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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Atypical Work Permit Scheme: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2017)

Paul Gavan: I do not know if that is the case but many of the Ghanian officials who were here had very little English. To take the figures provided by Ms Buckley, which I believe to be conservative, they suggest there are a minimum of 300 undocumented fishermen. Ms Buckley was also very honest when she stated the Workplace Relations Commission will probably have to reduce the number of inspections it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Atypical Work Permit Scheme: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2017)

Paul Gavan: I accept it is an estimate, but Ms Buckley's own report states that the figure is likely to be closer to the 42%.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Atypical Work Permit Scheme: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2017)

Paul Gavan: That is what the Ms Buckley has in her document.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Atypical Work Permit Scheme: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2017)

Paul Gavan: I accept that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Atypical Work Permit Scheme: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2017)

Paul Gavan: On one final point of clarity, can Ms Buckley confirm how many work permits have been issued this year and last year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Atypical Work Permit Scheme: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2017)

Paul Gavan: I thank Ms Buckley.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Engagement with Ms Justice Mary Laffoy, Citizens' Assembly (20 Sep 2017)

Paul Gavan: Let us go for it.

Seanad: Business of Seanad: Shannon Airport Facilities (20 Jul 2017)

Paul Gavan: I thank the Minister for coming in this morning. It is much appreciated. I want to ask him about Shannon Airport and his Department's policy with regard to the 427 permits approved under the Air Navigation (Carriage of Munitions of War, Weapons and Dangerous Goods) Order 1973. Some 427 permits have been issued so far this year, from January to the end of May. Some 149 of these permits...

Seanad: Business of Seanad: Shannon Airport Facilities (20 Jul 2017)

Paul Gavan: I am sure the Minister will not be surprised to hear I am very disappointed with his answer. It was largely quite evasive and basically stated this is not really his decision. He has not answered the key question I asked, which was whether he thinks it is a coincidence the vast majority of the planes going through Shannon are going to the Saudi-led coalition countries, and are going to...

Seanad: Business of Seanad: Shannon Airport Facilities (20 Jul 2017)

Paul Gavan: The Minister knows it is not.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2017)

Paul Gavan: I express my thanks to the staff, the Cathaoirleach and the Leader for their support and co-operation this year. I want to raise the issue of VAT in the hotel sector, an issue that has been raised by a number of colleagues over the past week. They are calling for the VAT subsidy to be retained. There are two problems with this. The first is that the Irish Hotels Federation continues to...

Seanad: Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Jul 2017)

Paul Gavan: I welcome the passage of this legislation. Along with my colleague, Deputy Pearse Doherty, whose Bill was passed last week, I hope that this will mark a change in the culture of financial institutions dealing with their customers. I also want to thank FLAC for drawing up the report that led to the drafting of Deputy Doherty's Bill. It has been immensely supportive and helpful. I urge...

Seanad: Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Jul 2017)

Paul Gavan: On behalf of my colleagues in Sinn Féin, I support the amendment proposed by the Civil Engagement group. Sinn Féin has raised its concerns about this Bill at every Stage. We support the Bill but we believe what is proposed in the amendment would make it better. The amendment places a duty on the Minister to report to the Dáil on our social and environmental obligations as...

Seanad: National Shared Services Office Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Jul 2017)

Paul Gavan: Sinn Féin is glad that the amendments of our colleague, Deputy Cullinane, managed to amend the Bill to allow for more scrutiny of the work of this office because a lot of power and control will be vested in it. In an age in which the issue of data is assuming ever more importance, such scrutiny is needed. The Government had initially excluded this new office from the scrutiny of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jul 2017)

Paul Gavan: I wish to raise the issue of family resource centres. Several Members will have seen correspondence received this week from the family resource centre in Loughrea. There are 108 family resource centres doing amazingly important work across the country. Several Members have probably visited some of them. I was involved in arranging for workers in several family resource centres to join...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jul 2017)

Paul Gavan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Jul 2017)

Paul Gavan: Fianna Fáil nearly closed the whole of Ireland.

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Jul 2017)

Paul Gavan: If the Acting Chairman agrees, I will allow my colleague speak first.

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Jul 2017)

Paul Gavan: I commend Senator Lawless on how he went about this business today. We are very lucky to have him in the Chamber. He has progressive views on many topics and is always constructive.

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Jul 2017)

Paul Gavan: I wish to refer to a meeting I had with the vintners. It was not a particularly successful meeting but I had not expected it to be. They mentioned to me that this Good Friday Bill was offered to them as part of the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill. While I am speaking from memory, I believe the vintners explained to me that they clearly rejected that because they did not believe the Public...