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- Seanad: Local Government Rates and Other Matters Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Jul 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: The Minister of State can correct me on this but my understanding is that charities are entitled to apply to the Valuation Office for a waiver if they have charitable status, provided it is for the benefit of the charity. It is a cumbersome system and it is important that the Department makes charities aware that such a scheme is in place. Many of them are not aware of it and, having dealt...
- Seanad: Genetic Testing: Motion (10 Jul 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: If there are no further speakers, I think we could allow the Minister of State to say a few words.
- Seanad: Genetic Testing: Motion (10 Jul 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: When is it proposed to sit again?
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: I want to raise the issue of RTÉ Lyric FM, which was raised by my colleagues, Senators McDowell and Norris. Lyric FM is based in Limerick city. I met its staff yesterday and they are extremely concerned. Someone set off a flare gun on "Prime Time" more than a week ago out of the blue. The staff were not aware of the possibility of a threat to Lyric FM. What is required is clarity...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: -----and continue to be based in Limerick.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: A categorical assurance, better still.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: Furthermore, I understand that a draft report has already been completed by RTÉ management in respect of this matter and that it is to be considered by the board, possibly at a meeting tomorrow. This is about the lives of real people, namely, staff who are living in Limerick and rearing families there. They have bills to pay. That is apart from the fact that Lyric FM provides a...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: I was gently prodding the President to make a-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: Shannon Airport is a key economic driver in the mid-west and western region. Yesterday, Ryanair announced that effective January 2020, it will not be operating flights from Shannon Airport to Bristol, East Midlands and Ibiza. January 2020 is only a couple of months away. In December 2018, I raised the issue of European connectivity at Shannon Airport with the Minister for Transport,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: Is that an Irish rather than a standard 12 minutes?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: Like my predecessor, I will have to give some kind of preamble. My question is specific to University Hospital Limerick. I have looked back at the overcrowding data on individual days for the past month and there has been an average of 67 people on trolleys. In September last year the average was 44. This is no longer a political issue, it is a human rights issue. I am seeking...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: When will we get this plan?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: I understand a meeting with the HSE and the Department on, specifically, the mid-west and the community hospitals has been arranged for tomorrow.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: The Minister might update us on the outcome of that meeting.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fáilte Ireland, Shannon Group and Port of Waterford Company: Chairpersons Designate (2 Oct 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: I will just come in for a quick minute.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fáilte Ireland, Shannon Group and Port of Waterford Company: Chairpersons Designate (2 Oct 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: I welcome all the witnesses. I would like to put a specific question to Ms Hynes. The script she furnished to the joint committee refers to the impact that a hard Brexit would have and to European hub connectivity for Shannon Airport. I ask her to elaborate on those matters. Along with members of the Shannon Group's management team, I met the Minister, Deputy Ross, on 6 February last. I...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fáilte Ireland, Shannon Group and Port of Waterford Company: Chairpersons Designate (2 Oct 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: Does Ms Hynes believe there is scope under the 2014 guidelines, as communicated from the Commission, which refer to airports with fewer than 3 million passengers?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fáilte Ireland, Shannon Group and Port of Waterford Company: Chairpersons Designate (2 Oct 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: Does she agree that the document in question could apply to Shannon Airport?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fáilte Ireland, Shannon Group and Port of Waterford Company: Chairpersons Designate (2 Oct 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: If such approval is forthcoming, does Ms Hynes believe that Shannon Airport will get an airline to fly-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fáilte Ireland, Shannon Group and Port of Waterford Company: Chairpersons Designate (2 Oct 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: Okay.