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Seanad: Commencement Matters: Health Services (30 Mar 2017)

Paul Gavan: The Government could take enhanced measures to attract them. They have done nothing.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Health Services (30 Mar 2017)

Paul Gavan: I never said that. I said the Government is treated them as second-class citizens, and it is.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Health Services (30 Mar 2017)

Paul Gavan: The people of County Clare would agree.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2017)

Paul Gavan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2017)

Paul Gavan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2017)

Paul Gavan: The Leader should have some manners.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2017)

Paul Gavan: I want to raise the issue of Irish Water and believe that the current committee is making good progress. According to reports in the media this morning, there is now great hope that the committee will have a consensus on finally doing away with water charges and everyone in the Chamber should welcome that. I commend my own party, especially my colleague Deputy Eoin Ó Broin, on leading...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2017)

Paul Gavan: For people on the left to cite regressive, toll booth taxation as something we should support is frankly bizarre. Sinn Féin has always been consistent and if people check our policy, they will see that we have been opposed to water charges from the get-go.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2017)

Paul Gavan: Deputy Paul Murphy will validate that as well.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2017)

Paul Gavan: We do not have water charges in the North.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2017)

Paul Gavan: I call on the Leader to ensure that happens as quickly as possible. I welcome the fact that, even though they had to be dragged kicking and screaming, we finally got Fianna Fáil to a place where they can align with us in getting rid of water charges. Fair play to the slow learners on my left.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2017)

Paul Gavan: Senator Ó Ríordáin is in the Labour Party so he will know all about agony.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2017)

Paul Gavan: We do not, really.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2017)

Paul Gavan: We tell the truth.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2017)

Paul Gavan: Fianna Fáil are slow learners.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2017)

Paul Gavan: Does Senator Wilson live up North?

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2017)

Paul Gavan: Has the Senator included Mullingar in his request?

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2017)

Paul Gavan: The water is still free.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2017)

Paul Gavan: So he threatened them.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2017)

Paul Gavan: I will injunct Senator Buttimer for what he has said.