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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay Commission Recommendations on the National Minimum Wage: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)

Paul Gavan: There was no written submission from a minimum-wage worker asking not to have a pay increase. There was not one. Mr. Courtney should at least acknowledge that today. I am going to move on. I apologise as I am taking up way too much of my colleague's time.

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 not a minimum wage worker.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay Commission Recommendations on the National Minimum Wage: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)

Paul Gavan: Because there was a reference to when the person was in college.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay Commission Recommendations on the National Minimum Wage: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)

Paul Gavan: Mr. Courtney is really reaching here. He is really stretching this one.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay Commission Recommendations on the National Minimum Wage: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)

Paul Gavan: I will hand over to Deputy O'Reilly at this point.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Oct 2023)

Paul Gavan: That is a shocking message from Senator Clonan this morning. It is an indictment of Government failure in relation to the health service. I have to speak of another consistent failure of the health service in Ireland, namely, University Hospital Limerick where yet another record was set yesterday when 130 patients were left on trolleys. That is the highest number ever recorded in any...

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 Oct 2023)

Paul Gavan: We share the concerns as raised by Senator Flynn and, indeed, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, ICCL, and we are prepared to support this amendment.

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 Oct 2023)

Paul Gavan: The proposal in amendment No. 11 is reasonable. At the very least, gardaí should be required to inform people that recording has commenced. I cannot imagine why there would be any objection to that.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Oct 2023)

Paul Gavan: I will begin with three short quotes: I do not know how I will tell her that she will not be able to play with her friends. I do not know how she will be convinced that she lost her brother Mohammed while they were playing; ... The nature and severity of the damage inflicted on civilian infrastructure critical to essential services... cannot be understated... There were already...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Oct 2023)

Paul Gavan: Well said.

Seanad: Non-Fatal Offences against the Person (Amendment) (Spiking) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (25 Oct 2023)

Paul Gavan: I congratulate the our colleague, the Deputy Leader, Senator Doherty, and the Minister for the very positive approach she has taken to the Bill. I commend our colleagues in the Gallery as well. The world has really changed. It is shocking. Spiking never existed when I was a young person. I have three young adults at home now and I have a party colleague who was a recent victim of...

Seanad: Employment Equality (Amendment) (Non-Disclosure Agreements) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages [Private Members] (25 Oct 2023)

Paul Gavan: I congratulate Senator Ruane and indeed her team. This is a really important piece of legislation. As I said on Second Stage, as a trade union official I came across these NDAs and they really are an evil, nasty arrangement designed to silence workers. That is what it is all about, silencing workers who are all too often women. It is a really important piece of work and I congratulate...

Seanad: The Political Situation in Northern Ireland: Statements (25 Oct 2023)

Paul Gavan: It is good to see the Minister of State. The people of Ireland, North and South, have been adversely affected by the behaviour of the DUP and its boycott of the institutions of the Good Friday Agreement. The political institutions of the agreement have not been fully functioning since February 2022. Since October 2022, the all-island institutions of the agreement have not met. The North's...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Overcrowding (26 Oct 2023)

Paul Gavan: It is always nice to see the Minister of State but I have to be honest, I am more than disappointed that, once again, the Minister for Health has decided not to turn up. I do not know if the Minister of State is familiar with the Coen brothers movie of 2001, "The Man Who Wasn't There". It is a great movie - the Coen brothers always deliver. Perhaps they should write a sequel, "The Minister...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Overcrowding (26 Oct 2023)

Paul Gavan: I thank the Minister of State. I appreciate the fact that he has gone to the best extent he can in giving me a response. I acknowledge this. I have a couple of key fundamental problems with the response. The measures taken to date are not working fully enough. Conditions continue to get worse and, in fairness, the Minister of State has acknowledged this with regard to the horrific video...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Oct 2023)

Paul Gavan: I wish to raise an issue around small businesses. I think one thing on which we all agree across this Chamber is the importance of small business to our economic life. I have a shocking tale of a company called FitzMac, which supplies modular buildings for schools. It has done some fantastic work across the country, including on St. Vincent's special school, Lisnagry; St. Brendan's girls'...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Oct 2023)

Paul Gavan: I will send it on.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Oct 2023)

Paul Gavan: Thank you.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Green Paper on Disability Reform: Department of Social Protection (25 Oct 2023)

Paul Gavan: I thank our guests for their patience. Most of my questions have been answered at this point, but I will raise one broad point about the Green Paper. My reading of the paper is that one of its core proposals is to introduce this medical assessment for hundreds of thousands of people with disabilities. I take on board the assurances the witnesses and the Minister have given that this will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Green Paper on Disability Reform: Department of Social Protection (25 Oct 2023)

Paul Gavan: My final question relates to previous conversations the witnesses had with colleagues this morning, specifically with Deputy Ó Laoghaire. Mr. Hession acknowledged the language used in the Green Paper that states people at level 3 will have to engage. Why was that language chosen? It immediately changes the narrative relating to people with disabilities. It is not language I would...