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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Flooding at Ballycar on Galway-Limerick Railway Line and Opportunities for Investment in Heavy Rail: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: To finish my question about the high speed rail link, when Irish Rail is doing the upgrade of the rail line will that involve upgrading the rail link between Limerick Junction and Limerick? I always look at speeds. One can get the 5 p.m. train from Dublin on Thursday and it gets one to Limerick in under two hours. If it was cut down to an hour and a half that brings it within daily...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Flooding at Ballycar on Galway-Limerick Railway Line and Opportunities for Investment in Heavy Rail: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: That is substantively the Limerick to Dublin line as well.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Flooding at Ballycar on Galway-Limerick Railway Line and Opportunities for Investment in Heavy Rail: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: Would Irish Rail consider putting a roof over it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Flooding at Ballycar on Galway-Limerick Railway Line and Opportunities for Investment in Heavy Rail: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: One would want it on a winter's night.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Flooding at Ballycar on Galway-Limerick Railway Line and Opportunities for Investment in Heavy Rail: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: That is currently under construction.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Flooding at Ballycar on Galway-Limerick Railway Line and Opportunities for Investment in Heavy Rail: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: When will that happen? What is the timescale for it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Flooding at Ballycar on Galway-Limerick Railway Line and Opportunities for Investment in Heavy Rail: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: Would the upgrade of the Limerick to Limerick Junction line be included in that renewal?
- Seanad: Comprehensive Employment Strategy for People with Disabilities 2015-2024: Statements (16 May 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Finian McGrath, to the House.This is an important debate and I am glad to be given the opportunity to contribute to it. I had hoped it would not be held on Thursday as it should have been given one of the prime slots. The Minister of State, Deputy Finian McGrath, brings significant credibility to his brief. He has walked the walk all his life. He...
- Seanad: Comprehensive Employment Strategy for People with Disabilities 2015-2024: Statements (16 May 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: Designated areas should be set up to allow them to get proper CV training. We should look at disability allowance and perhaps at the invalidity pension to ascertain if there are ways to relax that for people doing rehabilitative work. I will not move into that space because disability allowance is the key issue. I am delighted to be able to contribute and look forward to hearing the...
- Seanad: Comprehensive Employment Strategy for People with Disabilities 2015-2024: Statements (16 May 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: The Senator is broadening the scope of this debate.
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Garda Deployment (15 May 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. One of the key recommendations of the report of the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland was the redeployment of members of An Garda Síochána from non-core duties to front-line duties. One of the non-core duties specified was the carrying out of security duties at courthouses by An Garda Síochána. The case with...
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Garda Deployment (15 May 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: I thank the Minister of State. It is welcome that he has confirmed that the implementation plan of the Commission on the Future of Policing of Ireland refers to the redeployment of gardaí from court security duties to front-line duties in 2019. He also referred to the value for money study in the context of prison escorts. I am not talking about prison escorts but physical security in...
- Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Second Stage (14 May 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, and his officials.
- Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Second Stage (14 May 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: Group spokespersons will speak first.
- Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Second Stage (14 May 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: We will get a definitive response.
- Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Second Stage (14 May 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: I chaired the start of this debate and I have been watching it on the monitor for the past hour and a half. I value the debate hugely as this is a huge issue on the ground. I would not want anybody to believe people are not interested. I spent many years in self-employed practice and landlords were my clients. As a public representative, I deal with tenants and landlords and a couple of...
- Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Second Stage (14 May 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: When a tenant moves on from a property that falls within a rent pressure zone, the rent that the landlord charges the new tenant must be based on the rent charged to the outgoing tenant. Should such a landlord be entitled to charge the new tenant a reasonable market rent? In many cases, landlords in rent pressure zones hiked up their rents in a way that inadvertently drove up the overall...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector (Resumed): Ulster Bank (9 May 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: I welcome all three witnesses and in particular, wish Ms Howard every success in her recent appointment. I want to touch on one item that has already been discussed, namely, non-performing loans. I want to get a few benchmarks. Ulster Bank is at 10% at the moment. Has it given a figure as to which percentage it is looking to get to?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector (Resumed): Ulster Bank (9 May 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: Is the ECB putting direct pressure on Ulster Bank to get the number of non-performing loans as a percentage down? Has the ECB put a timeline on it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector (Resumed): Ulster Bank (9 May 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: What is Ulster Bank's internal timeframe in terms of getting it down to the European average, which is just below 5%?