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Seanad: Commencement Matters: Electric Vehicles (13 Dec 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Minister is aware of it.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Electric Vehicles (13 Dec 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: I want to thank-----

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Electric Vehicles (13 Dec 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: I thank the Minister for dealing with this. My reason for bringing this up today is that, while I welcome the home charger and the €5,000 grant, if the electric car is to be able to compete with petrol and diesel cars it must be able to drive whatever distance. I note that an electric car cannot drive from Limerick to Dublin. When in the new year does the Minister expect the low...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: On the section, it is important, when the report is presented to the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government who will forward it to the Minister for Finance, that it be complete. It is extremely important that there be some review of the resources available to the local authorities to combine vacant site lists.It is not a straightforward procedure. Senator Kelleher referred to...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: Surely the Seanad can debate the report when it is published.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: Can I speak to the section?

Seanad: Finance Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: There is something I might have-----

Seanad: Finance Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: On a point of order, Chair.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: Can I make a point of order?

Seanad: Finance Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: I did not get a chance to speak on the recommendation in regard to gender that Senator Alice-Mary Higgins withdrew. It is something I have a personal interest in and I want to take up the theme. We spoke about women who left the workplace, many of whom are now coming to us. Typically, one must have 520 paid contributions at class A or S and have an average of ten payments. Many of those...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: These are issues that Senator Higgins raised in her contribution. I would not have brought them up if she had not raised them.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: The second issue I want to raise concerns a group in society I feel very strongly about, that is, lone parents, particularly lone-parent women. It is a group we need to look at and study in great depth to find ways of dealing with the inequalities, in particular in the context of getting them back into the workplace. We have all had people come to us. Senator Higgins spoke about social...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: I remind Senator Horkan that just as one should never judge a book by its cover, one should never judge a Bill by its thickness. This has been a lengthy process. I compliment the Minister of State, Deputy D'Arcy, on his perseverance and patience. I also compliment the officials, who were here in great numbers, and those who contributed to the debate. On Committee Stage I raised the issue...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to Tracker Mortgage Examination and Consumer Protection Framework: Discussion (7 Dec 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: I welcome the witnesses. Will Mr. Deering clarify a couple of points? Am I correct in saying that there are 540 open tracker complaints and 304 others, so 844 in total?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to Tracker Mortgage Examination and Consumer Protection Framework: Discussion (7 Dec 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: It is 304.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to Tracker Mortgage Examination and Consumer Protection Framework: Discussion (7 Dec 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: Has Mr. Deering sat down with the Central Bank to discuss those files?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to Tracker Mortgage Examination and Consumer Protection Framework: Discussion (7 Dec 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: Of the current 540, only three have been impacted. Am I correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to Tracker Mortgage Examination and Consumer Protection Framework: Discussion (7 Dec 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: Is that directly from the banks? The Central Bank is carrying out an investigation at the moment. It seems unusual that two institutions of the State that are doing the same work and ultimately want to get the best result for the consumer are doing it separately. The Central Bank is effectively carrying out a trawl of the banks with regard to the cohort of people who are impacted by...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to Tracker Mortgage Examination and Consumer Protection Framework: Discussion (7 Dec 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: Does Mr. Deering deem those 540 to be genuine tracker complaints?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to Tracker Mortgage Examination and Consumer Protection Framework: Discussion (7 Dec 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: Therefore, why do we have a contradiction whereby one could make the case, if Mr. Deering is saying that only 80 of the 540 are in scope, a very small proportion, about one seventh, that it is possible that the trawl being done by the Central Bank is not comprehensive enough?