Results 25,601-25,620 of 26,178 for speaker:Kieran O'Donnell
- Pension Provisions. (25 Sep 2008)
Kieran O'Donnell: The Minister is proposing creative accounting. I want an assurance that he will not use the proposal as a mechanism to borrow further. Will he confirm that the transfer will have a positive impact on the general Government balance of â¬2.3 billion?
- Pension Provisions. (25 Sep 2008)
Kieran O'Donnell: Does that mean the Government will borrow an additional â¬2.3 billion over what it would borrow if it was not able to transfer the funds?
- Pension Provisions. (25 Sep 2008)
Kieran O'Donnell: I find it incredible that as the budget is less than two weeks away the Minister has not yet decided the level of borrowing. He speaks about instilling confidence in the economy but he cannot answer a straightforward question.
- Pension Provisions. (25 Sep 2008)
Kieran O'Donnell: It is not a misrepresentation. This runs contrary to his advice to the private sector in terms of properly funded pension schemes. He is taking over assets and unquantifiable liabilities. Will the pension liabilities he is taking from the semi-State non-commercial bodies be put under the management of the National Treasury Management Agency? Will he give us an assurance this is not being...
- Pension Provisions. (25 Sep 2008)
Kieran O'Donnell: Is the Minister introducing it as part of the general Government plans for the 2009 budget?
- Pension Provisions. (25 Sep 2008)
Kieran O'Donnell: Is it your intentionââ
- Pension Provisions. (25 Sep 2008)
Kieran O'Donnell: You are indulging in creative accounting.
- Pension Provisions. (25 Sep 2008)
Kieran O'Donnell: The â¬2.3 billion will not be coming in this year.
- Fiscal Policy. (25 Sep 2008)
Kieran O'Donnell: Question 5: To ask the Minister for Finance the outcome of his discussions with EU officials at the recent ECOFIN meeting in respect of Ireland's obligation under the stability pact; and the period within which he will bring Ireland back within the borrowing limits set out in the pact. [31747/08]
- Fiscal Policy. (25 Sep 2008)
Kieran O'Donnell: Has the Minister submitted broad economic policy guidelines to ECOFIN? He said he would do so by the end of this month and we are virtually at the end of the month now.
- Fiscal Policy. (25 Sep 2008)
Kieran O'Donnell: In a recent EU Commission report on public finances in the EU Ireland was ranked a distant last in the area of public management of finances. It was also ranked last and received no score in the area of prudent economic assumptions, which judges how we create leeway for a slowdown and make forecasts. Does he agree that the assumptions in the budget were ludicrous? The budget forecast GDP...
- Fiscal Policy. (25 Sep 2008)
Kieran O'Donnell: I would like to hear the Minister's comment on the EU Commission report that Ireland ranked last in terms of public finances. Furthermore, he might also inform the House when he expects to bring the general Government deficit back within Maastricht guidelines. Perhaps the Minister will give us some indication of in what year that is likely to happen.
- Fiscal Policy. (25 Sep 2008)
Kieran O'Donnell: It is a report from the EU Commission.
- Fiscal Policy. (25 Sep 2008)
Kieran O'Donnell: This is a fundamental issue.
- Fiscal Policy. (25 Sep 2008)
Kieran O'Donnell: The Minister is being evasive. He can do better than that.
- National Development Plan. (25 Sep 2008)
Kieran O'Donnell: The Minister should answer the question.
- National Development Plan. (25 Sep 2008)
Kieran O'Donnell: The Minister has not answered the questions asked. He is dealing with taxpayers' money, a scarce resource.
- National Development Plan. (25 Sep 2008)
Kieran O'Donnell: Will the Minister state in simple layman's terms what type of cost-benefit analysis is provided within the various Departments in regard to NDP projects? There is a lack of transparency on the part of the Government in this regard. The Minister for Finance is guardian of the public purse. People are entitled to know how their money is being spent. We need the Minister to tell us today how...
- National Development Plan. (25 Sep 2008)
Kieran O'Donnell: The Minister is waffling. He should answer the question.
- National Development Plan. (25 Sep 2008)
Kieran O'Donnell: The Minister is waffling.