Results 22,561-22,580 of 26,162 for speaker:Kieran O'Donnell
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (30 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: In the limited time I have----
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (30 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: No, I am making a more fundamental point. Regarding the surplus corporation tax receipts, if once-off measures are being put in place, they have to be paid for at some stage.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (30 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: No, I am making a more fundamental point. While policies have to be driven, at some stage they have to be paid for. Either they will be paid for by taxes or borrowings. It is one or the other. We cannot pull magic money out of the air. I am just saying that the surplus corporation tax receipts have provided a new dimension to our economic performance as a country. I direct the...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (30 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: I am turning it on its head. Mr. Barnes spoke about policy.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (30 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: The IFAC is decoupling the windfall corporation tax receipts from policy decisions. I am probably a bit more pragmatic. I do not like borrowing. These receipts gave us the opportunity last year to take once-off measures that we had to take. We were able to that from cash flow on a once-off basis rather than having to borrow. That is my view.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (30 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: If we did not have the windfall corporation tax receipts last year and we spent €3.9 billion on once-off measures, would we still have had a surplus? How would we have done it without either new taxes or borrowing?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (30 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Would it not have given rise to a normal deficit if that had been done?
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Dec 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Wholesale electricity prices fell sharply last month by 52%. The temporary business energy support scheme is great. It gives businesses up to €10,000 in supports where their electricity costs increase by 50% and they get 40% back. These wholesale electricity price reductions are not being passed on to the end consumer. We are facing into a very cold spell and a severe winter when...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: That may be a point we can take up further. We will move on to Deputy Duncan Smith.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: We will hear from the two operators first and then hear from Ms Graham.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Does Mr. Edwards want to answer that question?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: The company has a contract with the NTA to deliver a service.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: I want us to get to the heart of-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Does the authority have an emergency plan in place?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: But is it meeting them more frequently than it normally would?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: We are out of time, but is there something that the Senator wished to follow up on with the other witnesses?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: I will move to the next speaker and I call Deputy Whitmore to speak. She has five minutes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Why is it so high?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Senator Currie is going to be fined by the secretariat. I have gone way over time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: If Senator Currie wants to follow up with the NTA on this, are the witnesses willing to meet with her?