Results 1,681-1,700 of 4,178 for speaker:Paul Gavan
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Payment of Wages (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (10 Oct 2019)
Paul Gavan: I am asking why.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Payment of Wages (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (10 Oct 2019)
Paul Gavan: No, that is not the case.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Payment of Wages (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (10 Oct 2019)
Paul Gavan: It is a fact that it is not the case.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Payment of Wages (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (10 Oct 2019)
Paul Gavan: What about with the JLC?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Payment of Wages (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (10 Oct 2019)
Paul Gavan: The Chairman is right.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Payment of Wages (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (10 Oct 2019)
Paul Gavan: Very briefly, does Dr. de Buitléir regret not conducting research, given what we have heard today? Is the report not fundamentally flawed, given that the worker's voice was not part of it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Payment of Wages (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (10 Oct 2019)
Paul Gavan: That is good..
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Payment of Wages (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (10 Oct 2019)
Paul Gavan: That is where I want to start. I thank the Chairman for his generosity, given that I am only a guest at this meeting. This Bill, as proposed by the Government, does absolutely nothing. We have heard from the independent researcher here that it does not address the key issue which is the theft of tips. It is shocking. Naturally, we have focused on the service charges and I will read the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Payment of Wages (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (10 Oct 2019)
Paul Gavan: I wish to make a plea, not just to the members of this committee but to civil servants, who I hope are watching this somewhere, to look at my Bill and work with me. My Bill is not perfect and I am happy to look at changes to it, but I want to protect workers, as I think everyone does. The Bill has passed in the Seanad and has passed Second Stage in the Dáil. We can do this but the...
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Catalan Referendum (15 Oct 2019)
Paul Gavan: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House to reply to this matter. I ask him to imagine a situation where the Leas-Chathaoirleach was arrested and put in prison for two years and was then sentenced to 11 and a half years for the crime of arranging a parliamentary debate. This is what has happened to the speaker of the Catalan Parliament. We all know the history of what has...
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Catalan Referendum (15 Oct 2019)
Paul Gavan: I am disappointed with the Minister of State's response.Democracy cannot by its nature be seditious. The Minister of State called for calm and moderation and for respect for others. I support that call but if we are going to respect other people then surely we need to call out that it is wrong to imprison people for arranging a debate in a Parliament or for expressing their will peacefully...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2019)
Paul Gavan: It is not like them, to be fair. I got a distress call this afternoon from University Hospital Limerick. The Leader will know this is not the first time I have brought up the issue of the hospital. There were 80 people on trolleys there this morning. A month ago, the head of nursing declared to staff that having trolleys in corridors was a red-line issue for her, yet this morning she was...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2019)
Paul Gavan: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2019)
Paul Gavan: Well said.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2019)
Paul Gavan: Hire staff.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2019)
Paul Gavan: We will spend more getting them back in four years' time from London.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Oct 2019)
Paul Gavan: I seek a debate on the conditions of work in the hospitality sector. Eminent research by Dr. Deirdre Curran of the National University of Ireland, Galway, NUIG, might have come to Senators' notice last week. It detailed shocking results regarding what is happening in that sector. Some 76% of respondents had experienced verbal abuse, 64% had experienced psychological abuse and 15% had...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Oct 2019)
Paul Gavan: Will the Leader comment on the refusal of the Irish Hotels Federation to engage with the joint labour committees?
- Seanad: Sustainable Tourism: Statements (16 Oct 2019)
Paul Gavan: It is nice to see the Minister of State. If we are discussing sustainable tourism, it is fair to say that people must able to make a living in the industry. It is disappointing that, in a very good and varied speech of 2,000-odd words, he made no reference to the terms and conditions in the sector, yet we know from CSO data that people working in the tourism industry, and the hospitality...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2019)
Paul Gavan: They are gangsters.