Results 441-460 of 4,178 for speaker:Paul Gavan

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2017)

Paul Gavan: We have done that.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2017)

Paul Gavan: I also raise the issue of Bus Éireann and call for the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to come to the House, although I suspect it will not help us. I was on the picket line yesterday with workers in Limerick. I welcome that there has been support from all sides of the House on the issue. I also welcome Senator Kieran O'Donnell's comments to the degree that he recognises...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2017)

Paul Gavan: Those workers do not want to be on strike. I was with them yesterday. They had no choice but to take this action. It is time that Fine Gael Members took responsibility and told their colleague, the Minister, Deputy Ross, what needs to be done. The issues of Government policy have to be dealt with. I remind Members of this House that we are talking about workers who have to wait 20 years...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2017)

Paul Gavan: Otherwise it will, as Senator Leyden said, kill our public bus service, just as it did Irish Shipping.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2017)

Paul Gavan: Is that why he is doing nothing about it?

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2017)

Paul Gavan: What about Government policy?

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2017)

Paul Gavan: Cheap talk is Government policy and the Leader knows it.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2017)

Paul Gavan: The Leader should take responsibility for his party's part in six years of failed Government policies.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2017)

Paul Gavan: That is Fine Gael.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2017)

Paul Gavan: Nobody mention Deputy Alan Kelly.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Road Network (29 Mar 2017)

Paul Gavan: No problem.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Road Network (29 Mar 2017)

Paul Gavan: Absolutely.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Road Network (29 Mar 2017)

Paul Gavan: I appreciate that, a Chathaoirligh.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Mar 2017)

Paul Gavan: I wish to raise two issues relating to industrial relations, the first of which is the bus strike. SIPTU and NBRU members will be outside the building today. I hope that we can all go out and engage with them. I would like to hear a clear call, particularly from the Fine Gael side, for the Minister to do more than just sit on his hands. It is Fine Gael's Government. As I stated...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Mar 2017)

Paul Gavan: What message does it send to the workers concerned? They have not had a pay rise in nine years and have lost their jobs without receiving proper redundancy payments. A woman in Cork who had worked on a Traveller site providing education for 15 years was paid the princely sum of €7,000 in redundancy.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Mar 2017)

Paul Gavan: The Government refuses to engage. This is coming from the top. Bus Éireann workers are protesting outside Leinster House and the Fine Gael Government is refusing to attend the WRC regarding community sector workers. What does that tell us about Fine Gael and its attitude towards trade unions? We want answers on this issue today, please.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Mar 2017)

Paul Gavan: The Minister, Deputy Shane Ross.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Paul Gavan: Common sense to-----

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Paul Gavan: Shane Ross could do it.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Second Stage (29 Mar 2017)

Paul Gavan: Hear, hear.