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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Nov 2025)

Paul Gogarty: I noted the Tánaiste's earlier comments about a national migration strategy due in 2026. I presume this is the national asylum and migration management strategy that relates to the EU asylum and migration pact in which we are currently participating. In that context, given that we are a representative democracy and we have occasional debates on this issue, in order to stop the...

International Protection Processing and Enforcement: Statements (5 Nov 2025)

Paul Gogarty: I cannot say much in two minutes other than to point out that we need a much wider debate on this issue. Without proper, respectful discourse, a vacuum is created and that vacuum is taken over by radical groups that foment hatred and spew disinformation. That leads to there being open season to verbally abuse and possibly physically abuse anyone on a bus with darker skin. We have seen that...

Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (4 Nov 2025)

Paul Gogarty: Hear, hear.

Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (4 Nov 2025)

Paul Gogarty: This legislation is welcome, if modest. As others have mentioned, it is a response to disruption caused by Storm Éowyn. It will allow for the creation and maintenance of forestry corridors and vegetation management, subject hopefully to environmental obligations under the Habitats and Birds Directives. I have no problem with the legal mechanism to make an additional €1.5...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Nov 2025)

Paul Gogarty: Every now and again, I raise issues on behalf of constituents relating to dodgy, unscrupulous landlords who are not registered with the Residential Tenancies Board. In some cases, they are also exploiting their tenants. In other cases, they are not planning compliant and operate in a very dangerous way. However, when I ask for an update from the Residential Tenancies Board, it says it...

Men's Health: Statements (22 Oct 2025)

Paul Gogarty: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate. In some ways, there will be a certain amount of repetition because we have all been asked by the Movember movement to reference its report titled, "The Real Face of Men's Health", and its key findings and recommendations. If there is repetition, it is no harm because it is sending a message. I will repeat that men are dying...

Office of the President: Motion [Private Members] (22 Oct 2025)

Paul Gogarty: I welcome this debate on expanding the geographical area covered by the presidential election and amending the requirements to run for President to make it easier to do so. To start with the issue of the diaspora, we know the constitutional convention was not limited to the Northern Irish state but also dealt with the diaspora around the world. Unfortunately, whether we like it or not,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)

Paul Gogarty: I thank the witnesses for their contributions. I could have listened to that for another couple of hours if we had time. I will stick to the retail angle first. I will play devil's advocate. On the comment about how the minimum wage is calculated and how it has a knock-on effect on the living wage, the reality is that in Dublin, for example, all the software companies are coming in with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)

Paul Gogarty: And they can avail of the working family benefit.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)

Paul Gogarty: I asked whether it should be regionalised, or how it could be regionalised.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)

Paul Gogarty: Perhaps provision could be made for an allowance without having to change the minimum wage.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)

Paul Gogarty: I will briefly interject. A teacher in Donegal or Mayo has a much better quality of life than a teacher in Dublin.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)

Paul Gogarty: Maybe teachers in Dublin need to be paid more. Equally, there may need to be a higher minimum wage rate in Dublin. Can you get away with having a lower wage rate in the rest of the country? That is the question that arises from that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)

Paul Gogarty: Exactly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)

Paul Gogarty: Ms McCabe is basically saying that the people on the minimum wage are not those who have mortgages or are looking for affordable housing mortgages. They are mainly students.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)

Paul Gogarty: I will follow up on that calculation on the living wage. Given that it is coming from Europe, has Mr. Jennings done any calculations as to whether it is binding on the State or whether we have some leeway to ignore it? I am speaking from a position of ignorance.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)

Paul Gogarty: It is not a directive.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)

Paul Gogarty: So, we basically do have that discretion.