Results 101-120 of 3,871 for speaker:Paul Gavan
- Seanad: Rent Certainty (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second Stage (12 Oct 2016)
Paul Gavan: Absolutely.
- Seanad: Rent Certainty (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second Stage (12 Oct 2016)
Paul Gavan: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Rent Certainty (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second Stage (12 Oct 2016)
Paul Gavan: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Rent Certainty (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second Stage (12 Oct 2016)
Paul Gavan: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments and Threatened Industrial Action by An Garda Síochána: Statements (12 Oct 2016)
Paul Gavan: The Tánaiste is very welcome. I will deal with the impending Garda strike. Week after week, public sector workers are making the difficult and, in certain instances, unprecedented decision to take industrial action. We have had the Luas drivers and the Dublin Bus drivers. Now it is gardaí and soon it will be the teachers and nurses.We are seeing a mass movement across the public...
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2016)
Paul Gavan: On Saturday, aircraft from the Saudi-led coalition bombed a community hall in Sana'a, Yemen's capital city, where thousands of people were gathered for a funeral. The aircraft struck the hall four times, killing more than 140 people and wounding over 500. One local health official described the aftermath as a lake of blood. Multiple bomb fragments at the scene appeared to confirm the use...
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2016)
Paul Gavan: -----and I saw them myself last Sunday, there is the likelihood that some, or even many, of the munitions being supplied to Saudi Arabia by the US are passing through Shannon Airport.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2016)
Paul Gavan: In addition, the US is supplying most of the mid-air refuelling planes for the Royal Saudi Air Force that is bombing Yemen. In June of this year, I asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs about a number of US mid-air refuelling planes that have passed through Shannon Airport. The Government denied these planes are engaged in NATO exercises, therefore, it is increasingly likely they are in...
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2016)
Paul Gavan: When I raised the issue of Shannon last week, the Leader stated:The issue raised by the Senator regarding American troops has been well documented... The important point is that the airport is at the gateway to Europe. With respect to the Leader, that is not the important point. The important point is that we are assisting the US and Saudi Arabia in massive atrocities.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2016)
Paul Gavan: That is a point of shame. We have not had a debate in this Chamber regarding Shannon. I ask the Leader again today to invite the Minister for Foreign Affairs to the House to allow us to have that important debate. What is he afraid of? He will have to do better than mouth platitudes about Shannon being a gateway to Europe. Right now, it is a gateway to the deaths of thousands of innocent...
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2016)
Paul Gavan: It is just like Yemen.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2016)
Paul Gavan: It has been completely compromised. We are transiting bombs that will be landed on the Yemeni people.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2016)
Paul Gavan: We helped to transit those bombs.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2016)
Paul Gavan: The figure is €5.70.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2016)
Paul Gavan: You are spoofing.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2016)
Paul Gavan: I raise the issue of the industrial relations chaos which appears to be consuming the Government. The performance of the Ministers in question, the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Frances Fitzgerald, and the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Richard Bruton, has been such that they must be called to this Chamber. It is a little ironic that the Leader is a former ASTI shop...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Impact of Brexit: Discussion (18 Oct 2016)
Paul Gavan: I thank Mr. Sherry for his presentation. While one cannot see into the future, what steps does he believe could and should be taken to reduce and protect against the impact of a hard Brexit? That is a nice easy question to start off with. I was struck by two factors. It was said that 47% of exporters plan no change in strategy. Mr. Gough alluded to this and said that 80% of businesses...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Impact of Brexit: Discussion (18 Oct 2016)
Paul Gavan: Thank you. I have one further question on the resourcing issue I was trying to get to the bottom of earlier. I appreciate Mr. Murray's offer of figures in that regard. I am told that the ballpark figure for the reduction in staffing over the last five years is approximately 230 - from 980 down to 750. I do not know if that is correct. Is that the ballpark figure within which the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Impact of Brexit: Discussion (18 Oct 2016)
Paul Gavan: I seek only a ballpark figure.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Impact of Brexit: Discussion (18 Oct 2016)
Paul Gavan: Does that figure of 230 sound about right?