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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: I am not talking about Sparkasse. Do the existing rules and regulations provide the capacity for the credit union movement to grow SME lending without the need to introduce new regulations or reinvent the wheel?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: Why, allowing for the individual factors Mr. Johnson outlined regarding larger credit unions, why is the level of commercial lending only one tenth of overall capacity? Why does the level appear to be so low?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: What route should we take to increase the level of SME lending and the number of home loans offered by credit unions?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: It is about de-risking.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: It had to be €25,000 or above to be classified as commercial.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: Organically.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: It is about skill sets and de-risking.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: Good.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: I thank our guests.
- Seanad: Agriculture: Statements (24 Oct 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: I welcome the Minister to the House. I want to make a couple of points on which I would like to hear his views. We had a briefing this morning from Teagasc and one of the key features that came across was the issue of climate change and that approximately 33% of reductions in terms of meeting the target to reduce emissions by 2030 are expected to come from the area of agriculture. The...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: European Monetary Policy: Exchange of Views with Mr. Mario Draghi (8 Nov 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: I welcome Mr. Draghi - céad mile fáilte. I will pick up on two issues. In his statement, he said that without sufficient mitigating action, a cliff-edge Brexit could have an adverse impact. I ask him to elaborate on that. What type of mitigating action would he like to take place? What is his hope for Brexit, whether it is hard or soft? What does he expect its implications for...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: European Monetary Policy: Exchange of Views with Mr. Mario Draghi (8 Nov 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: A soft Brexit.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: European Monetary Policy: Exchange of Views with Mr. Mario Draghi (8 Nov 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: What of the risk to the Irish economy?
- Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: First, I thank Senator Ó Céidigh for this welcome initiative. I come from the ranks of the self-employed. I set up my accountancy practice when I was 28 years old. People said I was mad but I did it for 12 years. I am relatively rare as one of the self-employed who went into politics. I have a background in politics, but the risks are enormous. I was that soldier. When I...
- Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: I hope they are true. I watch British politics and I question whether the lights are on. Brexit is a disaster for us and the UK. Some of the deliberations at political level in the UK defy logic and do a great disservice to the British public given the impact Brexit will have. In the context of Brexit, the valuation of sterling and so on, are there specific measures the SME sector would...
- Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: I have a critical point to make.
- Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: I do not want to get bogged down in the process.
- Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: How would it manifest itself? What would those particular policy initiatives be?
- Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: What about the €150 million fund?