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- Seanad: Shannon Group: Motion (14 Oct 2020)
Paul Gavan: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Shannon Group: Motion (14 Oct 2020)
Paul Gavan: I thank all of the contributors to this useful debate. For the most part, contributions on this topic were thoughtful. We must begin by recognising 90% of flights that leave this island leave from the east coast. When we talk about regional balance, we must start where we actually are and recognise there is no regional balance. It must be recognised that the west has been continuously...
- Seanad: Shannon Group: Motion (14 Oct 2020)
Paul Gavan: It is great to see him back here. I congratulate him on his appointment.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Oct 2020)
Paul Gavan: Well said.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Oct 2020)
Paul Gavan: I support the amendment to the Order of Business. I wish to put on the record of the House that I am genuinely disturbed by the way in which the House is being used. Every Senator should be disturbed by it. As Senator Warfield stated, having received a commitment just three or four weeks ago that legislation would not be rushed through the House, that is exactly what is being done again...
- Seanad: Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2020)
Paul Gavan: I wish to comment briefly on this section because it is crucial in terms of the interactions we have been having with victims and survivors of these institutions. One of the key points survivors continuously make is that their voices are not being heard or listened to. They have been very clear as to why Tusla is not an appropriate place in which to deposit this information. Members who...
- Seanad: Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2020)
Paul Gavan: Sinn Féin will be consistent and will oppose this section. We do not believe that Tusla should be receiving this information and for this reason, we cannot support the idea that it would be acceptable for Tusla to process it. We will oppose the section as the victims of church and State abuse would want us to.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Oct 2020)
Paul Gavan: I raise an issue of international concern. Last year, I visited Colombia as part of a Justice for Colombia peace monitor delegation. I travelled extensively through the country and witnessed at first hand horrific stories of human rights abuses. I visited a small town called Cajibio in the Cauca region and met a young man, Jayder Quintana, who was just 17 years old when I met him. At the...
- Seanad: Investment Limited Partnerships (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2020)
Paul Gavan: I will be brief. The Minister of State is welcome. I support these sensible amendments. Our party is disgusted at the fact that Committee Stage is being curtailed, and effectively guillotined, today. Was former Senator D'Arcy not right in what he said about investors being way ahead? When I asked the Minister of State about something last time, he promised he would have an answer today....
- Seanad: Investment Limited Partnerships (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2020)
Paul Gavan: To clarify, I am completely at one with my colleague in regard to the fact we should not be prioritising this legislation. I have just come from a meeting where we were told that only essential legislation is being dealt with.
- Seanad: Investment Limited Partnerships (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2020)
Paul Gavan: I am sticking to it but I want to make that point clear. The fact this has been prioritised and rushed through is a disgrace. There have been people outside Debenhams for 180 days. Where is their emergency legislation? Where is their priority? Why is it only big finance that Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael want to facilitate?
- Seanad: Railway Safety (Reporting and Investigation of Serious Accidents, Accidents and Incidents Involving Certain Railways) Bill 2020: Second Stage (23 Oct 2020)
Paul Gavan: I welcome the Minister; it is good to see him here. When we are talking about railway safety, investment is very much linked to that. As my colleague said, we will be supporting this important technical Bill. I will highlight the situation in Limerick and, in particular the Ballybrophy-Castleconnell-Limerick line. The Government has invested in that line and upgraded the track but it has...
- Seanad: Railway Safety (Reporting and Investigation of Serious Accidents, Accidents and Incidents Involving Certain Railways) Bill 2020: Second Stage (23 Oct 2020)
Paul Gavan: Hear, hear. Well said.
- Seanad: Railway Safety (Reporting and Investigation of Serious Accidents, Accidents and Incidents Involving Certain Railways) Bill 2020: Second Stage (23 Oct 2020)
Paul Gavan: The Minister is right.
- Seanad: Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (23 Oct 2020)
Paul Gavan: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (23 Oct 2020)
Paul Gavan: I will try to be brief. I have to follow up with the Minister on this section. As this debate takes place, we are learning that the Data Protection Commission was asked for and gave information to the Department regarding the legality of the Bill. I have a simple question. Can the Minister tell us what the commission's observations were? If not, he must explain to us why he does not know...
- Seanad: Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (23 Oct 2020)
Paul Gavan: How can we----
- Seanad: Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (23 Oct 2020)
Paul Gavan: On a point of order,-----
- Seanad: Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (23 Oct 2020)
Paul Gavan: Yes. Our amendment No. 11 would fix this issue. The House needs to vote for it.
- Seanad: Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (23 Oct 2020)
Paul Gavan: This is the only opportunity to raise it.