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- 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...
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: I know. I am saying we are not talking about them.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: I am referring to the first item the Senator raised. I cannot get through all the ones she raised.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: I am calling for a debate in the House on the diaspora.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: Steady.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: He has been doing it for years.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: There is such a thing as false modesty.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: We have agreement at long last.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: Cork South-Central.
- Seanad: Summer Economic Statement: Statements (27 Jun 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: I am sharing two minutes of my time with Senator Colm Burke. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donovan. This debate is about the summer economic statement. It is a time to reflect. This will feed into the budgetary process this year and in future years. Putting this in context, we are at full employment. Who would have thought a number of years ago that we would be at full...
- Seanad: Summer Economic Statement: Statements (27 Jun 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: You were-----