Results 1,761-1,780 of 4,178 for speaker:Paul Gavan
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Redundancy Payments (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)
Paul Gavan: That is super. I appreciate the witnesses' guidance. That is all I need. I thank both witnesses.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sectoral Employment Order (Electrical Contracting Sector) 2021: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)
Paul Gavan: I understand that the Minister of State needs to leave. As of May 2021, we only had 53 people employed as workplace inspectors despite a report several years ago that suggested we needed a minimum of 90 workplace inspectors. We know from data provided by the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, that one in three inspections found breaches of employment law. One simple way to help tackle...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sectoral Employment Order (Electrical Contracting Sector) 2021: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)
Paul Gavan: Could the Minister of State clarify how many inspectors we have right now as a team?
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Nov 2021)
Paul Gavan: Well said.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Nov 2021)
Paul Gavan: I will begin by quoting one of my favourite singers, who passed away in Kilkenny a few years ago. His name is John Martyn, a great Scottish folk singer. Approximately 50 years ago, he famously wrote: Some of us live like princes Some of us live like queens Most of us live just like me And we don’t know what it means To take our place in one world His words come to mind...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Nov 2021)
Paul Gavan: Well said.
- Seanad: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Statements (30 Nov 2021)
Paul Gavan: I say "Goodbye" to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Michael McGrath, and welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Ossian Smyth. While I welcome many aspects of this plan, I am deeply disappointed, as we see major rail and light rail projects being kicked further down the road. I will talk about Dublin initially. The MetroLink and Luas connections to Lucan, Bray and...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Nov 2021)
Paul Gavan: I raise the issue of our secretarial staff, on the back of a very powerful meeting that many of us attended at 10.30 this morning. Their starting rate of pay is €11.75 per hour. A living wage is €12.90. They have no job security. I have lost two excellent colleagues because they could not afford to keep working in the job. My current secretarial assistant, a fantastic guy,...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Nov 2021)
Paul Gavan: The union has made a series of constructive suggestions not just relating to an increase in pay and regrading the position of secretarial assistant, which must happen, but also on issues such as the conversion of overtime pay to an allowance and compressing the scale. One thing I did not know until this week is that the scale takes 18 years. It is completely out of whack with other scales....
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Nov 2021)
Paul Gavan: Well said.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Nov 2021)
Paul Gavan: Well said.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Nov 2021)
Paul Gavan: Well said.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Nov 2021)
Paul Gavan: Well said.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Nov 2021)
Paul Gavan: Well said.
- Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (25 Nov 2021)
Paul Gavan: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (25 Nov 2021)
Paul Gavan: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (25 Nov 2021)
Paul Gavan: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (25 Nov 2021)
Paul Gavan: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (25 Nov 2021)
Paul Gavan: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Bille na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú), 2019: Céim an Choiste - Official Languages (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (24 Nov 2021)
Paul Gavan: Gabhaim mo leithscéal. I am afraid I have to speak in English. I want to speak in support of the point made by Senator Higgins. I am extremely concerned about the Government's rush to privatise our job services. I have been contacted by people in Galway, Limerick and throughout the west, in particular. The Senator makes a valid point. Why not take advantage of this Bill in a...