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Seanad: Commencement Matters: Health Services Staff Remuneration (13 Feb 2018)

Paul Gavan: I thank the Minister of State.

Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Feb 2018)

Paul Gavan: We discussed this last week and a number of us were becoming ever more disillusioned with the response from the Government on this matter. This is a very reasonable amendment. I cannot see any reason to object to it apart from the Government not being bothered to send it back to the Dáil, as Senator Norris has said.I bumped into the president of the Union of Students in Ireland today...

Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Feb 2018)

Paul Gavan: Or zero.

Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Feb 2018)

Paul Gavan: I move amendment No. 27:In page 51, line 22, to delete “student” and substitute “students’ ”.

Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Feb 2018)

Paul Gavan: I move amendment No. 29:In page 51, line 24, to delete “student” where it firstly occurs and substitute “students’ ”.

Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Feb 2018)

Paul Gavan: I move amendment No. 30:In page 51, line 24, to delete “student” where it secondly occurs and substitute “students’ ”.

Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Feb 2018)

Paul Gavan: I move amendment No. 31:In page 52, line 29, to delete “student” and substitute “students’ ”.

Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Feb 2018)

Paul Gavan: I move amendment No. 33:In page 65, line 25, to delete “student” and substitute “students’ ”.

Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Feb 2018)

Paul Gavan: I move amendment No. 35:In page 65, line 27, to delete “student” where it firstly occurs and substitute “students’ ”.

Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Feb 2018)

Paul Gavan: I move amendment No. 36:In page 65, line 27, to delete “student” where it secondly occurs and substitute “students’ ”.

Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Feb 2018)

Paul Gavan: I move amendment No. 37:In page 66, line 20, to delete “student” and substitute “students’ ”.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2018)

Paul Gavan: Who are the alligators?

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2018)

Paul Gavan: Well said.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2018)

Paul Gavan: I want to raise awareness this morning of a demonstration taking place today at 1 p.m. outside Leinster House. People from the Movement of Asylum Seekers in Ireland, MASI, will be outside calling on the Government to uphold the Supreme Court decision to give asylum seekers a right to work in Ireland. In May of last year the Supreme Court ruled that a blanket prohibition on asylum seekers...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2018)

Paul Gavan: The Cathaoirleach will probably have heard by now that there was a serious bus crash in County Limerick earlier and 15 children have been brought to University Hospital Limerick. I know he will join with me in wishing them and their families well. We are hopeful from the reports we have heard that most will be fine. I am raising this issue because I was going to raise the issue of...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2018)

Paul Gavan: The Government has had seven years to deal with it and the situation gets worse every year.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2018)

Paul Gavan: The Government which Fianna Fáil is supporting.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2018)

Paul Gavan: He is right.

Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Feb 2018)

Paul Gavan: I move amendment No. 1:In page 9, line 31, to delete "student" and substitute "students’ ". I welcome the Minister. Sinn Féin has proposed several amendments that change the phrase "student" union" to "students’" union and include the apostrophe. It is the appropriate term. While these amendments are largely technical, it can be interpreted somewhat more meaningfully to...

Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Feb 2018)

Paul Gavan: Excuse me. Senator Norris is quite right. The phrase "student union" does not convey that and is not an appropriate term. I believe there are more pressing issues in the Bill and I do not wish to take up further time on it, but I simply wish to highlight the wrong wording set out at the moment. We will not be pushing the amendment without the support of the Minister of State but I cannot...