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Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (24 Mar 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: If this Taoiseach is not capable of producing the Departments or the people that are capable of giving hope to this country and driving innovation, we should be debating a report that was produced last week which lays out how this could be done. I support what my colleagues said about Anglo Irish Bank. We need to have a debate on what happened yesterday. We need to understand whether the...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2010 (Certified Money Bill): Second Stage. (24 Mar 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: As one Paschal follows another, I wish to pick up on some of the themes Senator Mooney mentioned. I wish to speak about one big area and then focus on a smaller one. Senator Mooney gave a very accurate overview of the economic environment in which Ireland is operating, which has important implications for the Finance Bill and the overall strategy it represents, about which I have some...

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Mar 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: I support Senator Coffey's call for a debate on the Dublin Docklands Development Authority and the report on it. I find myself strongly disagreeing with what Senator O'Toole said, that it appears at this stage that the political classes may have had nothing to do with it. Even before this report is published, we can already be clear about two points. First, the set-up of the Dublin...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2010 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage. (25 Mar 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: I move recommendation No. 16: In page 90, subsection (1), between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following: "(b) in subsection (1)(a) in the definition of "group expenditure on research and development" by inserting the following after subparagraphs (i) and (ii): "(iii) expenditure (in this section referred to as 'relevant expenditure') on research and development incurred by a company which...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2010 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage. (25 Mar 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Minister of State for his response. I was amused when he said he agreed with everything in the recommendation but could not accept it. I agree with all that the Minister of State has said, other than his refusal to accept the recommendation.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2010 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage. (25 Mar 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: We were doing so well until this point. I want to address some of the points raised by the Minister of State. This recommendation will help people to progress their ideas and encourage them to commercialise work that is under way. I know it is a good idea because people involved in this area have spontaneously suggested that it would help them do the kind of work we believe is important to...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2010 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage. (25 Mar 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to respond to a brief point. Senator O'Toole has raised a good point to which I refer. I wish to be generous on this matter because I sense from what the Minister of State has stated that there is an understanding that this could work. I wish to explore the matter to determine if progress is possible. I take a strong view of such matters and I have a love and appreciation of...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2010 (Certified Money Bill): Report and Final Stages. (25 Mar 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: I move recommendation No. 3: In page 90, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following: "(b) in subsection (1)(a) in the definition of "group expenditure on research and development" by inserting the following after subparagraphs (i) and (ii): "(iii) expenditure (in this section referred to as 'relevant expenditure') on research and development incurred by a company which is a member of a...

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 Mar 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: So much happened yesterday of such scale that, at times, it is quite difficult for us to comprehend the nature of what is happening to our country. Two points that stood out yesterday have to be emphasised on the Order of Business. The effect of the decisions the Government took yesterday will be to double the national debt. As a consequence of all the moves that are being taken, some...

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 Mar 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: Why are Anglo Irish Bank's bondholders not being allowed to suffer the same losses as the bondholders in Independent News and Media, for example, or the bondholders in Waterford Wedgwood?

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 Mar 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: The answer is quite clear. In the run up to yesterday's announcement, many of us suspected that the Government was being run for the benefit of insiders. We now know beyond any doubt that this is the case.

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 Mar 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: The welfare and benefit of our country is not being given the same priority as the welfare and benefit of professional investors. Their interests and their profitability is being put ahead of the interests and profitability of our country. Many commentators said yesterday that this whole affair is a tragedy. On my way to the House, I read a definition of "tragedy" in today's Financial...

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 Mar 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 Mar 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: So it is somebody else's responsibility.

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 Mar 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: That is a bit rich.

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 Mar 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: It is great to be passionate now.

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 Mar 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: The Green Party has been thrown an extra Ministry. Deputy Cuffe has a job.

Seanad: Banking: Statements (31 Mar 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to share time.

Seanad: Banking: Statements (31 Mar 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank Senator McFadden. When I was preparing for this debate, I took some time to read the Minister for Finance's statement on banking and the supplementary documentation supplied to the Dáil yesterday. As I was reading the main content of the document, my eye caught the legal notice on the first page. It states: None of the Minister for Finance, the Department of Finance, the National...

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Apr 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: That is outrageous.