Results 11,801-11,820 of 26,228 for speaker:Kieran O'Donnell
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Air Quality (8 Mar 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: I thank the Minister, Deputy Denis Naughten, for attending today. His Department, under his guidance, announced last week additional funding for the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, for the provision of a number of additional air quality monitoring stations nationwide. Through the Minister's Department, I have made a formal request to the EPA so that, as part of this programme, it will...
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Air Quality (8 Mar 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: I welcome the fact the EPA will erect two new monitoring stations, one in Limerick city and one in Abbeyfeale. What is the timeframe for and the location of the Limerick city station? It is important it deals with issues about which people have major concerns and on which they need reassurance, including the emissions from plants such as the Irish Cement plant in Mungret. The Minister...
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Air Quality (8 Mar 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: I thank the Minister. I would ask that Limerick city be prioritised for the erection of these permanent monitoring stations and that when the EPA is renewing its licence regimes for companies, such as Irish Cement, that it would await the outcome of this air monitoring as part of its review mechanism.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Mar 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: I wish to raise a matter in respect of Limerick. St. John's Hospital announced yesterday that it is closing 20 beds permanently on the ground floor. My understanding is that discussions were ongoing between the hospital and the university hospitals group. There appears to be a difference in the information being given by both sides. I urge that both sides would re-engage in talks and that...
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Mar 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: The Senator is swinging low.
- Seanad: Tourism Industry: Motion (8 Mar 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Ross, to the House. He is no stranger, but it is good to see him here. One can judge a man by the fact that he never forgets his roots and I commend him in that regard. Part of the reason for tabling the motion relates to Brexit. Any hotelier or person running a bed and breakfast to whom one speaks can point to a slight dip in tourism numbers from the UK...
- Seanad: Tourism Industry: Motion (8 Mar 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: Both.
- Seanad: Tourism Industry: Motion (8 Mar 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: No, I am speaking for the motion.
- Seanad: Tourism Industry: Motion (8 Mar 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: No, I am looking to-----
- Seanad: Tourism Industry: Motion (8 Mar 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: Let me give Senator Humphreys a complete answer. I want to support the 9% rate and I want to ensure that any competitiveness is passed back to the consumer, both the Irish person and the visitor. I want to ensure consumers are not being exploited. I think that is very clear. It is a normal, basic tenet. I want to thank Senator Humphreys for enabling me to articulate my point even...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of the Credit Union Sector: Discussion (21 Mar 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: I welcome the witnesses. At this stage we are old friends and have been dealing with each other over many years. To cut to the heart of it, there was a report recently in one of the newspapers, perhaps theIrish Examiner, that credit unions were refusing deposits and did not wish to take in deposits. Is that reflective of the views of the credit unions on the ground?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of the Credit Union Sector: Discussion (21 Mar 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: What is the reason?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of the Credit Union Sector: Discussion (21 Mar 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: If the credit union takes in €10,000 over the counter, it must come up with €1,000-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of the Credit Union Sector: Discussion (21 Mar 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: Out of its existing resources?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of the Credit Union Sector: Discussion (21 Mar 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: The traditional lifeblood of the credit union involved it taking money from its members and then lending it out to its members. Typically, the money would have been on deposit with the local bank. That was the traditional model as I understood it and I have been a member of a credit union for virtually my entire adult life. I want to tease out the practicalities. Could Mr. Molan tease out...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of the Credit Union Sector: Discussion (21 Mar 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: Is it a fact that some credit unions can afford to take in deposits and that they are profitable enough to be able to live with it? Is the fact that some are refusing to take in deposits a reflection of the individual credit union's financial capability? The fact that credit unions are refusing to take deposits from the ordinary person goes against all the principles of the credit union...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of the Credit Union Sector: Discussion (21 Mar 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: What would be the witnesses' number one priority for the people they represent? What changes need to take place to solidify the growth potential of credit unions so that they would be secure into the future but would not put the prudential side at risk for their balance sheets?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of the Credit Union Sector: Discussion (21 Mar 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: Does Mr. McCrory feel credit unions are like a creamery that does nothing more than collect milk and supply it to the bigger creamery?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of the Credit Union Sector: Discussion (21 Mar 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: Matters are dictated by the bigger-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of the Credit Union Sector: Discussion (21 Mar 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: It is a bit rural all right.