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Seanad: Public Transport: Motion (3 Nov 2021)

Paul Gavan: No, I am not.

Seanad: Public Transport: Motion (3 Nov 2021)

Paul Gavan: Exactly. The northern distributor road in Limerick needs to be completed as it is absolutely essential. The project has been dropped from the national development plan and that has a huge impact in terms of some of the things that have been mentioned in the motion. I refer to the problem of a large amount of traffic at both ends of the city. A number of good points were made about cycling...

Seanad: Public Transport: Motion (3 Nov 2021)

Paul Gavan: I second the amendment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges to Ireland's Competitiveness: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Paul Gavan: I thank both speakers for coming in today. It is a very valuable report as there is a lot of very good content in there. It is welcome to have this debate. I was struck by one of the comments made by Mr. Gilvarry in response to Deputy O'Reilly on the importance of making this country a good place to live, which I think comes through in the report. We have one of the highest proportions of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges to Ireland's Competitiveness: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Paul Gavan: I appreciate the feedback on that issue. In terms of the social infrastructure that was emphasised in the report, can the witnesses share a view on how out of kilter this country is in terms of the cost of childcare for working families when compared to our competitors in Europe?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges to Ireland's Competitiveness: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Paul Gavan: That would be great. I want to raise the issue of housing. Again, I praise the very clear way in which the council has called out the issue of housing. The report states: The prolonged undersupply of new housing has led to chronic shortages of properties in both the rental and home ownership markets, resulting in house price increases, rental market pressures and increased homelessness,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges to Ireland's Competitiveness: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Paul Gavan: Is there a real danger that we will lose a lot of those people if we do not tackle those issues?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Oct 2021)

Paul Gavan: I will begin with something I meant to say yesterday. I wish to put on record my own support for the Leader in relation to the nonsensical emails that we have received over the past few days. Some of those people will be outside the building today. We do not believe in any of that nonsense and are in full solidarity with the Leader in that regard. The issue I want to raise today is the...

Seanad: Finance (European Stability Mechanism and Single Resolution Fund) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (21 Oct 2021)

Paul Gavan: The Minister is very welcome. I would like to speak to the section. I have a number of questions for the Minister regarding the amending agreement. My colleague, Senator Higgins, engaged with the Minister on this legislation on Second Stage. She is at the Conference on the Future of Europe today and could not attend the Seanad but looks forward to engaging again with the Minister on these...

Seanad: Finance (European Stability Mechanism and Single Resolution Fund) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (21 Oct 2021)

Paul Gavan: I appreciate the Minister's comments and I look forward to Report Stage.

Seanad: Finance (European Stability Mechanism and Single Resolution Fund) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (21 Oct 2021)

Paul Gavan: I move amendment No. 1: In page 7, between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following: “Report 8.The Minister shall, within 12 months of the passing of this Act, publish a report setting out the measures taken to ensure appropriate safeguards and separation between ESM cooperation with the EU Commission on any area of policy and ESM engagement with private investors.”.

Seanad: Finance (European Stability Mechanism and Single Resolution Fund) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (21 Oct 2021)

Paul Gavan: This amendment seeks "a report setting out...measures...[for] appropriate safeguards and separation between ESM cooperation [and] the EU Commission on any area of policy and ESM engagement with private investors." On Second Stage, my colleague, Senator Higgins, outlined how it is unclear what the firewalls will be regarding engagement with private investors in terms of the ESM. I would be...

Seanad: Finance (European Stability Mechanism and Single Resolution Fund) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (21 Oct 2021)

Paul Gavan: I will withdraw the amendment with a view to further engagement on Report Stage.

Seanad: Finance (European Stability Mechanism and Single Resolution Fund) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (21 Oct 2021)

Paul Gavan: I move amendment No. 2: In page 7, between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following: "Report 8. The Minister shall, within 12 months of the passing of this Act, conduct and publish a report outlining where compliance with EU fiscal criteria has precluded public strategic investment or required public services or infrastructure to be delivered "off balance sheet" and the additional...

Seanad: Finance (European Stability Mechanism and Single Resolution Fund) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (21 Oct 2021)

Paul Gavan: I will withdraw this amendment with a right to resubmit and further engagement on Report Stage.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Oct 2021)

Paul Gavan: Last week we heard many announcements regarding budgets and budget spending. We were told that never have we spent so much before and so on and so forth. You can imagine my reaction when I was contacted by a family in Castleconnell who are residents of a council house and whose shower has completely broken down after 15 years. I wrote to Limerick City and County Council and explained the...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Smuggling of Persons) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (20 Oct 2021)

Paul Gavan: I will be brief. I want to place on the record the support of Sinn Féin for all of these amendments.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Smuggling of Persons) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (20 Oct 2021)

Paul Gavan: I will speak briefly on this issue, which I have addressed in the Council of Europe, our human rights body for Europe. I wish to concur with everything both speakers have said. I have real concerns about the direction of travel with regard to the incredible work that NGOs do and this move to threaten them potentially with prosecutions. It would be wonderful if the Government could include...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Resourcing and Capacity of the Workplace Relations Commission: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

Paul Gavan: I thank Mr. O'Brien and Mr. Kelly for their presentations. I am incredibly frustrated listening to what they have said. In 2017, the predecessor to this committee, of which the Chairman and I were members, compiled a really strong report on exploitation in the fishing industry, which included 12 excellent recommendations. The findings of the report were not contested by any member of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Resourcing and Capacity of the Workplace Relations Commission: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

Paul Gavan: I am frustrated because it was an explicit recommendation that resources be increased. Mr. Kelly indicated that there has been an increase in general terms in WRC funding, which is welcome, but he has also conceded that there has been a drop in the number of inspectors in what is probably the most exploitative sector anywhere across the State at present. I want to register my...