Results 3,101-3,120 of 4,178 for speaker:Paul Gavan
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2018)
Paul Gavan: It is a tremendous league that does not get the support or recognition it deserves. All of us should support our local clubs. We have a great club in Limerick, Limerick FC, which returned to the Market's Field a few years ago. We are getting much better crowds now. The standard of football would surprise people. There is an idea out there that the standard is pretty low. I ask people to...
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)
Paul Gavan: I raise the issue of the extraordinary statement on housing by the Minister of State, Deputy Michael D'Arcy, yesterday. I ask that the Minister would come into the House to allow us have a further debate on that. The Minister of State stated: "I know everybody always quotes the high-cost areas, but there are other places that are available for rent for a fraction of what's being quoted..."...
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)
Paul Gavan: I might bring him down to Limerick to introduce him to her.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)
Paul Gavan: Whenever we discuss rents in this House, what we have is a series of accidental landlords who pop up and tell us how difficult it is to be a landlord. There is no mention of the people being exploited. There has been a 15% increase in rents in Limerick, and what has the Government done? It has sat on its hands and done nothing about it. It has failed people across this country. I will...
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)
Paul Gavan: Is it extreme to believe in marriage equality? Is that an extreme position?
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)
Paul Gavan: It must be the Valentine's Day effect.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)
Paul Gavan: That is how it looked.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)
Paul Gavan: It is no laughing matter.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)
Paul Gavan: A fraction.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)
Paul Gavan: That is what he said.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)
Paul Gavan: He is out of touch.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)
Paul Gavan: Excuse me-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)
Paul Gavan: He used the term "a fraction".
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)
Paul Gavan: I am a socialist. I do not believe in subsidising landlords.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)
Paul Gavan: No.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)
Paul Gavan: Does the Leader have alternative facts?
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)
Paul Gavan: I would hate to split Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael up on St. Valentine's Day.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sectoral Employment Order: Minister of State at the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation (13 Feb 2018)
Paul Gavan: I welcome the order. As the Minister of State rightly said, both employers and unions wanted this agreement which I welcome because it brings stability and improves rates of pay at a time when we need them, not just for the workers but also to attract people to return home because we know that is a sector that is moving forward. I recognise the good work done under the Industrial...
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Health Services Staff Remuneration (13 Feb 2018)
Paul Gavan: I welcome the Minster of State. I raise the issue of Newport day care centre in County Tipperary. The centre was established in 1992 and now caters for hundreds of elderly folk from the parishes of Newport, Toor, Birdhill, Ballinahinch, Killoscully, Ballina, my own village of Castleconnell, Kilcommon and Rearcross each week in a manner that has changed the quality of life for many of them...
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Health Services Staff Remuneration (13 Feb 2018)
Paul Gavan: I thank the Minister of State for her response. I note she stated that she hoped staff and management in Newport Day Care Centre in Tipperary would continue to work towards progressing issues on a consensus basis using the recognised industrial relations channels that are open to them. Unfortunately, a channel is not open to them given that the management have said it cannot attend the WRC...