Results 801-820 of 1,249 for speaker:Ned O'Keeffe

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Areas Scheme: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme (16 Oct 2008)

Ned O'Keeffe: Question 124: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when an area (details supplied) in County Cork will be reclassified as severely disadvantaged. [35236/08]

Approval of Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Scheme 2008: Motion (17 Oct 2008)

Ned O'Keeffe: I will give some time to the Minister, Deputy Brian Lenihan, as he has a function to attend. Is that correct?

Approval of Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Scheme 2008: Motion (17 Oct 2008)

Ned O'Keeffe: The Chief Whip asked me to, and I did not want to upset the House. I welcome the Minister's wide-ranging speech this morning. I admire the Minister as one of the most progressive Ministers for Finance we have seen in very difficult times. His knowledge of finance has been outstanding. I was taken aback this morning when I read an article in The Irish Times entitled: "Audit into delays by...

Approval of Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Scheme 2008: Motion (17 Oct 2008)

Ned O'Keeffe: Corporate governance does not work in our society. We have audit committees and remuneration committees. To whom do they report? Who appoints them? They are appointed from the weakest people on the boards who will agree to everything and report back to the chief executive for fear of upsetting him or her in any way. There must be a complete change in the auditing system. Some other...

Approval of Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Scheme 2008: Motion (17 Oct 2008)

Ned O'Keeffe: I am sorry about that because there is a lot more I wish to say.

Approval of Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Scheme 2008: Motion (17 Oct 2008)

Ned O'Keeffe: New legislation should be drawn up for auditors. The auditors in this country are a joke. When they are conducting audits they engage consultants to look into tax problems and other difficulties in companies. That is the problem that arises. The auditors are not independent but are extremely well paid. I am blaming them here and have no apologies to make for that. I served as a director...

Approval of Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Scheme 2008: Motion (17 Oct 2008)

Ned O'Keeffe: What will happen to the small investors, like dentists and doctors, who do not have pension funds but have been investing in the stock market since leaving college, with the intention that their dividends would provide them with a pension? This is a crisis. Such people will be paupers.

Approval of Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Scheme 2008: Motion (17 Oct 2008)

Ned O'Keeffe: Never mind the medical cards, the issues here are much bigger. I have confidence in Deputy Pat Rabbitte, who knows more about finance than the rest of the House.

Approval of Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Scheme 2008: Motion (17 Oct 2008)

Ned O'Keeffe: Will banks be able to choose from the 20 board members? Will each bank have the right to choose or will the Minister nominate those two? Could two people resign voluntarily from the bank's board, or why will the Minister not remove them? The system as envisaged would make boards unwieldly. They have quite a few jackasses on those boards who may have to be removed. Paragraph 32 states:...

Approval of Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Scheme 2008: Motion (17 Oct 2008)

Ned O'Keeffe: Yes.

Approval of Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Scheme 2008: Motion (17 Oct 2008)

Ned O'Keeffe: I apologise to you, a Cheann Comhairle. Why did the Minister not give the Committee of Public Accounts' auditor, the Comptroller and Auditor General, the right to examine those banks and institutions to see what is there? He would be more independent than the banks' auditors who, I suspect, are appointed by the chief executive and the board under the Companies Act, which is different. They...

Approval of Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Scheme 2008: Motion (17 Oct 2008)

Ned O'Keeffe: Is that another tier?

Written Answers — Crime Prevention: Crime Prevention (21 Oct 2008)

Ned O'Keeffe: Question 352: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make grant aid available from his Department to a person (details supplied) in County Cork in respect of an installation. [35711/08]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (21 Oct 2008)

Ned O'Keeffe: Question 599: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will provide the necessary funding for a national school (details supplied) in County Cork. [35714/08]

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (23 Oct 2008)

Ned O'Keeffe: Question 273: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if transport will be put in place for a child (details supplied) in County Cork. [36664/08]

Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (30 Oct 2008)

Ned O'Keeffe: Question 117: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the payment of a refund of moneys due under the national repayment scheme for long-term care patients to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [37644/08]

Written Answers — Garda Recruitment: Garda Recruitment (30 Oct 2008)

Ned O'Keeffe: Question 146: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application made by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [37643/08]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (30 Oct 2008)

Ned O'Keeffe: Question 207: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding an application lodged under the installation aid scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [37635/08]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (30 Oct 2008)

Ned O'Keeffe: Question 208: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding an application in respect of the farm retirement scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [37636/08]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (30 Oct 2008)

Ned O'Keeffe: Question 209: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when payment of a farm grant will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [37639/08]