Results 1-6 of 6 for waste management speaker:Paul Gavan

Seanad: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: Committee Stage (8 Feb 2024)

Paul Gavan: ...not, the mayor is going to have a role in this area. Why not give him or her this particular power in respect of the JPC? The amendment next states, "The Mayor shall have executive powers in the realm of waste management." As a trade unionist, this is something very close to my heart. My union and others have campaigned for this for years. I live in the small village of Castleconnell,...

Seanad: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: Committee Stage (8 Feb 2024)

Paul Gavan: ...interpretation of the plebiscite the Minister of State has included in this Bill is so conservative. If we were to ask the people of Limerick if they would like their mayor to tackle the issue of waste management, they would tell us that of course they would. The idea that it would instead lie with the director general, an unelected position, rather than with the democratically elected...

Seanad: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: Committee Stage (8 Feb 2024)

Paul Gavan: ...do such tremendous hard work. The Minister of State has again missed an opportunity. He seems to be stuck in a straitjacket that means we can only go so far and no further. Why should we leave waste management with the director general? We do not get to elect the director general. We will, in June, have the opportunity to elect the mayor and he or she should have the powers to deal...

Seanad: Ban on Dumping New Products Bill 2022: Second Stage (5 Jul 2023)

Paul Gavan: ...they produce up to 10,000 new products a day. Most returns end up in landfill. According to the Minister of State’s fellow Green Party member, Councillor Carolyn Moore, who sits on the Government’s waste advisory board, Ireland disposed of 110,000 tonnes of clothes in 2020. The point is that, so long as it is easy enough and a cheaper option to dump these unsold or...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2021: Second Stage (7 Dec 2021)

Paul Gavan: ..., if I can. I particularly welcome the ring-fenced funding for childcare. My union, SIPTU, has campaigned for this for years. I was part of its Big Start campaign six years ago. The fact it has managed to win ring-fenced funding is really encouraging. It is a tribute to its members throughout the country. I urge the Minister of State and his Government to ensure this is implemented....

Seanad: Investment Limited Partnerships (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (23 Sep 2020)

Paul Gavan: ...cuts to the pandemic unemployment payment, solutions to a coming wave of mortgage arrears or increased capacity in our hospitals than from arcane legislation that will delight private equity asset managers.Unfortunately, the priorities of this Government are clear. The Irish investment limited partnership product was first established under the 1994 Act. It was thought then that the ILP...