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Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2018)

Paul Gavan: The Fine Gael Party is not running enough candidates. Fine Gael is a partitionist party. That is the problem.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2018)

Paul Gavan: Come up and join us, Leader.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2018)

Paul Gavan: Come up and join us.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2018)

Paul Gavan: No, we will not take our seats in Westminster.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2018)

Paul Gavan: Says the chief abstainer.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2018)

Paul Gavan: When will the Leader run out of views on the North?

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2018)

Paul Gavan: Fine Gael are abstentionists.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2018)

Paul Gavan: You need to check our party policy, Leader.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2018)

Paul Gavan: No, you have not.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2018)

Paul Gavan: No, you have not. You are an old spoofer.

Seanad: Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Naturalisation of Minors Born in Ireland) Bill 2018: Second Stage (21 Nov 2018)

Paul Gavan: I will not need five minutes. I just want to say a few words on an important Bill. I congratulate my colleagues in the Labour Party for bringing it forward. I am genuinely surprised at the Minister of State. I have had dealings with him and found him to be an honourable man. I am surprised that he will not work with us on facilitating this Bill. Unfortunately, it is not the first time...

Seanad: Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Naturalisation of Minors Born in Ireland) Bill 2018: Second Stage (21 Nov 2018)

Paul Gavan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Naturalisation of Minors Born in Ireland) Bill 2018: Second Stage (21 Nov 2018)

Paul Gavan: Absolutely.

Seanad: Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Naturalisation of Minors Born in Ireland) Bill 2018: Second Stage (21 Nov 2018)

Paul Gavan: Hear, hear.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Business of Joint Committee (Resumed) (20 Nov 2018)

Paul Gavan: Thank you. Last week I received information about an incident involving a client of Caranua that was of sufficient concern that I believed it should be raised within the committee meeting with the Department. While I believe the matter should be further investigated in terms of what took place that day, I am not in a position to state that it was the CEO who was involved. Therefore, I...

Seanad: Commencement Matters (Resumed): Protected Disclosures (20 Nov 2018)

Paul Gavan: The Minister is very welcome. Ennis Educate Together national school was founded in 1998. In recent years there have been revelations about shocking and long-standing failures of school management. There are also serious questions for the school patron, and it gives me no pleasure to say that as I have long been a firm supporter and advocate of Educate Together. These revelations have...

Seanad: Commencement Matters (Resumed): Protected Disclosures (20 Nov 2018)

Paul Gavan: I thank the Minister. In fairness, it confirms the crucial role of the whistleblower and her protected disclosures in terms of exposing the wrongdoings and hopefully putting the school onto a better path. I welcome the Minister's offer to have a chat with the whistleblower and ask him to follow through on it. If we have learned anything from recent news in terms of whistleblowers in...

Seanad: Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Second Stage (20 Nov 2018)

Paul Gavan: I welcome the Minister and this important Bill. I know it has been a long time in the making and that consistent and persistent work has been done by my colleagues in the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, my own union, SIPTU, Mandate and Unite. I acknowledge the work of the former Minister of State, our colleague, Senator Nash, and the important report from the University of Limerick on zero...

Seanad: Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Second Stage (20 Nov 2018)

Paul Gavan: I encourage colleagues to take a lead from us. I do not think we need to come back to do this on a second day. I mean that respectfully since I know everyone has important points to make. We need to get this Bill through before Christmas and the Minister will have our support. I welcome all the provisions in the Bill. The points about specifying hours are welcome. I would like to see a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Operation of Caranua: Department of Education and Skills (15 Nov 2018)

Paul Gavan: I thank all the witnesses for coming in. I want to start, if I may, with a quote from Tom Cronin, who appeared before the committee just a few months ago. He is a former board member of Caranua. It is important to remember the people we are talking about here and what they have gone through. Mr. Cronin said:What happened to us as children was a shame on the nation but what has been done...