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Mr Paul GAVAN (Ireland, UEL)

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Bureau: Group of the Unified European Left since 09/10/2023
  • Auditor: Group of the Unified European Left since 25/04/2022
  • Member: Group of the Unified European Left from 16/03/2018 to 24/04/2022

In the Assembly

  • since 16/03/2018 Representative - Ireland

In the committee(s) and sub-committee(s)

  • First Vice-Chairperson: Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons (from 24/01/2022 to 22/01/2024)
  • Member: Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs (since 27/01/2020)
  • Full Member: Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons (since 16/03/2018)
  • Member: Sub-Committee on Ethics (from 24/01/2022 to 22/01/2023)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Refugee and Migrant Children and Young People (since 26/01/2021)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Migrant Smuggling and Trafficking in Human Beings (since 26/01/2021)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Diasporas and Integration (from 30/01/2020 to 24/01/2021)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Refugee and Migrant Children and Young People (from 26/03/2019 to 29/01/2020)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Diasporas (from 23/01/2019 to 25/03/2019)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (from 21/01/2019 to 14/09/2020)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Integration (from 26/04/2018 to 28/01/2020)
  • Alternate of Ms Marcella CORCORAN KENNEDY (Full Member): Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (from 24/06/2019 to 08/08/2020)
  • Alternate of Ms Frances FITZGERALD (Full Member): Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (from 21/01/2019 to 23/06/2019)
  • Alternate of Mr Seán CANNEY (Full Member): Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (from 16/03/2018 to 20/01/2019)
  • Alternate of Mr Barry COWEN (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Refugee and Migrant Children and Young People (from 26/04/2018 to 22/01/2019)

Interventions

Last speeches

02/10/2024 | 18:26:47 I will wait. Now. Okay, sorry for that delay. On behalf of the Group of the Unified European Left, I want to congratulate the two rapporteurs. This important report on Bosnia and Herzegovina highlights concerns regarding several commitments entered into upon its accession to the Council of Europe. It's important to note that Bosnia and Herzegovina has benefited from the co-operation programs of the Council of Europe since 2003. Successive action plans have been implemented covering the... 02/10/2024 | 10:32:35 Thank you, Madam Chairperson. This week we saw the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe at its worst, and at its best. Its worst moment was the continuing refusal to take a stand against the genocide being prosecuted against the Palestinian people. Its best moment was the powerful testimony of Julian ASSANGE at the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights yesterday. I salute Julian ASSANGE for his incredible courage and valour. I salute the work of all of those, both within and... 01/10/2024 | 20:37:38 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2)   The title of this current affairs debate references “the escalation of violence” and “the mounting humanitarian crisis, particularly in Gaza.” But it doesn’t say who is escalating the violence. And that significant, isn’t it? When it comes to other conflicts this assembly has no problem calling out the guilty party. But here we have an illegal war, another illegal occupation, but this time accompanied by a campaign of genocide against an... 01/10/2024 | 17:53:04 Thank you, Mister President. On behalf of the United European Left, I wish to state our huge concern at the continuing path of the authoritarian Azerbaijan regime towards ever greater levels of oppression towards its own citizens, as well as its appalling treatment of the former citizens of Nagorno-Karabakh and its bellicose and threatening behaviour towards its neighbouring country Armenia. This year both so-called Presidential and Parliamentary elections were held in a manner that would... 01/10/2024 | 16:05:17 Thank you, Mister President. On behalf of the United European left, I want to commend the rapporteurs of both of these reports. And I want to particularly welcome the speech by our new Human Rights Commissioner, who called out very clearly for a human rights compliance migration policy. That's what all of us should be able to agree on in this chamber. The first thing I want to say is that people fleeing conflict are dying, especially in the Mediterranean, en route to Europe due to to a lack...

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