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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (19 Oct 2022)

Paul Gavan: Is that not a missed opportunity in terms of what the Government should be doing?

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Local Authority Staff (18 Oct 2022)

Paul Gavan: I wish to raise the issue of resourcing for the housing department of Limerick City and County Council, specifically the need for a dedicated team to drive affordable housing targets forward. Right now, the same staff are trying to keep their social housing targets on track while also having to share time to keep their affordable housing projects up to speed. Clearly, this is neither ideal...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Local Authority Staff (18 Oct 2022)

Paul Gavan: I acknowledge that the Minister of State is handed a script to read out in response to these Commencement matters but, with respect, I request an answer as to why it has taken the Government seven months to decide to appoint new staff. Moreover, why has that decision been taken to appoint just two additional staff given Limerick City and County Council requested a team of ten, given it has...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Local Authority Staff (18 Oct 2022)

Paul Gavan: There were only 980 from 2020 and 2021.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Local Authority Staff (18 Oct 2022)

Paul Gavan: The Minister of State is blaming the councils now.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2022)

Paul Gavan: I would like to second the Central Bank Bill to which Senator Ardagh referred, which is also known as “the right to be forgotten” Bill. I wish to commend everyone who is involved in relation to this matter. I formally second that Bill. I want to raise the issue of my village of Castleconnell, because two serious aspects of life in Castleconnell have been highlighted in the...

Seanad: Summer Programme: Statements (18 Oct 2022)

Paul Gavan: The Minister of State is very welcome. It is good to have her in, particularly to talk about a subject as important as this. I am standing in for my colleague, Senator Warfield, and I will do my best to address some of the key topics the Minister of State has raised. The summer programme is an opportunity to provide additional supports for children with complex special educational needs...

Seanad: Summer Programme: Statements (18 Oct 2022)

Paul Gavan: I have been called worse.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Oct 2022)

Paul Gavan: This morning I met a wide-ranging group of community employment supervisors who, because of their plight, had taken the time to come here to meet Sinn Féin. I know the acting leader is very familiar with this because, unfortunately, Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil Governments have refused to give any pay increase to these workers for 14 years.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Oct 2022)

Paul Gavan: They have no pensions. The starting rates of pay for an assistant community employment supervisor is €11.01. It will actually be less than the minimum wage come the beginning of next year. What is most regrettable is that government after government has taken the line handed to it by the Civil Service and repeated it parrot like, that the State is not the employer and that it is up...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Oct 2022)

Paul Gavan: Last week we had the budget. I think the Government told us it spent approximately €11 billion. Fair play. The issue with the community employment supervisors would take a fraction of a fraction of that money to resolve. Once again Government Deputies and, unfortunately, Senators decided they would not do this. This is a political choice. This is the point I made to community...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Oct 2022)

Paul Gavan: It was not.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Oct 2022)

Paul Gavan: Talk to the community employment supervisors. It was a gratuity. It was pointless.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Oct 2022)

Paul Gavan: They have no pension.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Oct 2022)

Paul Gavan: Well said.

Seanad: Passport Office: Motion (5 Oct 2022)

Paul Gavan: The Minister of State is very welcome. I got my first passport in 1988. I did not get it in Ireland but in London. I had been forced to emigrate like so many more people at that time. It meant an awful lot to me that I could access an Irish passport as a London-Irish citizen by going to my embassy. It was so long ago I was travelling through a country that no longer exists, Yugoslavia. I...

Seanad: Passport Office: Motion (5 Oct 2022)

Paul Gavan: I made most of my main points before the interruption for the vote. Like so many others here I see a clear case for opening a passport office in the Six Counties. I know many people, particularly from the North, are watching this debate. They will be very disappointed to hear a Fianna Fáil Minister of State disagree with people from so many parties in the Chamber. As I was saying,...

Seanad: Passport Office: Motion (5 Oct 2022)

Paul Gavan: Well said.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Quarters 1 and 2: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Paul Gavan: It is good to see the Tánaiste. He is very welcome. I want to raise the issue of European work councils. As the Tánaiste knows, because this has been an ongoing issue in his Department for several years, there have been many complaints over the failure of the Irish Government to correctly transpose the EU directive on European work councils. In essence, workers cannot access the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Quarters 1 and 2: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Paul Gavan: Directly from the European Commission.