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- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Apr 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: I acknowledge that today, Transport Infrastructure Ireland formally moved ahead to appoint design and planning consultants for the M20 from Cork to Limerick. It is a major step forward.It is an €8 million contract for the design and planning of the M20 and it will be brought to An Bord Pleanála. It is a four-year contract. We will then proceed to move to tender to appoint...
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: I rise to commend Shannon Airport, from which Norwegian Airlines will operate a daily service to Stewart International Airport in New York. Shannon Airport now has six airlines which fly to seven destinations in America. We regularly hear about Dublin Airport being over-capacity and not having enough room, whereas Shannon airport has excess capacity. We are a small nation. Our network is...
- Seanad: Councillors' Conditions: Statements (29 Mar 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: He was playing junior B hurling there. It was very low.
- Seanad: Councillors' Conditions: Statements (29 Mar 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Phelan, to the House. The role of councillors has changed significantly over the years. We now have metropolitan areas, much larger electoral areas and SPCs. The role of the councillor is virtually a full-time role. I welcome that the Minister of State is setting up the local authority remuneration review group. It is important it is established as...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (27 Mar 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: I also thank Mr. Ashmore for his presentation. He referred to eight institutions - three banks and five non-banks. What are the three banks?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (27 Mar 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: How does one access SBCI funding through each of these institutions?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (27 Mar 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: Over how many years was that funding made available?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (27 Mar 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: When they apply under the credit guarantee scheme, do they apply directly to the SBCI?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (27 Mar 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: Of the sum of €675 million, what was the breakdown between the amounts given out by AIB, Bank of Ireland and Ulster Bank?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (27 Mar 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: Why was AIB significantly ahead of the other two banks?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (27 Mar 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: How many borrowers have gained overall from this funding?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (27 Mar 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: How did that figure break down between the three institutions?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (27 Mar 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: What are the non-bank institutions?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (27 Mar 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: Did SBCI provide funding in the area of the Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, IBRC, bailout?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (27 Mar 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: Up to €675 million is provided through the scheme. How can the SBCI be certain that this funding is going to SMEs and not being used as a cheap finance by the institution to prop up its balance sheet? What controls are in place to ensure it is not being used as a method by which the banks can do that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (27 Mar 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: Is there not a risk that if funds are being advanced to an institution, for example, €200 million, that it improves the institution's balance sheet?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (27 Mar 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: What is a tranche, typically?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (27 Mar 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: €50 million is a lot of money.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (27 Mar 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: Is the new scheme being announced tomorrow?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (27 Mar 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: How will it differ from previous schemes?