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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Quarterly Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (10 May 2018)

Kieran O'Donnell: What level of house price increase would cause concern for Professor Lane, as Governor of the Central Bank, and suggest that we are moving into overheating of the property market?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Quarterly Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (10 May 2018)

Kieran O'Donnell: Professor Lane would have a worry about that and it would set off alarm bells. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Quarterly Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (10 May 2018)

Kieran O'Donnell: My final question is on Brexit. What is the view of the Governor on Brexit and where it is at? What are the implications for the Irish economy on the financial, economic and social sides? What is Professor Lane's view as Governor of the Central Bank?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Quarterly Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (10 May 2018)

Kieran O'Donnell: For every 3% slowdown, the effect is 1% for us. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Quarterly Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (10 May 2018)

Kieran O'Donnell: Bypassing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Quarterly Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (10 May 2018)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Governor is hardly giving advice to his staff.

Seanad: Report on Credit Union Sector: Statements (9 May 2018)

Kieran O'Donnell: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy D'Arcy, to the House. He is a good friend to the Seanad and he is doing a good job as a Minister of State. Credit unions are hugely important at rural, urban and city levels. As an accountant, I had my own practice for many years. I had a range of clients, many of whom, having been refused credit facilities by the local banks were able to get a loan...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Second Stage (8 May 2018)

Kieran O'Donnell: I will try to follow Senator Norris. The main reason I wish to speak on this Bill is to say that no one should be above the law, whether for stealing an item from a shop or for white-collar crime. There is a perception among the public that white-collar crime is not something for which people can be sent to jail or held accountable but this legislation will do that and it needs to be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: State Claims Agency: Discussion (8 May 2018)

Kieran O'Donnell: I welcome Mr. Breen and Ms Foley to the committee. Vicky Phelan is a neighbour of mine. I know the type of person she is and what she has gone through. The briefing note given to the Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, on 16 April states the State Claims Agency had advised it believed the issue of non-disclosure would fall or be dismissed and, therefore, there was no exposure for the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: State Claims Agency: Discussion (8 May 2018)

Kieran O'Donnell: With due respect, this is about life or death. When it became known that there was an incorrect reading of a smear test in 2014 and which was not given to Ms Phelan until 2017, three years later, surely at best it was gross incompetence. Mr. Breen is speaking about the whole issue of intent. Surely, as the officer charged with legally advising the HSE, Mr. Breen should have said on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: State Claims Agency: Discussion (8 May 2018)

Kieran O'Donnell: Mr. Breen, that is great. However, actions speak louder than words. Mr. Breen could have advised the State to accept liability. Both the State Claims Agency and CPL could have come together. However, no offer was made to Vicky Phelan prior to the court case.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: State Claims Agency: Discussion (8 May 2018)

Kieran O'Donnell: The settlement was based on an incorrect reading of the smear test on day one by the laboratory in the US. It was not about non-disclosure.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: State Claims Agency: Discussion (8 May 2018)

Kieran O'Donnell: That is the key point I want to make. This needs to come out. When Vicky Phelan brought this court case, there were two defendants, CPL and the HSE. The State Claims Agency was advising the HSE. As the senior officer, Mr. Breen was responsible for this advice. If disclosure had been made back in 2014, Vicky Phelan would be in a different position today. That is the key point here. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: State Claims Agency: Discussion (8 May 2018)

Kieran O'Donnell: Did the State Claims Agency discuss with CPL about coming up with an offer? Why was no offer made jointly by the HSE and CPL to Vicky Phelan?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: State Claims Agency: Discussion (8 May 2018)

Kieran O'Donnell: Not for non-disclosure.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: State Claims Agency: Discussion (8 May 2018)

Kieran O'Donnell: One final point, the State Claims Agency has ten cases before it. The Taoiseach, through the Attorney General, has gone directly to Mr. Breen to ask that they would look at dealing with these cases on a more compassionate basis than what happened with Vicky Phelan. Has the agency taken that on board? Of those ten cases, are any of the women deceased? If Mr. Breen had Vicky Phelan's case...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: State Claims Agency: Discussion (8 May 2018)

Kieran O'Donnell: Of the ten, how many have died?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: State Claims Agency: Discussion (8 May 2018)

Kieran O'Donnell: Three of the ten women are deceased. I thank Mr. Breen.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: State Claims Agency: Discussion (8 May 2018)

Kieran O'Donnell: I wish to go back to the agreements. With whom is the contract of CPL, the laboratory in the US, and the other laboratories? Is it with the women who get the smear tests or with the HSE?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: State Claims Agency: Discussion (8 May 2018)

Kieran O'Donnell: The customer is the HSE, not the individual woman. Going back to the agreement, if the service is being provided, why is the case not taken by the woman against the HSE, which is subcontracting out a service to CPL? Has Mr. Breen had an opportunity to go back and read the contracts between CPL and the HSE and other providers?