Results 661-680 of 991 for speaker:Aidan Davitt

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Nov 2019)

Aidan Davitt: I am concerned that we are going to read a lot of the news that we are going to hear in the media before it is Government policy. It seems to be the way of things nowadays. The leak that came out this morning related to councillors' pay and conditions, which is a matter close to the Leas-Chathaoirleach's heart. Many of us here are quite animated about it. A great deal of work has been...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Nov 2019)

Aidan Davitt: -----we are going to push it into a commission and see what we get out of it. It is just not good enough to say, "We will turn it in there and see what comes out at the end of it." The Government is speaking out of both sides of its mouth.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Nov 2019)

Aidan Davitt: I am not in favour of this approach. I am sure the Leas-Chathaoirleach shares my view.

Seanad: Industrial Relations (Joint Labour Committees) Bill 2019: Second Stage (27 Nov 2019)

Aidan Davitt: I welcome the Minister of State. Quite a lot of work has been put in by Senator Nash and his fellow Senators on the Bill. Fianna Fáil has a long track record in supporting workers' rights and balanced industrial relations. The constitutional right of citizens to form associative unions is enshrined in our progressive Constitution, introduced under Eamon de Valera in 1937. We have a...

Seanad: Industrial Relations (Joint Labour Committees) Bill 2019: Second Stage (27 Nov 2019)

Aidan Davitt: It is the mechanism that we have a problem with.

Seanad: Industrial Relations (Joint Labour Committees) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2019)

Aidan Davitt: The Senator only attacked Fianna Fáil. He never attacked Fine Gael. It is only a stunt for votes.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects (4 Dec 2019)

Aidan Davitt: I am delighted the Minister of State is present. He is a hard-working Minister of State and a neighbour from only up the road. I am delighted to see in the Visitors Gallery a prolific author, Councillor Mattie Ryan, the man who wrote the book, Cuttin' or Atein' the Bushes. He is accompanied by a few friends from Tipperary. The Minister of State will be well aware of the specific problem...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects (4 Dec 2019)

Aidan Davitt: He did six months ago.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects (4 Dec 2019)

Aidan Davitt: I appreciate the answer. As the Minister of State said, the school takes children from a wide area. There is a child in attendance who is from not too far up the road from me. I am delighted the Department is to take some temporary measures and that its officials were happy to meet to push this forward. I thank the Minister of State.

Seanad: Social Welfare (No. 2) Bill 2019: Second Stage (4 Dec 2019)

Aidan Davitt: Fianna Fáil is acutely aware of the threat of a no-deal Brexit that the Minister has alluded to on a couple of occasions. In 2016 Fianna Fáil met the challenge and has since then provided stability and continuity that has stood the country in good stead during the ongoing Brexit uncertainty and the political instability in Westminster. It was and remains the right approach and the...

Seanad: Social Welfare (No. 2) Bill 2019: Second Stage (4 Dec 2019)

Aidan Davitt: I appreciate that.

Seanad: Local Government Funding: Statements (5 Dec 2019)

Aidan Davitt: Senator Murnane O'Connor is active on matters in Carlow, which is close to the Minister of State's heart. I welcome the Minister of State and councillors Cormac Devlin and Joe Malone who are representing the Local Authorities Members Association, LAMA, today. In my county of Westmeath, we had a long-standing problem with the harmonisation of rate valuations between Athlone and Mullingar, as...

Seanad: Local Government Funding: Statements (5 Dec 2019)

Aidan Davitt: The Senator should be ashamed of himself. The Labour Party in government abolished town councils and nearly ruined its own party on the back of it. He is no one to come in here and give us a lecture.

Seanad: Local Government Funding: Statements (5 Dec 2019)

Aidan Davitt: They closed every town council in the country.

Seanad: Local Government Funding: Statements (5 Dec 2019)

Aidan Davitt: He should not be attacking us.

Seanad: Local Government Funding: Statements (5 Dec 2019)

Aidan Davitt: The Senator should be ashamed of himself when his party closed town councils.

Seanad: Local Government Funding: Statements (5 Dec 2019)

Aidan Davitt: The decision nearly finished Senator Humphreys's party.

Seanad: Local Government Funding: Statements (5 Dec 2019)

Aidan Davitt: The Senator cannot change it though.

Seanad: Local Government Funding: Statements (5 Dec 2019)

Aidan Davitt: Totally Labour Party focused-----

Seanad: Local Government Funding: Statements (5 Dec 2019)

Aidan Davitt: At the general election-----