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Seanad: Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Bill 2017: Second Stage (18 Jul 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: I welcome the Minister of State. He was in Limerick yesterday and he is spending much time in the Seanad, his alma mater-----

Seanad: Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Bill 2017: Second Stage (18 Jul 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: Absolutely. This is probably one of the most important Bills to come to the House in a long time. People in Limerick have told me that issues in respect of dealing with the ombudsman and related time limits in particular are very important. Sinn Féin brought forward a Private Members' Bill on this issue which will now be superseded and is consolidated in this Bill. Many people come...

Seanad: Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Bill 2017: Second Stage (18 Jul 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: If I may raise a point of order-----

Seanad: Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Bill 2017: Second Stage (18 Jul 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: Just to be constructive-----

Seanad: Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Bill 2017: Second Stage (18 Jul 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: It is a very important point on the whole-of-life policies. I met a man recently who is now in his 90s. He took out what was called a section 60, which was a life policy to pay taxes on his death.He has lived to a much older age. He is now 93 years old and has put a substantial amount of money into a term policy but no endowment element of any description was built into it. I suggest the...

Seanad: Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Bill 2017: Second Stage (18 Jul 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: I am pleased to see the introduction of a new term in the era of new politics.

Seanad: Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Bill 2017: Second Stage (18 Jul 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: Tomorrow.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Second Stage (18 Jul 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: I want to contribute to this debate for a number of reasons. First, the second time extension mentioned must be given on the basis that these units will built. I would not like to see this being open to abuse if developers were to seek a second extension and then let their developments sit there for five years. This is not on. I would like to discuss a second issue currently coming to the...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Second Stage (18 Jul 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: Now.

Seanad: Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Bill 2017: Second Stage (18 Jul 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy D'Arcy, back to the Seanad. I wish to make a few observations on the Bill. I understand that Ireland will be required to invest €25 million. Does that provide us with a shareholding in the bank and what percentage shareholding does it provide? Our exposure in terms of the bank would be of the order of €100 million. It is covered on...

Seanad: Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Bill 2017: Second Stage (18 Jul 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: Tomorrow.

Seanad: Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Bill 2017: Second Stage (18 Jul 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: At 10.30 a.m. tomorrow.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: Yesterday, I raised the issue of the M20 Limerick to Cork motorway. Since then, the chambers of commerce in Limerick and Cork have reported on the findings of an Indecon study and a RED C poll in regard to the merits of this project. The Indecon report makes a number of key findings, including that if the project goes ahead approximately 5,400 jobs could be created; the number of accidents...

Seanad: Report of Seanad Special Select Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Motion (12 Jul 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: This is the first opportunity for the Minister of State, Deputy McEntee, to come before the Seanad. I congratulate her on her post. I commend Senator Richmond and all his colleagues on a comprehensive report. It is wide-ranging and cross-party and it is the way a report should be. The implications for Brexit are significant. We have the unusual situation at the moment whereby if a vote...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Road Projects (11 Jul 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Cathaoirleach might let me know when I am coming to the end of my time.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Road Projects (11 Jul 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy D'Arcy, to the Chamber again. This issue is in connection with the mid-term review of the national capital investment plan. It is an issue I feel very strongly about. The review took place in the month of April. More particularly, at that time I held a public information meeting in the Great National South Court Hotel, Raheen, in Limerick city, on...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Road Projects (11 Jul 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: Does the Minister of State expect the review to take place before the announcement of the budget in October? If so, will it happen in September? Is the Government looking at various funding mechanisms for capital projects such as European Investment Bank funding? Will he outline the discussions taking place in that regard? How important is a project of the magnitude of the M20...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: I want to raise the issue of motor insurance and Setanta Insurance. At the finance committee, of which I am a member, I asked that we seek the liquidators of Setanta Insurance to come before the committee. I believe there is a general worry and legitimate concern that many of the insurance companies have already factored the whole issue of Setanta into their pricing over the last year. It...

Seanad: Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (11 Jul 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: Tomorrow at 10.30 a.m.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: ECOFIN Meeting: Minister for Finance (6 Jul 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: I welcome the Minister and his colleagues. I wish him well in his new combined role. In the context of the issue of non-performing loans, the Minister indicated that there are some concerns in regard to specific elements of the proposal, such as that restructuring activities will be disincentivised in favour of forced loan sales. KPMG is currently conducting due diligence on AIB's loan...