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- Finance Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Feb 2010)
Kieran O'Donnell: Subsequently we had the property bubble and are now suffering for it. If I might encapsulate the situation, we need to have a vision for the SME sector so that it can become the driving force of the economy. It employs 800,000 people, with 200,000 others involved. Small and medium-sized enterprises are the future, along with what the multinational sector provides. The vision must be to...
- Finance Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Feb 2010)
Kieran O'Donnell: I welcomed that.
- Finance Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Feb 2010)
Kieran O'Donnell: I agree.
- Public Service Remuneration: Motion (9 Feb 2010)
Kieran O'Donnell: And where Deputy Mattie McGrath is.
- Finance Bill 2010: Second Stage (9 Feb 2010)
Kieran O'Donnell: We welcome Deputy Kennedy's input.
- Finance Bill 2010: Second Stage (9 Feb 2010)
Kieran O'Donnell: Perhaps Deputy Kennedy will repeat his remarks for Deputy Burton.
- Finance Bill 2010: Second Stage (9 Feb 2010)
Kieran O'Donnell: Deputy Kennedy is endorsing many of our policies tonight.
- Finance Bill 2010: Second Stage (9 Feb 2010)
Kieran O'Donnell: Deputy Kennedy is going off script.
- Finance Bill 2010: Second Stage (9 Feb 2010)
Kieran O'Donnell: That is what the Government did during the building boom and look where we ended up.
- Finance Bill 2010: Second Stage (9 Feb 2010)
Kieran O'Donnell: They assume people are driving a 2010 registered car.
- Finance Bill 2010: Second Stage (9 Feb 2010)
Kieran O'Donnell: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate. The Minister referred to the role of Government as being to create a pro-enterprise environment, a point with which I fundamentally agree. This Bill contains many good measures in terms of tax avoidance and multinational companies, which I also welcome and with which I will deal in greater detail at a later point. However, it does...
- Finance Bill 2010: Second Stage (9 Feb 2010)
Kieran O'Donnell: We got it under a freedom of information request, although the Minister may not like to hear what they are saying. Furthermore, a Government decision was made concerning higher public servants' pay, yet when that measure was going through the House the Minister did not make it public. He brought it through in a circular on 23 December and he will now ram it through under a specific section...
- Requests to move Adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 (9 Feb 2010)
Kieran O'Donnell: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, given the confusion surrounding the future of the Limerick regeneration process, which falls under the responsibility of Cabinet, I call on the Taoiseach as head of Cabinet to immediately clarify the situation regarding the current and capital funding of Limerick regeneration for 2010...
- Order of Business (9 Feb 2010)
Kieran O'Donnell: I raise the Finance Bill that the House is debating today. The Taoiseach is probably fully aware that people in Limerick have concerns as regards the regeneration project. Does he envisage that the Government will be-----
- Order of Business (9 Feb 2010)
Kieran O'Donnell: It relates to the legislation. Will the Government bring forward amendments to the legislation to provide capital allowances and tax designations for the regeneration areas in Limerick, and furthermore will he commit to provide funding for the area as well?
- Order of Business (9 Feb 2010)
Kieran O'Donnell: I refer to a point of legislation, Ceann Comhairle, and I believe I am in order to raise that.
- Order of Business (4 Feb 2010)
Kieran O'Donnell: It is a catch-22 situation.
- Departmental Staff. (3 Feb 2010)
Kieran O'Donnell: Question 88: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether performance bonuses for certain senior public servants should be regarded as core pay; and the reason he believes the suspension of performance bonuses should allow high paid public servants take a lower pay cut from 1 January 2010. [5681/10]
- Departmental Staff. (3 Feb 2010)
Kieran O'Donnell: The Minister appointed a review body on higher remuneration in the public sector to look at the salary scales of higher paid public servants. The body recommended an 8-12% cut in salary for higher paid public servants. It did this on the basis of their basic salary, but did not take their bonus into account. The Minister announced the budget on 9 December and brought in the Finance...
- Departmental Staff. (3 Feb 2010)
Kieran O'Donnell: Clearly something happened.