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

Paul Gavan: I never said that.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jul 2017)

Paul Gavan: I want to reply briefly to Senator Paddy Burke who asked for flexibility to be shown to the horse racing industry. At one point he requested that no action be taken by the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, which is frankly quite shocking. I know first-hand from my time as a trade unionist the level of exploitation in the horse racing industry. For him to request that no action be taken...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jul 2017)

Paul Gavan: That is my job.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jul 2017)

Paul Gavan: If Senator Buttimer had his way, they would be working for free.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jul 2017)

Paul Gavan: I accept Senator Buttimer's apology.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jul 2017)

Paul Gavan: I was expressing their concerns.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jul 2017)

Paul Gavan: I also wish to raise the issue of Brexit but before I do so I want to endorse Senator Reilly's comments. I believe we would all agree with his points in respect of that deprivation index. The EU Brexit negotiator, Guy Verhofstadt, MEP, made a very positive suggestion yesterday. He was addressing a parliamentary committee which was looking at how to redistribute Britain's seats in the...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jul 2017)

Paul Gavan: As such, it was very concerning when the chairperson of the committee, Danuta Hübner, MEP, said that what Mr. Verhofstadt was saying was amazing, because the Republic of Ireland is against the idea of giving the right to vote to nationals in "third countries". We have a problem here. To be clear, I hope that the chair of that committee is mistaken. I expect that our Minister for...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2017)

Paul Gavan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2017)

Paul Gavan: The International Trade Union Confederation has asked parliamentarians to raise the crisis of migrant workers trapped in Qatar and Saudi Arabia. This is the result of sanctions that have been imposed by Saudi Arabia and the UAE coalition against Qatar. Both Saudi Arabia and Qatar run kafala systems which mean that the migrant workers require permission from their employers for an exit visa...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2017)

Paul Gavan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2017)

Paul Gavan: The Leader has no facts to back him up.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2017)

Paul Gavan: That is a discredited measure.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2017)

Paul Gavan: It is the Government's housing crisis.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2017)

Paul Gavan: Where are they?

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2017)

Paul Gavan: The record is bad.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2017)

Paul Gavan: Inequality.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2017)

Paul Gavan: By 10 cent.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2017)

Paul Gavan: The 10 cent Government.

Seanad: Equality of Access to Education: Motion (12 Jul 2017)

Paul Gavan: I want to welcome the Minister of State and congratulate her on her appointment to her new position. I want to welcome our guests in the Visitors Gallery. I also want to welcome this Private Members' Bill and, in particular, its clear calls for publicly funded third level education and a rejection of any notion of introducing student loan schemes. I need to begin by addressing Labour's...