Results 761-780 of 4,178 for speaker:Paul Gavan
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Sep 2017)
Paul Gavan: Which committee?
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Sep 2017)
Paul Gavan: Which committee?
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Sep 2017)
Paul Gavan: Exactly.
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Sep 2017)
Paul Gavan: The Leader should bring him back.
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Sep 2017)
Paul Gavan: Will Senator Buttimer give us time to debate this motion?
- Seanad: Housing: Statements (28 Sep 2017)
Paul Gavan: Is Fine Gael ranting again?
- Seanad: Housing: Statements (28 Sep 2017)
Paul Gavan: That is very light.
- Seanad: Housing: Statements (28 Sep 2017)
Paul Gavan: I welcome the Minister. I do not really have a speech, just a few points I wanted to make to supplement what my colleague, Senator Devine, spoke about earlier. I have to mention Limerick city because each week I hold a clinic there and it is shocking to meet families who have been in homeless accommodation month after month. There are currently 111 homeless children in Limerick, living in...
- Seanad: Housing: Statements (28 Sep 2017)
Paul Gavan: The Leader is wrong when he says it is not about ideology. It actually is and I will give a couple of examples. We know Fine Gael is a right-wing party and, in fairness to the Minister, he has never had any qualms about showing his devotion to the free market in interviews. There is a problem when we have a party that always takes the side of the landlord. I can tell the Minister from...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Mid-year Review of the 2017 Estimates for Public Services: Vote 32 (3 Oct 2017)
Paul Gavan: I thank the Tánaiste for her presentation. I wish to make a simple, last point on the ConnectIreland issue. Will the Tánaiste confirm that IDA Ireland is open to arbitration or mediation on this issue?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Mid-year Review of the 2017 Estimates for Public Services: Vote 32 (3 Oct 2017)
Paul Gavan: I am curious about the Enterprise Ireland situation and I am glad to hear that it has made some hires in the past months. Will the Tánaiste tell the committee where the overall employment for Enterprise Ireland stands now, as a comparison to 2012? I understand there was an exodus of key skills around that time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Mid-year Review of the 2017 Estimates for Public Services: Vote 32 (3 Oct 2017)
Paul Gavan: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Mid-year Review of the 2017 Estimates for Public Services: Vote 32 (3 Oct 2017)
Paul Gavan: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Mid-year Review of the 2017 Estimates for Public Services: Vote 32 (3 Oct 2017)
Paul Gavan: No problem. I appreciate that it is a specific question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Mid-year Review of the 2017 Estimates for Public Services: Vote 32 (3 Oct 2017)
Paul Gavan: Maybe the Tánaiste's colleagues could confirm if the figure would be more than the number employed today or significantly more than the number employed today.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Mid-year Review of the 2017 Estimates for Public Services: Vote 32 (3 Oct 2017)
Paul Gavan: I appreciate that-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Mid-year Review of the 2017 Estimates for Public Services: Vote 32 (3 Oct 2017)
Paul Gavan: My point is that I believe the figure was significantly more in 2012. I am concerned because we are facing the greatest economic challenge for decades and it is worrying that, notwithstanding the increase in employment that has been achieved in Enterprise Ireland, we seem to have significantly less people employed in the key State sector than we did five years ago. This does not seem right...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Mid-year Review of the 2017 Estimates for Public Services: Vote 32 (3 Oct 2017)
Paul Gavan: I thank the Tánaiste. I would appreciate if those figures could be sent on to me.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Mid-year Review of the 2017 Estimates for Public Services: Vote 32 (3 Oct 2017)
Paul Gavan: Briefly. I support the comments on greenways, which have considerable potential. However, I will revert on my previous point. It has been shared with me that, in 2012, Enterprise Ireland employed 742 staff as opposed to 570 this year. That is a drop of 172. Notwithstanding the point that Deputy Neville rightly makes about ensuring that the organisation operates efficiently, I will point...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Mid-year Review of the 2017 Estimates for Public Services: Vote 32 (3 Oct 2017)
Paul Gavan: I want to ask about the Health and Safety Authority, HSA. I will begin with a brief quote from an RTE report, which stated that "the country's workplace safety agency says it currently does not have sufficient resources to perform all of its duties to the highest standard." Speaking on RTE's "This Week" programme, Martin O'Halloran, CEO of the HSA, said he has written to the Government...