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Seanad: Seanad Bill 2016: Second Stage (13 Jul 2016)

Paul Gavan: My colleague, Senator Conway-Walsh, has already outlined in great detail our overall party position. I want to bring a few more points to the attention of the Minister. I commend the job done by the working group on Seanad reform. We recognise the hard work and commitment given by the group to this task. As a party, Sinn Féin welcomes a number of the recommendations the group made,...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jul 2016)

Paul Gavan: We received an e-mail from the Restaurants Association of Ireland yesterday regarding a matter that, I understand, Senator Gallagher raised yesterday, namely, the struggle it is having in finding chefs in the country. It referred to a shortage of 5,000 chefs. The name of the organisation rang a bell with me and I wondered what it was. It is the same organisation that called for a freezing...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jul 2016)

Paul Gavan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jul 2016)

Paul Gavan: I wish to raise the ongoing crisis at University Hospital Limerick. This morning, 32 patients are languishing on trolleys. Over a five-day period last week, we had 149 patients languishing on trolleys. When one walks into the accident and emergency department, one will more than likely meet a sign stating there will be an eight-hour wait before seeing a doctor. Last week, one man in the...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2016)

Paul Gavan: Yesterday, the Low Pay Commission recommended increasing the national minimum wage by just 10 cent an hour. Its recommendation is nothing short of disgraceful. Key sectors of the economy where low pay and precarious work is widespread, such as retail and hospitality sectors, are experiencing unprecedented economic growth. This morning, I heard somebody from IBEC on the radio say that while...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2016)

Paul Gavan: That is a handy cop-out.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2016)

Paul Gavan: There is no balance in recommending an increase of 10 cent.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2016)

Paul Gavan: She disagrees with a rise of 10 cent.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jul 2016)

Paul Gavan: Yesterday I attended the launch of TASC's report, Cherishing All Equally 2016: Economic Inequality in Ireland, a copy of which I have in my hand. I recommend that everybody take the time to read it. It is incredibly well put together. It contains startling figures. For those who do not know, TASC stands for Think-tank for Action on Social Change. It is an independent progressive...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jul 2016)

Paul Gavan: And Senator Devine.

Seanad: Economic Growth: Motion (28 Sep 2016)

Paul Gavan: I move amendment No. 1:To delete all words after "That Seanad Éireann:" and insert the following:"- believes that workers in Ireland deserve a pay increase; - believes that under-employment is out of control; - encourages workers to organise themselves within trade unions; - accepts that trade unions need access to their members in the workplace for purposes related to the employment...

Seanad: Economic Growth: Motion (28 Sep 2016)

Paul Gavan: It is a race to the bottom by Fianna Fáil.

Seanad: Economic Growth: Motion (28 Sep 2016)

Paul Gavan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Economic Growth: Motion (28 Sep 2016)

Paul Gavan: Yes, absolutely.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Sep 2016)

Paul Gavan: I want to raise the issue of apartheid. While we have a wide range of political views in this Chamber, I am confident nobody here would defend an ideology of apartheid or racism. This summer, however, I visited an apartheid state, the State of Israel. There I saw at first hand the people of Palestine under occupation and subjugation. Some 4.5 million Palestinians live under Israeli...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Sep 2016)

Paul Gavan: A big change from last night.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Sep 2016)

Paul Gavan: Sinn Féin is not promising tax cuts.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Sep 2016)

Paul Gavan: Not at all.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Direct Provision System (4 Oct 2016)

Paul Gavan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy David Stanton, to the Chamber. Six months ago a Korean woman in her early thirties came to Ireland with her six-year-old son to seek asylum. On arriving, they were sent to Kinsale Road Accommodation Centre in Cork, where they slept in a cramped single room, washed with strangers in communal showers and ate at set times in the canteen. The mother was...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Direct Provision System (4 Oct 2016)

Paul Gavan: I am not happy with that response because it is a classic Civil Service scripted response. It does not deal with the questions I asked the Minister of State. It is a very disappointing response, in particular, to the question about the right to work. Ireland is one of only two countries in Europe that does not recognise the reception conditions directive, which reflects very badly on us....