Results 25,501-25,520 of 26,162 for speaker:Kieran O'Donnell
- Approval of Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Scheme 2008: Motion (17 Oct 2008)
Kieran O'Donnell: Will the Minister come before the Joint Committee on Finance and the Public Service within a month to advise it on how the scheme is functioning, provide an update on the scheme and deal with other issues? The Minister is not giving a commitment.
- Approval of Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Scheme 2008: Motion (17 Oct 2008)
Kieran O'Donnell: The Minister will not come before the committee.
- Approval of Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Scheme 2008: Motion (17 Oct 2008)
Kieran O'Donnell: I concur with everything Deputy Bruton said. Today is a landmark day for Ireland and the Dáil, as we try to put in place a scheme that will work. We need to protect the taxpayer, bring liquidity back into the economy, ensure that the recession is not prolonged and introduce proper controls to the operation of the banking sector. The scheme being introduced will give wide-ranging powers to...
- Approval of Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Scheme 2008: Motion (17 Oct 2008)
Kieran O'Donnell: They will not get a medical card either.
- Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (15 Oct 2008)
Kieran O'Donnell: Is the Minister open to questions?
- Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (15 Oct 2008)
Kieran O'Donnell: They are going into negative equity.
- Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (15 Oct 2008)
Kieran O'Donnell: I ask the Minister to yield to a very quick question. The Minister for Defence, Deputy O'Dea, made a commitment to me today that the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government would deal with the regeneration project in Limerick.
- Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (15 Oct 2008)
Kieran O'Donnell: Will he do so?
- Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (15 Oct 2008)
Kieran O'Donnell: I was given a commitment by the Minister for Defence.
- Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (15 Oct 2008)
Kieran O'Donnell: It is a very important issue for Limerick.
- Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (15 Oct 2008)
Kieran O'Donnell: He will not deal with it.
- Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (15 Oct 2008)
Kieran O'Donnell: Another stealth tax.
- Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (15 Oct 2008)
Kieran O'Donnell: Not the right ones.
- Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (15 Oct 2008)
Kieran O'Donnell: We are not getting it at national level.
- Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (15 Oct 2008)
Kieran O'Donnell: The Government will cripple small business.
- Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (15 Oct 2008)
Kieran O'Donnell: What is the Minister's position on medical cards for the over-70s?
- Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (15 Oct 2008)
Kieran O'Donnell: They are changing the programme for Government.
- Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (15 Oct 2008)
Kieran O'Donnell: This budget is probably the worst and most severe budget for the vulnerable, the lower paid and those on a middle income since I can remember. This budget will hit lower and middle income families and more particularly the old and the infirm. What is proposed with regard to medical cards for the over 70s is that more than 125,000 of the 139,000 in receipt of medical cards, or 90%, will lose...
- Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (15 Oct 2008)
Kieran O'Donnell: Many of the flights out of Dublin Airport will only be taxed by â¬2. The only route on which the â¬10 tax will not apply to Shannon is the Dublin one. The Government bailed out of the Aer Lingus Shannon-Heathrow route and soon no Aer Lingus cabin crew will be based at the airport. A punitive â¬10 charge is being imposed on every passenger leaving Shannon Airport. This must be reversed....
- Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (15 Oct 2008)
Kieran O'Donnell: Does he care for people aged over 70 who are speaking on the Joe Duffy show and are telephoning us? I have no doubt they are also ringing the Minister. The measure will save a measly â¬100 million, while the banks have been given a guarantee of â¬500 billion. This is not on and must be reversed. The Minister should deal with this matter in his reply. When this measure was first...