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Seanad: Clarification on Statements made by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs: Statements (15 Feb 2017)

Aidan Davitt: We will let the Minister finish. Perhaps we will have a little time afterwards. Let the Minister finish the initial questions first, please.

Seanad: Clarification on Statements made by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs: Statements (15 Feb 2017)

Aidan Davitt: Time is up.

Seanad: Clarification on Statements made by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs: Statements (15 Feb 2017)

Aidan Davitt: When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2017)

Aidan Davitt: I concur with Senator Catherine Ardagh on the devastation felt by the employees of Hewlett-Packard who are to lose their jobs. It is very harsh news to receive and my thoughts are with them on this very bleak day for them and their families. A lot of people living in Mullingar travel daily to the Hewlett-Packard plant. As I know quite a number of those involved, my thoughts are certainly...

Seanad: Amendments to Councillors' Conditions: Statements (8 Feb 2017)

Aidan Davitt: I acknowledge the work the Minister has done on this issue, on which there have been a few false dawns. In my time as a member of the executive of the Association of Irish Local Government, AILG, I was involved in a number of negotiation processes involving the AILG and Local Authority Members Association, LAMA. A number of those in the Gallery were instrumental at that time. They include...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2017)

Aidan Davitt: The current national development plan runs to 2020 and its successor will be in place until 2040, by which point it is predicted the population will have increased by 1 million. As Senators will be aware, the bias shown towards Dublin has created serious logistical problems. In the past 20 years, an excellent road network has been constructed, which means there is nothing to prevent major...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2017)

Aidan Davitt: Fine Gael pulled the plug.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2017)

Aidan Davitt: Some 300 people signed up to move to Mullingar.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Proposed Acquisition of Celtic Media by Independent News & Media plc: Discussion (7 Feb 2017)

Aidan Davitt: I am from Mullingar, as Mr. Mulrennan said, and in the last couple of years I have seen two newspapers close in my own town. One of those was two doors from my own business, with the loss of three jobs at the time. The Athlone Voice, which had a sister newspaper in Mullingar, has also closed within the last couple of years. There have been quite a few casualties in that industry in my own...

Seanad: Northern Ireland: Statements (26 Jan 2017)

Aidan Davitt: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire go dtí an Teach. I have two brief queries. I am well aware of all of the hard work being done by the Minister and his Department but it is the Taoiseach who is our main point of contact for all matters related to Brexit. I do not believe that is the right policy, with all due respect to the Taoiseach. One man can only do so much. I believe it would...

Seanad: Northern Ireland: Statements (26 Jan 2017)

Aidan Davitt: No.

Seanad: Northern Ireland: Statements (26 Jan 2017)

Aidan Davitt: We cannot just say what we want to say when it suits. I fully agree with many of the points made by Sinn Féin. However, it was in power with the DUP. The latter needed Sinn Féin for the power-sharing arrangement to work. In the context of all of the money that will be wasted, I cannot understand why Sinn Féin did not reverse the terrible mistake that was made with the...

Seanad: Northern Ireland: Statements (26 Jan 2017)

Aidan Davitt: Money is still being wasted in the North.

Seanad: Northern Ireland: Statements (26 Jan 2017)

Aidan Davitt: I know that we have run out of time but I only asked one question regarding the appointment of a Minister for Brexit. Will the Minister give me a "Yes" or "No" response at least?

Seanad: Northern Ireland: Statements (26 Jan 2017)

Aidan Davitt: I asked a direct question.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jan 2017)

Aidan Davitt: I wish to raise a matter of major importance, namely the defrauding of the State through below-cost selling. This is most prevalent among supermarkets and large retailers. When Tesco, Aldi or any other large retailer sells 24 cans of alcohol for €20 while a nearby retailer is selling at the recommended price of €30, there is a 35% loss of revenue to the State on the €10...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jan 2017)

Aidan Davitt: In fairness, bread and milk were the issues at the time, not alcohol.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jan 2017)

Aidan Davitt: There were no other retailers, such as Aldi or Lidl, in the market.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jan 2017)

Aidan Davitt: I agree with Senator Lombard's point, but he is not making it correctly.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jan 2017)

Aidan Davitt: Senator Lombard is not making his point correctly.