Results 3,901-3,920 of 4,178 for speaker:Paul Gavan
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jan 2017)
Paul Gavan: I wish everybody, belatedly, a very happy new year. I want to express my disappointment at the contribution earlier by our colleague, Senator Humphreys, who I respect immensely. I do not know what it is about the Labour Party but it has never really got the North. I do not know whether it is the legacy of Conor Cruise O'Brien but it is a pity because we have a good platform in so many...
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jan 2017)
Paul Gavan: The Government does not invest in it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Discussion (17 Jan 2017)
Paul Gavan: Mr. Kelly will not be surprised that I am going to raise the issue of the investor court system, ICS. What is the justification for having the ICS as part of the deal? Can any examples be provided where non-EU investors have had their rights trampled by the EU courts? Frankly, if there is not a justification for it being in the deal then we should not have agreed to it. The idea that...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Discussion (17 Jan 2017)
Paul Gavan: I thank Mr. Kelly for his detailed reply. In the questions I asked I sought examples where non-European Union investors had had their rights trampled on. Will Mr. Kelly give examples of where the investor to state dispute settlement, ISDS, mechanism has worked well for a democracy?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Discussion (17 Jan 2017)
Paul Gavan: Is it not a variation of the ISDS model?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Discussion (17 Jan 2017)
Paul Gavan: Will Mr. Kelly give an example to show where the ISDS model has worked well for a democracy?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Discussion (17 Jan 2017)
Paul Gavan: Given that hundreds of law professors, the German Association of Judges and the European Judges Association have all indicated that the ISDS model contravenes EU law, how can Mr. Kelly assure us that rulings of the arbitration panel will not overrule EU law?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Discussion (17 Jan 2017)
Paul Gavan: My question is simply to reference a point made by Deputy Bríd Smith. With regard to the negative lists - the list of sectors excluded from this very important treaty that has been negotiated for eight years - how can the witnesses justify the complete lack of democratic oversight in that at no point during those eight years have people come into this committee or into the Dáil and...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Discussion (17 Jan 2017)
Paul Gavan: But no national democratic forum has been consulted?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority: Chairperson Designate (15 Dec 2016)
Paul Gavan: I thank Mr. Sisk for his presentation. I would just like to know why he would like the job because he has a fantastic résumé and terrific experience. What sparked his interest in this particular role?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority: Chairperson Designate (15 Dec 2016)
Paul Gavan: I thank Mr. Sisk for that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Impact of Brexit: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Dec 2016)
Paul Gavan: I thank the Minister for her presentation. I acknowledge the very good work that the IDA has done in Limerick in particular in recent months. It is important to acknowledge that. I want to follow up the point on the expected job losses. The Minister said there was no certainty and I accept that as well. I think there was a common theme across all of the people who presented that they...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Impact of Brexit: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Dec 2016)
Paul Gavan: That is welcome.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2016)
Paul Gavan: If I came into the House demanding a 12% pay hike for public sector workers-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2016)
Paul Gavan: I thank the Senator. Were I to go further and say that if they do not get the money they will walk away from their work for ever, I would be laughed out of it, and rightly so. Yet here we are with Fine Gael demanding just that: a 12% pay hike for landlords. However, that is the minimum. There is plenty of room for greater increases if living in Limerick, Galway or Waterford. That is...
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2016)
Paul Gavan: -----yet it is clear that no legislation is forthcoming today because of this spectacle of the absurd between the two conservative parties in our Chamber. Like my colleague, Senator O'Sullivan, although I will be here on Tuesday, I wish all the Senators a happy Christmas.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2016)
Paul Gavan: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2016)
Paul Gavan: No, Norris took it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2016)
Paul Gavan: Unless they come back to work in private nursing homes.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2016)
Paul Gavan: Absolutely.