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- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Mar 2022)
Paul Gavan: I was lucky enough to be able to attend a fair bit of the conference being held next door by Sadaka today. The theme is dismantling Israeli apartheid and developing Ireland's strategy. The keynote speaker was Michael Lynk, who is the UN special rapporteur on human rights for the occupied territories. He has written six reports and he was absolutely clear today that Israel is an apartheid...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Mar 2022)
Paul Gavan: He has said: A Palestinian state will endanger our existence ... I will not divide Jerusalem, I will not evacuate any [settlements] The one disappointing part of the engagement with Sadaka today was the fact that every political party was invited to send representatives. Just two parties did not bother. It will not surprise anyone to learn those two parties were Fianna Fáil and...
- Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Report Stage (29 Mar 2022)
Paul Gavan: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Report Stage (29 Mar 2022)
Paul Gavan: With the permission of the Acting Chair, I would like to welcome the people in the Gallery. We have a number of workers and some of their families here. They have travelled all the way up from County Kerry. That was a long journey for them today. My heart goes out to them. Due to the fact that all of Sinn Féin’s amendments have been ruled out of order, I do not see the scope...
- Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Report Stage (29 Mar 2022)
Paul Gavan: With respect, the Acting Chair can dismiss me by all means, but please do not dismiss the people who are sitting behind me. They have found that their livelihoods are about to be snuffed out----
- Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Report Stage (29 Mar 2022)
Paul Gavan: -----and the Minister has consistently refused to offer decent compensation-----
- Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Report Stage (29 Mar 2022)
Paul Gavan: -----or any words of reassurance.
- Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Report Stage (29 Mar 2022)
Paul Gavan: With respect, I have just one question to ask you, then.
- Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Report Stage (29 Mar 2022)
Paul Gavan: What does she say to the people who are sitting here behind me?
- Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Report Stage (29 Mar 2022)
Paul Gavan: I appreciate that, but these are the most important people in the room.
- Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Report Stage (29 Mar 2022)
Paul Gavan: You will not allow the issue of just compensation for these workers to be raised at all, just to make it convenient for the Minister who has dodged-----
- Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Report Stage (29 Mar 2022)
Paul Gavan: ------and weaved and bobbed and who has avoided any commitments to these people behind me. That is the disgrace here today.
- Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Report Stage (29 Mar 2022)
Paul Gavan: To be honest, I am concerned, as I made clear in my previous contributions. I am concerned specifically about the lack of guarantees around the workers' package. The Minister and the Minister of State, Deputy Heydon, made the point that this is not the place to negotiate the package. I get that and I was clear in that regard. I was, last week, seeking a negotiation of the principles that...
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Dental Services (31 Mar 2022)
Paul Gavan: It is always good to see the Minister of State. I need to bring him back to the 1990s, when a number of what were known as regional orthodontic units were set up around the country to treat children who needed dental work on public waiting lists. At the time, waiting lists were very long but, within a few years, the regional units proved very successful at reducing waiting times. In fact,...
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Dental Services (31 Mar 2022)
Paul Gavan: I thank the Minister of State for putting on record that he will chase this up. That is very welcome because I understand that, as RTÉ confirmed in its report in 2019, the two UK experts who were engaged to do the report secured assurances that it would be published. Unfortunately, those assurances have been reneged on by the HSE. As the Minister of State noted, it is completely...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 Mar 2022)
Paul Gavan: I do not want to begin on a negative note, but it is unfortunate to hear the phrase "so-called transgender rights" from Senator Mullen. Sinn Féin stands clearly in support of transgender rights-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 Mar 2022)
Paul Gavan: -----and I hope that all parties will stand clearly in support of transgender rights. I wish to put that on the record.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 Mar 2022)
Paul Gavan: I welcome the Leader back and thank her for scheduling the Fourth and Final Stages of our Safe Access to Termination of Pregnancy Services Bill for next Thursday. This is very much a cross-party initiative. It has received support and, indeed, signatures from almost every party here. It means a great deal to an awful lot of people.I place on record my thanks to the Leader in that regard....
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 Mar 2022)
Paul Gavan: Ultimately, we will not see the sort of fundamental change we need to secure our airports unless that regional balance is incorporated into Government policy at the highest levels. I call for a debate on that subject and for the Minister for Transport to address the House on it.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 Mar 2022)
Paul Gavan: Hear, hear.