Results 1,541-1,560 of 4,178 for speaker:Paul Gavan

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Mar 2022)

Paul Gavan: Well said.

Seanad: Brain Health and Dementia: Statements (9 Mar 2022)

Paul Gavan: It is good to see the Minister of State. She is always welcome. I will begin by acknowledging the good work she has done in this area. According to the Alzheimer Society of Ireland, there are more than 64,000 people living with dementia in Ireland. The estimate is that 141,000 people will be living with dementia by 2050. These are stark figures. Research tells us that not all dementia...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Mar 2022)

Paul Gavan: As I so often have the pleasure of doing, I support every word said by Senator Black in regard to Yemen. I attended that meeting on Tuesday as well. The situation is truly shocking. The figures which have come from the United Nations are horrific: a minium of 10,000 children have died since 2015, 377,000 Yemenis have died since 2015 and 4 million Yemenis have been displaced. It is worth...

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Mar 2022)

Paul Gavan: The Minister is very welcome. I acknowledge the fact we have people from the industry here in the Chamber this afternoon. We have Michael from west Kerry, who has worked in the industry for 37 years. We have Una from Stradbally as well. It is important to note they have taken the time to come up here again today. Let me be clear, my concern, as Senator Lombard has said, and he made a...

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Mar 2022)

Paul Gavan: Well said.

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Mar 2022)

Paul Gavan: Well said.

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Mar 2022)

Paul Gavan: I thank the Minister for his response. It would be helpful if the Minister was to give a commitment to sit down with the farmers and the workers next week. We are back in here to debate again next week and it would just give substance to the debate. Chatting to colleagues from the industry, I am hearing the concern that there is nothing tangible here at the moment. The Bill is not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with Representatives from the European Commission (3 Mar 2022)

Paul Gavan: I welcome the Commissioner and thank him for attending. It is great to have him here. This is a very useful change. I want to pick up on a few topics raised by the Commissioner in his speech, on which I am really interested to hear his responses. The Commissioner mentioned that there are many traditionally underpaid, difficult jobs which fail to attract new workers and, at the same...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with Representatives from the European Commission (3 Mar 2022)

Paul Gavan: The Commissioner has given a clear answer. It is probably not as positive as I wanted it to be but I understand the point he is making in terms of the limitations that he sees in place in this regard. There is certainly food for thought there. As my time is limited, I will move on to a second topic, which is the one the Commissioner addressed as the so-called “platform...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with Representatives from the European Commission (3 Mar 2022)

Paul Gavan: I apologise for being rude but I am running out of time. I have two other quick questions. How quickly does the Commissioner expect the directive on the platform to come into play?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with Representatives from the European Commission (3 Mar 2022)

Paul Gavan: I just have one minute left and I want to ask the Commissioner one last question. I appreciate his patience with me. Does he agree that the fiscal rules need to be amended to allow more investment in jobs? Further, does he agree that they should at least be suspended until 2023, given the inflation crisis and the terrible war that we are seeing?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with Representatives from the European Commission (3 Mar 2022)

Paul Gavan: Does the Commissioner have a personal view he could share?

Seanad: Credit Union Sector: Statements (2 Mar 2022)

Paul Gavan: It is always good to see the Minister of State; I thank him for coming in. The credit union sector is one which we associate with local communities across Ireland. Indeed, it is very important to recognise at the outset what they are. They are financial co-operatives. I think there is a bigger conversation to be had regarding how we develop the co-operative sector. In that regard, I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2022)

Paul Gavan: I thank Ms King and Ms McElwee for their patience. I might start with Ms McElwee. My reading of her documents is that, effectively, IBEC is opposed to a statutory right to request to work remotely. That is what it amounts to. Is that a fair summary?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2022)

Paul Gavan: There is a difficulty with a code of practice. I speak as someone who practised as a trade union official for many years. I am always reminded of Captain Jack Sparrow when he spoke about the pirates' code and reminded his fellow pirates it was more a set of guidelines than an actual code. I know from years spent as a trade union official that codes of practice do not work when it comes to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2022)

Paul Gavan: I apologise for interrupting, but due to the shortage of time I will summarise. Is Ms McElwee saying she does not see a lack of flexibility in that two-year wait for a worker?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2022)

Paul Gavan: Okay. I would read that as a kind of one-sided right. I would like to give Ms King an opportunity to respond before I run out of time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2022)

Paul Gavan: To follow up on that, and I appreciate I am almost out of time, I think a fair summary is to describe this Bill as window dressing. It talks about granting a right to request remote working but it does not translate it into giving any right whatsoever. Is that a fair summary?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2022)

Paul Gavan: I want to ask one final question on that issue of the procedural grounds being the only grounds on which a worker can appeal. That means, in effect, that a worker can only appeal the refusal, not the reason the employer gave for refusing. How is that fair?

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

Paul Gavan: I extend my sympathy to the Murphy family on the passing of John A. Murphy and to Senator Paul Daly and his family on the passing of his father. I am looking forward to the statements on Ukraine this evening. It is surreal to see what is unfolding across the world at the moment. I hope that we can be constructive in what we can do with sanctions. I put on record my praise for my colleague,...