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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Costs of Business Insurance: Discussion (1 Dec 2016)
Kieran O'Donnell: I refer to the two publicans who are operating in a dual capacity. I know Mr. O'Dea from Limerick. What are their priorities to ensure their businesses continue to function and they continue to employ people?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Costs of Business Insurance: Discussion (1 Dec 2016)
Kieran O'Donnell: The committee's top priority is a national database complied by the CSO and I hope that will feed into making significant strides.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (6 Dec 2016)
Kieran O'Donnell: I have listened. I cannot pronounce the witness' surname, so I will just call him Bert. Would it be a fair observation to say that the CCCTB is a Trojan horse for the EU to get control over individual member states' corporation tax rates?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (6 Dec 2016)
Kieran O'Donnell: Is there not an intended or unintended consequence to this proposal? The Commission's proposal is based on one third of the assets, one third of the labour and one the third of the sales of a company. The effective tax take of a smaller member state with a small domestic market that has a major level of exports will be down compared to that of a large member state with a large domestic...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (6 Dec 2016)
Kieran O'Donnell: Why not? With respect, the figures do not lie. Mr. Zuijdendorp is saying that, effectively, one third of this common consolidated corporate tax base will be based around sales. Let us consider the case of a company based in Ireland that makes 90% of its sales in Germany and only 2% in this country. At present, the Irish Exchequer is collecting 100% off the profits of that company at...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (6 Dec 2016)
Kieran O'Donnell: No. I asked Mr. Zuijdendorp a specific question. What would happen in that case?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (6 Dec 2016)
Kieran O'Donnell: Surely the measures introduced recently to address BEPS and to eliminate the double-Irish arrangement are assisting in overcoming any issues that arise.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (6 Dec 2016)
Kieran O'Donnell: It seems that Commission is using a sledgehammer to crack a nut. This has been around since the year dot. It is like an old model of a car that the manufacturer keeps bringing out year after year. It will never sell. How will a multinational based in Ireland that makes a large proportion of its sales in the UK be taxed under the CCCTB if Brexit - as proposed and signposted - happens and...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (6 Dec 2016)
Kieran O'Donnell: Outside the EU-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (6 Dec 2016)
Kieran O'Donnell: Having previously been in the EU.
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Accident and Emergency Services Provision (7 Dec 2016)
Kieran O'Donnell: I welcome the Minister of State. The accident and emergency department at University Hospital Limerick is the busiest in the country. By the end of the year approximately 64,000 patients will have presented in the department. Since 2014, the number of people presenting has gone from approximately 55,000 to the expected approximately 64,000 this calendar year. One can compare this with...
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Accident and Emergency Services Provision (7 Dec 2016)
Kieran O'Donnell: It is the busiest.
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Accident and Emergency Services Provision (7 Dec 2016)
Kieran O'Donnell: No.
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Accident and Emergency Services Provision (7 Dec 2016)
Kieran O'Donnell: I thank the Minister of State for coming back on the winter initiative. No one should have to endure what patients and staff have to endure at the accident and emergency department in Limerick. The Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, has been there. The new accident and emergency department will be on stream in May 2017. I hope that the beds recently closed at St. John's Hospital will be...
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2016)
Kieran O'Donnell: I recall when the USC was introduced. I was self-employed as an accountant for many years and I received many calls from accountants and people who were earning about the penal nature of the charge. It is levied on gross income without deductions. I have always viewed it as a wartime economic tax given the symbolism associated with it and the context in which it was introduced. Over time,...
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2016)
Kieran O'Donnell: This has the appearance of a pre-election manifesto for the reformed Progressive Democrats, PDs.
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2016)
Kieran O'Donnell: The Senator comes from leafy south Dublin.
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2016)
Kieran O'Donnell: They keep small animals in their small gardens.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Taxation Matters Relating to Kerry Co-Operative: Revenue Commissioners. (7 Dec 2016)
Kieran O'Donnell: I welcome the witnesses from Office of the Revenue Commissioners and thank them for appearing before us. I am based in Limerick where many farmers who supply to Kerry Co-operative received these letters out of the blue. The first patronage shares were issued back in 1997, 19 years ago. Yet, the issue has just come out of the blue. The question now is, why? I wish to raise a number of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Taxation Matters Relating to Kerry Co-Operative: Revenue Commissioners. (7 Dec 2016)
Kieran O'Donnell: The Revenue did seek it.