Results 2,161-2,180 of 4,178 for speaker:Paul Gavan

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Apr 2021)

Paul Gavan: That is a disappointing response but I am out of time.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Apr 2021)

Paul Gavan: I welcome my colleagues, Senators Horkan and Maria Byrne, back to the Chamber. Senator Horkan will forgive me if I extend a particular welcome to Senator Maria Byrne. It is good to have a second voice from Limerick in the Chamber. I congratulate both Senators. This week, I attended the Council of Europe. It was good to see a motion on Alexei Navalny. I commend the speech of our...

Seanad: Future of Gambling Regulation: Statements (23 Apr 2021)

Paul Gavan: I propose five minutes and three minutes per speaker, respectively, if that is acceptable to colleagues.

Seanad: Future of Gambling Regulation: Statements (23 Apr 2021)

Paul Gavan: It is good to see the Minister of State here today and I thank him for coming in for this very important debate. We need to first address the elephant in the room, which is the obvious fact to all of us, hopefully, that politics has failed in respect of gambling. It is eight years since the gambling control Bill was first thought about. Over that time, I have seen colleagues from all...

Seanad: Business and Covid-19: Statements (30 Apr 2021)

Paul Gavan: I welcome the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment. He gave a thoughtful speech and I will begin by making a number of points on the back of that. The Minister spoke about the global situation with vaccines. Perhaps he will clarify whether his Government will support the call for a waiver on intellectual property rights for vaccines? That is what the world needs...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Apr 2021)

Paul Gavan: This weekend we celebrate May Day, international workers' day. It is a day for trade unionists to reflect on their achievements and to plan for the huge work that still needs to be done. This evening I will be addressing party comrades on our vision for workers' rights in a united Ireland. The Leader will not be surprised that I am raising the issue of collective bargaining. The problem...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Apr 2021)

Paul Gavan: It would be helpful of the Leader to write.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Abortion Services (7 May 2021)

Paul Gavan: It is good to see the Minister of State and I thank him for coming in. He will be aware we are coming up on the third anniversary of the historic vote to repeal the eighth amendment to the Constitution.I was proud to campaign alongside my party for repeal. Unfortunately, I am old enough to remember the first referendum in 1983. I campaigned against that referendum. After the 2018...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Abortion Services (7 May 2021)

Paul Gavan: I am concerned by the Minister of State's response. It seems the Government is walking away from its commitment in the programme for Government to introduce safe access zone legislation. This will be truly disturbing to an awful lot of people in this country given the struggles for many years to overturn that appalling constitutional Act. The Minister of State does not appear to be aware...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 May 2021)

Paul Gavan: I will begin by supporting every word that Senator Black has said on the apartheid State of Israel. I respectfully remind colleagues of the Martin Luther King quote that "our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter". This Government has been silent on apartheid Israel for far too long. The topic I raise today is the Government's housing policy. I will call for...

Seanad: Future of Banking in Ireland: Statements (10 May 2021)

Paul Gavan: I welcome the Minister. It is good to have this opportunity. It is timely to debate the state of banking in this State and it is certainly overdue. I welcome that the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach has taken up a number of Deputy Pearse Doherty’s suggestions, including this issue of the level of capital that our banks have to hold, and is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Online Content Moderation: Discussion (12 May 2021)

Paul Gavan: I thank all three speakers. I especially thank them for their courage and to recognise the courage of Ms Plunkett. I cannot imagine what it must be like to do the work she does.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Online Content Moderation: Discussion (12 May 2021)

Paul Gavan: I would never want my son or daughter to do this work. I just cannot imagine how horrific it must be. Could Senator Garvey please mute her microphone please? What is happening here is absolutely appalling. This is the dark underbelly of our shiny multinational social media companies. As someone who used to organise workers for a living, I would like to hear from Ms Ní...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Online Content Moderation: Discussion (12 May 2021)

Paul Gavan: It certainly does. I want to emphasise that no matter how important the mental health supports are, and they are clearly absolutely crucial, this issue will not be resolved unless these workers are made direct employees to recognise the core work they do and are given rights as members of trade unions. I want to hear from both Ms Plunkett and Ms Crider before I finish up, please.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 May 2021)

Paul Gavan: I welcome the change to the Order of Business that will allow us to discuss the urgent issue of Palestine later this evening. That is welcome. There were two extraordinary articles yesterday on what is happening to our property and housing markets. The Business Post revelations that more than €225 million of taxpayers' money has gone into supporting vulture funds buying up houses and...

Seanad: Loan Guarantee Schemes Agreements (Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland) Bill 2021: Second Stage (17 May 2021)

Paul Gavan: It is good to see the Minister of State, Deputy English. It would have been better to see him if Westmeath had held on to that lead yesterday, but it is early in the season, so let us hope we will get another opportunity later on. The need for a loan guarantee scheme for small and medium enterprises affected by Brexit and Covid-19 is apparent to all. This is particularly true of SMEs and...

Seanad: Situation in Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel: Statements (17 May 2021)

Paul Gavan: It is good that the Minister has come to the House. I have three brief quotes. The first we heard on "Morning Ireland" on Friday from a 23-year-old Palestinian writer who said: Then the aeroplanes bombed a target, and the target was children. I saw them. I saw their blood. I saw their remains, to be specific. It was really heartbreaking to see these innocent children getting killed...

Seanad: Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (4 Jun 2021)

Paul Gavan: Who set the time limit?

Seanad: Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (4 Jun 2021)

Paul Gavan: The Government parties should have given us more time then.

Seanad: Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (4 Jun 2021)

Paul Gavan: We were only given 45 minutes.