Results 24,321-24,340 of 26,162 for speaker:Kieran O'Donnell
- Finance Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 Mar 2010)
Kieran O'Donnell: No, not when they are bought new.
- Finance Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 Mar 2010)
Kieran O'Donnell: No. These firms are buying new cars straight from the manufacturers. I am referring to fleet hire cars, there is no trade-in.
- Finance Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 Mar 2010)
Kieran O'Donnell: They are cars leased by rental companies. They are bought by the garage and let to fleet rental companies. Effectively, these firms will let out the car over the summer season and then return it to the garage which will put it on the forecourt for sale. Those cars will be competing with new cars and they will not take the risk that they will be unable to sell the cars. There is a function...
- Finance Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 Mar 2010)
Kieran O'Donnell: A scrappage scheme was allowed in Germany for fleet cars on short-term car hire. This is something already in operation among our competitors in mainland Europe. Why not allow parity and consistency and facilitate tourists who come here? We are supposed to be an export nation and what the Minister is putting in place provides an impediment to that.
- Finance Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 Mar 2010)
Kieran O'Donnell: Will that be looked at?
- Finance Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 Mar 2010)
Kieran O'Donnell: We discussed this proposal at length on Committee Stage. Will the Minister indicate what he would expect the cost to taxpayers to be if this concession were available to sole traders at the marginal rate as well as at the lower rate to limited companies? The majority of people who set up in business do so as sole traders rather than limited companies. I understand the Minister's emphasis...
- Finance Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 Mar 2010)
Kieran O'Donnell: The Minister referred to consistency between the PAYE system and the self-employed. There are two elements to this. A person who is a PAYE worker received a tax credit of â¬1,830, which is the same amount as the personal tax credit which a person who is self-employed does not get, which does not detract from a person who enters a PAYE job; the employer and not the employee takes the risk....
- Flood Relief. (10 Mar 2010)
Kieran O'Donnell: I refer to the overall review and the recent floods in the context of my constituency in Limerick. Many of the floods were man made. The Minister of State should examine two elements of the problem that affected various people along the Shannon and the ESB. There is a general view that water could have been released earlier and over a longer period. I refer to very simple measures such as...
- Public Service Reform. (10 Mar 2010)
Kieran O'Donnell: On the same matter-----
- Public Service Reform. (10 Mar 2010)
Kieran O'Donnell: It is fair comment, if one looks back over the past number of years, that the Department's figures have been way off target. If that occurred in the normal business world questions would be asked. On the same theme, how many new staff with specific master's degrees in economics, accountancy or tax specialties has the Minister, Deputy Brian Lenihan, taken on since he came into office? Does...
- Public Service Reform. (10 Mar 2010)
Kieran O'Donnell: The Government looked after the higher paid.
- Pension Provisions. (10 Mar 2010)
Kieran O'Donnell: Higher paid civil servants will take a 3% pay cut in 2010 while the low-paid will take a 5% cut.
- Pension Provisions. (10 Mar 2010)
Kieran O'Donnell: Did the Minister confirm earlier that from 2010 onwards, the pay cuts will have no impact on any public sector pensions?
- Finance Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2010)
Kieran O'Donnell: Personal injury awards should be made on the basis they deal with the needs of the individual. The Law Reform Commission recommended consideration of a payment on an annual basis because it may be of more benefit to the individual than a lump sum so why should there be two separate forms of tax treatment? It is a reasonable amendment that Senator Joe O'Toole has framed and I would like to...
- Finance Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2010)
Kieran O'Donnell: I support this amendment. The problem is that someone could take out a mortgage on 1 January 2004 and receive a full seven years of relief, because it is based upon when a person takes it out in a particular year. The problem is that somebody who took out a mortgage in 2003 would not get relief for that year. In the interest of fairness, we should consider a seven year period as distinct...
- Finance Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2010)
Kieran O'Donnell: I concur with my colleague. The Minister outlined the increase from 2003 to 2004 but I would be interested in learning the change in house prices from 2002 to 2003. We are looking for a sense of fair play in this matter. People assumed they would receive mortgage relief over a seven year period and a transition arrangement would be fair to those who fall into the 2003 category. The issue...
- Finance Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2010)
Kieran O'Donnell: I support the amendment put forward by Deputy Bruton. Simply put, it is Government policy to promote primary care centres. We all believe they are a good idea. One must ensure proper levels of service and equipment are available, which are very costly. This amendment would allow the Minister to consider the matter with the Minister for Health and Children to determine what measures could...
- Finance Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2010)
Kieran O'Donnell: The Minister should give us a lead-in before she says "No".
- Finance Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2010)
Kieran O'Donnell: By way of assistance, this amendment does nothing more than allow the Minister for Finance consult with the Minister for Health and Children. It is not prescriptive. Effectively, it allows that consultation would take place. A measure that could be considered is that of giving accelerated capital allowances to persons to set up primary care centres, a matter touched on by Deputy Bruton. It...
- Finance Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2010)
Kieran O'Donnell: I move amendment No. 13: In page 29, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following: 23.âThat the Minister will consider making available designated tax incentives for the Limerick regeneration project as already recommended in the Limerick regeneration masterplan and Mid-West task force report.". This amendment, which I brought forward on Committee Stage, relates to the specific...