Results 761-780 of 4,178 for speaker:Paul Gavan

Seanad: Housing: Statements (29 Mar 2023)

Paul Gavan: Well said.

Seanad: Housing: Statements (Resumed) (29 Mar 2023)

Paul Gavan: Why have the councils not been given extra staff to deliver that?

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

Paul Gavan: I wish to raise the issue of Palestine again. It is an issue to which I constantly return because, unfortunately, the situation continues to worsen.Last year was a deadly one for Palestinians, with 171 of them being killed by Israeli forces and settlers, including more than 30 children. Some 49 people, of whom 17 were children, were killed during the Israeli assault on the besieged Gaza...

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

Paul Gavan: Well said.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Mar 2023)

Paul Gavan: I hope it is okay with my colleague Senator Ward that I will be using my usual London-Irish accent today.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Mar 2023)

Paul Gavan: I wish to raise a matter that was missed in the news yesterday for the most part. The European Committee of Social Rights has produced a very important report detailing that Ireland is far from compliant in basic labour law. Indeed, we come out as one of the worst countries in western Europe. It highlights the lack of a right to collective bargaining. It highlights, in particular, the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Legislative Process (22 Mar 2023)

Paul Gavan: It is always good to see the Minister of State. Having said that I must express my disappointment that nobody from the Department of Health was available today. This is the second time the Minister, Deputy Donnelly, has declined an invitation to the House to talk to me about an important issue. Whether he is dealing with an important matter of the State or whether he is washing his hair, I...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Legislative Process (22 Mar 2023)

Paul Gavan: It was mentioned in an ironic way.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Legislative Process (22 Mar 2023)

Paul Gavan: It is not the fault of the Minister of State; I accept that entirely. She has been handed a script, which I think she will acknowledge is entirely inadequate. It tells me nothing that I did not already know having attended the meeting of the Joint Committee on Health on 18 January. It is extremely disappointing because we need to know when this Bill will be introduced. The Minister is on...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Mar 2023)

Paul Gavan: I propose an amendment to the Order of Business that non-Government motion No. 9 be taken ahead of non-Government motion No. 1. I will read that into the record. It may be useful to do so for colleagues. The motion reads: "That Seanad Éireann calls on the Rehab Group/Enterprises to implement the recent Labour Court recommendation which called on Rehab to honour the long-standing...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Mar 2023)

Paul Gavan: Yes. No. 133, motion 9.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Mar 2023)

Paul Gavan: Well said.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Mar 2023)

Paul Gavan: I thank the Deputy Leader.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Mar 2023)

Paul Gavan: Well said.

Seanad: Labour Court Recommendation on Rehab Group: Motion (22 Mar 2023)

Paul Gavan: I move: That Seanad Éireann calls on the Rehab Group/Enterprises to implement the recent Labour Court recommendation which called on Rehab to honour the long-standing redundancy agreement with SIPTU, with particular reference to the 38 staff made redundant by Rehab Enterprises in Limerick in 2021.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Staff (9 Mar 2023)

Paul Gavan: Well said.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Overcrowding (9 Mar 2023)

Paul Gavan: I wish to put on record that I am more than disappointed that the Minister for Health is not present. He has bottled it because he knows he has no answers to the issue I will raise in respect of University Hospital Limerick, UHL. I am interested to hear the response of the Minister of State who is from Limerick. He may be aware there is considerable divergence between the official HSE...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Overcrowding (9 Mar 2023)

Paul Gavan: I thank the Minister of State. The point is that the divergence between these figures is such that the HSE figure is simply incredible. I have a huge concern that twice in this Chamber over the past month, the Minister for Health rejected the INMO figures. He insisted there were just eight people on trolleys on 1 February when he was here and he told me that I did not have my homework...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Overcrowding (9 Mar 2023)

Paul Gavan: There have been 12 years of failure from Fine Gael on this issue.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Mar 2023)

Paul Gavan: I join with others in wishing everybody well on this International Women’s Day. I too wish to bring up the issue of housing and the appalling decision by this Government to end the ban on evictions. Like Senator Clonan, I was really struck by "Prime Time" last night and by "Morning Ireland" this morning. A woman called Grace spoke on "Morning Ireland" this morning and she said: "I...