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Seanad: Order of Business (7 Mar 2018)

Aidan Davitt: For future events.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Mar 2018)

Aidan Davitt: I thank the Leader.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Preparations for Brexit: Discussion (27 Feb 2018)

Aidan Davitt: I welcome the delegates. I am quite aware of a lot of the work that IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland and InterTradeIreland do. There has been a lot of interaction in Mullingar. The Science Park has been a great success. I refer in particular to the use of the former tobacco factory, which would have been a real eyesore only for the good work ethic and great business acumen of Mr. Garret...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2018)

Aidan Davitt: I want to talk today about a town the Cathaoirleach himself knows quite well - Mullingar. Quite an unsavoury piece was written in today's edition of the local newspaper, theWestmeath Examiner. To build the background, and as the Cathaoirleach knows, when one comes into Mullingar from the Dublin road one passes the Mullingar Park Hotel, which has a fabulous convention centre - one of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2018)

Aidan Davitt: Senator Craughwell has described Mullingar as all these things. In fairness, Mullingar is in the top section of the Tidy Towns competition. It also has a very active town team. It has a full-time chamber of commerce and is one of the few towns that has been awarded a purple flag. As I have said, I have talked to several business leaders in Mullingar town and they have told me that they...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2018)

Aidan Davitt: There is still no construction sector under Fine Gael. Nobody has houses.

Seanad: Sale of Permanent TSB Loan Book: Statements (22 Feb 2018)

Aidan Davitt: You were off robbing banks at the time.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2018)

Aidan Davitt: I certainly agree with Senators Michael McDowell and Catherine Ardagh who spoke about the mortgage crisis and the sale of loans. We will hear all of the technical debate on Basel II, the impairment of our balance sheets and the ratio of loans to assets in the banks. As it has come down the road from the European Union, we cannot be oblivious to it. We were quick to deliver NAMA to large...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2018)

Aidan Davitt: I was contacted by a councillor yesterday. I know many Senators talk to councillors every day. This lady is a hardworking single mother and she is surviving solely on her councillor's pay. Due to her mother's death in January, she missed two council meetings and somebody in the council saw fit to deduct €600 from her pay and allowances. That is absolutely sickening. I could not...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2018)

Aidan Davitt: Come down to Mullingar hospital and see the number of people waiting for treatment on trolleys.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2018)

Aidan Davitt: I appreciate it. I thank the Leader.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)

Aidan Davitt: I rise today to discuss an issue which will cause serious concern, both inside and outside this House. It will have serious implications where I come from. I believe it is reflective of the tail-wagging-the-dog character of this limp Government.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)

Aidan Davitt: Fair play to the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Ross, for reopening his local Garda station and closing pubs in towns and villages all over Ireland that he has never heard of. Good luck to the Boxer; he has a hard neck and is a good politician with whom I have served.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)

Aidan Davitt: I served with him and we know each other on personal terms, and I was delighted when he became a Minister of State.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)

Aidan Davitt: The Senators criticised Fine Gael earlier about mouthing off when people get to their feet, so I would appreciate a bit of courtesy for Fianna Fáil. We are keeping Fine Gael in a job with a bit of support now and again, so I would appreciate a bit of courtesy.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)

Aidan Davitt: Deputy Moran is calling the shots to keep this Fine Gael Government in power, and at any cost, it seems. Heretofore, Tullamore, Mullingar and Athlone were gateway towns, a development which had been ignored by Governments for the past ten years. Those Governments were happy to appoint them as gateway towns, and to promise money that was going to lead to large scale development in those...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)

Aidan Davitt: Yes, the Minister, Deputy Moran. I apologise.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)

Aidan Davitt: The Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Moran, has prioritised Athlone as a new city under the national planning framework proposals. This is a scandalous decision made by senior Fine Gael politicians to keep that party in office. I would ask Fine Gael to look at itself in the mirror and ask what was so wrong with the previous arrangements in...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)

Aidan Davitt: Money was not put into it. That was the problem. We had an answer.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)

Aidan Davitt: They are building a road down to Cork for Senator Gavan.