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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 May 2024)

Paul Gavan: As the Acting Leader knows, yesterday was May Day, a day of celebration and solidarity for workers and a day to recognise the achievements of our trade union movement. One of the most important sectors of our economy is construction, where unions, including my own union of SIPTU, have fought valiantly to establish a sectoral employment order. This is an order to underpin rates of pay and...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 May 2024)

Paul Gavan: Well said.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 May 2024)

Paul Gavan: Well said.

Seanad: Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 May 2024)

Paul Gavan: I move amendment No. 1: In page 6, between lines 24 and 25, to insert the following: “(b) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (1): “(1A) Where a European Works Council stands established pursuant to the Transnational Information and Consultation of Employees Act 1996 in relation to the employment in which it is proposed to create...

Seanad: Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 May 2024)

Paul Gavan: I appreciate the Minister of State's response. I acknowledge, in fairness, that whenever I have engaged with him, he has always given me a thoughtful response and engaged in a meaningful way. I do not often say such things but I do so now to be fair to him. However, I genuinely disagree with him on this issue. The fundamental point is that EWCs are not allowed to operate here in the same...

Seanad: Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 May 2024)

Paul Gavan: I move amendment No. 2: In page 13, after line 32, to insert the following: "Amendment of Act of 2014 28. The Act of 2014 is amended by the insertion of the following sections after section 621: "Power of the Court to return assets which have been improperly transferred 621A. (1) The court has the following power where, on the application of the Minister or the liquidator and/or...

Seanad: Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 May 2024)

Paul Gavan: I endorse everything my colleague Senator Sherlock said. Given that we have waited so long for the Bill, this is a missed opportunity. It has been years in the making. There is a lack of ambition or perhaps an ideological objection. Ultimately, this comes down to whether the Government believes trade unions are good and should be valued and whether collective agreements should be valued....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Apr 2024)

Paul Gavan: Well said.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Apr 2024)

Paul Gavan: As the Cathaoirleach knows, I have spoken many times here about the housing crisis in Limerick but today I want to raise the housing crisis in Cork. On my many visits to Cork in recent weeks, I was genuinely shocked by the number of vacant houses, particularly in Cork city. There are over 500 right now in areas like Mayfield, Farranree, the Glen, Togher, and Carrigaline. Many of the people...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (23 Apr 2024)

Paul Gavan: I have real concerns in relation to this White Paper. Mr. Moore has already referenced the €8 billion from the EU defence budget and a further €10 billion from the start-up entrepreneur programme, STEP. There are also the reinforcements of the European Defence Agency, EDA, through the Common Procurement Act, which I think has approximately €300 million. It does not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (23 Apr 2024)

Paul Gavan: There is the issue of the Israeli-sponsored Horizon Europe work. To me, it is shocking that ten universities here are actively helping the Israeli Government even while it is engaging in genocide. Surely, that is entirely unacceptable.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (23 Apr 2024)

Paul Gavan: We are talking about a recognised apartheid state.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (23 Apr 2024)

Paul Gavan: It needs to be addressed.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Apr 2024)

Paul Gavan: I give a warm welcome to Senator O’Hara and his parents. What a fantastic start and a brilliant speech. It will be great to work with him and I look forward to it. I wish former Taoiseach, Deputy Leo Varadkar, well for the future. I commend him on his public support for a united Ireland, his aspiration to see a united Ireland in his lifetime, his encouragement for those in his...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Apr 2024)

Paul Gavan: Well said.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Recycling Policy (21 Mar 2024)

Paul Gavan: The Minister of State is very welcome, it is good to see him. As he knows, the return scheme was launched with much fanfare at the beginning of February. It is a scheme that was long overdue and was very much welcome. According to the return websites, the aims of the new recycling scheme are to achieve EU recycling targets protect our environment, reduce litter and waste and play a key...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Recycling Policy (21 Mar 2024)

Paul Gavan: I know that the Minister of State is in the invidious position of reading out a statement and that this is not his direct responsibility but that statement is honestly appalling. The fact of the matter is that no one in a wheelchair can access these machines. That is a gaping chasm as a result of a failure to consult people with disabilities. The line the Minister of State has been given,...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Recycling Policy (21 Mar 2024)

Paul Gavan: That should have happened years before the scheme was introduced but I thank the Minister of State for his response.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Mar 2024)

Paul Gavan: You are fine. I raise our health services. From people across the Chamber, we have had requests for the Minister of Health to come into the Seanad and so far he has not agreed to come. Having heard Senator Clonan this morning, the urgency is there for all to see. The issue I want to raise does not relate to University Hospital Limerick on this occasion. I want to extend my range and...