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Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2018)

Paul Gavan: I want to raise the issue of Catalonia. I mentioned it briefly during our debate on Europe Day last week. I want to bring to the attention of the House the fact that there have been systematic attacks on different layers of Catalonian society. To date, nine politicians have been jailed. There are no dates for trial. Effectively, they are being interned. A total of 900 mayors are being...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2018)

Paul Gavan: There is still time.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2018)

Paul Gavan: Senator Pádraig Mac Lochlainn spoke out against it yesterday.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2018)

Paul Gavan: He is still in Germany.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2018)

Paul Gavan: Up the workers.

Seanad: Special Education Provision: Statements (16 May 2018)

Paul Gavan: The Minister is very welcome. I want to begin, if I may, by speaking about special needs assistants. I commend the ongoing work and commitment of the Forsa trade union and its members, whose investment in this sector is second to none. I want to applaud Fórsa's recent announcement that it intends to establish a professional institute which will provide ongoing support training for...

Seanad: European Court Decision: Motion (16 May 2018)

Paul Gavan: Well said.

Seanad: European Court Decision: Motion (16 May 2018)

Paul Gavan: I want to begin by welcoming Liam Shannon, who is in the Gallery. Where do I start after what we have heard this evening? It is fundamentally depressing to think that August 1971 is nearly 50 years ago, and still we wait for justice for these men and their families. I was not able to attend the presentation in the audiovisual room some weeks ago because along with my colleague, Senator...

Seanad: European Court Decision: Motion (16 May 2018)

Paul Gavan: I was reading earlier about a man I had never heard of previously named Baha Mousa. He was killed by the British army in 2003 during the Iraq war as a direct contribution of the same five techniques. After the inquiry in 2011, then Prime Minister, David Cameron, said we must ensure this never happens again. I think he was forgetting something. We have the most horrendous example of human...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Relationships and Sexuality Education: Discussion (15 May 2018)

Paul Gavan: I thank all of the witnesses for their presentations. As the father of two teenagers, and one child about to become a teenager, there is a huge amount of crucial information here. Every parent in the State needs to hear what has been said here today. Like my colleagues, Deputies O' Sullivan and Naughton, I was a member of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hardship Grant Scheme (15 May 2018)

Paul Gavan: I welcome the Minister of State. I am raising an issue relating to eel fishermen, with which he is familiar. The depletion of eel stocks has rightly been a cause of concern for a number of years. The fact that the European eel stock is outside of safe biological limits proves there is a need for co-ordinated action to preserve the species. However, many Irish anglers have been without a...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hardship Grant Scheme (15 May 2018)

Paul Gavan: I am encouraged that the consultations with the European Commission seem to have been concluded, that the Minister of State has contacted the Revenue Commissioners and that finances are included in the Estimates. My last question is simple, but may not be easy to answer, but the man in the Gallery deserves an answer. When will we be in a position to pay these men some money? I would...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hardship Grant Scheme (15 May 2018)

Paul Gavan: Will it be in this calendar year?

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (15 May 2018)

Paul Gavan: Like others, I wanted to speak on the horrendous atrocities in Palestine over the past number of days and weeks. Nobody has a monopoly on the topic and there have been genuine comments from all sides of the Chamber on Palestine. We must recognise that. My frustration, if I am honest, comes from the fact that I have spent time there and seen how horrific conditions are for people in...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (15 May 2018)

Paul Gavan: It was absolutely led by the Dunnes Stores strikers. If we check the records, unfortunately, not all the politicians at the time came out to support those people. Only a few of them did so, in fairness, from a few parties, including our own party and Labour. Let us not be a talking shop about this as otherwise all these sweet words mean absolutely nothing. We have an opportunity in a few...

Seanad: Europe Day 2018: Statements (10 May 2018)

Paul Gavan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy McEntee, to the House. Europe Day commemorates the Schuman declaration of 1950, a statement by the French Foreign Minister, Robert Schuman, in which he proposed to place the French and German production of coal and steel under one common higher authority. This led to the first prototype of the European Community, known as the European Coal and Steel...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 May 2018)

Paul Gavan: I want to raise an issue that springs from a special joint committee meeting we held this morning, involving three committees, the Joint Committee on Health, the Joint Committee on Education and Skills and the Joint Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection. It was really impressive and I pay tribute to Senator John Dolan, who I believe initiated the meeting to talk about how we...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 May 2018)

Paul Gavan: I propose that leave be granted to introduce No. 15 on the Order Paper, the Industrial Relations (Collective Action) Bill 2018.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 May 2018)

Paul Gavan: Yes. We did not get the opportunity yesterday to mark International Workers' Day, which was quite understandable given the shocking health scandal that we continue to discuss today. It is important to recognise International Workers' Day. It was recognised in fine fashion by the President yesterday when he unveiled the Starry Plough in the presidential garden to commemorate the Lock-out of...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 May 2018)

Paul Gavan: -----and the progressive difference they make, for example, the difference in terms of wealth equality, and uses that debate to ensure that the cheerleading for private companies that refuse to recognise trade unions stops now.