Results 181-200 of 945 for speaker:Aidan Davitt

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2021)

Aidan Davitt: Like Senator Casey, I commend the Minister on this legislation. It is productive, constructive and exceptionally brave legislation. I give credit where it is due. It is easy to knock things and to look at the negatives. Many people comment on things they are not happy with and are not as happy to give credit where it is due. Well done, Minister.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Nov 2021)

Aidan Davitt: I want to raise an issue you broached in this Chamber, a Chathaoirligh, on many occasions. I know it is close to the heart of the Acting Leader as well. It is six months since we enacted the long-promised legislation on councillors' pay that had been bandied about for some time. Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Green Party dealt with it head-on, and we implemented the recommendations on...

Seanad: Bille na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú), 2019: An Dara Céim - Official Languages (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (10 Nov 2021)

Aidan Davitt: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit go dtí an Seanad. I will not delay him. This is a very good Bill and I fully support it. I have spoken to many Irish-speaking people in the midlands and quite a number of people have corresponded with me on the legislation. Is the aspiration of filling 20% of new posts with Irish speakers achievable? Is there a pool of people there whom we...

Seanad: Bille na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú), 2019: An Dara Céim - Official Languages (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (10 Nov 2021)

Aidan Davitt: Cathain a mbeartaítear Céim an Choiste a thógáil?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Oct 2021)

Aidan Davitt: I raise the issue of the upcoming carbon budget. There has been some coverage of it on national media recently and it will be a worthwhile project as part of our programme for Government. I come from a very successful farming region in the midlands. We need assurances the agricultural sector will be afforded adequate funding. Farmers will have to pull their weight on this but they will...

Seanad: National Lottery (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (29 Sep 2021)

Aidan Davitt: I fully support the general thrust of this Bill to limit gambling. As Senator Carrigy has said, they have not canvassed anybody and certainly have not talked to me about this matter heretofore. The argument that the lottery has a monopoly, which is the case in Ireland, has passed me by somewhat. On altering certain freedoms concerning gambling and the lottery in Ireland, I would say it is...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Work Permits (28 Sep 2021)

Aidan Davitt: I thank the Minister of State. It is good that the figures he outlined are significant. However, there will be a heavy squeeze coming in the next couple of weeks, probably more than his office is seeing at present. We should anticipate and deal with it head-on, instead of waiting until it comes to a bottleneck. I again thank the Minister of State because I know he is working hard on this.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Work Permits (28 Sep 2021)

Aidan Davitt: The Minister of State referred to 100,000 people in unemployment and 100,000 people on PUP. As he knows, the people driving lorries and buses during the pandemic were some of the busiest people in the country, and we have seen with our neighbours next door that there is a demand for them at present. I would be very sceptical that too many people on PUP or on the unemployment list at present...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Sep 2021)

Aidan Davitt: I rise to talk on a subject that was flagged to me at the recent Institute of Professional Auctioneers and Valuers, IPAV, annual general meeting. I would use its information quite often. The property price register, which has been a great tool since its inception, and is a fount of information on when a property is sold, the area, what it made and it is a great comparative tool particularly...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Work Permits (28 Sep 2021)

Aidan Davitt: I will not delay the Minister of State, Deputy English, as he is very busy. In fairness to him, he made it to the House by the skin of his teeth. Businesses have been in contact with me about an issue that the Minister and I briefly discussed previously. One such business is a bus company that has not been able to employ drivers in Ireland, either north or south of the Border.It is looking...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jun 2021)

Aidan Davitt: I would like to raise the issue that has been mentioned here today, namely, the mica crisis. I totally support the campaigners who are beginning their protest at Convention Centre Dublin and marching to the Dáil today. I have had experience with the pyrite remediation scheme. It worked very well. It was introduced with a level 3 assessment from an engineer, which was a visual...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Perjury and Related Offences) Bill 2018: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (15 Jun 2021)

Aidan Davitt: If I was any nearer to the stage I could sing and dance.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Perjury and Related Offences) Bill 2018: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (15 Jun 2021)

Aidan Davitt: I ask Senator Ó Donnghaile not to compare me to Arlene Foster. We are bad enough but I am from a different gene pool. I thank our former colleague, Pádraig Ó Céidigh, for all the great work that he has done on this legislation. I thank the Minister of State, Deputy James Browne. I am surprised by the remarks made by Senator Mullen because only for the good work done by...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Perjury and Related Offences) Bill 2018: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (15 Jun 2021)

Aidan Davitt: Senator Mullen is here and he has spoken. I do not know if Goldilocks was in his bed when he went home last night and ate his porridge this morning because he has been in a bad humour since he came in. I am disappointed with the reaction to the Minister of State and the work done by him. Without that, this Bill would not be here, so I take exception to what has been said.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Perjury and Related Offences) Bill 2018: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (15 Jun 2021)

Aidan Davitt: I take exception to what has been said.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Perjury and Related Offences) Bill 2018: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (15 Jun 2021)

Aidan Davitt: To get back to the Bill and the amendments, I firmly feel this is a worthwhile Bill and I will certainly back it.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 May 2021)

Aidan Davitt: I raise a matter on which the Cathaoirleach has worked hard for some years. In the eight years since I became a member of the executive of the Association of Irish Local Government, AILG, I have met umpteen Ministers and civil servants to discuss councillors' remuneration and conditions. I am delighted that the revised Moorhead report, on which considerable work was done, was approved at...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Apr 2021)

Aidan Davitt: I welcome our re-elected Senators, Senator Byrne and, particularly, Senator Horkan. Senator Horkan has been a good friend and ally of mine over the years and I am delighted for him to be able to represent the people again and give us an Oireachtas Member in the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown area. The push is on to get him into the Dáil. It is a cornerstone of his campaign to get elected...