Results 2,381-2,400 of 4,178 for speaker:Paul Gavan

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Nov 2021)

Paul Gavan: I raise this week's report by Daft.ie on the most recent increases in the price of rents. I will home in on Limerick where the average price of a one-bed apartment in Limerick city is now €999 a month. For a three-bedroom house it is €1,277, an increase of 8% in the year. The average cost of renting a single room in Limerick city centre is €464, an increase of 21% year...

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

Paul Gavan: I will raise two issues. The first is the ongoing and horrendous plight of patients and staff in University Hospital Limerick. We hit a new record yesterday when there were 95 patients on trolleys and chairs. For 11 years, we have had this ongoing story of failure. Let us be absolutely clear about that. The situation continues to get worse. The numbers do not really tell the story. I...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Nov 2021)

Paul Gavan: I do not know if colleagues were able to listen to Dr. Andrew Westbrook on "Morning Ireland" today. He is the ICU consultant for St. Vincent's University Hospital. He painted a very worrying picture on the current situation in relation to ICU beds. There are currently 119 patients in ICU, which is up 31 from one week ago. Dr. Westbrook also went into some detail on what has not happened...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Nov 2021)

Paul Gavan: Well said.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Nov 2021)

Paul Gavan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Nov 2021)

Paul Gavan: Well said.

Seanad: Report on Victim’s Testimony in cases of rape and sexual assault: Motion (17 Nov 2021)

Paul Gavan: We are all under pressure. I will give way to Senator Ruane as she has to leave shortly. I will speak after that if that is all right.

Seanad: Protocol on Ireland and Northern Ireland: Statements (17 Nov 2021)

Paul Gavan: The Minister is welcome. We live in extraordinary times. Who would have thought that a man such as John Major would describe his party leader as acting to break his word, break treaties and break the law? That was a huge and ringing condemnation of his party and government. It is important to understand why the British Government is acting the way it is. It is clear that it is trying to...

Seanad: Protocol on Ireland and Northern Ireland: Statements (17 Nov 2021)

Paul Gavan: Perhaps they prided themselves on it but perhaps they did so mistakenly. As the Minister will be aware, the British Government has a long history of not being totally honest and of not honouring the words it would have previously agreed to. Brexit was a prime example of a cart before the horse scenario and the then UK Government promised the sun, moon and stars but was unable to even...

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

Paul Gavan: Like others, I listened to Peter Tyndall, the Ombudsman, speaking this morning about his frustration regarding the abject failure of successive Governments to assist people with disabilities with transport schemes. We know that two key schemes were scrapped in 2013, namely, the mobility transport grant and the mobility allowance. These were grants which allowed people to purchase motorised...

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

Paul Gavan: I thank the Leader.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Nov 2021)

Paul Gavan: I raise the issue of our secretarial staff, on the back of a very powerful meeting that many of us attended at 10.30 this morning. Their starting rate of pay is €11.75 per hour. A living wage is €12.90. They have no job security. I have lost two excellent colleagues because they could not afford to keep working in the job. My current secretarial assistant, a fantastic guy,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Nov 2021)

Paul Gavan: The union has made a series of constructive suggestions not just relating to an increase in pay and regrading the position of secretarial assistant, which must happen, but also on issues such as the conversion of overtime pay to an allowance and compressing the scale. One thing I did not know until this week is that the scale takes 18 years. It is completely out of whack with other scales....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Nov 2021)

Paul Gavan: Well said.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Nov 2021)

Paul Gavan: Well said.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Nov 2021)

Paul Gavan: Well said.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Nov 2021)

Paul Gavan: Well said.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Nov 2021)

Paul Gavan: Well said.

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (25 Nov 2021)

Paul Gavan: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (25 Nov 2021)

Paul Gavan: I second the amendment.