Results 741-760 of 4,178 for speaker:Paul Gavan

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Sep 2017)

Paul Gavan: I am sure that many of us heard a modern day Nazi on RTE Radio 1 this morning, spilling bile and racism. It was a fairly horrific five minutes of radio, but it made me think about what this man would think about our direct provision system. We can be fairly confident that, along with his colleagues in Golden Dawn and Front National, he would be firmly in favour of it. After all, our...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Sep 2017)

Paul Gavan: That was a cheap shot.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Sep 2017)

Paul Gavan: It is disgraceful in fact.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Sep 2017)

Paul Gavan: The Senator is at a committee meeting.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Sep 2017)

Paul Gavan: Direct provision.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Sep 2017)

Paul Gavan: The Leader has obviously not read the article.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Sep 2017)

Paul Gavan: Then the Leader should do something about it.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Sep 2017)

Paul Gavan: Cheap shot?

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Sep 2017)

Paul Gavan: The Leader should do something about it.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Sep 2017)

Paul Gavan: People have a right to work.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations (27 Sep 2017)

Paul Gavan: I thank the three witnesses. It has been a very helpful day in terms of the advice that has been given. I was particularly struck by Ms O'Toole's reference to the 1983 amendment which I am unfortunately old enough to remember. It was in fact the first campaign in which I was involved. The eighth amendment was presented at the time as a very simple amendment that would not have...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Sep 2017)

Paul Gavan: I refer to the motion we received at 7 p.m. yesterday from the Government on the eighth report of the Convention on the Constitution. I propose an amendment to the motion as there is something very wrong. The idea that key topics such as the right to housing, disability support services and linguistic and cultural rights should all be referred to the finance committee is quite bizarre, but...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Sep 2017)

Paul Gavan: Well said.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Sep 2017)

Paul Gavan: Well said.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Sep 2017)

Paul Gavan: The Government proposes to send it to the wrong committee and that is the point.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Sep 2017)

Paul Gavan: No.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Sep 2017)

Paul Gavan: The Leader has missed the point.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Sep 2017)

Paul Gavan: The Leader is struggling this morning.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Sep 2017)

Paul Gavan: It sounds like it.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Sep 2017)

Paul Gavan: Where does it come back from?