Results 81-100 of 947 for speaker:Aidan Davitt

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 May 2023)

Aidan Davitt: Antisocial behaviour on public transport has long been a scourge. It inhibits getting more people onto public transport. According to one of the transport unions, it is also driving good, hardworking people away from working in public transport. I have written to the Minister for Transport, Deputy Eamon Ryan, proposing that all members of An Garda Síochána and the Defence Forces...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Departmental Schemes (17 May 2023)

Aidan Davitt: I am delighted to welcome the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donnell, to the House. He is a great friend of councillors and has been very proactive and has worked hard in his role since his appointment. He knows about this because he was at the front line and he started from the ground up. He is to be commended on all his experience over the years, which makes him understand the issues...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Departmental Schemes (17 May 2023)

Aidan Davitt: I thank the Minister of State who, as always, has come here with good news. As he says, he is being proactive. He understands councillors and he understands their safety and security concerns. It is great news that he is actively looking at this scheme. I have no doubt that its roll-out will happen in time. I really appreciate his work. I appreciate that he has looked at the different...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Departmental Schemes (17 May 2023)

Aidan Davitt: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Departmental Schemes (17 May 2023)

Aidan Davitt: I thank the Minister of State. That was well said. Just get the cheque book out.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 May 2023)

Aidan Davitt: The House has previously discussed the issue of councillors and their security. It has been raised by Senator Boyhan and other Senators who are present. This morning, the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donnell, dealt with a Commencement matter on this important issue. Councillors deserve to be treated in the same fashion as Members of this House and the Lower House of the Oireachtas,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 May 2023)

Aidan Davitt: I will briefly raise two small matters. I was contacted by a constituent regarding Eircode. This individual's eircode is wrong for their home address. When this person gives their eircode, the website brings up a different road that is wrong. They have been trying to contact Eircode to change their eircode address. On the Eircode site, the address shown on the eircode finder is different...

Seanad: Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (27 Apr 2023)

Aidan Davitt: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. Quite a lot of amendments in the Bill are progressive, particularly regarding bankruptcy, which shows how our society has changed, in addition to nationality, citizenship, international protection, immigration, legal services and the Judicial Council. A whole fillet of additions are part of this Bill. They are all very progressive and welcome....

Seanad: Election of Acting Chairperson (25 Apr 2023)

Aidan Davitt: I second the proposal.

Seanad: Election of Acting Chairperson (25 Apr 2023)

Aidan Davitt: I am sorry. Did I steal Senator Boyhan's thunder?

Seanad: Election of Acting Chairperson (25 Apr 2023)

Aidan Davitt: I second the proposal that Senator Wilson act as Acting Chairperson for the day.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Apr 2023)

Aidan Davitt: I concur with what Senator Boyhan has just talked about with regard to one-off planning. I raised the same issue last week in the House. It would be quite worthwhile having a debate about it. Some of the legislation that was being brought in recently had unintended consequences and is causing problems for people that should be entitled to planning heretofore. The issue I will raise today...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Apr 2023)

Aidan Davitt: I am just curious, because we have an Oireachtas point of contact for many other entities.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Apr 2023)

Aidan Davitt: It might be beneficial.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Apr 2023)

Aidan Davitt: I have received a few calls in the past month about what seems to be a co-ordinated plan on the part of county managers, or certainly from the top down, in the context of how local authority planning executives deal with councillors. The reserve function is very specific when it comes to the input of councillors regarding development plans, making representations on planning files and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Global Progress and Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (18 Apr 2023)

Aidan Davitt: I am curious about the big geopolitical shift away from the old powerhouses of, say, France in Mali and Burkina Faso and the big shift to a new generation in terms of China and Russia and the money they have rolled out throughout Africa. I am curious to learn about what China and Russia are doing in these areas because we do not tend to hear that much about them. Are China and Russia...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Planning Issues (28 Mar 2023)

Aidan Davitt: It is nice to see the Minister of State here today. I thank him very much. This matter concerns one-off plannings. Section 42 of the Planning and Development Act could give a five-year extension to planning permissions. However, legislation, particularly section 7 of the Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2021, about which I raised concerns at the time, has had unintended...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Planning Issues (28 Mar 2023)

Aidan Davitt: The Minister of State's answer is a bit of a smokescreen, unfortunately. I know he is only the messenger. It is hard to see how there are two junior Ministers in the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage and neither could be here, with the Minister of State, Deputy Collins, having to field all these questions. If substantial works are done, the council can look at the matter...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Mar 2023)

Aidan Davitt: I am speaking today about housing, which has been quite popular over the past while. We have all discussed and agreed that we are in the middle of a crisis. Nobody could deny that. However, there is a more simplistic solution that could be used. It was pioneered during the Covid crisis and it worked extremely well. Developers and builders were asked to roll out mortuaries and additions...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Mar 2023)

Aidan Davitt: To have a properly functioning property market, we need confidence and investment. I have listened intently yesterday and today. I wonder how some people think they can achieve this if we stop people from selling their property and interfere with laws governing landlords and tenants, as we have done already. I would suggest that the ban on selling rental properties has not bred confidence...