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Seanad: Academic Precarity: Motion (24 May 2023)

Paul Gavan: ...and training boards across the State are seeking an incremental pay scale, recognition of service and pay parity. They have been campaigning for years and again I salute SIPTU and the Teachers Union of Ireland, TUI. Three years after a Labour Court recommendation that called on the Government to offer these workers proper contracts, they are still waiting. Again, these are Government...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Industrial Relations (28 Feb 2023)

Paul Gavan: ...agree these workers do incredibly important work, including everything from adult literacy to pre-university education courses. It is evident, despite the best efforts of their unions, both the TUI and SIPTU, they have been forgotten about. You need only do a search on this topic to see that a whole host of people across the Seanad and the Dáil have raised this issue before. They...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Facilities and Costs: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Aug 2018)

Paul Gavan: ...Fine Gael, supported by Fianna Fáil, chose to cut capital gains tax, capital acquisitions tax and inheritance tax. It chose a €500 million subsidy, as has been pointed out by Barnardos and the TUI, to subsidise some of the richest hotels in the country. I can guarantee that when the Seanad sits again, we will have people, not from Sinn Féin or, to be fair, the Labour...

Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (31 Jan 2018)

Paul Gavan: ...and to propose amendments which provide for effective student representation as set out in the HEA's own best-practice policies. I commend the Minister of State and the Department on their engagement with the TUI to strike an agreement and address the key concerns of staff. On behalf of Sinn Féin, I note that we will not support amendments or aspects of the Bill which may seek to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2017)

Paul Gavan: ..., which clearly highlight how big an issue is the so-called flexible working - it is precarious work in reality - in the education sector. I welcome that in the Teachers Union of Ireland, TUI, proposal a number of conclusions seem to tie in with the contents of our banded hours Bill. I was particularly struck by the phrase "our members do not have one third lives, a third of a family, a...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Oct 2016)

Paul Gavan: ...result in young workers undervaluing their worth in the labour force. It is great that the Union of Students of Ireland has organised today's march and good that it has the support of SIPTU, IMPACT, the TUI, the National Youth Council of Ireland and Sinn Féin Republican Youth. This issue goes to the heart of the ideological difference between the parties. We know that the Minister...