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Sports Capital Programme (16 Feb 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: No pun intended.

Road Network (16 Feb 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: This is an issue of major concern to local people. There are two elements. There is a need for person-to-person consultation between Clare County Council, which is the lead authority, and those living on the route involved in steering groups. I ask the Minister to do what he can to ensure consultation takes place, in terms of meeting steering groups and providing details on the constraints...

Road Network (16 Feb 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: I welcome the Minister's comments that constructive dialogue should take place between the local authority, Clare County Council and people living on the route. I welcome that we can have a meeting with the Minister. The views of the people living in the area should be made loud and clear.

Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: Deputy McGrath is returning to the fold.

Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: I am glad to speak on this motion. I would like to deal with local issues in Limerick. It is a fair comment to say that the previous Government threw money at the health service, but there was a lack of coherent strategy on how that money could be used effectively. Times are tough, money is tight and people are finding it very difficult at the moment, but the Minister is trying to bring in...

Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: Of course, it is nothing like the motion.

Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: That will win extra time.

Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (6 Mar 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: Gabhaim buíochas den Aire as an chúpla focal a dúirt sé ar an ábhar tábhachtach sin. Caithfidh mé nóiméad ag caint faoin reifreann atá ag teacht roimh an samhradh. Ba léir dom ag an deireadh seachtaine tar éis caint le daoine i mo dháilcheantar a bhfuil suim acu faoi chúrsaí a bhaineann leis an reifreann gur mhaith leo bheith i lár na hEorpa. Tá sin tábhachtach agus sinn...

Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate. In discussing the Bill and agreeing to an additional bailout programme for Greece we are showing our solidarity with the Greek people. It is extremely important that Greece, like Ireland, meet its requirements under the programme. In the limited time available to me I would like to touch on Ireland's solidarity with its European...

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (27 Mar 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: Question 296: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the arrangements in place to ensure the prompt processing of individuals in receipt of a jobseeker's payment who have the opportunity of undertaking casual employment; the length of time it takes to administer a person's case where that person has to sign off temporarily to undertake work, and then sign back on again once the work has...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (27 Mar 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: Question 380: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a cost benefit analysis has been carried out by him vis-a-vis the following methods of providing social housing, local authority tenancy provision, rental accommodation scheme, rent supplement; the result of that analysis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16169/12]

Mahon Tribunal Report: Statements (Resumed) (28 Mar 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: I have not read all of the report, but I have read the key sections. When making my contribution, I want to be objective and to look at the issues dispassionately. As public representatives, we must link in with what ordinary people see in the report. There is nothing really new in the report. The only aspect in any way new is what it says about the former Taoiseach. The Mahon tribunal...

Job Losses (29 Mar 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: I welcome the staff and managers from GAME Ireland to the Visitors Gallery. It is a worrying time for them and their families. We cannot lose sight of the human dimension. Early on Monday morning, they were informed without warning that they would need to close their shops. The shop in Limerick city has been one of the landmarks on Cruises Street for more than 16 years. Of its nine...

Job Losses (29 Mar 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: I want to break the issue into two parts, the first of which is the notice that Game UK provided to its employees. We need to put in place procedures that ensure proper notice is given and that every alternative is explored, including the possibility that people could take over some of the stores. I understand that in other countries where Game operated such alternatives have been explored....

Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: I am delighted to contribute to this debate. I am surprised that Deputy Donnelly is undecided because he is normally a man of great certainty. I know him as a fellow financial economist and I have no doubt if he was advising a client in the morning and Ireland Inc., or the Irish Government was the client, he would advise everyone to vote "Yes" for the treaty. He is increasingly entering...

Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: -----not one that is politically oriented but in terms of the hard facts. The public want it to be based on facts. People are aware that under the IMF-EU programme there are major constraints. We have to get down to under 3% of debt to GDP by 2015. Deputy Donnelly and I agree that too much debt is effectively an anti-growth measure in itself. It is a regressive measure. We need to get...

Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: The structural deficit is 0.5% and that is an issue to be measured. We have to get our debt to GDP ratio down to 60% and that will be done over a period of time. What needs to be explained to people is that this is not about getting debt levels down to 60% of gross domestic product overnight. We have to bring down by one twentieth per year the difference between the 60% and what the debt...

Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: Once again the Deputy is not presenting all the facts. Growth will be a key ingredient. If we achieve a reasonable level of growth, that will take care of that particular measure. Furthermore, as the Deputy will be well aware, most debt is never repaid by governments, they roll over the debt. We are in a difficult bind at present. We are in the IMF-EU programme and to access funding we...

Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: I know what will happen when we vote "Yes". If we vote "Yes" we are putting in place in a structured form what we have already agreed; it is good housekeeping. We also get a guarantee, if required, as an insurance policy, that we will have access to the ESM, if we need it. If we vote "No" we are in a situation where there is a huge degree of uncertainty for both Ireland and Europe.

Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: That is right. If 12 member states wish to go ahead, they can do so. If Deputy Donnelly was advising people, would he advise them to vote "Yes" or "No"? I think he would advise them to vote "Yes".