Results 3,701-3,720 of 4,178 for speaker:Paul Gavan
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2017)
Paul Gavan: No, facts.
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2017)
Paul Gavan: Tax cuts and trolleys from the boys in government.
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2017)
Paul Gavan: Him or us?
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Road Network (29 Mar 2017)
Paul Gavan: No problem.
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Road Network (29 Mar 2017)
Paul Gavan: Absolutely.
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Road Network (29 Mar 2017)
Paul Gavan: I appreciate that, a Chathaoirligh.
- Seanad: Order of Business (29 Mar 2017)
Paul Gavan: I wish to raise two issues relating to industrial relations, the first of which is the bus strike. SIPTU and NBRU members will be outside the building today. I hope that we can all go out and engage with them. I would like to hear a clear call, particularly from the Fine Gael side, for the Minister to do more than just sit on his hands. It is Fine Gael's Government. As I stated...
- Seanad: Order of Business (29 Mar 2017)
Paul Gavan: What message does it send to the workers concerned? They have not had a pay rise in nine years and have lost their jobs without receiving proper redundancy payments. A woman in Cork who had worked on a Traveller site providing education for 15 years was paid the princely sum of €7,000 in redundancy.
- Seanad: Order of Business (29 Mar 2017)
Paul Gavan: The Government refuses to engage. This is coming from the top. Bus Éireann workers are protesting outside Leinster House and the Fine Gael Government is refusing to attend the WRC regarding community sector workers. What does that tell us about Fine Gael and its attitude towards trade unions? We want answers on this issue today, please.
- Seanad: Order of Business (29 Mar 2017)
Paul Gavan: The Minister, Deputy Shane Ross.
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)
Paul Gavan: Common sense to-----
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)
Paul Gavan: Shane Ross could do it.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Second Stage (29 Mar 2017)
Paul Gavan: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Second Stage (29 Mar 2017)
Paul Gavan: That is all that I will need. I respect Fine Gael's position. It is a deeply conservative party and will not be in favour of extending rights for young people. In fairness, Senator Coffey and his colleagues have been honest enough to put their positions forward.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Second Stage (29 Mar 2017)
Paul Gavan: I am just repeating what was said. Fianna Fáil takes the biscuit. The flip-flop party, it is in favour of everything until it is given a proposal. It was in favour of emigrant voting rights until we proposed that in the Chamber and it scuttled away. It was in favour of workers' rights until we proposed legislation-----
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Second Stage (29 Mar 2017)
Paul Gavan: -----that it voted down. It was in favour of marriage equality, but Deputy O'Dea could not be found for love nor money during the three weeks of the campaign. He disappeared.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Second Stage (29 Mar 2017)
Paul Gavan: It is in favour of a united Ireland, but it will never campaign in the Six Counties. It is the flip-flop party. The one lesson that is clear to young people is that new politics counts for nothing when conservative parties only pay lip-service to voters' rights. Apparently, Fianna Fáil is in favour of young people. Is that not wonderful?
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Second Stage (29 Mar 2017)
Paul Gavan: It is also in favour of voting. It just does not like the two going together. Young people should be clear on what they have seen today. Fianna Fáil, the flip-flop party, will do nothing for young people or working people. It is the party that broke this country and made the most young people emigrate. That is what it delivered.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Second Stage (29 Mar 2017)
Paul Gavan: Start with the 16 year olds.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Second Stage (29 Mar 2017)
Paul Gavan: The Senator will work with us so.