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Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2018)

Paul Gavan: I want to bring to the attention of the House very real concerns in regard to what is happening in University Hospital Limerick. I am not just talking about the ongoing scandal of the emergency department and the ever-worsening trolley crisis, which is desperate, but there is something altogether more sinister apparently happening within the hospital. I can tell the House that the...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2018)

Paul Gavan: Well said.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jun 2018)

Paul Gavan: I want to begin by agreeing entirely with my colleagues, Senators Lawless and Mark Daly, regarding the horrors currently happening in America. While I have always been critical of many aspects of American policy, I never thought I would see the day when children would be separated from their parents and kept in cages.It is horrific and has echoes of the worst kind of 1930s politics. When...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Statement of Strategy 2018-2021: Engagement with the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation (19 Jun 2018)

Paul Gavan: I thank Dr. Quinn for her presentation and her answers, which have been very helpful. I had three wide-ranging questions, the first of which is straightforward. What is the Department's position on sparkassen banks and their possible entry into the Irish marketplace? This has been around for a couple of years. The committee members are hoping to visit Germany in the near future. It would...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Statement of Strategy 2018-2021: Engagement with the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation (19 Jun 2018)

Paul Gavan: I thank the Chairman for elucidating. She is absolutely right and I understand what she is saying. Perhaps it is something at which the Government might need to look. It strikes me that for those involved in small or medium enterprises, Sparkasse banks would make a significant difference in some circumstances. It is certainly relevant, but I take the point made. I will talk about...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Statement of Strategy 2018-2021: Engagement with the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation (19 Jun 2018)

Paul Gavan: The law requires seven individuals to set up a worker co-operative, which makes it really hard. Changing the number from seven to three would make it a lot easier to set up a small business as a co-operative. That is a practical suggestion we would like to put to the Department.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Statement of Strategy 2018-2021: Engagement with the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation (19 Jun 2018)

Paul Gavan: I take the point Ms Power made about the consultation paper. Is it fair to say there is not a lot going on in the Department in developing worker co-operatives?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Statement of Strategy 2018-2021: Engagement with the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation (19 Jun 2018)

Paul Gavan: I understand that, but if one looks at what is happening across Europe, governments are being proactive and actively promoting worker co-operatives as a distinct entity. Is it not an avenue the Department has considered going down?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Statement of Strategy 2018-2021: Engagement with the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation (19 Jun 2018)

Paul Gavan: I ask the Department to look at it. I have a final set of questions. The expansion of work permits was mentioned. The minimum remuneration threshold is €22,000 across key sectors such as agriculture. I have a particular concern. The work permit programme for the fisheries sector was disgracefully run. Two weeks ago the International Transport Workers Federation told us that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Statement of Strategy 2018-2021: Engagement with the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation (19 Jun 2018)

Paul Gavan: Perhaps Ms Quinn might forward it to us.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Statement of Strategy 2018-2021: Engagement with the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation (19 Jun 2018)

Paul Gavan: That strikes me as very high.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Statement of Strategy 2018-2021: Engagement with the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation (19 Jun 2018)

Paul Gavan: There is a broader concern. As a trade union colleague said to me some time back - if he is wrong, I will hold up my hands - apparently, there are more dog wardens than labour inspectors in Ireland.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Statement of Strategy 2018-2021: Engagement with the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation (19 Jun 2018)

Paul Gavan: How many labour inspectors does the Department have?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Statement of Strategy 2018-2021: Engagement with the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation (19 Jun 2018)

Paul Gavan: I apologise for interrupting Dr. Quinn. They told us that they would not be able to maintain the level of supervision and inspections of last summer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Statement of Strategy 2018-2021: Engagement with the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation (19 Jun 2018)

Paul Gavan: That is true, but there are very few workplaces that are subject to human trafficking.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jun 2018)

Paul Gavan: I will begin by asking that we take No. 11 of the non-Government motions on today's Order Paper without debate. It is a very simple motion on the issue to which I referred yesterday, namely, the ongoing dispute at LloydsPharmacy. It calls on LloydsPharmacy to respect the Labour Court recommendation. It would send a very strong signal if all of us could unite on that topic today. I wish to...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jun 2018)

Paul Gavan: If the Cathaoirleach's hands are tied, I fully respect that. I thank him for the advice. I want to raise another issue relating to workers' rights in the hotel sector. It is an issue that interests all of us because a number of us stay in hotels. Many Senators pay an awful lot of money to do so. There are major problems in the sector. I will be away next week at the Council of Europe so...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jun 2018)

Paul Gavan: Well done.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jun 2018)

Paul Gavan: Well said.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jun 2018)

Paul Gavan: We are in a bad way now.