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Seanad: Cost of Living: Motion (15 Jun 2022)

Paul Gavan: They were your economists.

Seanad: Cost of Living: Motion (15 Jun 2022)

Paul Gavan: A 30% tax rate. Jesus.

Seanad: Cost of Living: Motion (15 Jun 2022)

Paul Gavan: I am enthusiastic.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Jun 2022)

Paul Gavan: I join others in passing on my sympathies to the Jackman family. I had the pleasure of meeting Mary on a couple of occasions. She was a very dedicated local and national representative and a fine person as well. It is said the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. For the past six years I have had the privilege of being here, I have...

Seanad: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Jun 2022)

Paul Gavan: The Minister of State is always welcome. I welcome the opportunity to speak on this legislation. The issue of moneylenders has been of great concern for many years. The permission for ultra-high interest rates charged by moneylenders is immoral and unethical. The law currently permits moneylenders to charge rates of interest that trap vulnerable borrowers in a cycle of debt. Under this...

Seanad: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Jun 2022)

Paul Gavan: -----if one is on a very low income each week, like the unemployment assistance payment, those few euro are a challenge.

Seanad: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Jun 2022)

Paul Gavan: We need to recognise these interest rates are fundamentally immoral. They are absolutely outrageous. My colleague, Deputy Mairéad Farrell, put it well in the Dáil. She said, "This Government never misses an opportunity to miss an opportunity", to do the right thing. The most important part of this Bill is that the Government is apparently still happy for these extortionist...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 May 2022)

Paul Gavan: I warmly welcome the Swedish ambassador on behalf of the Sinn Féin group. Two years ago, the Seanad passed a Sinn Féin motion relating to Shannon Airport and the need to rebalance air transport in this country. At the end of 2020, the all-party Oireachtas Joint Committee on Transport and Communications Networks clearly called on the Government to bring about "the re-establishment...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 May 2022)

Paul Gavan: Well done.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 May 2022)

Paul Gavan: Well said.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 May 2022)

Paul Gavan: Well said.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 May 2022)

Paul Gavan: He missed his holiday. It is done now.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 May 2022)

Paul Gavan: I echo the call regarding the post office in Caherconlish. One of the things that amazed me as I was getting into this issue this week is that Caherconlish has doubled its population in the last decade to 1,500 people so it is hard to understand how a post office there would not be viable. It would be great if the Leader would be kind enough to write to the Minister to see what else can be...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 May 2022)

Paul Gavan: Well said.

Seanad: Competition (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (26 May 2022)

Paul Gavan: It is always good to see the Minister of State, particularly after a fine win against Laois at the weekend. This is comprehensive and complex legislation which transposes an EU directive, while also making additional changes to benefit the national competition authorities, namely, the CCPC and ComReg. The CCPC is the primary enforcement body for competition law in this State. It has the...

Seanad: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (25 May 2022)

Paul Gavan: Well said.

Seanad: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (25 May 2022)

Paul Gavan: It is good to see the Minister of State. He is welcome. The Bill is to be welcomed for the most part. My colleagues in the Dáil have played a key role in terms of amendments to the Bill. Improving the existing legislation is long overdue. Down the years, we have heard all too often of the horror stories and treatment of whistleblowers when they came forward and spoke out. Attempts...

Seanad: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (25 May 2022)

Paul Gavan: Well said.

Seanad: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (25 May 2022)

Paul Gavan: Well done, Senator.

Seanad: National Minimum Wage (Payment of Interns) Bill 2022: Second Stage (25 May 2022)

Paul Gavan: I congratulate my trade union colleagues in the Labour Party on this short Bill. It has a very simple and clear purpose: to ban unpaid internships by bringing interns under the remit of minium wage legislation. It is a progressive Bill and something we should all be able to support. I am pleased to see the Minister of State is not opposing it at this stage. I hope there is genuine...