Results 41-46 of 46 for garda speaker:Paul Gavan

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Atypical Work Permit Scheme: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2017)

Paul Gavan: ...the witnesses to address it to the Minister. We know how bad conditions can be for these people. The witnesses will probably have heard that two cases of trafficking have been submitted to the Garda, with a further 17 such cases in train. I hope it does not come to that. I also hope the industry will come to its senses and engage with the International Transport Workers Federation and...

Seanad: Mid-term Capital Review and Public Service Pay Commission Report: Statements (30 May 2017)

Paul Gavan: ...Defence Forces, while tensions within schools between pre-2011 and post-2011 teachers have spilled over into industrial action. The same issue led to the threat of the first national strike of An Garda Síochána in the history of the State, one that was only called off at the last minute. The inability of the Government to provide a viable career path to our young people...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Feb 2017)

Paul Gavan: I commend Senator McDowell's comments. It is simply not credible for the Garda Commissioner to remain in situ. I do not think it does the Fine Gael Party any good whatsoever to cling to the position that she can remain in situ, especially given that all the rest of us have acknowledged that this is just not tenable in the current circumstances. I was astonished to hear the leader of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Nov 2016)

Paul Gavan: In light of the Labour Court proposals on Garda pay, the ongoing and welcome negotiations between the Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland, ASTI, and the Department of Education and Skills and the serious threat of industrial action that remains there, the impending action by our nurses and midwives, the anger of our public health workers, in particular, and Jack O'Connor's comments on...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2016)

Paul Gavan: ...in particular, his foolish decision to cease payments for supervision and substitution duties, which poured oil on extremely hot waters. Public servants across a range of key positions, including gardaí, teachers and nurses, are up in arms about the Government. As I reminded the Minister last week, the starting salary for a garda is €23,500. Is anyone in this Chamber...

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...