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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 May 2022)

Paul Gavan: Well said.

Seanad: Competition (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (26 May 2022)

Paul Gavan: It is always good to see the Minister of State, particularly after a fine win against Laois at the weekend. This is comprehensive and complex legislation which transposes an EU directive, while also making additional changes to benefit the national competition authorities, namely, the CCPC and ComReg. The CCPC is the primary enforcement body for competition law in this State. It has the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 May 2022)

Paul Gavan: I warmly welcome the Swedish ambassador on behalf of the Sinn Féin group. Two years ago, the Seanad passed a Sinn Féin motion relating to Shannon Airport and the need to rebalance air transport in this country. At the end of 2020, the all-party Oireachtas Joint Committee on Transport and Communications Networks clearly called on the Government to bring about "the re-establishment...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 May 2022)

Paul Gavan: Well done.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 May 2022)

Paul Gavan: Well said.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 May 2022)

Paul Gavan: Well said.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 May 2022)

Paul Gavan: He missed his holiday. It is done now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (18 May 2022)

Paul Gavan: I thank the participants for their patience this morning. They spoke, quite rightly, about balance and proportion and a framework that is fair to everyone. That is what we all want to achieve. I reviewed earlier the international review of the right to request remote working. It is a very useful document but it does prompt the question of why, having revewed legislation from a host of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (18 May 2022)

Paul Gavan: I am sorry to interrupt but I will be cut off time-wise and I want to get a few more questions in. I have to be honest; I find it hard to accept that it is just a coincidence that the Bill the Department produced looks almost exactly like the British law, except that it is even more onerous. We will have to agree to disagree on that. It is refreshing to hear that the Department now accepts...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (18 May 2022)

Paul Gavan: I welcome that. It is a welcome recognition. What about the 12-week rule? This harks back to some of the points Senator Currie made. It is quite a cumbersome first draft of the Bill. It should not take 12 weeks for an employer to respond. In a market where we are hoping to attract very skilled employees, surely we need more flexibility. What was the thinking behind insisting on a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (18 May 2022)

Paul Gavan: What is the timeline from now? We have been talking about this for a while and as the witnesses have acknowledged, they have had huge interactions on it. When can we expect a radically updated version of this Bill?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Jun 2022)

Paul Gavan: I join others in passing on my sympathies to the Jackman family. I had the pleasure of meeting Mary on a couple of occasions. She was a very dedicated local and national representative and a fine person as well. It is said the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. For the past six years I have had the privilege of being here, I have...

Seanad: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Jun 2022)

Paul Gavan: The Minister of State is always welcome. I welcome the opportunity to speak on this legislation. The issue of moneylenders has been of great concern for many years. The permission for ultra-high interest rates charged by moneylenders is immoral and unethical. The law currently permits moneylenders to charge rates of interest that trap vulnerable borrowers in a cycle of debt. Under this...

Seanad: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Jun 2022)

Paul Gavan: -----if one is on a very low income each week, like the unemployment assistance payment, those few euro are a challenge.

Seanad: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Jun 2022)

Paul Gavan: We need to recognise these interest rates are fundamentally immoral. They are absolutely outrageous. My colleague, Deputy Mairéad Farrell, put it well in the Dáil. She said, "This Government never misses an opportunity to miss an opportunity", to do the right thing. The most important part of this Bill is that the Government is apparently still happy for these extortionist...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Vaccination Programme (15 Jun 2022)

Paul Gavan: The Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment heard from Oxfam Ireland and Médecins Sans Frontières on this matter. The good news is that we wrote to the Tánaiste on an all-party basis and said he needed to come out in full support of a TRIPS waiver for Covid-19 vaccines. However, the disgraceful fact of the matter is that he has done quite the opposite. The EU is...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Vaccination Programme (15 Jun 2022)

Paul Gavan: The fact of the matter is that the Government is siding with big pharma as opposed to with the people of the world, the World Health Organization and organisations like Oxfam. It is shameful. People in the Minister of State's own party voted against the stance the Tánaiste is taking. Please tell us the Government can and will do better.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jun 2022)

Paul Gavan: Well said.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jun 2022)

Paul Gavan: I commend our President, Michael D. Higgins, on the excellent and very accurate speech he made yesterday. He said the housing situation we face is no longer a crisis but a disaster.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jun 2022)

Paul Gavan: I am being very nice but I take the Cathaoirleach's point. Anyone familiar with the housing crisis knows that right now, it is getting worse not better. We had a meeting in Limerick the other night, which was packed to the rafters and was attended by Dr. Lorcan Sirr. He also attended the Fianna Fáil Ard-Fheis a couple of years ago and is not a member of any political party. He made a...