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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Feb 2024)

Aidan Davitt: ...and train timetables, particularly on the Sligo-Dublin line, which serves Mullingar, Maynooth, Enfield and a number of other large towns. Before Christmas, there was an extensive review of the Cork to Dublin line, with a new service for commuters and another service now leaving Cork at 6 a.m. and arriving in Dublin before 9 a.m. There was also a review of the Drogheda line, with...

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

Aidan Davitt: ...something the Minister of State should veer away from at all costs. Mileage under the Moorhead report would have the same effect as the aggregation. Councillors like Gearóid Murphy and Joe Carroll in west Cork, to name but two, would be €5,000 per annum worse off under the proposed new mileage system. People may ask where the money will come from.The money is already there,...

Seanad: Recognition of Irish Military Service at Jadotville in 1961: Statements (11 Nov 2020)

Aidan Davitt: ...and perspective can change. I commend several local authorities, including my own one, Westmeath County Council, under the stewardship of the cathaoirleach, Ken Glynn. I know Joe Carroll in Cork, and several different local authorities had this on their agenda, which helped to speed this up. The A Company leader, Commandant Quinlan, had recommended that 27 of his men be awarded...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Nov 2018)

Aidan Davitt: ...for auctioneering seems to be a good course. There are a couple of things that could be tweaked in it but there is interaction between employers, students and the school. There is one running in Cork and one in Ballsbridge and they appear to be running quite well. That is all a lovely note to get us off to a great start from a practical point of view. However, I must query the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Nov 2018)

Aidan Davitt: ...as an employer. The course the chap working with me is on was three times oversubscribed. It might be even greater because I am only aware of the situation in Dublin. It could be the same in Cork or possibly greater again. Cork ended up taking a few extra people as its class might be bigger. Is it due to budgets, not enough tutors or that we are slow coming to the game? If we have...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2018)

Aidan Davitt: ...managers stand behind their county development plans to deter planning permission. This should not be the case nowadays where people cannot start a home. If one is living in Dublin, Galway or Cork or a metropolitan area one could hope to buy a house but if one is living in Mullingar, Athlone, Ballina or Letterkenny where it is not viable for developers to build a house, houses are not...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)

Aidan Davitt: They are building a road down to Cork for Senator Gavan.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jan 2017)

Aidan Davitt: ...welcome the slight improvement in councillors' pay and conditions but Senators of my own party have discussed it today and we cannot stand over the exclusion of councillors from Dublin, Galway and Cork. If this Bill comes before us, as it is due to do in April, we will not support it and there will have to be amendments to enable its passage through this House.