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Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Paul Gavan: All I am asking is for an answer to my question.

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Paul Gavan: The Minister is being really disrespectful to the people at home. Will he at least answer the question?

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Paul Gavan: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Paul Gavan: Sinn Féin supports the amendments proposed by our colleagues in the Civil Engagement Group. Just as importantly, we oppose Government amendments Nos. 34 and 37. Let us be clear that what they are actually about is further narrowing and serving to exclude more people. We do not like that and are going to oppose it. In the Minister's favour, he is making it very clear here that his aim...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Paul Gavan: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Paul Gavan: I wish to briefly speak in support of this amendment. I again commend our colleagues in the Civil Engagement Group. They are trying as hard as they can to improve this Bill. That people would get a response within 30 days is a very reasonable ask. For the life of me, I cannot understand why the Minister will not accept it. Once again, I ask him to take this final opportunity to do...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Paul Gavan: I move amendment No. 44: In page 35, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following: "(4) The Minister shall, within 6 months of the passing of this Act, lay before both Houses of the Oireachtas a report on the operation of the Mother and Baby Institution Payments Scheme. A report under this section shall consider the following matters: (a) whether the level of payments under the...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Paul Gavan: I wish to put on record the support of Sinn Féin for this important amendment. One of the most unsatisfactory aspects of the Minister’s handling of this Bill is the lack of any clear line on how he will ensure proper compensation from the religious orders and, in particular, from the pharmaceutical company. He seems to be saying that is something he will look at separately. To...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jun 2023)

Paul Gavan: I join others in expressing our sympathy on the sad passing of Senator Dolan's father. On Tuesday of last week a member of NATO and of the Council of Europe carried out a targeted assassination of local political leaders in a neighbouring state as they were carrying out their public duties. The murderer was Türkiye, the people killed were in the Autonomous Administration of North and...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jun 2023)

Paul Gavan: I thank the Deputy Leader.

Seanad: Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers Bill 2023: Second Stage (29 Jun 2023)

Paul Gavan: As always, it is good to see the Minister of State. Sinn Féin supports the Bill, albeit with reservations as we believe it only does the bare minimum required. It is another Bill deriving from an EU directive aimed at protecting the collective interests of consumers. Prior to that EU legislation, there was no tool across the EU to allow consumers in mass harm situations to litigate...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Jul 2023)

Paul Gavan: Hear, hear. Well said.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Jul 2023)

Paul Gavan: As we are coming to the end of our summer term, I will look back on the first item I raised on the Order of Business last September, namely, that of housing. At the time, I referred to the awful homelessness figures that month, when 10,568 people, including 3,137 children, were homeless. Nine months later, there are now 12,441 people, including 3,699 children, homeless. That is an increase...

Seanad: Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (4 Jul 2023)

Paul Gavan: I move amendment No. 1: In page 15, between lines 30 and 31, to insert the following: “Maintenance and champerty shall not apply to a representative action brought by a qualified entity 20. (1) The Minister may, for the purposes of this Act, by regulation prescribe criteria, including criteria relating to transparency in relation to funders and recipients, for third-party funding...

Seanad: Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (4 Jul 2023)

Paul Gavan: I acknowledge the Minister of State’s commitment to see this issue through. However, I wish to press the amendment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals - Net Zero Industry Act (5 Jul 2023)

Paul Gavan: I thank all our guests for this very important discussion. I have a range of questions that I want to work through in as timely a manner as I can. I hope to give everybody an opportunity to speak if possible. I just want to start - and this was very much a feature of the last presentation - by asking our guests if there are any gaps in terms of the net-zero technologies that are covered by...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals - Net Zero Industry Act (5 Jul 2023)

Paul Gavan: I thank Mr. Phelan. Would anybody else like to come in on that, please?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals - Net Zero Industry Act (5 Jul 2023)

Paul Gavan: Does Dr. Walker have a view?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals - Net Zero Industry Act (5 Jul 2023)

Paul Gavan: Super. What about Professor Morris?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals - Net Zero Industry Act (5 Jul 2023)

Paul Gavan: I thank our guests for those responses. I will move on. I want to ask our guests about the US Inflation Reduction Act, how this impacts Europe, what should the EU's response be and how should that response be managed. There has been much talk of the selective relaxation of EU state aid rules but such relaxation could put Ireland and smaller states at a competitive disadvantage and...