Results 4,061-4,080 of 4,178 for speaker:Paul Gavan
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Impact of Brexit: Discussion (18 Oct 2016)
Paul Gavan: I seek only a ballpark figure.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Impact of Brexit: Discussion (18 Oct 2016)
Paul Gavan: Does that figure of 230 sound about right?
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2016)
Paul Gavan: I raise the issue of the industrial relations chaos which appears to be consuming the Government. The performance of the Ministers in question, the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Frances Fitzgerald, and the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Richard Bruton, has been such that they must be called to this Chamber. It is a little ironic that the Leader is a former ASTI shop...
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2016)
Paul Gavan: On Saturday, aircraft from the Saudi-led coalition bombed a community hall in Sana'a, Yemen's capital city, where thousands of people were gathered for a funeral. The aircraft struck the hall four times, killing more than 140 people and wounding over 500. One local health official described the aftermath as a lake of blood. Multiple bomb fragments at the scene appeared to confirm the use...
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2016)
Paul Gavan: -----and I saw them myself last Sunday, there is the likelihood that some, or even many, of the munitions being supplied to Saudi Arabia by the US are passing through Shannon Airport.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2016)
Paul Gavan: In addition, the US is supplying most of the mid-air refuelling planes for the Royal Saudi Air Force that is bombing Yemen. In June of this year, I asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs about a number of US mid-air refuelling planes that have passed through Shannon Airport. The Government denied these planes are engaged in NATO exercises, therefore, it is increasingly likely they are in...
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2016)
Paul Gavan: When I raised the issue of Shannon last week, the Leader stated:The issue raised by the Senator regarding American troops has been well documented... The important point is that the airport is at the gateway to Europe. With respect to the Leader, that is not the important point. The important point is that we are assisting the US and Saudi Arabia in massive atrocities.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2016)
Paul Gavan: That is a point of shame. We have not had a debate in this Chamber regarding Shannon. I ask the Leader again today to invite the Minister for Foreign Affairs to the House to allow us to have that important debate. What is he afraid of? He will have to do better than mouth platitudes about Shannon being a gateway to Europe. Right now, it is a gateway to the deaths of thousands of innocent...
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2016)
Paul Gavan: It is just like Yemen.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2016)
Paul Gavan: It has been completely compromised. We are transiting bombs that will be landed on the Yemeni people.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2016)
Paul Gavan: We helped to transit those bombs.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2016)
Paul Gavan: The figure is €5.70.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2016)
Paul Gavan: You are spoofing.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Oct 2016)
Paul Gavan: I want to raise one issue from yesterday's budget statement which needs to be aired again, namely the decision to extend the 9% VAT rate for hotels. I am very much against this. I was disappointed last night to see the head of the Restaurants Association of Ireland on Twitter mocking trade unionists who legitimately campaigned for the rate to be reviewed. I know there is a new tradition in...
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Oct 2016)
Paul Gavan: Michael O'Leary.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Oct 2016)
Paul Gavan: Many Senators are proud to be trade union members. The Restaurants Association of Ireland gains hundreds of millions of euro in subsidies each year, while it refuses to engage with the Workplace Relations Commission and the joint labour committee, JLC, system, re-established by the previous Fine Gael Government. It is an organisation, along with the Irish Hotels Federation, which has...
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Oct 2016)
Paul Gavan: Last week, The Irish Timesreported how a trade unionist in a hotel in Sligo was sacked. She was sacked simply for being a trade unionist. This was found out in an adjudication hearing at the Workplace Relations Commission. I understand the Irish Hotels Federation is now raising a fund to appeal that decision. These organisations are completely hostile to decent working rights in the...
- Seanad: Rent Certainty (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second Stage (12 Oct 2016)
Paul Gavan: My colleague, Senator Trevor Ó Clochartaigh, has gone into the detail of the Bill and the reasons for it. I am keen to discuss it in terms of the context of the politics we have. I was struck by a phrase in the Dáil yesterday echoed by both Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael Deputies. The phrase was that the centre must hold. This has been the subject of considerable comment through...
- Seanad: Rent Certainty (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second Stage (12 Oct 2016)
Paul Gavan: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Rent Certainty (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second Stage (12 Oct 2016)
Paul Gavan: Absolutely.