Results 4,081-4,100 of 4,178 for speaker:Paul Gavan
- 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: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Rent Certainty (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second Stage (12 Oct 2016)
Paul Gavan: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments and Threatened Industrial Action by An Garda Síochána: Statements (12 Oct 2016)
Paul Gavan: The Tánaiste is very welcome. I will deal with the impending Garda strike. Week after week, public sector workers are making the difficult and, in certain instances, unprecedented decision to take industrial action. We have had the Luas drivers and the Dublin Bus drivers. Now it is gardaí and soon it will be the teachers and nurses.We are seeing a mass movement across the public...
- Seanad: Budget 2017: Statements (11 Oct 2016)
Paul Gavan: It is Senator Conway-Walsh.
- Seanad: Budget 2017: Statements (11 Oct 2016)
Paul Gavan: Our budget was costed by Senator Buttimer's Department.
- Seanad: Budget 2017: Statements (11 Oct 2016)
Paul Gavan: I welcome the Minister of State. Today is significant in the history of the State, to be fair, as we have just witnessed the first Fine Gael-Fianna Fáil coalition budget. It is a landmark moment in which the right-wing parties of this State finally come together in a formal coalition of neoliberal politics. The Minister of State is quite a legend in neoliberal politics and the trade...
- Seanad: Budget 2017: Statements (11 Oct 2016)
Paul Gavan: The Government has done nothing about that. It should speak with people in SIPTU who represent child care professionals and listen to what their coalition has to say. It has not done that. This is a regressive budget, a landlord's budget, a building developer's budget and a budget for those people who drove the economy off a cliff. In other words, it is in the best tradition of Fianna...
- Seanad: Budget 2017: Statements (11 Oct 2016)
Paul Gavan: That is only for those being paid more than €100,000.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Oct 2016)
Paul Gavan: I have been invited to speak at the Stop the War Coalition conference in London on Saturday about the US military use of Shannon Airport. I will be proud to share a platform with Jeremy Corbyn who has always been a friend to Ireland and a friend to the peace process in particular. This week something very strange happened. Shannonwatch, which has done amazing work in detailing what is...
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Oct 2016)
Paul Gavan: As someone who lives in Limerick, I am disgusted that our local politicians refuse to talk about the issue. If they want to support the US adventures, they should make their case. If we think it is wrong, we will make our case, but the issue cannot be ignored. It is time to break the silence on Shannon Airport. That is why I will be speaking on Saturday and I ask the Leader for a debate...
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Oct 2016)
Paul Gavan: What about the 2.5 million American troops? Is that neutrality?
- Seanad: Action Plan for Education: Statements (6 Oct 2016)
Paul Gavan: I welcome the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Richard Bruton, to the Chamber. He made a fine speech. It is not often a Shinner would say that to a Fine Gael Minister.
- Seanad: Action Plan for Education: Statements (6 Oct 2016)
Paul Gavan: Sinn Féin welcomes the Minister’s aspirations to work towards a world class education system. However, this statement is meaningless without adequate investment. Before we talk about where we want our education system to be, we first need to talk about where the system is right now and how the Government has managed it so far. The education system is a public service which Fine...
- Seanad: Action Plan for Education: Statements (6 Oct 2016)
Paul Gavan: That is not a point of order. The Minister will get his turn at the end to address these points.
- Seanad: Action Plan for Education: Statements (6 Oct 2016)
Paul Gavan: Yes, but we have to follow the rules of the House.
- Seanad: Action Plan for Education: Statements (6 Oct 2016)
Paul Gavan: We need serious public investment in this sector and Sinn Féin is committed to carrying out such investment. The debate is changing and it needs to be presented clearly. Neoliberal right-wing politics has failed and bankrupted this country. While we on the left argue for progressive taxation to fund public services which will be universal for everyone, the parties on the right argue...
- Seanad: Action Plan for Education: Statements (6 Oct 2016)
Paul Gavan: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Action Plan for Education: Statements (6 Oct 2016)
Paul Gavan: Fine Gael does not even organise in the North.
- Seanad: Action Plan for Education: Statements (6 Oct 2016)
Paul Gavan: Does the Minister have anything to say to us about the baptism barrier?