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Seanad: Bille na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú), 2019: Céim an Choiste - Official Languages (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (24 Nov 2021)

Paul Gavan: It is a sign.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Sick Leave Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Nov 2021)

Paul Gavan: I thank both witnesses for their presentations. This is a very welcome discussion. Sinn Féin very much welcomes the introduction of a sick pay scheme. It is long overdue and it is good to see employers and unions working collaboratively to achieve this goal. Could both witnesses comment on why Ireland has been an outlier for so long when it comes to the provision of sick pay? We...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Sick Leave Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Nov 2021)

Paul Gavan: I thank Dr. Bambrick. The meat factory workers are an excellent example of how, unless we move to a limited period of self-certification, this sick pay scheme will not work. It will leave them out of pocket, as Dr. Bambrick has said. Clearly, that is not what any of us wants to achieve through this Bill. I have another concern that I want to raise with both parties, which is how we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Sick Leave Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Nov 2021)

Paul Gavan: It is significant. I welcome that both parties have acknowledged it is probably better to have that ten-day period specified in the legislation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Report of the Commission on Pensions: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Nov 2021)

Paul Gavan: I thank all the witnesses. This is the best committee meeting I have attended all year and I am a member of a couple of committees. The quality of the contributions and the data we are getting are absolutely key. I want to address a couple of points that were raised. Deputy Ó Cuív spoke about people in the real world, the arduous labour they do and whether their situation has...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Nov 2021)

Paul Gavan: Like others, I listened to Peter Tyndall, the Ombudsman, speaking this morning about his frustration regarding the abject failure of successive Governments to assist people with disabilities with transport schemes. We know that two key schemes were scrapped in 2013, namely, the mobility transport grant and the mobility allowance. These were grants which allowed people to purchase motorised...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Nov 2021)

Paul Gavan: I thank the Leader.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Nov 2021)

Paul Gavan: I do not know if colleagues were able to listen to Dr. Andrew Westbrook on "Morning Ireland" today. He is the ICU consultant for St. Vincent's University Hospital. He painted a very worrying picture on the current situation in relation to ICU beds. There are currently 119 patients in ICU, which is up 31 from one week ago. Dr. Westbrook also went into some detail on what has not happened...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Nov 2021)

Paul Gavan: Well said.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Nov 2021)

Paul Gavan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Nov 2021)

Paul Gavan: Well said.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Nov 2021)

Paul Gavan: I will raise two issues. The first is the ongoing and horrendous plight of patients and staff in University Hospital Limerick. We hit a new record yesterday when there were 95 patients on trolleys and chairs. For 11 years, we have had this ongoing story of failure. Let us be absolutely clear about that. The situation continues to get worse. The numbers do not really tell the story. I...

Seanad: Report on Victim’s Testimony in cases of rape and sexual assault: Motion (17 Nov 2021)

Paul Gavan: We are all under pressure. I will give way to Senator Ruane as she has to leave shortly. I will speak after that if that is all right.

Seanad: Protocol on Ireland and Northern Ireland: Statements (17 Nov 2021)

Paul Gavan: The Minister is welcome. We live in extraordinary times. Who would have thought that a man such as John Major would describe his party leader as acting to break his word, break treaties and break the law? That was a huge and ringing condemnation of his party and government. It is important to understand why the British Government is acting the way it is. It is clear that it is trying to...

Seanad: Protocol on Ireland and Northern Ireland: Statements (17 Nov 2021)

Paul Gavan: Perhaps they prided themselves on it but perhaps they did so mistakenly. As the Minister will be aware, the British Government has a long history of not being totally honest and of not honouring the words it would have previously agreed to. Brexit was a prime example of a cart before the horse scenario and the then UK Government promised the sun, moon and stars but was unable to even...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Report of the Commission on Pensions: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

Paul Gavan: I thank the contributors and echo what others have said regarding the real value of this report on so many levels. It is a tremendous contribution to this debate on pensions and how we plan for the future. I will home in on the issue of the retirement age. I will declare an interest in that I have a trade union background and have worked with workers in meat factories, on construction...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Report of the Commission on Pensions: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

Paul Gavan: It does. In terms of the potential savings of raising the pension age, I will go back to Mr. Duggan's point about being realistic. Realistically, a number of these people, if they are forced to work on to 68, will find themselves in receipt of some kind of social payment, rather than actual work. Age Action described this point very well last week in that we know once people get into their...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Nov 2021)

Paul Gavan: I raise this week's report by Daft.ie on the most recent increases in the price of rents. I will home in on Limerick where the average price of a one-bed apartment in Limerick city is now €999 a month. For a three-bedroom house it is €1,277, an increase of 8% in the year. The average cost of renting a single room in Limerick city centre is €464, an increase of 21% year...

Seanad: Safe Access to Termination of Pregnancy Services Bill 2021: Second Stage (10 Nov 2021)

Paul Gavan: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." It is good to see a trade union comrade in the Chair today. It is also nice to see the Minister, who is very welcome. I am moving the Second Stage reading of the Safe Access to Termination of Pregnancy Services Bill 2021. While Sinn Féin is very proud to be supporting this legislation, I want to begin by stressing the cross-party...

Seanad: Safe Access to Termination of Pregnancy Services Bill 2021: Second Stage (10 Nov 2021)

Paul Gavan: Hear, hear.