Results 24,381-24,400 of 26,162 for speaker:Kieran O'Donnell
- Finance Bill 2010: Second Stage (9 Feb 2010)
Kieran O'Donnell: Deputy Kennedy is endorsing many of our policies tonight.
- Finance Bill 2010: Second Stage (9 Feb 2010)
Kieran O'Donnell: Deputy Kennedy is going off script.
- Finance Bill 2010: Second Stage (9 Feb 2010)
Kieran O'Donnell: That is what the Government did during the building boom and look where we ended up.
- Finance Bill 2010: Second Stage (9 Feb 2010)
Kieran O'Donnell: They assume people are driving a 2010 registered car.
- Finance Bill 2010: Second Stage (9 Feb 2010)
Kieran O'Donnell: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate. The Minister referred to the role of Government as being to create a pro-enterprise environment, a point with which I fundamentally agree. This Bill contains many good measures in terms of tax avoidance and multinational companies, which I also welcome and with which I will deal in greater detail at a later point. However, it does...
- Finance Bill 2010: Second Stage (9 Feb 2010)
Kieran O'Donnell: We got it under a freedom of information request, although the Minister may not like to hear what they are saying. Furthermore, a Government decision was made concerning higher public servants' pay, yet when that measure was going through the House the Minister did not make it public. He brought it through in a circular on 23 December and he will now ram it through under a specific section...
- Requests to move Adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 (9 Feb 2010)
Kieran O'Donnell: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, given the confusion surrounding the future of the Limerick regeneration process, which falls under the responsibility of Cabinet, I call on the Taoiseach as head of Cabinet to immediately clarify the situation regarding the current and capital funding of Limerick regeneration for 2010...
- Order of Business (9 Feb 2010)
Kieran O'Donnell: I raise the Finance Bill that the House is debating today. The Taoiseach is probably fully aware that people in Limerick have concerns as regards the regeneration project. Does he envisage that the Government will be-----
- Order of Business (9 Feb 2010)
Kieran O'Donnell: It relates to the legislation. Will the Government bring forward amendments to the legislation to provide capital allowances and tax designations for the regeneration areas in Limerick, and furthermore will he commit to provide funding for the area as well?
- Order of Business (9 Feb 2010)
Kieran O'Donnell: I refer to a point of legislation, Ceann Comhairle, and I believe I am in order to raise that.
- Order of Business (4 Feb 2010)
Kieran O'Donnell: It is a catch-22 situation.
- Departmental Staff. (3 Feb 2010)
Kieran O'Donnell: Question 88: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether performance bonuses for certain senior public servants should be regarded as core pay; and the reason he believes the suspension of performance bonuses should allow high paid public servants take a lower pay cut from 1 January 2010. [5681/10]
- Departmental Staff. (3 Feb 2010)
Kieran O'Donnell: The Minister appointed a review body on higher remuneration in the public sector to look at the salary scales of higher paid public servants. The body recommended an 8-12% cut in salary for higher paid public servants. It did this on the basis of their basic salary, but did not take their bonus into account. The Minister announced the budget on 9 December and brought in the Finance...
- Departmental Staff. (3 Feb 2010)
Kieran O'Donnell: Clearly something happened.
- Departmental Staff. (3 Feb 2010)
Kieran O'Donnell: The Minister is working from the top down. What about the people at the lower end on â¬30,000 taking a 5% hit and those on â¬50,000 taking a 6% hit? How does the Minister regard this as just and equitable? When the Minister spoke on 15 December he referred to a substantial inequity. A substantial inequity is happening here, where the Minister is effectively ignoring the recommendations...
- Departmental Staff. (3 Feb 2010)
Kieran O'Donnell: When was the Government decision taken?
- European Central Bank Lending. (3 Feb 2010)
Kieran O'Donnell: The former chief executive officer of Allied Irish Banks, Mr. Eugene Sheehy, indicated at a meeting of the Oireachtas Committee on Finance and the Public Service before Christmas that AIB may not use NAMA bonds to obtain credit from the ECB. In light of this, is the Minister confident that NAMA will facilitate a flow of credit to small business? Does he expect that the banks will use NAMA...
- Freedom of Information. (3 Feb 2010)
Kieran O'Donnell: It would be highly appropriate for this information to be brought into the public domain. Will the statutory inquiry into the banking system and the subsequent Oireachtas inquiry be able to obtain all the information on the meetings of 29 and 30 September 2008? Will public servants be allowed to issue expressions of opinion during the public inquiry into what happened on the nights in question?
- Freedom of Information. (3 Feb 2010)
Kieran O'Donnell: What about the statutory inquiry?
- Freedom of Information. (3 Feb 2010)
Kieran O'Donnell: The Minister did not answer my question on public servants.