Results 3,881-3,900 of 4,178 for speaker:Paul Gavan
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2017)
Paul Gavan: We are interested in what he is not doing.
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2017)
Paul Gavan: We do not need a mechanism - we need a new Minister.
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2017)
Paul Gavan: The manager of Bus Éireann told the transport committee yesterday that routes are going.
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2017)
Paul Gavan: That is what we are about.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016 [Private Members]: Discussion (31 Jan 2017)
Paul Gavan: I congratulate Deputy Cullinane for initiating the Bill. It is important. It is, as he stressed, a very simple Bill at heart. All that is being asked for is that the actual hours that people work are reflected in their contracts. As a union official until recently, I can say from first hand experience that almost all private nursing homes, large sectors of retail and all hotels - and I...
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Redundancy Payments (31 Jan 2017)
Paul Gavan: My question relates to outstanding Labour Court recommendations Nos. 21162 to 21181, inclusive, and 21185, which refer to SIPTU members who were formerly employed at the Tipperary Hostel on the basis of a job initiative scheme. The hostel closed in 2010 and in 2011 the Employment Appeals Tribunal determined that a genuine redundancy existed. As a result, SIPTU made a direct application to...
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Redundancy Payments (31 Jan 2017)
Paul Gavan: I apologise. The Cathaoirleach is quite right and I am sorry for that.
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Redundancy Payments (31 Jan 2017)
Paul Gavan: The Cathaoirleach is right and I apologise. There followed a meeting between the Department and SIPTU on 13 June to discuss the outstanding moneys due. SIPTU wrote again to the Department on 11 July, detailing these cases alongside a number of others involving former workers from a number of other schemes. SIPTU received no response and wrote again to the Department on 13 September in...
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Redundancy Payments (31 Jan 2017)
Paul Gavan: I hope the Minister of State can understand why I am extremely disappointed with her response. The least these workers deserve is respect. They have been shown no respect by the Department of Social Protection. The Minister of State acknowledged in her reply that responsibility for job initiative schemes has been transferred to that Department. When officials from the Department met...
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Redundancy Payments (31 Jan 2017)
Paul Gavan: Will the Minister of State accept the WRC invitation?
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Redundancy Payments (31 Jan 2017)
Paul Gavan: I appreciate it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jan 2017)
Paul Gavan: I wish to raise again the issue of the forthcoming elections in the North. I wish to refer, in particular, to a comment made by the Leader in the House yesterday. While I acknowledge that the Leader is a politician who has taken a genuine interest in the North for some time, I take issue with his characterisation of the election in the North as potentially one of orange versus green.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jan 2017)
Paul Gavan: He did say that.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jan 2017)
Paul Gavan: Let me be clear. When Sinn Féin talks about the election in the North and when it calls for a bill of rights for all citizens, that is not a green card but a progressive politics card. When we call for equality proofing of budgets, that is something upon which everyone should be able to agree. When we call for full equality for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender, LGBT,...
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jan 2017)
Paul Gavan: He certainly did not do that. Let us be clear -----
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jan 2017)
Paul Gavan: I am proud to stand behind Sinn Féin's vision of progressive politics and a progressive new Ireland. I would welcome constructive engagement and debate on that but to date, none of the conservative parties have had anything constructive to say in that regard. Where are their policy documents on a united Ireland? This project is well underway and in the aftermath of Brexit, it is more...
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jan 2017)
Paul Gavan: That is the problem.
- Seanad: Junior Cycle Reform: Motion (25 Jan 2017)
Paul Gavan: I welcome the Minister. I want to start by complementing my colleague, Senator Conway, on this motion, which has our support. It is a very important message, and I thought the Senator was particularly articulate and passionate in how he spoke about history, and I suspect that those thoughts are shared across the Chamber. I certainly hope so. This is an important topic. I grew up in...
- Seanad: Junior Cycle Reform: Motion (25 Jan 2017)
Paul Gavan: I am impressed.
- Seanad: Junior Cycle Reform: Motion (25 Jan 2017)
Paul Gavan: To clarify, that is the Greenshirts.