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Financial Services (Deposit Guarantee Scheme) Bill 2009 - Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (17 Jun 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: So the position is that the €25,400 minimum will not apply to the credit union movement.

Financial Services (Deposit Guarantee Scheme) Bill 2009 - Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (17 Jun 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: The same rate of 0.2% will apply but with a lower base figure.

Financial Services (Deposit Guarantee Scheme) Bill 2009 - Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (17 Jun 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: I welcome the Minister's decision to provide in section 12(2) that "Section 4, in so far as it applies to credit unions, shall come into operation on such day as the Minister may appoint by order." I hope a consensus will be reached on foot of the deliberations with the credit union movement. I hope the rate that is charged in the credit union sector will be low enough to reflect the...

Financial Services (Deposit Guarantee Scheme) Bill 2009 - Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (17 Jun 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Acting Chairman is playing a blinder.

Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (17 Jun 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: Question 116: To ask the Minister for Transport when his attention was drawn to Aer Lingus's decision to remove its winter schedule between Shannon and New York and Chicago; the direction he gave his three nominees on the Aer Lingus board in this regard; the measures he is taking to safeguard the summer schedule; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24189/09]

Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (18 Jun 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: Question 108: To ask the Minister for Transport his definition of a strategic interest in the context of the State's 25% shareholding in Aer Lingus; if he has directed his nominees on the Aer Lingus board to regard the routes out of Shannon Airport as a strategic interest; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24209/09]

Financial Measures (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Second Stage (23 Jun 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: I wish to touch on some items within the Bill. The Government has guaranteed the extension of its own guarantee. In principle, there is nothing against that but it puts taxpayers' money at risk for an extended period. In effect, the Minister will have to bring a scheme back to the House but it appears he is putting the cart before the horse. We will have no precise idea of what is in the...

Financial Measures (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Second Stage (23 Jun 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Minister owes the House a more elaborate explanation, particularly-----

Financial Measures (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Second Stage (23 Jun 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: -----on what details he has received from the Financial Regulator.

Financial Measures (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Second Stage (23 Jun 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Bill is deemed to be a miscellaneous provisions Bill despite many of its provisions, for example, the implications to the taxpayer of pensions in third level institutions and the manner in which they are being accounted for in the general government balance, the extension of the guarantee scheme, when it will come forward, why it is not being debated prior to the extended date, the...

Financial Measures (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: The key point is that the Minister is asking the Dáil to give him a carte blanche in extending the guarantee. I believed the guarantee was to ensure banks could deal with the circumstances that arose at the end of September 2008 such that we could have, within a relatively short period, a sustainable banking system. Deputy Bruton's amendment refers to 31 December 2014, thus establishing a...

Vote 41 — Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (Revised Estimate). (24 Jun 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: I wish to make a few observations. We are talking about the Estimates. The key issue is that we consider them long after the budgetary process-----

Vote 41 — Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (Revised Estimate). (24 Jun 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: Anger is coming even from the very young, from infancy up.

Vote 41 — Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (Revised Estimate). (24 Jun 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: I hope our soothing tones will help the baby in some way. I thought I had left the sound of a baby crying long behind me.

Vote 41 — Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (Revised Estimate). (24 Jun 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: We must take care of the future of that baby in the Gallery. Competitiveness is the main issue I wish to discuss. The OECD report refers to the fact that exports will fall. We are a small open economy and we must get exports to grow. Dr. Ken Whittaker was associated with Seán Lemass. To some extent they are synonymous. He stated categorically that our biggest problem was our lack of...

Vote 41 — Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (Revised Estimate). (24 Jun 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: We must foster an entrepreneurial culture. When the Irish went abroad we were adaptable. We must focus on that area. The most recent stability report from the European Council states that it is wary of the Minister's growth assumptions for 2011 to 2013. It is my understanding that the IMF will refer to the same. On average, the Minister is projecting a GNP growth rate of 2.9%. That is...

Vote 41 — Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (Revised Estimate). (24 Jun 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: It has not.

Vote 41 — Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (Revised Estimate). (24 Jun 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: Why does the most recent report from the European Council state that it has not been addressed? I would like the Minister to deal with that question.

Vote 41 — Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (Revised Estimate). (24 Jun 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: The report is dated 10 March. This is the most recent report the Minister presented to us.

Vote 41 — Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (Revised Estimate). (24 Jun 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: I would like the Minister to deal with that point because major reservations have been expressed in terms of the Minister's projections in the recent Supplementary Budget. We must deal with the issue on the basis of realistic targets. The Minister must broaden the focus on job creation and job protection to the wider economy, not just specifically internationally traded services and...