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

Kieran O'Donnell: The HSE has subcontracted cervical screening out to a lab in America but the actual agreement is between the woman and CervicalCheck for the smear test. Therefore, why is she not entitled to take her case against the HSE and CervicalCheck?

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

Kieran O'Donnell: As such, it is not really to do with tort law. It is to do with the actual contract that was put in place by CervicalCheck and the HSE with the American laboratory.

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

Kieran O'Donnell: No, it is-----

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

Kieran O'Donnell: No. The HSE, CervicalCheck and the State Claims Agency are saying that they would never take a woman into court. They would not look for a gagging clause. The problem is that it has been subcontracted. I suspect that within the original contract that was signed by the CervicalCheck and the HSE with the American laboratory, they subcontracted the legal responsibility for the smear as well....

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

Kieran O'Donnell: Sorry, there was a particular question. Does Mr. Breen believe, given what is happening and the current legal construct, that these women will end up having gagging clauses imposed and will be dragged to a court by these companies?

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

Kieran O'Donnell: In the context, I asked because I want to know, based on the current legal situation, what changes need to be made, in Mr. Breen's professional opinion. What needs to be done to ensure that these women will not be dragged into court?

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

Kieran O'Donnell: Do changes need to be made through legislation?

Seanad: Order of Business (3 May 2018)

Kieran O'Donnell: I want to speak on two things. The House will debate the matter of cervical screening later. Vicky Phelan is a neighbour of mine. I know her well. Tony O'Brien, head of the HSE, stated yesterday that what is happening is a personal blow. For me, a personal blow must come with personal responsibility. It is extraordinary that someone who heads up an organisation of this size is not...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 May 2018)

Kieran O'Donnell: I know. I am passing a general comment.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 May 2018)

Kieran O'Donnell: It is akin to the manager of a soccer team whose players do not perform saying that it is a personal blow to him that they did not perform but that he has no responsibility for their performance on the playing field. This is a scandal of an unimaginable magnitude for the women involved, brave women such as Vicky Phelan. Earlier, someone wondered whether this matter would be in the public...

Seanad: CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Statements (3 May 2018)

Kieran O'Donnell: I welcome the Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, to the House and commend him on the work he has done. Vicky Phelan is a neighbour of mine and I know her very well. She is an incredible woman, and it is true to say that if she had not refused a gagging clause this story would probably never have come out. I believe the women of Ireland owe her an enormous debt of gratitude. One meets...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Proposals on Taxation of the Digital Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (3 May 2018)

Kieran O'Donnell: Both witnesses agree that the current tax collection systems have not moved pace with the changes in digital workings worldwide. In many cases, the tax structures harp back to an old industrial type age in terms of the way we are taxing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Proposals on Taxation of the Digital Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (3 May 2018)

Kieran O'Donnell: What we are looking for here is common ground. Do the witnesses believe that what is being proposed in Europe is effectively a Trojan horse to bring in a common consolidated corporate tax base, CCCTB, by some of the larger countries?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Proposals on Taxation of the Digital Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (3 May 2018)

Kieran O'Donnell: Is there sufficient scope within the current OECD proposals to address this matter on a worldwide basis? If the current OECD proposals are insufficient, what are the areas that need to be broadened within the OECD to provide a global competitive solution? Tagging on that, I refer to more flexible economies like Ireland. We are exceptionally flexible. We have a small, open economy. Is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Proposals on Taxation of the Digital Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (3 May 2018)

Kieran O'Donnell: In computer parlance, one wants an operating system as well as the software.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Environmental Protection Agency Licences (1 May 2018)

Kieran O'Donnell: I welcome the Minister of State to the House.Today I am raising the issue of the licensing of heavy industries, in particular the licence application made to the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, by Irish Cement with regard to its facility in Mungret in my own constituency of Limerick City. The context is that Mungret is now a highly built-up residential area, unlike other locations in...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Environmental Protection Agency Licences (1 May 2018)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Minister of State believes the agency has sufficient powers to adequately regulate and monitor such facilities. I believe that is not being done by the EPA, certainly not in terms of the Irish Cement site in Limerick. An emissions monitoring service has only recently been installed in the Mungret area. That should have been in a long time ago. I want to quickly address three elements....

Seanad: Housing: Statements (25 Apr 2018)

Kieran O'Donnell: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy. I regard this debate as extremely important. I want to address a few areas in the time I have. I will look at it under the three main headings of social, affordable and private housing. It is about Rebuilding Ireland. The biggest issue across all areas in Ireland is supply. All have different issues. On social housing, I can speak for...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2018)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Senator can give it a fair bash.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2018)

Kieran O'Donnell: It would do the Senator no harm to do that.