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Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)

Aidan Davitt: I want to speak in a similar vein to Senators Leyden and Lawlor. A number of recent high profile court cases have been thrown out or have been seen as fraudulent. It is a concern for our society that so many such cases are presenting. We have many eminent solicitors and barristers here. I ask them to talk to their own organisations and take these people to task. The judges in some of...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)

Aidan Davitt: She has put herself there already.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)

Aidan Davitt: I am speaking.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)

Aidan Davitt: I did not mention anybody's name.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)

Aidan Davitt: I did not mention anyone's name and I will not.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)

Aidan Davitt: This has been in the national media. It was on the front page of one of the national newspapers.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)

Aidan Davitt: That is the reality of it.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)

Aidan Davitt: To say that a person could win a case and take €500,000 from Transdev-----

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)

Aidan Davitt: It is unbelievable. The insurance companies, the State-----

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)

Aidan Davitt: -----and the Minister are going to have to look very hard at many of the cases coming before the courts.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2018)

Aidan Davitt: I refer to the great work that brave gardaí are doing at present on very limited resources. Garda overtime has been a serious issue of late. The situation has become extreme in Drogheda, County Louth recently. I have spoken to gardaí there who have had to cancel holidays, which is most unfortunate. If the proper resources were in place, Garda overtime would have been used to...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2018)

Aidan Davitt: He will be talking about Eoin O'Duffy next.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2018)

Aidan Davitt: That is not true.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2018)

Aidan Davitt: I have been here for more than half an hour.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2018)

Aidan Davitt: One chairperson is enough. I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach for allowing me to speak. My point is very simple and I will not delay the House. I have looked at the figures for broadband and spoken to a couple of people working at a high level in the telecommunications industry. Eir has the infrastructure in place and still owns and controls all the telegraph poles and the underground...

Seanad: European Investment Fund Agreement Bill 2018: Second and Subsequent Stages (21 Nov 2018)

Aidan Davitt: The business representative body, IBEC, said this €300 million future growth loan scheme for loans with terms of eight to ten years is a good start. It added that it will not be enough, however, considering the major concern presented by Brexit. While additional Brexit measures have been announced by the Minister, the low uptake of support schemes and loans to date indicates there is...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2018)

Aidan Davitt: The review of councillors' pay and expenses was to be produced by Ms Sara Morehead, SC, before the end of November. The Leader might find out for the House if that is on track and if we will have it next week. The substantive issue I raise today involves a call for the Leader to bring the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Ross, to the House to explain what he intends to do...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Nov 2018)

Aidan Davitt: I have a vested interest to a certain extent through my business. A chap who is working with me is on an apprenticeship through SOLAS and a lady who is with us was pursing a course at weekends for two years and has just finished it. I have quite an amount of experience working with SOLAS on and off over the years. The new apprenticeship programme for auctioneering seems to be a good...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Nov 2018)

Aidan Davitt: What about starts? Are they two different numbers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Nov 2018)

Aidan Davitt: The figure I have is that there is a target of 1,500 registrations for 2018.