Results 441-460 of 3,902 for speaker:Paul Gavan

Seanad: Courts Bill 2023: Second Stage (10 May 2023)

Paul Gavan: The Minister of State is welcome to the House. Sinn Féin fully supports this Bill. We think it is important to see it pass quickly. I commend the Minister of State on his work. The Government established the judicial planning working group to report on the number of judges required and their skillsets. This Bill, as we know, arises out of recommendations of that working group. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)

Paul Gavan: It is good to see the Minister. I refer to the issue of European works councils. I have consistently raised it whenever a Minister has appeared before the committee. Infringement proceedings 4021 of 2022 from the Commission to Ireland state: The Commission has identified a number of shortcomings in Irish legislation, which fails to guarantee the right of workers' representatives, the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)

Paul Gavan: Having had 12 months to deal with this issue, can the Minister, at least, give me a timeline for when we will get a definitive response on this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)

Paul Gavan: That is exactly what I was told six months ago. It indicates a lack of priority from the Department or an ideological objection to granting rights to workers that workers across Europe have, which is extremely disappointing. I will move on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)

Paul Gavan: I am entitled to my opinion.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)

Paul Gavan: Then why is it taking so long?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)

Paul Gavan: The view the Commissioner expressed to SIPTU three weeks ago is that it is particularly unusual that no progress has been made on this matter. I understand he intends to follow up on it directly. In the short time I have left, I wish to raise another issue. I hope the Minister has seen the excellent report produced by the committee on co-operatives and the potential thereof. It speaks...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)

Paul Gavan: My point is that 12 months have elapsed since the proceedings were initiated but the Department still appears to have absolutely nothing to say.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 May 2023)

Paul Gavan: I wish to raise two issues. The first has been raised by a colleague of mine in County Clare, namely, Councillor Donna McEttigan. I have also been contacted by the Save Francis Street Alliance regarding a frankly unbelievable situation in which Clare County Council currently plans, having bought six cottages for €850,000, to demolish them and build a temporary car park that will last...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 May 2023)

Paul Gavan: I must again mention the crisis in University Hospital Limerick, UHL. The figure yesterday, when there were 124 patients on trolleys, set a new record. It is shocking to think that here we are in summer and the hospital is still hitting a new record of shame with regard to patients on trolleys. As the Leader will be aware, this is an issue that a number of people, not only I, have been...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2023: Committee Stage (4 May 2023)

Paul Gavan: The Minister of State is very welcome to the House. I take on board the remarks of Senator Casey. It is a valid point. There is a difference between the smaller hotel chains and employers and the big chains that are really cleaning up. We know they are cleaning up because their profits are published. I failed to get a hotel room for tomorrow night, when the Bruce Springsteen concert is...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2023: Committee Stage (4 May 2023)

Paul Gavan: Sinn Féin supports these recommendations. It is clear to anyone with common sense that the current rate of the vacant home tax, at 0.3%, is not adequate. Members of the Minister of State's own party have acknowledged as much to me off the record. In the middle of a housing crisis it is unforgivable. We fully support the recommendation on including derelict sites in an effective levy....

Seanad: Finance Bill 2023: Committee Stage (4 May 2023)

Paul Gavan: I will withdraw it with the right to resubmit on Report Stage.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2023: Committee Stage (4 May 2023)

Paul Gavan: I move recommendation No. 5: In page 8, between lines 5 and 6, to insert the following: “Report on including derelict properties within scope of the Vacant Homes Tax 7.The Minister shall, within three months of the passing of this Act, lay before both Houses of the Oireachtas a report on the Vacant Homes Tax, including an assessment of potential revenue raisedand potential...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2023: Committee Stage (4 May 2023)

Paul Gavan: I move recommendation No. 6: In page 8, between lines 5 and 6, to insert the following: “Report on variable rate of Vacant Homes Tax linked to property price inflation 7.The Minister shall, within three months of the passing of this Act, lay before both Houses of the Oireachtas a report on options for applying a variable rate of Vacant Homes Tax, which varies annually and is...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2023: Committee Stage (4 May 2023)

Paul Gavan: I move recommendation No. 7: In page 9, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following: “Report on data centres’ participation in the TBESS 8.The Minister shall, within three months of the passing of this Act, lay before both Houses of the Oireachtas a report on all companies registered for the Temporary Business Energy Support Scheme with either a trade description or...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2023: Committee Stage (4 May 2023)

Paul Gavan: I move recommendation No. 10: In page 9, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following: “Report on extension of TBESS eligibility to charitable organisations 8.The Minister shall, within three months of the passing of this Act, lay before both Houses of the Oireachtas a report on options for extending eligibility for the Temporary Business Energy Support Scheme to charitable or...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 May 2023)

Paul Gavan: Well said.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 May 2023)

Paul Gavan: Many congratulations to the Leader. As this is World Press Freedom Day, I once again wish to raise the case of Julian Assange. Julian is now entering his fifth year of incarceration in one of the harshest prison regimes in Europe, namely, Belmarsh Prison. He spends 22 out of every 24 hours in his 8 ft by 12 ft cell. He receives his food through a hatch. He has only ever seen his...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 May 2023)

Paul Gavan: Well said.