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Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2018)

Paul Gavan: A merger.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2018)

Paul Gavan: I have five minutes to get a cup of tea.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jul 2018)

Paul Gavan: I have a brief point on the Defence Forces. The best way we can help them is to grant them the right to collective bargaining, a right that was upheld by the European Committee of Social Rights. If Fine Gael Senators are serious about helping the Defence Forces they should call on their own Government to support collective bargaining rights. I want to raise another issue with regard to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Employment Equality Act Order: Minister for Education and Skills (5 Jul 2018)

Paul Gavan: I thank the Minister for coming in. I am conscious of time. I understand the need for this measure in the current context. As the Minister will be aware, Sinn Féin has a distinct policy calling for the complete separation of church and State. However, we understand that we cannot start from here, so we support this particular move. However, I want to ask the Minister about a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Employment Equality Act Order: Minister for Education and Skills (5 Jul 2018)

Paul Gavan: I thank the Minister for the response. I am genuinely disappointed. Alongside colleagues who campaigned in the recent referendum, I came across many teachers on the pro-choice side who expressed concern about the fact that they could be discriminated against because they happened to be working in Catholic schools, because the vast majority of schools are Catholic schools. That issue must be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Employment Equality Act Order: Minister for Education and Skills (5 Jul 2018)

Paul Gavan: That is fair enough.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Employment Equality Act Order: Minister for Education and Skills (5 Jul 2018)

Paul Gavan: I ask that the Minister and the officials take the point on board and consider it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Employment Equality Act Order: Minister for Education and Skills (5 Jul 2018)

Paul Gavan: I thank the Minister.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Relationships and Sexuality Education: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)

Paul Gavan: I thank the delegates for their presentations. With Deputies Hildegarde Naughton and Jan O'Sullivan and Senator Lynn Ruane, I was a member of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution, of which a key ancillary recommendation concerned the need for a consistent programme of sex education, regardless of school ethos. I do not see how that can sit within the remit of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Relationships and Sexuality Education: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)

Paul Gavan: I will follow up on the point as well, if I may.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Relationships and Sexuality Education: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)

Paul Gavan: We are just getting to the nub of it. I can almost accept what both speakers said, which is that-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Relationships and Sexuality Education: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)

Paul Gavan: Okay. The content is delivered but how it is delivered is key. If one takes an issue like contraception, if it is delivered in a way that says this is not the right thing to do, it is going to make a crucial difference. To be frank, that is what the Catholic ethos teaches us, namely, that it is not the right thing to do. In terms of what we are trying to develop, namely, a comprehensive,...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Schools Building Contractors (4 Jul 2018)

Paul Gavan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Halligan, to the House to discuss the issue of a migrant worker who has been exploited by an unscrupulous employer. As there has been a huge amount of correspondence with the Department of Education and Skills on this matter I am sure the Minister of State is familiar with it. I welcome Mr. Porfireanu and his wife to the Public Gallery. I know from...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Schools Building Contractors (4 Jul 2018)

Paul Gavan: I thank the Minister of State for his reply and I acknowledge that he has a record for protecting workers. I know where he comes from politically and I respect that. I welcome the offer to meet Mr. Porfireanu. I will take the Minister of State up on that and make an appointment. We will make it happen. In respect of the reply he has given me I have two points to make, which I think the...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Schools Building Contractors (4 Jul 2018)

Paul Gavan: I appreciate that.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2018)

Paul Gavan: I want to raise the issue of hotel workers.The Leader might recall that a couple of weeks ago I raised the fact we intended to have a meeting. We had that meeting yesterday and I thank colleagues who attended. We had a very good attendance from all parties except one. Unfortunately, nobody from Fine Gael was able to attend which was a huge disappointment to the SIPTU delegation and the...

Seanad: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (4 Jul 2018)

Paul Gavan: I want to express my support on behalf of Sinn Féin for these amendments. As the Minister knows, we welcome the Bill and the level of engagement. However, I believe the Minister is missing an opportunity with regard to these amendments. It does not make sense for a modern republic to still have the vast majority of schools under a particular faith control. The most logical step is to...

Seanad: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (4 Jul 2018)

Paul Gavan: I move amendment No. 16:In page 24, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following:"(h) provide that the admission policy of a second level school that provides education through the medium of Irish may provide for the inclusion of students that have attended a primary school that provides education through the medium of Irish,". The idea behind this quite self-explanatory amendment is...

Seanad: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (4 Jul 2018)

Paul Gavan: Yes.

Seanad: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (4 Jul 2018)

Paul Gavan: Under Standing Order 62(3)(b) I request that the division be taken again other than by electronic means.