Results 521-540 of 4,178 for speaker:Paul Gavan
- Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (12 Apr 2017)
Paul Gavan: On balance, we welcome the work of Senator Billy Lawless and the fact that the Bill has been brought forward. We will not oppose it at this time, but we do not want to see it being rushed through until such time as the genuine concerns of workers have been taken into account. That is the responsibility of the Minister of State.
- Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (12 Apr 2017)
Paul Gavan: It is a pity Fine Gael is not supporting the Bill.
- Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (12 Apr 2017)
Paul Gavan: Let us prioritise Senator Norris.
- Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (12 Apr 2017)
Paul Gavan: Absolutely, bring it on.
- Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (12 Apr 2017)
Paul Gavan: Winterville? I like that.
- Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (12 Apr 2017)
Paul Gavan: James Joyce was very fond of the pub.
- Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (12 Apr 2017)
Paul Gavan: He went to more pubs, then. The Senator is right.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Apr 2017)
Paul Gavan: This morning, I raise the case of Irish citizen Elizabeth Crumlish Doran, who is making a desperate plea to the Irish Government to step in and help return her three children, who were taken into care by British social workers in distressing scenes in Solihull, Birmingham in April 2016. This is a most disturbing case. The children were aged nine, six and 21 months old at the time social...
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Apr 2017)
Paul Gavan: I thank the Leader.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Apr 2017)
Paul Gavan: Put them in a bin.
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)
Paul Gavan: It is great to see and acknowledge the Palestinian flag flying over Dublin City Council for the month of May.
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)
Paul Gavan: I congratulate the councillors of all parties and none who have undertaken this exercise to ensure that recognition is given to the Palestinian people. It could not come at a better time given that there are currently 1,500 Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike. Why are they on hunger strike? It is because they want the right to make a phone call.They also want the right to see their...
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)
Paul Gavan: It is apartheid. The Senator should be very clear on that-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)
Paul Gavan: Anyone who has been to occupied Palestine knows that it is an apartheid state.
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)
Paul Gavan: I call on the Minister of State with responsibility for defence to come to this House to debate this issue. It is a shameful act on the part of this Government to buy military equipment from the apartheid state of Israel. It is time that someone in Fine Gael had the backbone to stand up and make it stop.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2017)
Paul Gavan: I start by welcoming both presentations, which clearly highlight how big an issue is the so-called flexible working - it is precarious work in reality - in the education sector. I welcome that in the Teachers Union of Ireland, TUI, proposal a number of conclusions seem to tie in with the contents of our banded hours Bill. I was particularly struck by the phrase "our members do not have one...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2017)
Paul Gavan: So there is. Please excuse me.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2017)
Paul Gavan: I thank all of the witnesses today. The information they have provided is very useful. I apologise as we had a series of votes in the Seanad which has meant that I have been in and out of this committee this afternoon. On the question of evidence, it is coincidental that the four members left in the room, apart from the Chairman, are all from Limerick. I am aware from my previous job as...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2017)
Paul Gavan: I was very struck by what Ms Annie Hoey said in quoting Ms Patricia King that "A worker is a worker". Is there a perception, out there, or in here more to the point, that students have to put up with uncertainty and that it does no harm? That perception, while not necessarily prevalent in this room, certainly exists in parts of the Oireachtas.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2017)
Paul Gavan: Exactly.