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Seanad: Order of Business (8 Mar 2018)

Paul Gavan: Well done.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Mar 2018)

Paul Gavan: Well said.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Mar 2018)

Paul Gavan: I agree with the sentiments expressed by Senator Noone and urge the Leader to ensure this Chamber does everything required to ensure we do not miss the deadline of the referendum date. I very much welcome the decision made by the Supreme Court this morning. I wish to raise the issue of a decision last Monday by the board of Trinity College Dublin to introduce a flat fee of €450 for...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Mar 2018)

Paul Gavan: -----and potentially starving the college of revenue by having a sit-in in the library containing the Book of Kells. It has my full support. I urge it to take the strongest possible action to defend its members. Education is supposed to be a public good. This is a grossly unfair back-door charge. There should be a debate in the House on these unacceptable charges.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Mar 2018)

Paul Gavan: Well said.

Seanad: Foreign Affairs: Statements (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Paul Gavan: I welcome the Minister. How many minutes have I got

Seanad: Foreign Affairs: Statements (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Paul Gavan: What is my speaking time please?

Seanad: Foreign Affairs: Statements (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Paul Gavan: That is okay.

Seanad: Foreign Affairs: Statements (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Paul Gavan: We are not under too much pressure for a change.

Seanad: Foreign Affairs: Statements (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Paul Gavan: I thank the Chair and appreciate that. I begin by addressing the Syrian crisis. I am appalled at the escalation of violence in Syria in recent weeks. The ongoing conflict there has created one of the worse humanitarian crises in modern times. We know approximately 500,000 people have been killed in the conflict and countless numbers maimed. An estimated eight million people have been...

Seanad: Foreign Affairs: Statements (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Paul Gavan: The Minister did not answer the questions I raised about Shannon Airport.

Seanad: Foreign Affairs: Statements (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Paul Gavan: I raised the issue of Shannon Airport.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Feb 2018)

Paul Gavan: I wish Senator Ó Clochartaigh well. I first met him 11 years ago, I think, when I worked as a SIPTU official in Connemara, That was my first job. I was struck then by his huge commitment to his community and the community enterprise he was managing at the time. Then I met him over the years at various Sinn Féin events and followed and admired his work here in recent years. He...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Feb 2018)

Paul Gavan: There was much carping and nay-saying from certain quarters of the media and talk of how it was a waste of taxpayers' money. Thankfully, we do not hear that nonsense anymore, the reason being that TG4 has been an unqualified success. The station will only go from strength to strength with Senator Ó Clochartaigh's assistance now. I wish Senator Ó Clochartaigh well. He is a...

Seanad: Protection of Employment (Measures to Counter False Self-Employment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (28 Feb 2018)

Paul Gavan: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I also welcome the Bill and I commend my colleagues in the Labour Party on addressing this issue. I spent years as a trade union official on construction sites and I witnessed first hand the growth of bogus self-employment and the horrendous impact it has on working people. Bogus self-employment is tax fraud. It is yet another loophole in our...

Seanad: Protection of Employment (Measures to Counter False Self-Employment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (28 Feb 2018)

Paul Gavan: That is exactly what is happening.

Seanad: Protection of Employment (Measures to Counter False Self-Employment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (28 Feb 2018)

Paul Gavan: Absolutely.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Preparations for Brexit: Discussion (27 Feb 2018)

Paul Gavan: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. They have been extremely informative about the range of services being offered by their organisations. I have follow-up questions to fill in some of the gaps. Our colleagues in Enterprise Ireland mentioned 651 companies which are highly exposed to the UK market. Do the witnesses have an idea of how many jobs that would relate to? If they do...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Preparations for Brexit: Discussion (27 Feb 2018)

Paul Gavan: I thank the witnesses. For clarification, how many of the 20 companies are in Dublin and how many are regional?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Preparations for Brexit: Discussion (27 Feb 2018)

Paul Gavan: It is a success and we need to acknowledge that. The only concern is the obvious one, namely that 85% of the Brexit bonus in terms of the relocations to date has been Dublin-based. Given that development is already very much skewed towards the east coast, is there not a particular challenge for IDA Ireland?