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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: EU Directives (22 Feb 2024)

Paul Gavan: It is always good to see the Minister of State. I thank him for coming in. I will start by quoting his colleague, the Minister for Enterprise Trade and Employment, Deputy Coveney, in response to a question from Deputy O'Reilly last November with regard to the platform economy. The Minister said that "Ireland has robust mechanisms for the determination of the employment status and the...

Seanad: Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Statements (22 Feb 2023)

Paul Gavan: ...public services. The reality is that they were entirely foreseeable and preventable. They were created by the policies of the Government and its predecessors. The Taoiseach has spoken about managing immigration, but what we need is an efficient system that works, fulfils our humanitarian obligations and helps with the betterment of our society. This means asylum applications must be...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Jan 2022)

Paul Gavan: ...for three years. It is a horrific story. Kilkenny County Council did write back and responded very positively to me. It took the initiative, working with Migrant Rights Centre Ireland and the Immigration Council of Ireland, to ensure the man was not homeless at Christmas. In fairness to the council, it did write and deal with the case appropriately. It acknowledged that providing an...

Seanad: Deportation Moratorium (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (9 Dec 2020)

Paul Gavan: ...globe is in the middle of a once in 1,000 years pandemic. The Bill is compassionate, it respects health protection measures and it is practical. It is not intended as a long-term policy change to immigration legislation, it is simply putting protections in place that will last only for as long as the emergency legislation dealing with the pandemic is in place. It recognises the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Nov 2020)

Paul Gavan: The Order of Business states we will take the motion regarding appointment of the chairperson and an ordinary member to the Standards in Public Office Commission, SIPO, without debate. Like my colleague beside me, I do not think this is a healthy practice. I propose a change to the Order of Business whereby we have a debate before any appointment is made. Sinn Féin will not accept...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (10 Sep 2020)

Paul Gavan: ...labour thanks to the disgraceful work permit system operating by the Government. They can pay poverty wages. They can sack anyone who dares to join a trade union. They can threaten their largely immigrant workforce with impunity and with the fact that if they do not like the terms and conditions on offer, the factory will get another planeload of workers in to replace them. That is an...

Seanad: Free Education (Prohibition of Fees and Charges) Bill 2018: Second Stage (8 May 2019)

Paul Gavan: ...dominated by two right-wing parties that do not believe in universalism and that never have believed in it. Somehow, they feel it is okay that people should pay fees and that it would save the State some money. It does, but at what cost to children and to the principle of equality? If this recovery is to mean anything, surely the first thing the Government should do, if it gets to...

Seanad: Situation in Palestine: Statements (23 May 2018)

Paul Gavan: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I will begin by asking the Minister of State to withdraw that disgraceful paragraph in his speech which makes reference to "some" of the protesters being non-violent, to Molotov cocktails and to members of Hamas being shot. There is no evidence for any of that. I do not know who wrote that script but the Minister of State must be honest enough...

Seanad: Diplomatic Relations (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Dec 2017)

Paul Gavan: I would like to speak briefly about this section. I accept fully that our amendment is out of order. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Cannon, to the House. We would argue that this Bill is technical in nature. It makes clear citizenship and immigration rules for diplomatic staff and consular staff and their private staff by amending the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Health Services (30 Mar 2017)

Paul Gavan: The Minister of State is very welcome. I wish to raise the issue of health services in County Clare, with specific reference to the drastic curtailment of the Shannondoc service. As no doubt she is aware, Shannondoc is an urgent out-of-hours GP co-operative that was established in 2002. Its main purpose was to provide an urgent out-of-hours GP service to the people of the County Clare...

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2016: Second Stage (15 Nov 2016)

Paul Gavan: ...about who actually carried out this extensive body of work. In 2015, the most recent round of this historical project, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform revealed to us that the State was using people off JobBridge to do the work. Will the Minister of State clarify if the same system was used to fill these positions? I have this concern not only because JobBridge was a...