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- Seanad: Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Nov 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: There is no lower limit on funding.
- Seanad: Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Nov 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: If someone is building 20 units and gets 40% of the funding from his local bank, can he look for the balance of the funding from HBFI?
- Seanad: Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Nov 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: Am I correct in stating that this body will be audited by the Comptroller and Auditor General on an annual basis? Will the statutory auditors referred to in section 16 be an outside firm?
- Seanad: Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Nov 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: There will be an audit but HBFI will, in addition, be audited by an outside independent auditor.
- Seanad: Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Nov 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: Sections 16 and 17 are interrelated.
- Seanad: Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Nov 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: In reference to section 16, will a statutory independent auditor be appointed as well as the Comptroller and Auditor General?
- Seanad: Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Nov 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: Under section 17, HBFI will be audited by the Comptroller and Auditor General but section 16 states:Where, following prior consultation with the Minister, the board of HBFI considers it appropriate to do so having regard to its functions (including the obligations imposed on HBFI under section 7(2)), HBFI or any HBFI group entity may appoint a statutory auditor I am asking if it will appoint...
- Seanad: Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Nov 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: This is obviously a standard clause in the establishment of any new body. Who will carry out the review and how often does the Minister of State expect it to be done? To whom will the review be provided?
- Seanad: Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Nov 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: There is no formal sunset clause but there is a mechanism that can be triggered.
- Seanad: Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Nov 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: The Act will come into play in January. When does the Minister of State anticipate that the HBFI will make its first loans?
- Seanad: Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Nov 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: Have a chief executive officer, CEO, and staff been appointed?
- Seanad: Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Nov 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: When does the Minister of State anticipate it will make its first loan? What is his intention?
- Seanad: Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Nov 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: Occasionally I like to get back to my roots. I asked the official for the Bill and felt I needed to put the Minister of State through some of his paces. He is doing well so far.
- Seanad: Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Nov 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: The proof of the pudding will be in-----
- Seanad: Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Nov 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: The Minister of State is doing well. I just want to ask my final question.
- Seanad: Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Nov 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: When does the Minister of State anticipate the first loans will be made?
- Seanad: Brexit: Motion (22 Nov 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy McEntee, to the House. There have been many landmark moments in Irish history, including when we gained our independence and the Treaty, as well as when we joined the European Union. Brexit represents another landmark moment. Our largest trading partner is in the process of changing its relationship with the EU. While the title of the agreement...
- Seanad: Brexit: Motion (22 Nov 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: I have stood for election.
- Seanad: Brexit: Motion (22 Nov 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: I am trying to make these comments in a constructive fashion. This is a democratic debating Chamber. This is something about which I feel very strongly and I am entitled to express my views. It is our duty to hold members of Sinn Féin to account. Sinn Féin holds the Government to account on a myriad of issues every day. On this particular issue-----
- Seanad: Brexit: Motion (22 Nov 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: People did not vote for Sinn Féin-----