Results 2,681-2,700 of 4,178 for speaker:Paul Gavan
- Seanad: National Minimum Wage (Protection of Employee Tips) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2019)
Paul Gavan: I move amendment No. 5:In page 5, to delete lines 12 to 24 and substitute the following:"(d) An employer who is an ‘associated employer’ as recognised in the Employment Equality Act 1998, may share in tips or other gratuities redistributed under subsection (1) if he or she regularly performs to a substantial degree the same work performed by—(i) some or all of the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Feb 2019)
Paul Gavan: I raise the matter of industrial action by hundreds of community employment supervisors that will take place next Monday. This relates to a pension claim that has been ongoing for well over a decade. I worked on it during my time as a SIPTU official. There is a Labour Court recommendation that clearly calls for a pension to be established for these hundreds of community employment workers....
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Feb 2019)
Paul Gavan: It is nothing like that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)
Paul Gavan: I thank the Minister and the Minister of State. In the context of Brexit, what steps has the Department taken to attract academic talent who may be considering leaving Britain? We should be in prime position to attract some of the top academic talent, which would enhance our status and reputation in the area of third level education. Are there plans in place in that regard which the...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Feb 2019)
Paul Gavan: I will begin by referring briefly to the nurses' dispute about which much has been said. I will make three brief points. The first is that it is clear this dispute has been handled incredibly badly by the Government to date.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Feb 2019)
Paul Gavan: Ingrid Miley said on radio this morning that the Government's declaration that it was prepared to talk about everything except pay was a tinderbox.It is incredibly foolhardy advice from whoever is giving it to the Minister. There is a route map to a solution which has been spelled out by ICTU and the significance of ICTU saying that seems to have been completely missed by the Government...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Feb 2019)
Paul Gavan: Well said.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Feb 2019)
Paul Gavan: Well said.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Feb 2019)
Paul Gavan: I never said that.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Feb 2019)
Paul Gavan: No, it is not. The inference is that the ICTU is clear there is the scope to do this.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Feb 2019)
Paul Gavan: I know full well that the deal has the scope to cater for the nurses.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Feb 2019)
Paul Gavan: The Leader will have to change his tune by Monday.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Feb 2019)
Paul Gavan: Recruitment and retention are catered for in the agreement
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Feb 2019)
Paul Gavan: On a point of order, while the Leader knows I respect him, he is saying things I never said.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Feb 2019)
Paul Gavan: I was very clear that there is scope in the agreement.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Feb 2019)
Paul Gavan: Get a new cliché.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Feb 2019)
Paul Gavan: The Senator refers to voodoo economics. What about the national children's hospital?
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Feb 2019)
Paul Gavan: I did not say that.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Feb 2019)
Paul Gavan: Senator Buttimer is arguing against himself. It is a historic day for me and Senator Mullen.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Feb 2019)
Paul Gavan: I said that.