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Seanad: Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Feb 2022)

Paul Gavan: ...by the trade union movement. The Tánaiste's Department has had important engagements with it on this issue which I welcome. I particularly welcome the recognition of the work done by Dr. Deirdre Curran of NUI Galway. She has been a tireless campaigner for employee rights across the hospitality sector and on this issue. The Bill is very welcome. A significant amount of research...

Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (16 Jul 2021)

Paul Gavan: ...and the rules have been set without consultation with local authorities". Little has changed with the introduction of the LPT. In this regard, I agree with Dr. Gerard Turley and Dr. Stephen McNena of NUI, Galway, that the current regime is not fit for purpose. This legislation will coincide with local authorities retaining 100% of LPT receipts, thereby ending the redistribution of 20%...

Seanad: Tourism: Statements (28 Jul 2020)

Paul Gavan: It is nice to see the Minister, and I congratulate her. I had the pleasure of working with her on the education committee in the last Dáil and she was a genuinely progressive and radical voice. I hope she will be a radical Minister. The good news is that I am going to give her three opportunities to be radical over the next five minutes. The first opportunity is in respect of the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Joint Labour Committees (10 Dec 2019)

Paul Gavan: ..., most of the time they do not know what hours they will work from one week to the next. I will read out some of the details of the findings of an independent research study by Dr. Deirdre Curran from NUI Galway on how people are treated in the sector: 76% of respondents to the survey said they experienced verbal abuse sometimes or often; 64% of workers in the hospitality sector said they...

Seanad: Sustainable Tourism: Statements (16 Oct 2019)

Paul Gavan: ...conditions. New research that has been published emerged at a joint committee hearing last week, although the Minister of State may not have had an opportunity to read it. Dr. Deirdre Curran of NUI Galway conducted research in which she found shocking levels of bullying, harassment, intimidation and assault. They are commonplace in the hospitality sector. Some 76% of workers in the...

Seanad: National Minimum Wage (Protection of Employee Tips) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2019)

Paul Gavan: ...a tip from friends when they dine in the restaurant, she must meet them surreptitiously in the bathroom. That is the reality and this is documented. I would like to acknowledge the role played by NUI Galway, and Dr. Deirdre Curran in particular, in gathering many of these testimonies. This is happening today and that is why compensation is so important.