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Seanad: European Court Decision: Motion (16 May 2018)

Paul Gavan: I was reading earlier about a man I had never heard of previously named Baha Mousa. He was killed by the British army in 2003 during the Iraq war as a direct contribution of the same five techniques. After the inquiry in 2011, then Prime Minister, David Cameron, said we must ensure this never happens again. I think he was forgetting something. We have the most horrendous example of human...

Seanad: Commencement Matters (Resumed): Fishing Industry (22 May 2018)

Paul Gavan: I welcome the Minister of State. The Joint Committee on Business, Enterprise and Innovation produced a report last December on the situation of non-EEA crew in the Irish fishing fleet under the atypical working scheme. It is important to note the report had the unanimous support of all committee members. We were all very concerned by incidents of abuse of workers in this sector. This...

Seanad: Commencement Matters (Resumed): Fishing Industry (22 May 2018)

Paul Gavan: Will all due respect, the Minister of State has not answered my key question. When is he going to implement the recommendations of the Oireachtas committee's report? He has not addressed any of the recommendations. It is deeply disappointing. He commented at the end that human trafficking issues had to be dealt with under human trafficking legislation. That is true, but the problem is...

Seanad: Commencement Matters (Resumed): Fishing Industry (22 May 2018)

Paul Gavan: It is pass the parcel, in effect. No Department is willing to take responsibility for the disgraceful abuses taking place in the fishing sector. That was the main recommendation of our report but the Minister of State did not address the question I asked. I can confirm on the record here that all 12 recommendations have been ignored. In time to come there will be a tribunal of inquiry on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Sale of Tickets (Sporting and Cultural Events) Bill 2017: Discussion (22 May 2018)

Paul Gavan: I am, obviously, going to commend my colleague but we can all relate to this Bill. We have all had to try to buy tickets at some stage for ourselves or - more commonly now - for our children. It is a nightmare to find how quickly the tickets are snapped up and are then suddenly for sale at an exorbitant price. It can often be twice the price. Before the committee started, we were speaking...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Sale of Tickets (Sporting and Cultural Events) Bill 2017: Discussion (22 May 2018)

Paul Gavan: The part of the Bill that deals with powers is really important. At times, the Oireachtas has been guilty of passing Bills that have no teeth. I think this Bill will be very effective but for it to be so, those Garda powers are absolutely essential. The Bill has the potential to transform how one buys tickets and to prevent people from becoming captives of ticket touts. I compliment...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Sale of Tickets (Sporting and Cultural Events) Bill 2017: Discussion (22 May 2018)

Paul Gavan: We all know there is a problem with this issue but we all want to solve it. It would be hugely disappointing if this Bill was frozen again or not dealt with because of a money message. As the Chair said, the costs are not going to be significant. If we are going to tackle the issue, the costs are going to be incurred anyway. One of the best things about this committee is that we have not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Sale of Tickets (Sporting and Cultural Events) Bill 2017: Discussion (22 May 2018)

Paul Gavan: It has changed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Sale of Tickets (Sporting and Cultural Events) Bill 2017: Discussion (22 May 2018)

Paul Gavan: Please be factual. It has changed. There is one further meeting and another scheduled.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Sale of Tickets (Sporting and Cultural Events) Bill 2017: Discussion (22 May 2018)

Paul Gavan: I thank Mr. Cox.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Sale of Tickets (Sporting and Cultural Events) Bill 2017: Discussion (22 May 2018)

Paul Gavan: And maybe another one?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Sale of Tickets (Sporting and Cultural Events) Bill 2017: Discussion (22 May 2018)

Paul Gavan: I thank both witnesses for their presentation. I will try not to be rude. I would not want to do that but I suspect like my colleagues, I am taken aback by the way the witnesses have phrased this. I was expecting the Department to come in and go through the Bill but the witnesses have not done that. Mr. Grace has alluded to the fact that there is something in the Minister's mind. That...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Sale of Tickets (Sporting and Cultural Events) Bill 2017: Discussion (22 May 2018)

Paul Gavan: For clarity, I take it Mr. Grace would agree with me when I say that paying above the market price is a bad thing in respect of these tickets. If being gouged on price by these secondary ticket sellers is a bad thing, this is why the Bill is being brought forward and why we have a cross-party consensus that this needs to be tackled. What I find shocking is that we have people from the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Sale of Tickets (Sporting and Cultural Events) Bill 2017: Discussion (22 May 2018)

Paul Gavan: No, you are fine. I must still make the point that I do not think the witnesses have addressed Deputy Quinlivan's Bill today. To me, it reads like a sceptical essay and it also seems as if the witnesses are wedded to this idea that the market always works when, clearly, we know it does not. Deputy Quinlivan's Bill will cap price increases to 10%. Do the witnesses acknowledge that this in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Sale of Tickets (Sporting and Cultural Events) Bill 2017: Discussion (22 May 2018)

Paul Gavan: Yes, but Mr. Grace went on to say that it is unlikely to eliminate it entirely. As Deputy Quinlivan has said, nothing is going to do that. It is like Mr. Grace is making a point and then scoring against it at the same time. That is how it comes across.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Sale of Tickets (Sporting and Cultural Events) Bill 2017: Discussion (22 May 2018)

Paul Gavan: Will the witnesses take us through the meetings they have had with the representatives of the industry to date?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Sale of Tickets (Sporting and Cultural Events) Bill 2017: Discussion (22 May 2018)

Paul Gavan: How many of them have taken place, who has Department met and what are the new ones that have been mentioned?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Sale of Tickets (Sporting and Cultural Events) Bill 2017: Discussion (22 May 2018)

Paul Gavan: I do not have it so could Mr. Cox take us through it?

Seanad: Order of Business (23 May 2018)

Paul Gavan: As it is the last day that we will be speaking before the referendum, I wanted to say a few words on it this morning. I will start by congratulating the Minister for Health, Deputy Harris. I thought he did exceptionally well yesterday evening in the debate. There is no question but that he won the debate last night.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 May 2018)

Paul Gavan: I want to expand on that point. A number of us from all parties have been working with Together for Yes. It has been an inspiring experience to work with Together for Yes. We have seen young men and young women in particular coming in for the first time to politics to debate this crucial issue. Wherever I have worked with them, whether in Limerick, Dublin or Athlone, it has been very...