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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Sale of Promissory Note Bonds: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)

Kieran O'Donnell: Mr. O'Flynn referred to a European context.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EBS Tied Agents: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)

Kieran O'Donnell: I welcome Mr. Kavanagh and Mr. Butler. AIB has taken over. Now that AIB owns EBS and it is part of the AIB family, have the witnesses found a change or improvement in the relationship?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EBS Tied Agents: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)

Kieran O'Donnell: Mr. Kavanagh said he was not here in January. To which January was he referring?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EBS Tied Agents: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)

Kieran O'Donnell: Mr. Kavanagh said the "problem was the inability of EBS to provide mortgages that agents could sell". He also spoke of the non-executive directors. Who were the non-executive directors? What type of products was EBS not providing? Mr. Kavanagh also said "there were a few policy decisions taken by EBS which, in hindsight, contributed significantly to the avoidable problems that EBS and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EBS Tied Agents: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)

Kieran O'Donnell: Was this as an employee of EBS?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EBS Tied Agents: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)

Kieran O'Donnell: Was that in 2006?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EBS Tied Agents: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)

Kieran O'Donnell: So it was at the peak.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EBS Tied Agents: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)

Kieran O'Donnell: With regard to the structure within EBS, was Mr. Kavanagh an employee of the EBS or was he self-employed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EBS Tied Agents: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)

Kieran O'Donnell: Did Mr. Kavanagh rent the building? Was the lease in his name and were the overheads part of Mr. Kavanagh's business?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EBS Tied Agents: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)

Kieran O'Donnell: Mr. Kavanagh was in the cockpit when things went over the cliff.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EBS Tied Agents: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)

Kieran O'Donnell: Will he explain how the relationship changed with EBS from the set-up?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EBS Tied Agents: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)

Kieran O'Donnell: Were targets set for Mr. Kavanagh?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EBS Tied Agents: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)

Kieran O'Donnell: Mr. Kavanagh said that incorrect products was being sold to the customer. Will he define this? Can he give an example?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EBS Tied Agents: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)

Kieran O'Donnell: Can I support Mr. Kavanagh on this? There is a body of work to be done here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Discussion Paper on Taxation: Deputy Marc MacSharry (28 Jun 2018)

Kieran O'Donnell: Persecution complex.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Discussion Paper on Taxation: Deputy Marc MacSharry (28 Jun 2018)

Kieran O'Donnell: Can I raise an element of due diligence? Is there a danger that this could create a poverty trap and could be abused by employers? What the Deputy is proposing to do might be more correctly dealt with through family income supplement, FIS, and through amending the FIS rules? There is a danger here that if someone has a low-paid job and has children, the employer will use this proposal as a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Discussion Paper on Taxation: Deputy Marc MacSharry (28 Jun 2018)

Kieran O'Donnell: What other countries are using this model?

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2018)

Kieran O'Donnell: On a positive note and in the theme of what has come up so far, I was watching the test game between Ireland and Australia last Saturday morning.It appeared that the bulk of the people attending the match were Irish. A large number of our highly-skilled young people are living abroad. We are reaching full employment here now and it is time to have a debate in the House, with the Minister...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2018)

Kieran O'Donnell: I want to look at the issue in a positive way. I agree with Senator O'Donnell that we have an issue around affordability but in terms of the sustainability of our economy, I would like to see our diaspora returning here.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2018)

Kieran O'Donnell: We need to have an informed debate on the issue, which is multi-layered. It is about housing, the employment element, affordability and the ingredients we need to encourage people to return here. In a ten-year period that lost generation found themselves in a position where they had to emigrate. We are facing issues here in terms of skill sets for building houses and so on. Many of those...