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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Jul 2020)

Aidan Davitt: I echo the sentiments of Senator Boyhan. I have seen the great picture he had in his office with the Irish soccer team on the day they came back. Knowing Senator Boyhan for the past four years, given that he talked his way on to the bus, my only surprise is that he did not talk his way on to the team. On a serious note, I convey my sincere sympathies to the Charlton family. I also...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Jul 2020)

Aidan Davitt: Thank you, a Chathaoirligh. I compliment you on your position as Cathaoirleach of the Seanad.You have been a fine pioneer of the Seanad since my involvement with you over the past number of years. I wish you every success in the Chair. The Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation has launched a consultation process on remote working, something which, we are all aware, is getting a...

Seanad: Industrial Development (Amendment) Bill 2019: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2019)

Aidan Davitt: I am delighted to welcome the Minister. Fianna Fáil is certainly happy to support this Bill. There is a Monaghan feel to the House today, with the Minister and my colleague, Senator Gallagher, and of course, the former the Ceann Comhairle, Dr. Rory O'Hanlon, and Councillor P.J. O'Hanlon all present. Monaghan is very well represented here today. We have discussed this on a couple of...

Seanad: Industrial Development (Amendment) Bill 2019: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2019)

Aidan Davitt: A few are working on the Deputy part here all right.

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-----

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

Aidan Davitt: I warn that the Senator has a couple of pages in his hand.

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...