Air Corps Developments: Discussion (24 Jun 2025)
Gerard Craughwell: Terms and conditions have not yet been agreed for the service commitment scheme for air traffic controllers. Therefore, no offer can be on the table at this point in time. Is that true or false? Will those who are either direct entry or promoted now to officer rank from air traffic control have to undergo such things as command and staff courses in order to progress through the ranks?
- Committee on Defence and National Security: Recent Air Corps Developments: Discussion (24 Jun 2025)
Gerard Craughwell: I understand five will not qualify if the same criteria is being used as for the officers.
- Committee on Defence and National Security: Recent Air Corps Developments: Discussion (24 Jun 2025)
Gerard Craughwell: There are no offers right now.
- Committee on Defence and National Security: Recent Air Corps Developments: Discussion (24 Jun 2025)
Gerard Craughwell: But the Secretary General wrote to Ken Spratt in March 2021. I have the letter here. She identified air traffic control as an impediment to SAR for the Air Corps.
- Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2025)
Gerard Craughwell: Dr. Burke and Mr. Power are very welcome. To make my position clear before I start, the triple lock is a red herring in the Defence Forces' current context and we should be discussing the other aspects of the Bill. The Chair said we will get to those, and I accept that, but they are far more important when we talk about the impact of courts martial, the power to suspend personnel, etc. We...
- Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2025)
Gerard Craughwell: Chair, I do not understand what this has to do with the legislation.
- Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2025)
Gerard Craughwell: No, it is not. We are here talking about Irish legislation-----
- Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2025)
Gerard Craughwell: -----not about other conflicts.
- Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2025)
Gerard Craughwell: In fairness now-----
- Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2025)
Gerard Craughwell: How is that going to impact this legislation?
- Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2025)
Gerard Craughwell: No, it is not. It is a political point and the Senator is using the committee for political reasons.
- Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2025)
Gerard Craughwell: We are tight for time. I have a couple of very quick questions about the triple lock and sovereignty. Where does the sovereignty of the State lie when we go outside the State for permission to deploy troops? Could the Seanad fill the same role as the United Nations Security Council with a significant majority required to deploy troops? Finally, there has been a lot of talk here about the...
- Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2025)
Gerard Craughwell: It is not.