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Seanad: Order of Business (2 May 2018)

Paul Gavan: I look forward to the debate.

Seanad: Industrial Relations (Collective Action) Bill 2018: First Stage (2 May 2018)

Paul Gavan: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Industrial Relations Act 1990 to remove the necessity for all agreed procedures to be resorted to and exhausted prior to collective industrial action.

Seanad: Industrial Relations (Collective Action) Bill 2018: First Stage (2 May 2018)

Paul Gavan: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: Prohibition of Conversion Therapies Bill 2018: Second Stage (2 May 2018)

Paul Gavan: I formally second this Bill, and I welcome the good folk who have come into the Chamber to listen to this debate today. I commend my colleague, Senator Warfield, who has done so much good work in the short time he has been here in support of issues of true equality. It is very befitting that a republican party deals with this issue today. It is also fitting and right that it will have...

Seanad: Project Ireland 2040: Statements (Resumed) (2 May 2018)

Paul Gavan: I would like to begin by genuinely welcoming the fact that we have reached a time in Irish politics where long-term strategic capital and infrastructural planning has become part of the political discourse. This in itself is a good development. For far too long, we have staggered from Government to Government and budget to budget, with Ministers expected to think short term in order to...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Apr 2018)

Paul Gavan: Well said.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Apr 2018)

Paul Gavan: I will raise two issues if I may, the first of which is the ongoing crisis in University Hospital Limerick. It is ironic that last Friday, on the same day the Taoiseach was making a glitzy presentation at the University of Limerick, the crisis at University Hospital Limerick continued with an 85 year old grandmother who presented subsequently spending four days on a trolley. My colleague,...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Apr 2018)

Paul Gavan: Well said.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Apr 2018)

Paul Gavan: The Leader is absolutely wrong.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Apr 2018)

Paul Gavan: We have the most detailed policy on health of any party.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Apr 2018)

Paul Gavan: Let us have the debate and we will tell the Leader what we will do.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Apr 2018)

Paul Gavan: The Minister will not meet with us.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Apr 2018)

Paul Gavan: It just shows how badly the Government is doing.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Apr 2018)

Paul Gavan: My groan was for the Leader.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Apr 2018)

Paul Gavan: It is the highest ever number of trolleys in Limerick. Each month it gets worse.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Apr 2018)

Paul Gavan: I raised another issue.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Apr 2018)

Paul Gavan: That is not my fault.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Apr 2018)

Paul Gavan: But they are based on poverty pay. Those employers will not recognise their unions.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Apr 2018)

Paul Gavan: It beggars belief the opposition to it is coming from a republican party.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Schools Building Programme Delays: Discussion (17 Apr 2018)

Paul Gavan: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. The first thing to say is that they are shocking. We are waiting for a Gaelcholáiste to be built in Limerick and I am worried about the delays that might occur in that regard. We have a new school at the university as well. Is this what will face pupils in years to come? I cannot imagine the impact this problem has had on the...