Results 13,561-13,580 of 26,081 for speaker:Kieran O'Donnell
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jun 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: Yes.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: On a positive note and in the theme of what has come up so far, I was watching the test game between Ireland and Australia last Saturday morning.It appeared that the bulk of the people attending the match were Irish. A large number of our highly-skilled young people are living abroad. We are reaching full employment here now and it is time to have a debate in the House, with the Minister...
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: I want to look at the issue in a positive way. I agree with Senator O'Donnell that we have an issue around affordability but in terms of the sustainability of our economy, I would like to see our diaspora returning here.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: We need to have an informed debate on the issue, which is multi-layered. It is about housing, the employment element, affordability and the ingredients we need to encourage people to return here. In a ten-year period that lost generation found themselves in a position where they had to emigrate. We are facing issues here in terms of skill sets for building houses and so on. Many of those...
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: I know. I am saying we are not talking about them.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: I am referring to the first item the Senator raised. I cannot get through all the ones she raised.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: I am calling for a debate in the House on the diaspora.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: Steady.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: He has been doing it for years.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: There is such a thing as false modesty.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: We have agreement at long last.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: Cork South-Central.
- Seanad: Summer Economic Statement: Statements (27 Jun 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: I am sharing two minutes of my time with Senator Colm Burke. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donovan. This debate is about the summer economic statement. It is a time to reflect. This will feed into the budgetary process this year and in future years. Putting this in context, we are at full employment. Who would have thought a number of years ago that we would be at full...
- Seanad: Summer Economic Statement: Statements (27 Jun 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: You were-----
- Seanad: Summer Economic Statement: Statements (27 Jun 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: Is the Senator suggesting there are no inefficiencies in the public sector?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Sale of Promissory Note Bonds: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: I welcome Mr. O'Flynn, Ms Queally-Moloney, Mr. Ryan and everyone else. I just have a couple of questions. Apart from anything else, the witnesses have obviously made study of the promissory note. They have probably studied it more than anyone. Did the design of the promissory note come from the Government of the day or did it come from Europe? Did Mr. O'Flynn examine from where it emanated?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Sale of Promissory Note Bonds: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: Who was this written to?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Sale of Promissory Note Bonds: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: Who sent it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Sale of Promissory Note Bonds: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: What was the date of the note?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Sale of Promissory Note Bonds: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: Does that not emanate from the fact that under EU treaties, the ECB cannot fund the national debt of states?