Results 23,141-23,160 of 26,086 for speaker:Kieran O'Donnell
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Credit Union Bill 2012: Committee Stage (21 Nov 2012)
Kieran O'Donnell: As the credit unions must apply for this facility, will guidelines be issued by the Central Bank as to how they may apply? As for the debit cards themselves, could a situation arise in which some credit unions will qualify while others will not? I seek a level of practical detail on how this facility will operate. Will someone who has a debit card from a credit union in Limerick be able to...
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Credit Union Bill 2012: Committee Stage (21 Nov 2012)
Kieran O'Donnell: I have two points to make. I welcome the fact that the Minister, under section 12(3), will consider offering some flexibility in the areas in which investments can take place. It is often forgotten that credit unions had a dual problem. Some invested in perpetual bonds that they should never have gone near. Clearly, there was a problem with regulation at the time. The Minister spoke...
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Credit Union Bill 2012: Committee Stage (21 Nov 2012)
Kieran O'Donnell: What is the view of the Minister on that?
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Credit Union Bill 2012: Committee Stage (21 Nov 2012)
Kieran O'Donnell: I welcome the fact that the Minister will consider the issue for Report Stage. Clearly under the financial services legislation, certain sections apply to credit unions but equally there are sections from which credit unions are exempted. What is required of any amendment is clarity in respect of the same practices in any further legislation or statutory instrument that are introduced for...
- Credit Union Bill 2012 (Resumed): Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Nov 2012)
Kieran O'Donnell: I am delighted to speak on this Bill on Second Stage. The main work will take place on Committee Stage. I support the credit union movement for a number of reasons. I have been a lifelong member. I was in business, self-employed as a chartered accountant for many years. Only for the credit union movement, certainly in the 1990s, many of the small businesses to which the banks were not...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with Civic Society Representatives (9 Nov 2012)
Kieran O'Donnell: I have one brief question. I was looking through the various submissions, in particular, those from Barnardos and the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. On the issue of people getting out of the poverty trap and going to work, how can the family income supplement and various schemes be made more efficient? We are dealing with the situation on the ground and we see how the system works. I...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with Civic Society Representatives (9 Nov 2012)
Kieran O'Donnell: This is a charm offensive.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with Civic Society Representatives (9 Nov 2012)
Kieran O'Donnell: Chairman, I will finish the question. How many groups does the Disability Federation of Ireland represent?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with Civic Society Representatives (9 Nov 2012)
Kieran O'Donnell: We live in difficult times. What are the bottom line issues for the federation at present in money terms relative to the forthcoming budget?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with Civic Society Representatives (9 Nov 2012)
Kieran O'Donnell: To summarise, because our time is limited, the witness is basically saying that given the type of plans that are in place for education and jobs at present, he wants such a plan for disabilities.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with Civic Society Representatives (9 Nov 2012)
Kieran O'Donnell: The bottom line, however, is that the federation wants a practical dimension to the national disability strategy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with Civic Society Representatives (9 Nov 2012)
Kieran O'Donnell: Network structures is what the federation wants.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with Civic Society Representatives (9 Nov 2012)
Kieran O'Donnell: We will use the word savings.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with Civic Society Representatives (9 Nov 2012)
Kieran O'Donnell: Give us an example.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with Civic Society Representatives (9 Nov 2012)
Kieran O'Donnell: Give us an example of the type of patient.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with Civic Society Representatives (9 Nov 2012)
Kieran O'Donnell: What type of person?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with Civic Society Representatives (9 Nov 2012)
Kieran O'Donnell: I am not talking about names. Is the witness talking about an older person or a disabled person?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with Civic Society Representatives (9 Nov 2012)
Kieran O'Donnell: That is fine.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with Civic Society Representatives (9 Nov 2012)
Kieran O'Donnell: I welcome the representatives from the three bodies as well as Mr. Gallagher, MEP, who is from County Donegal. It is good to see interaction between our respective parliaments. Mr. Gallagher is a former Member of ours. Mr. Dolan referred to wastage as a matter that we could discuss. Where is the wastage? As to a national information system for mental health services, I would have...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with Civic Society Representatives (9 Nov 2012)
Kieran O'Donnell: What can we take away from this meeting? Give us one or two top-line issues that are relevant to the budgetary process.