Results 21-40 of 54 for long speaker:Aidan Davitt

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Financial Services Union: Discussion. (8 Dec 2020)

Aidan Davitt: ...the Royal Bank of Scotland, RBS, and stayed outside that particular scheme. The total arrogance of the Central Bank beggars belief. Ulster Bank appointed a new chief executive officer not that long ago and such a change brings reviews to explore where the business might be going or what might be best for it. I was not that shocked when I saw what was going on at first but the longer it...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: National Planning Framework (1 Dec 2020)

Aidan Davitt: ...the Minister of State coming here today. It has been quite a while since we met in County Kilkenny. I congratulate him on his elevation to this great office. The Project Ireland 2040 plan goes a long way back and much work has been done on it. Its inception was to iron out some of the problems that may have arisen in the previous plan. It is not just from a development point of view...

Seanad: Local Government Funding: Statements (5 Dec 2019)

Aidan Davitt: .... I welcome the Minister of State and councillors Cormac Devlin and Joe Malone who are representing the Local Authorities Members Association, LAMA, today. In my county of Westmeath, we had a long-standing problem with the harmonisation of rate valuations between Athlone and Mullingar, as the Minister of State would know.Harmonisation caused many problems for the county, as Senator...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Nov 2019)

Aidan Davitt: ...report. It has been suggested that the recommendation will be lumped in with another review of pay and conditions. Up to now, this was not part of the agreement with councillors, who have had a long-outstanding entitlement in respect of their pay and conditions. There has been a lengthy review. This process has gone on for years. The effect of the mealy-mouthed statement we are...

Seanad: Industrial Relations (Joint Labour Committees) Bill 2019: Second Stage (27 Nov 2019)

Aidan Davitt: I welcome the Minister of State. Quite a lot of work has been put in by Senator Nash and his fellow Senators on the Bill. Fianna Fáil has a long track record in supporting workers' rights and balanced industrial relations. The constitutional right of citizens to form associative unions is enshrined in our progressive Constitution, introduced under Eamon de Valera in 1937. We have a...

Seanad: Health Services Provision: Statements (12 Nov 2019)

Aidan Davitt: ...than the rate St Joseph's is asking for despite not specialising in the same expensive treatment. Dementia care is an end-of-life palliative process and St. Joseph's simply cannot continue to offer this specialist long-term care based on the current funding model applied by the NTPF and the HSE. It is paid at considerably lower rates than equivalent public facilities despite the...

Seanad: Report of Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Statements (6 Nov 2019)

Aidan Davitt: .... The only way to access apprenticeships if one does not have those qualifications or examination results is to spend three years working with a chippy, a carpenter, or whatever else. That is far too long if we want these kids to progress. It is something at which we can look further. There has been work done but we should look at it further. Many of us here are from the same...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Oct 2019)

Aidan Davitt: ...say that Fianna Fáil is not happy with this. A speedier resolution is needed. While we welcome that a limited number of hares will be netted in the coming weeks, the plan in this regard is too long-term in nature. The Leader might speak to the relevant Ministers and speed up the process.

Seanad: Industrial Development (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second and Subsequent Stages (10 Oct 2019)

Aidan Davitt: ...these foreign markets? Do we give much thought to it? We are doing much good work in other countries and I do not want to take away from the good work the Department does. Are we looking at the long-term status of these markets and where we can go with them? Flying something to China or South America is a hell of a long way.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jul 2019)

Aidan Davitt: ...Fáil councillors. I have spoken to some of my fellow Senators about their pay and conditions and I have pressed the Minister on the matter on a number of occasions.The report on pay and conditions is long overdue, as the Leader is aware. As the summer recess is currently staring us in the face, I am curious as to whether he has any update on when this report will be published?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Apr 2019)

Aidan Davitt: ...they have not gone anywhere else, apart from still having a good time in Ireland. It is not without merit. There has been a big shift to try to bring us somewhat up to speed but we are still a long way behind.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill 2018: Discussion (19 Feb 2019)

Aidan Davitt: ...or whatever. As we know, some of that has come out through the media and we might hear more of that at a further case. I would appreciate a little elaboration on that point. The committee, after long and considered work on this today, would appreciate if Mr. Drennan could broaden that slightly for us.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2018)

Aidan Davitt: ...breadth of the country. The company has been bought and sold several times through various vehicles and the main shareholder is Mr. Xavier Niel, who is based in Paris. The prudent approach to the long-awaited roll-out of broadband would be to repurchase Eir. The company is valued at approximately €3 billion. Given some of the figures mentioned in connection with the roll-out of...

Seanad: National Minimum Wage (Removal of Sub-minimum Rates of Pay) Bill 2017: Second Stage (29 May 2018)

Aidan Davitt: ...and on the minimum wage is not believable. If someone has experience and has worked in a position for a while, they will not be on the minimum wage. If that was the case, they would not stay with an employer long, or that is my experience of employing many people over the years, which thankfully I continue to do. The least to which people are entitled when they work is the minimum wage...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Apr 2018)

Aidan Davitt: ...effect that, where possible, they should not criticise or make charges against any person or an entity by name or in such a way as to make him, her or it identifiable. Members are reminded of a long-standing parliamentary practice to the effect that they should not comment on, criticise or make charges against a person outside the House, or any official by name or in such a way as to make...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Apr 2018)

Aidan Davitt: ...rates would have put anybody out of business but the increase in insurance premiums has certainly put people out of business, including people who had good businesses and who had been in business for a long time. What insurance companies are charging is a chronic problem and some of those who come up with figures on which to base policy must have friends in the insurance industry. Some...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Nov 2017)

Aidan Davitt: ...are blaming brokers while brokers are blaming someone else, and all the rest, but if we had a way of recording who is claiming and how much they are being paid, these serial claimers would not be long in coming to light. This has been a problem in the industry because this information has not been shown. I know some of the insurance companies are doing work behind the scenes but it is in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (17 Oct 2017)

Aidan Davitt: ...what the rates are, but businesses have experienced massive jumps. I gave one example, and I could give 30 examples of similar magnitude. I do not know if we are getting it yet. Mullingar is a long way from Dublin, but this is going to happen in every provincial town. It will happen in Navan next. It is in the post. It will be worse, because 40% of them are going to be valued by...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Sep 2017)

Aidan Davitt: ...lot of work has been done. There has been a massive shift in the way rates have been revalued and the burden has been passed to retail shops, which have had a 60% increase in Mullingar, Tullamore, Longford and other provincial towns.My good friend spoke about Navan. The increase in rates has been similar across towns. There has been a decrease of 80% in the rates applying to industrial...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jul 2017)

Aidan Davitt: ...on over €2 million. That is only one of which I am aware and with which I had some interaction. Some of them are working hard but many are unproductive and are sitting on a lot of money belonging to the State. I will move on to the second aspect of this matter. Councils should be rewarded in the context of the block grants they get to run their services and everything else....