Results 841-860 of 991 for speaker:Aidan Davitt

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jan 2017)

Aidan Davitt: I call on the Government and our Leader, in conjunction with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, to liaise with the archbishops, Eamon Martin and Diarmuid Martin, on the proposed visit of Pope Francis to Ireland. It would be an ideal opportunity to address the joint Houses of the Oireachtas. He has a natural connection to Dublin as he lived here for over three months and this would...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jan 2017)

Aidan Davitt: And the councillors in Dublin.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jan 2017)

Aidan Davitt: That was my point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Discussion (17 Jan 2017)

Aidan Davitt: I thank Mr. Kelly for his presentation. Ireland is an open economy and Mr. Kelly has hit on a number of points. I am curious about where he believes the greatest pitfalls for Ireland are in this deal since he has spent so much time dealing with it. I want to glean something from his experience of it. As he has outlined, it has taken more than seven years for it to be comprehensively...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Discussion (17 Jan 2017)

Aidan Davitt: I asked for a reason.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Discussion (17 Jan 2017)

Aidan Davitt: I will tell Mr. Kelly why I asked for a reason. Are the procedures of the European Union too stiff? They have taken too long to get this far with Canada. We are talking about opening markets and progressing. When we heard yesterday and the day before about America and Britain doing a deal within two weeks, it was hard to fathom.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2016)

Aidan Davitt: I wish to talk about the housing list system used by county councils throughout the State. My county, County Westmeath, has over 2,000 people on the council housing list, as referred to earlier. The system is totally dysfunctional. There needs to be a serious review of how we treat people who are looking for housing from the State. Most people in the system are housed in the private...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Dec 2016)

Aidan Davitt: As part of poison awareness day, I call on detergent companies to ban liquid detergent tablets. Half of the calls to the poison centre, which takes 10,000 calls a year, are about children swallowing liquid detergent tablets. Since 2011 in Ireland alone, there have been more than 700 children who have had serious problems after swallowing liquid detergent tablets. I call on the Minister for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Impact of Brexit: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Dec 2016)

Aidan Davitt: Cuirim fáilte roimh na hAirí Ó Muilleoir agus Hazzard. I have a query on the co-location of businesses. Shay Murtagh Precast Concrete Solutions is a large concrete provider based in the midlands which recently finished a massive project on the London city centre underground. The company also provides the materials for and builds flyover bridges, creating great employment in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Impact of Brexit: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Dec 2016)

Aidan Davitt: I hope Creagh Concrete will be busy working on Casement Park in the near future. Do the Ministers envisage any scenario in which there might be a second referendum on Brexit?

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Local Authority Members (1 Dec 2016)

Aidan Davitt: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. This insult to councillors, which is the only way I can describe it, has gone on long enough. There is never a wrong time to do the right thing. I feel strongly about this. I call on the Minister of State to see that the Government stops playing with councillors. We are getting drip feeds in the newspapers every couple of months about expenses...

Seanad: Knowledge Development Box (Certification of Inventions) Bill 2016: Second Stage (30 Nov 2016)

Aidan Davitt: I thank the Minister for coming to the House to discuss this very important Bill which Fianna Fáil is happy to support, as I indicated to my counterpart across the floor. It is a step forward and, as we know, will enable small and medium enterprises which employ approximately 800,000 people throughout the country to avail of knowledge development box taxation schemes for profits from...

Seanad: Knowledge Development Box (Certification of Inventions) Bill 2016: Second Stage (30 Nov 2016)

Aidan Davitt: Could I ask for a clarification? Is that okay?

Seanad: Knowledge Development Box (Certification of Inventions) Bill 2016: Second Stage (30 Nov 2016)

Aidan Davitt: On a point of clarification-----

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Nov 2016)

Aidan Davitt: Put her under pressure.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Nov 2016)

Aidan Davitt: I call on the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Deputy Heather Humphreys, to attend the House to discuss the concerning development that is the increase in the number of claims against heritage and wildlife sites. The Wicklow Way was recently involved in a high profile case before the courts which brought the matter into focus. I call on the Minister to be...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Nov 2016)

Aidan Davitt: Serial claimers are a serious problem.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2016)

Aidan Davitt: I was present last week when we discussed this matter ad nauseam. As Senator Boyhan mentioned, this is probably the matter that we discussed the most. He made many good points then and I added a few. Going through my notes, our main discussion was on bringing this back to a local level, for example, counties, larger dwelling areas in cities, municipalities, areas, etc. The Minister has...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2016)

Aidan Davitt: That is why we have a Bill coming.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2016)

Aidan Davitt: Well said.