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Seanad: Order of Business (10 Nov 2016)

Aidan Davitt: -----there was no shortage houses. Nobody was living on the streets, not like here in Dublin where people are lying and dying on the streets.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Nov 2016)

Aidan Davitt: It is the housing. People who are working cannot get a house.

Seanad: Competition (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (10 Nov 2016)

Aidan Davitt: On behalf of Fianna Fáil I welcome all of the contributors here today. They are the people on whom this legislation will have a direct effect. It is a red letter day for Senators Bacik and Nash. They have been here before and I commend them on all of the work that they have done on the legislation. It is a level headed piece of legislation. I commend the Minister. As a Senator, I...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Nov 2016)

Aidan Davitt: I have a serious problem with serial objectors, particularly in respect of one-off housing planning applications. People who apply to build a one-off house have to go to great lengths to prove their "intrinsic links" to an area. Most of these applications are made in rural areas but some are made in rural towns. Objectors can be from any corner of Ireland or even from outside the State....

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Nov 2016)

Aidan Davitt: Does the Acting Leader think we will get the Minister to come before the House to discuss the matter?

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Nov 2016)

Aidan Davitt: I thank the Acting Leader very much.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Nov 2016)

Aidan Davitt: I will take the Acting Leader's advice.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Impact of Brexit: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2016)

Aidan Davitt: What percentage of product sold by manufacturers do the delegates believe is priced in euro? Today I spoke to a manufacturer involved in the production of car parts. The price of his raw product has decreased because he is importing much of what he needs. His business is priced in euro and he sells into Britain in euro. My next point is one I threw out at our last meeting, but it did...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Impact of Brexit: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2016)

Aidan Davitt: They would not have to be in the same line of business.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Impact of Brexit: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2016)

Aidan Davitt: There could be some incentive. We have rolled out various schemes. For argument's sake, it could involve somebody who is importing pigs ears dealing with somebody who is producing mushrooms. Both are involved in agriculture. They do not have to be in the same line of business.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Impact of Brexit: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2016)

Aidan Davitt: I do not want to sound simplistic. I run a business with ten employees and we have just finished our set of accounts. I am also involved in two other companies and have a reasonable grasp of what is going on. There should be some mechanism whereby one company could get credit from another. The companies involved do not have to be in the same line of business. We have networks and the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Impact of Brexit: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2016)

Aidan Davitt: I appreciate the stark message and warnings the delegates have provided. Some chilling words have been said. Some of our producers and exporters are not aware of the problems they will face down the line. As Mr. McKeever said, if products can be bought more cheaply in England, the guy down the road, the small business, will be really hurt. Many of these people do not see the problem...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Oct 2016)

Aidan Davitt: I am from an average provincial town with a population of just under 30,000. Over the last ten years we have seen the decentralisation policy shelved, with an estimated 200 jobs lost to Mullingar. Our hospitals are under constant threat, we have a shadow and under-resourced Garda force, we have had bank and post office closures and the removal of State veterinary services. The list goes on...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Oct 2016)

Aidan Davitt: Very eloquent.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Oct 2016)

Aidan Davitt: As Senator Coghlan will know, when one goes home on the train every Friday evening -----

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Oct 2016)

Aidan Davitt: The Minister has guaranteed that there will be public consultation before there are any rail line closures. The Minister is now being served notice and should take heed. Mullingar says "No more closures".

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Oct 2016)

Aidan Davitt: Like Senators Swanick and Leyden, I am in favour of the Bill. Our amendments, which have been outlined, are reasonable and fair. Most small retailers are aware of the situation because they are involved in-----

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Oct 2016)

Aidan Davitt: Yes. I am just following on. Most small retailers are highly aware of the complications and problems surrounding alcohol because they are involved in the community and are locally based. Anyone who goes to shops that are also off-licences will see that most have a defined break between where alcohol is sold and where ordinary groceries are sold. This segregation is important. It is being...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Impact of Brexit: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2016)

Aidan Davitt: I would like to be as upbeat as some in thinking it might not be a hard Brexit or that we will have some other version of it but it is hard to see that at present. I am concerned that we seem to be disjointed, though not politically because all the parties are pulling together. It is more a question of our general approach. We have so many different Ministers. Brexit is being discussed at...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Oct 2016)

Aidan Davitt: I hope the Leader will be able to clarify the position on grants for sporting organisations and National Lottery funded grants to sporting organisations. I note that before the last general election a grant of €50,000 was promised for the development of Cusack Park and Westmeath GAA. However, since the fall of the last Government and the subsequent formation of the current...