Results 1,801-1,820 of 4,178 for speaker:Paul Gavan
- Seanad: Social Welfare (No. 2) Bill 2019: Second Stage (4 Dec 2019)
Paul Gavan: No, with respect, it is a matter of fairness.
- Seanad: Social Welfare (No. 2) Bill 2019: Second Stage (4 Dec 2019)
Paul Gavan: It is not a fair characterisation.
- Seanad: Social Welfare (No. 2) Bill 2019: Second Stage (4 Dec 2019)
Paul Gavan: We can do that.
- Seanad: Social Welfare (No. 2) Bill 2019: Second Stage (4 Dec 2019)
Paul Gavan: It is not magic.
- Seanad: Social Welfare (No. 2) Bill 2019: Second Stage (4 Dec 2019)
Paul Gavan: On a point of order-----
- Seanad: Social Welfare (No. 2) Bill 2019: Second Stage (4 Dec 2019)
Paul Gavan: The Minister's own Department projects that the percentage of the national income spent on pensions-----
- Seanad: Social Welfare (No. 2) Bill 2019: Second Stage (4 Dec 2019)
Paul Gavan: -----will rise to 10.8% from 8%.
- Seanad: Social Welfare (No. 2) Bill 2019: Second Stage (4 Dec 2019)
Paul Gavan: It is eminently doable.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Universities Act 1997 (Section 54(3)) (University Authorisation) Order 2019: Motion (5 Dec 2019)
Paul Gavan: It is great to see the Minister of State, she is always welcome. She stated: That said, the title of "university" is highly prized and rightly so. Its integrity, in the context of safeguarding the reputation for excellence that attaches to the Irish higher education system, must be protected. I agree with her. When it comes to integrity, we need to listen to what Deputy Ó...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Universities Act 1997 (Section 54(3)) (University Authorisation) Order 2019: Motion (5 Dec 2019)
Paul Gavan: On a point of clarity-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Universities Act 1997 (Section 54(3)) (University Authorisation) Order 2019: Motion (5 Dec 2019)
Paul Gavan: Yes, but the Minister of State quoted me-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Universities Act 1997 (Section 54(3)) (University Authorisation) Order 2019: Motion (5 Dec 2019)
Paul Gavan: It was actually Ceartas that stated-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Universities Act 1997 (Section 54(3)) (University Authorisation) Order 2019: Motion (5 Dec 2019)
Paul Gavan: I am simply correcting the record.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Universities Act 1997 (Section 54(3)) (University Authorisation) Order 2019: Motion (5 Dec 2019)
Paul Gavan: Irish human rights lawyers made those allegations.
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Joint Labour Committees (10 Dec 2019)
Paul Gavan: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I want to discuss terms, conditions and pay in the hospitality sector and the need for the Government to be much more proactive in trying to establish a joint labour committee in the sector. I have raised this with a number of the Minister of State's colleagues and I will ask her some of the same questions. I regret to say I did not get any...
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Joint Labour Committees (10 Dec 2019)
Paul Gavan: I appreciate that the Minister of State is standing in for a colleague, but that is a particularly disappointing response. I am aware of the statutory framework. The fact of the matter is that the employer bodies have refused to engage with it. That begs a question to which no-one has been able to give me an answer. If someone works in the hospitality sector, how does he or she get a pay...
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Joint Labour Committees (10 Dec 2019)
Paul Gavan: I am fully aware of it and I supported it.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Dec 2019)
Paul Gavan: Virgin Media describes itself on its website as "the leading connected entertainment cable and broadcast business [that offers] multi award-winning services including broadband, TV, mobile and home phone" to consumers and businesses in Ireland. I gather Virgin Media is also now offering union busting at no extra cost, unless of course one happens to be one of the 400 employees in its call...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Dec 2019)
Paul Gavan: Fair play.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Future Funding of Public Service Broadcasting: Discussion (10 Dec 2019)
Paul Gavan: I have a simple question for the Department. Can the Department confirm that the funding for TG4 will be included in the remit of the new commission for public service media? A simple "Yes" or "No" answer will be fine.