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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 (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.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Nov 2016)

Aidan Davitt: On behalf of my party, I wish to ask about the serious inequality with respect to the ordinary five-eights in Ireland, middle Ireland, the coping classes, the squeezed middle. This caring Government which claims to have prioritised social reform has done anything but that - it has bared its teeth on middle class Ireland. No longer can a garda or a teacher marry a bank clerk or a Dunnes...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Nov 2016)

Aidan Davitt: The Senator heard it.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Nov 2016)

Aidan Davitt: Eight years ago when we were in power-----

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: Commencement Matters: Planning Issues (15 Nov 2016)

Aidan Davitt: I have a serious problem with serial objectors to the granting of planning permission, particularly for one-off houses. People who apply to build one-off houses have to go to great lengths to prove they have intrinsic links to the area. They are hoping to build in rural areas and in some towns but objectors can come from any corner of Ireland or even outside the State. There are no hard...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Planning Issues (15 Nov 2016)

Aidan Davitt: The Minister of State has said there are several iterations regarding public participation. I have no problem with this, but we should introduce some criteria for public participation. There are strict criteria in every other part of the planning process, as the Minister of State knows only too well as he has been a champion in this regard in respect of one-off planning. People have to...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Planning Issues (15 Nov 2016)

Aidan Davitt: That would be appreciated.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2016)

Aidan Davitt: I ask the Leader to invite the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to the House to respond to serious concerns about the number of gardaí working in cybercrime. In 2012, in the depths of the recession, one quarter of all organisations in the State, ranging from charities and sports clubs to businesses, reported suffering a cyber-attack. At that time, 31 gardaí were...

Seanad: Protection of Employment (Uncertain Hours) Bill 2016: Second Stage (16 Nov 2016)

Aidan Davitt: I thank the Acting Chairman. I am going to share my time with my Leader, Senator Ardagh.

Seanad: Protection of Employment (Uncertain Hours) Bill 2016: Second Stage (16 Nov 2016)

Aidan Davitt: Yes. Fianna Fáil supports the banning of zero-hour contracts. This policy has been part of our manifesto, as a priority, when we negotiated our recent confidence and supply arrangement with Fine Gael. We agree with the general principles of the Bill but we feel that there are gaps and some weaknesses as it is currently worded. We believe the Bill can be improved when it is on...