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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals - Net Zero Industry Act (5 Jul 2023)

Paul Gavan: Can I chance one last question, Chairperson?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals - Net Zero Industry Act (5 Jul 2023)

Paul Gavan: In terms of the regulatory sandbox, Sinn Féin thinks these are a brilliant idea and they have been called for across various economic sectors. Can our guests elaborate on the benefits of a regulatory sandbox where testing and validation of innovations can be carried out in a controlled environment, and are there European or global examples that we could look at?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals - Net Zero Industry Act (5 Jul 2023)

Paul Gavan: There is one other question on which I wanted to get the witnesses' opinions. It concerns the issue of funding and research and development in particular. Can the move towards net zero be achieved through additional funding for existing streams or is there a need for bespoke funding streams, grants, and tax incentives? On this point, will our guests also address problems with the current...

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

Paul Gavan: Hear, hear. Well said.

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

Paul Gavan: As we are coming to the end of our summer term, I will look back on the first item I raised on the Order of Business last September, namely, that of housing. At the time, I referred to the awful homelessness figures that month, when 10,568 people, including 3,137 children, were homeless. Nine months later, there are now 12,441 people, including 3,699 children, homeless. That is an increase...

Seanad: Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (4 Jul 2023)

Paul Gavan: I move amendment No. 1: In page 15, between lines 30 and 31, to insert the following: “Maintenance and champerty shall not apply to a representative action brought by a qualified entity 20. (1) The Minister may, for the purposes of this Act, by regulation prescribe criteria, including criteria relating to transparency in relation to funders and recipients, for third-party funding...

Seanad: Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (4 Jul 2023)

Paul Gavan: I acknowledge the Minister of State’s commitment to see this issue through. However, I wish to press the amendment.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jun 2023)

Paul Gavan: I join others in expressing our sympathy on the sad passing of Senator Dolan's father. On Tuesday of last week a member of NATO and of the Council of Europe carried out a targeted assassination of local political leaders in a neighbouring state as they were carrying out their public duties. The murderer was Türkiye, the people killed were in the Autonomous Administration of North and...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jun 2023)

Paul Gavan: I thank the Deputy Leader.

Seanad: Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers Bill 2023: Second Stage (29 Jun 2023)

Paul Gavan: As always, it is good to see the Minister of State. Sinn Féin supports the Bill, albeit with reservations as we believe it only does the bare minimum required. It is another Bill deriving from an EU directive aimed at protecting the collective interests of consumers. Prior to that EU legislation, there was no tool across the EU to allow consumers in mass harm situations to litigate...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Jun 2023)

Paul Gavan: I again raise the issue of University Hospital Limerick, UHL, in respect of the HIQA report published just last week. I agree with the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, INMO, that it makes for bleak reading. I will summarise it as quickly as I can. In the 15 subcategories of the report listed, UHL was found to be fully compliant in just one area, substantially compliant in seven...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Jun 2023)

Paul Gavan: It is a record.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Jun 2023)

Paul Gavan: That is disgraceful.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Jun 2023)

Paul Gavan: I thank the Acting Leader.

Seanad: Local Government Matters: Statements (28 Jun 2023)

Paul Gavan: It is good to see the Minister of State, Deputy O’Donnell. I am going to continue the theme of housing and I am sure the Minister of State will not be surprised by that. I have to be frank with him. The situation in Limerick city is dire, and I think the Minister of State knows that. The fact that no affordable homes were delivered in Limerick by the Government last year is an...

Seanad: Local Government Matters: Statements (28 Jun 2023)

Paul Gavan: Does the Minister of State have a date?

Seanad: Local Government Matters: Statements (28 Jun 2023)

Paul Gavan: Fair enough.

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Paul Gavan: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Paul Gavan: It is good to see the Minister back for what I expect is once last time considering where we are. I support this amendment because, not for the first time, it goes to the heart of one of the critical issues that, regrettably, he has never given an adequate answer to. He has never been able to justify this figure of 180 days nor has been able to justify why, if people have done that time,...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Paul Gavan: I am aware of the amendment on which I am speaking. I am also aware that this is one of the last occasions on which I can speak about this issue. The Acting Chairperson knows the rules for Report Stage. I am conscious in particular of all the people who have taken the time to be here or to watch the proceedings at home. They are very hurt by what is happening here. Many of them have been...