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Seanad: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2022)

Paul Gavan: ...is a shortfall. Will the Minister of State please address that issue? It is not just for me. These amendments are the homeowners' amendments. They are watching this afternoon from Limerick, Clare, Mayo, Sligo and Donegal. The Minister of State and his team are saying that this is a 100% redress scheme. It is not. Please address the example and explain how that is a 100% redress...

Seanad: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (13 Jul 2022)

Paul Gavan: ...is coming from the homeowners. We are here to represent them today. Any amendments that my colleagues, Senator Ruane or I will speak to are at the request of the homeowners from Clare, Mayo, Sligo, Limerick and Donegal. This is their ask. No one will deny the fact that there is a problem in terms of inflation in the economy in general and, most certainly, in the construction industry....

Seanad: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Second Stage (11 Jul 2022)

Paul Gavan: The Minister is welcome. I welcome the people tuning in from all the counties affected: Limerick, Clare, Mayo, Donegal, Sligo and others. I think we can all agree that they have run an immense campaign for quite some time. I know that people in Limerick were pleased that the Minister has included them in the scheme, but people I spoke to last week were completely unimpressed and deeply...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Jul 2020)

Paul Gavan: .... If one looks at the records over the last number of weeks, one will see that University Hospital Limerick is consistently top of the list by some distance. The next nearest this morning was Sligo University Hospital with 18 people on trolleys. I have been in contact with a number of staff there who have told me there are people sitting and sleeping on chairs. There are no bedside...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Oct 2016)

Paul Gavan: Last week, The Irish Timesreported how a trade unionist in a hotel in Sligo was sacked. She was sacked simply for being a trade unionist. This was found out in an adjudication hearing at the Workplace Relations Commission. I understand the Irish Hotels Federation is now raising a fund to appeal that decision. These organisations are completely hostile to decent working rights in the...