Results 181-200 of 915 for speaker:Aidan Davitt

Seanad: National Development Plan: Statements (22 Mar 2021)

Aidan Davitt: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Michael McGrath, to the Seanad - we are sitting today in the Dáil Chamber and the Minister is well used to being here - and all the good work he is doing in his portfolio. It is a challenging portfolio at present where there are massive infrastructural projects ongoing. I certainly welcome the brave steps the Minister has taken with some very brave...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2021)

Aidan Davitt: I thank Ms Rowland. She is busy there. She sounds like a politician, giving many answers, and the details are probably in front of us already. I am going to bring her away from Davy, she might be delighted to hear, for a brief moment. I will ask about Ulster Bank and its imminent departure from the Irish market. There has been a lot of talk around the levels of capital-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2021)

Aidan Davitt: Okay. I have just one query about Davy and do not want to go around in circles and ask the same questions again. I will ask about the level of qualifications required to sit on an Irish board. As we know, board membership is bound by age. That seems to be the only great marker for board membership. Does Ms Rowland feel there should be some minimum standard of corporate governance...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2021)

Aidan Davitt: By the sound of it, I would say Ms Rowland is on again.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2021)

Aidan Davitt: Can we let Ms Rowland answer the question? She did not answer it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2021)

Aidan Davitt: Thank you, Chair.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2021)

Aidan Davitt: Should we have more regulation in the make-up of boards, if that is the case?

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Passport Services (5 Mar 2021)

Aidan Davitt: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit, Teachta Brophy. As he will be aware, we are under strict limitations at present as a result of Covid. All of us who are present in the House are extremely aware of that and of all that has been done in that regard. This is, however, an important issue. As we are an island nation, passports are unfortunately required for people to leave this...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Passport Services (5 Mar 2021)

Aidan Davitt: I do not mean to contradict the Minister of State, and I appreciate him coming to the House today, but I have had experience dealing with people who feel this service is being provided on a piecemeal basis. The Minister of State mentioned towards the end of his contribution that information is taken into consideration. Parents who want to get their child a passport must send in their own...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Passport Services (5 Mar 2021)

Aidan Davitt: Some people's paperwork is in the system since October.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Passport Services (5 Mar 2021)

Aidan Davitt: Unfortunately, it has. It has been tied up. That is the problem.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Matters: Discussion (23 Feb 2021)

Aidan Davitt: I apologise for being slightly late and this question might have been asked. I thank the representatives of Ulster Bank for appearing before the committee to take our questions today. Did Ms Howard, as CEO of Ulster Bank, or Ms Alison Rose, as CEO of NatWest, seek a meeting with the Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland? If so, how many times did she request a meeting and what response...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Matters: Discussion (23 Feb 2021)

Aidan Davitt: Ms Howard might just give a "Yes" or "No" answer to this. Did she or Ms Alison Rose look to meet the Governor of the Central Bank here in Ireland?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Matters: Discussion (23 Feb 2021)

Aidan Davitt: Did she or Ms Rose request to meet the Governor of the Central Bank here in Ireland?

Seanad: Ábhair Ghnó an tSeanaid – Matters on the Business of the Seanad (22 Feb 2021)

Aidan Davitt: I wish to raise today the "pause", which is the word that is being used, in respect of the issuing of passports by the Passport Office. When our Covid-19 crisis is behind us, there will be a tremendous backlog of passports to be administered at that stage.The Passport Office is telling people on its website that when we get to level 4, they will have their passports and their information...

Seanad: Councillors' Pay: Motion (22 Feb 2021)

Aidan Davitt: I fully agree with the general push of this Private Members' motion. I have worked with Senators Boyhan and Keogan for many years on councillors' pay and conditions, the latter during her time as a councillor and as a Senator. Most of this has been agreed by the Government parties and is due to be implemented during its first year in office. As far as I am aware, the Government has not...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Driver Test (19 Feb 2021)

Aidan Davitt: I thank the Cathaoirleach and I appreciate that he has selected this matter today. I welcome the Minister to the House. I know he has a busy portfolio and is very active in it. I wish him well in all his endeavours. I am sure the Minister is aware that there is quite a large backlog in relation to the theory test. This has been flagged to me by several councillors nationwide....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Driver Test (19 Feb 2021)

Aidan Davitt: I am delighted to hear the scheme the Minister had introduced on a pilot basis has been a success. However, we are more than a year into this pandemic. There will probably be changes for another year. It would be a step forward to have the theory test online and to have an adequate system so that people could do it online. It would make more sense going forward. I question the...

Seanad: Appropriation Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2020)

Aidan Davitt: I agree with my fellow Senators. The commitment Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Green Party gave was one of the few things in the programme for Government to which a time limit applied. It will happen. I have no doubt about that. I look forward to that. I also appreciate the good work done by the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, and the Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke, on this...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Dec 2020)

Aidan Davitt: I am sure the Cathaoirleach is a happy man today following the formal ratification of the election of Joe Biden yesterday. As he said, it is a good day for democracy. I congratulate him and welcome that, as the Cathaoirleach has. The Cathaoirleach has been a great advocate for democracy in this House and long may that continue. I would like the Minister with responsibility for planning to...