Results 561-580 of 26,018 for speaker:Kieran O'Donnell
- 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.
- Appointments to State Boards. (25 Sep 2008)
Kieran O'Donnell: In the light of the current uncertainty in the stock markets etc., has the Minister carried out a review and audit of appointees to current State boards to ensure we have the proper balance of business people and public servants and that the level of expertise available on State boards is sufficient to deal with the difficult times in which we find ourselves in terms of external audit?
- Appointments to State Boards. (25 Sep 2008)
Kieran O'Donnell: Let us call it a review.
- Value for Money Initiative. (25 Sep 2008)
Kieran O'Donnell: Will the Minister explain why the HSE was exempt from the value for money initiative for the past five or six years, given that employment in the HSE during the past ten years increased by 71%, or 47,000 employees? That accounted for almost 50% of all public sector employees taken on in that period. Why was the HSE exempt? Will the Minister indicate a date as to when it will be brought...
- Economic Competitiveness. (25 Sep 2008)
Kieran O'Donnell: The Minister speaks continually about external factors for which he certainly cannot be held responsible. When we joined the euro we lost control of our exchange rates and interest rates but the one thing we can control is inflation. The Minister is probably aware that international indicators of competitiveness rank us as the worst of the euro countries. In light of what the National...
- Economic Competitiveness. (25 Sep 2008)
Kieran O'Donnell: We devalued.
- Economic Competitiveness. (25 Sep 2008)
Kieran O'Donnell: What about the inflation rate?
- Written Answers — Banking Sector Regulation: Banking Sector Regulation (25 Sep 2008)
Kieran O'Donnell: Question 29: To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he has taken in conjunction with the Governor of the Central Bank and the Financial Regulator to satisfy himself as to the liquidity, solvency and robustness of the Irish banking, credit unions and financial services sectors; and the crisis management plan and procedures that are in place for these sectors. [31445/08]