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- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Feb 2018)
Paul Gavan: I shall withdraw this and retain the right to submit it again on Report Stage.
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Feb 2018)
Paul Gavan: I move amendment No. 15:In page 16, line 33, to delete "student" and substitute "students’ ". Again, I will withdraw this and retain the right to resubmit it on Report Stage.
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Feb 2018)
Paul Gavan: I move amendment No. 16:In page 16, line 35, to delete "student" and substitute "students’ ". Again, I will withdraw this and retain the right to resubmit it on Report Stage.
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Feb 2018)
Paul Gavan: The case has been extremely well made by Senators Alice-Mary Higgins and David Norris. There is a difficulty with the language being used. No one is suggesting it is the Minister of State's intention to exclude students from the academic council, but it is clearly possible. This simple amendment would make sure it was no longer possible. I ask my colleagues on the Fine Gael benches...
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2018)
Paul Gavan: Who are the alligators?
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2018)
Paul Gavan: Well said.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2018)
Paul Gavan: I want to raise awareness this morning of a demonstration taking place today at 1 p.m. outside Leinster House. People from the Movement of Asylum Seekers in Ireland, MASI, will be outside calling on the Government to uphold the Supreme Court decision to give asylum seekers a right to work in Ireland. In May of last year the Supreme Court ruled that a blanket prohibition on asylum seekers...
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Health Services Staff Remuneration (13 Feb 2018)
Paul Gavan: I welcome the Minster of State. I raise the issue of Newport day care centre in County Tipperary. The centre was established in 1992 and now caters for hundreds of elderly folk from the parishes of Newport, Toor, Birdhill, Ballinahinch, Killoscully, Ballina, my own village of Castleconnell, Kilcommon and Rearcross each week in a manner that has changed the quality of life for many of them...
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Health Services Staff Remuneration (13 Feb 2018)
Paul Gavan: I thank the Minister of State for her response. I note she stated that she hoped staff and management in Newport Day Care Centre in Tipperary would continue to work towards progressing issues on a consensus basis using the recognised industrial relations channels that are open to them. Unfortunately, a channel is not open to them given that the management have said it cannot attend the WRC...
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Health Services Staff Remuneration (13 Feb 2018)
Paul Gavan: I thank the Minister of State.
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Feb 2018)
Paul Gavan: We discussed this last week and a number of us were becoming ever more disillusioned with the response from the Government on this matter. This is a very reasonable amendment. I cannot see any reason to object to it apart from the Government not being bothered to send it back to the Dáil, as Senator Norris has said.I bumped into the president of the Union of Students in Ireland today...
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Feb 2018)
Paul Gavan: Or zero.
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Feb 2018)
Paul Gavan: I move amendment No. 27:In page 51, line 22, to delete “student” and substitute “students’ ”.
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Feb 2018)
Paul Gavan: I move amendment No. 29:In page 51, line 24, to delete “student” where it firstly occurs and substitute “students’ ”.
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Feb 2018)
Paul Gavan: I move amendment No. 30:In page 51, line 24, to delete “student” where it secondly occurs and substitute “students’ ”.
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Feb 2018)
Paul Gavan: I move amendment No. 31:In page 52, line 29, to delete “student” and substitute “students’ ”.
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Feb 2018)
Paul Gavan: I move amendment No. 33:In page 65, line 25, to delete “student” and substitute “students’ ”.
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Feb 2018)
Paul Gavan: I move amendment No. 35:In page 65, line 27, to delete “student” where it firstly occurs and substitute “students’ ”.
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Feb 2018)
Paul Gavan: I move amendment No. 36:In page 65, line 27, to delete “student” where it secondly occurs and substitute “students’ ”.
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Feb 2018)
Paul Gavan: I move amendment No. 37:In page 66, line 20, to delete “student” and substitute “students’ ”.