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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (19 Oct 2022)

Paul Gavan: I thank all the speakers. It has been a really powerful set of presentations and interactions. I went to Colombia on a trade union mission four years ago, I think, and saw at first hand the horrors there. As the witnesses will know, Colombia is the most dangerous country in the world in which to be a member of a trade union. I received a number of very serious complaints about a very...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (19 Oct 2022)

Paul Gavan: Both Ms de Barra and Ms Tunney put their finger on something important. There is an incorrect perception that somehow a directive like this could be damaging to businesses, whereby it would somehow disadvantage Irish businesses. From what both of them said, however, that is not the case.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (19 Oct 2022)

Paul Gavan: Other countries our guests mentioned - Germany, in particular - have made a positive start in regard to this directive. Is there anything else they think is holding back the Government? As I am sure they will agree, the Government has not to date taken a leading role on pushing this directive forward. What can they tell us to help us focus the minds of Ministers to ensure they suddenly...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (19 Oct 2022)

Paul Gavan: Is that not a missed opportunity in terms of what the Government should be doing?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Oct 2022)

Paul Gavan: I also want to raise UHL but want to do so in a different context. Colleagues may be aware that today a new record has been broken. Nationally, we have 669 people on trolleys, including 28 children, without a hospital bed. Given that this is 25 October, God knows where we will be in another month or in December. As usual, UHL tops the list, with 80 patients on trolleys today. There were...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Oct 2022)

Paul Gavan: Six years is hardly overnight.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Oct 2022)

Paul Gavan: The Deputy Leader is having a laugh.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Oct 2022)

Paul Gavan: Six years.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Oct 2022)

Paul Gavan: Things are getting worse.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Oct 2022)

Paul Gavan: Tell that to the patients on trolleys.

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

Paul Gavan: Well said.

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

Paul Gavan: I second the request of my colleague, Senator Boylan, for a change to the Order of Business. I find the decision to abandon the northern distributor road in Limerick absolutely staggering. This is an essential part of infrastructure for Limerick city and the surrounding suburbs. It would tackle a number of key issues in regard to traffic congestion and access to the National Technological...

Seanad: Consumer Rights Bill: Report and Final Stages (26 Oct 2022)

Paul Gavan: I move amendment No. 1: In page 83, line 6, after “manner” to insert “, in the Irish language or in both the Irish language and the English language”.

Seanad: Consumer Rights Bill: Report and Final Stages (26 Oct 2022)

Paul Gavan: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Consumer Rights Bill: Report and Final Stages (26 Oct 2022)

Paul Gavan: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Consumer Rights Bill: Report and Final Stages (26 Oct 2022)

Paul Gavan: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Social Welfare (Surviving Cohabitant’s Pension) Bill 2021: Second Stage (26 Oct 2022)

Paul Gavan: The Minister is very welcome. I also welcome our friends in the Public Gallery, Maria, Johnny and, of course, Damien, who gave us a very good and clear explanation in the briefing beforehand. I commend our colleagues in the Labour Party on this important and timely Bill, on which we are having a very good debate. All the contributions have been valuable and measured. As an old-fashioned...