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- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2023)
Paul Gavan: There is no condemnation.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2023)
Paul Gavan: There is no condemnation of------
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2023)
Paul Gavan: I am just correcting the record.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2023)
Paul Gavan: Not in relation to-----
- Seanad: Situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Motion (18 Oct 2023)
Paul Gavan: I just cannot express how deeply disappointed we are by the tactics and the lack of crucial content as regards this motion. First are the tactics of landing us with an amendment to the motion literally after the Order of Business was due to begin, which would not allow us to table any amendments to that amendment. What that does, in effect, is prevent us from debating key amendments that we...
- Seanad: Screening of Third Country Transactions Bill 2022: Second Stage (18 Oct 2023)
Paul Gavan: It is always good to see the Minister of State. I am grateful to have the opportunity to say a few words on this important Bill. I shall start by saying how pleasantly surprised I am to find out that Senator McDowell's nephew was one of the co-authors of a book that was recommended to me. I will certainly go out and buy it at lunchtime. It seems to be very timely in its concerns about US...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay Commission Recommendations on the National Minimum Wage: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)
Paul Gavan: I thank Deputy O'Reilly for allowing me to go first. I have a meeting to go to afterwards so I apologise if I have to leave straight away. It is great to see Mr. Courtney again. If I may, I want to start by taking up an issue that arose the last time he appeared before the committee. I will quote from the transcript of the meeting where he said to me: "Some actually say to us that they...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay Commission Recommendations on the National Minimum Wage: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)
Paul Gavan: I am sorry but I have to interrupt Mr. Courtney. I am reading directly from the transcript. When I say to him: "Mr. Courtney is saying that he has had submissions from workers asking not to get a pay increase." he replies "Yes". Was that not correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay Commission Recommendations on the National Minimum Wage: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)
Paul Gavan: Selective?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay Commission Recommendations on the National Minimum Wage: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)
Paul Gavan: I am quoting verbatim from the transcript. It is not selective. I have not left any words out.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay Commission Recommendations on the National Minimum Wage: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)
Paul Gavan: So we will just close this off. Is Mr. Courtney now confirming there were no written submissions?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay Commission Recommendations on the National Minimum Wage: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)
Paul Gavan: I am asking him now-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay Commission Recommendations on the National Minimum Wage: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)
Paul Gavan: That is simply not correct.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay Commission Recommendations on the National Minimum Wage: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)
Paul Gavan: I do not think so.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay Commission Recommendations on the National Minimum Wage: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)
Paul Gavan: These are matters of fact.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay Commission Recommendations on the National Minimum Wage: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)
Paul Gavan: To clarify, the people who wrote in had an ideological objection to the idea of a minimum wage. They did not identify themselves as minimum-wage workers at any point.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay Commission Recommendations on the National Minimum Wage: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)
Paul Gavan: Several?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay Commission Recommendations on the National Minimum Wage: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)
Paul Gavan: I am really surprised at Mr. Courtney's responses here today. I have to be very frank with him.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay Commission Recommendations on the National Minimum Wage: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)
Paul Gavan: I did read them. I went through each and every one of them.