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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 there one item Mr. Johnson or Mr. Molan would like to see changed?

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 Mr. Johnson takes one bite at a time he will have a better chance of getting a result than looking for a myriad of items.

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 does Mr. Molan classify as community lending?

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 will unlock that? I have said many times that I believe the credit union movement-----

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 will unlock that restriction?

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 key mechanism that will unlock it?

Seanad: Reports on Motor Insurance Costs: Statements (22 Mar 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, and compliment him on the work he has done in this area. There are two reports on the issue, the first of which is the report of the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach. The Minister of State also produced a report for his Department. Many of the points we had raised fed into the final document...

Seanad: Reports on Motor Insurance Costs: Statements (22 Mar 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Senator might tell us the insurance company.

Seanad: Reports on Motor Insurance Costs: Statements (22 Mar 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: I would say the broker is texting the Senator to make his name known.

Seanad: Reports on Motor Insurance Costs: Statements (22 Mar 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: They could have been going to Lough Gur as well, which is on the way.

Seanad: Reports on Motor Insurance Costs: Statements (22 Mar 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: At 2.30 p.m. next Tuesday.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: I have two issues to raise, the first of which is the Bus Éireann dispute.I know many of the workers who are out on strike. It is extremely worrying for them.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: Then I will stick to this issue.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: I always attempt to be brief.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: The brief politician is an oxymoron. I hope that common sense will prevail. People need to be talking to each other to find a resolution. I am on record as saying that I feel the business model under which Bus Éireann has been operating, particularly with the Expressway routes, is effectively an unfair model. Up to 60% of its passengers are people who avail of free travel, whereas...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Mar 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: It has been brought to my attention that the Department of Social Protection's website has been down since Sunday. I ask that the Leader communicates with the Minister for Social Protection and his officials and ensures that every effort is made to get the website, welfare.ie, up and running. People have had to resort to using the Citizens Information's excellent website called...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Quarterly Engagement with Central Bank of Ireland (4 Apr 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: I welcome Professor Lane and his colleagues. I want to return to last November when the Central Bank lifted the limit on first-time buyers. If I am correct, prior to that there had been a limit of €220,000 which had been brought in by Professor Lane's predecessor, the loans had to be 90% and for any balance above that there had to be 80%. In November, Professor Lane came along and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Quarterly Engagement with Central Bank of Ireland (4 Apr 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: Why did Professor Lane go for such an expansive measure? There is now a situation where a person could buy a €1 million home and they could be regarded as a first-time buyer. I am being slightly facetious, but take someone in Dublin looking to buy a €400,000 first-time home and they can look for a loan of 90%. Surely by lifting a complete limit that would effectively add to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Quarterly Engagement with Central Bank of Ireland (4 Apr 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: Surely that would have been a reasonable proposition.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Quarterly Engagement with Central Bank of Ireland (4 Apr 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: I am asking a question. We suddenly had a measure in place by the Central Bank. It was put in place by the predecessor of Mr. Lane. It was a €220,000 limit for first-time buyer with a 90% loan. It was draconian in nature and particularly impacted those in Dublin, more so than outside Dublin. Suddenly, the Central Bank took away any limit. The Central Bank left the loan limit at...