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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Review of Ireland's Corporation Tax Code: Discussion (28 Nov 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: What difference would a territorial as opposed to a residency basis for corporation tax make to Ireland?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Review of Ireland's Corporation Tax Code: Discussion (28 Nov 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: In layman's terms, if the effective rate is lower in Ireland than in the other country in which the income is being generated, then a territorial system should not have an impact.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Review of Ireland's Corporation Tax Code: Discussion (28 Nov 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: Finally, if we wanted to have a battle proof corporation tax system, what changes would Mr. Coffey make?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Review of Ireland's Corporation Tax Code: Discussion (28 Nov 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: Would the worldwide perception of our corporation tax system be enhanced if it was territorial rather than residency-based?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Review of Ireland's Corporation Tax Code: Discussion (28 Nov 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: Is it possible that our residency-based system would be perceived to be more transparent and fairer?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Review of Ireland's Corporation Tax Code: Discussion (28 Nov 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: Most self-employed people do not make much money in the first year or two after setting up in business.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hospital Waiting Lists (28 Nov 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: I wish to raise surgery treatment for cataracts, which more particularly affects the elderly. Huge difficulties are encountered by people in need of such treatment in Limerick and the mid-west. As we speak, 783 people in the mid-west are waiting approximately 15 months for cataract surgery from the time they had their assessment. That is not acceptable. Many elderly people have come to me...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hospital Waiting Lists (28 Nov 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. I have a few observations. He spoke about the National Treatment Purchase Fund. In the mid-west, 500 cataracts operations took place, covered by the National Treatment Purchase Fund at a cost of €2,000 per operation, which amounts to €1 million. The aforementioned hub for cataract operations in Nenagh would provide value and...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hospital Waiting Lists (28 Nov 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: Capital is also needed for the equipment.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2017: Second Stage (28 Nov 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy D'Arcy, to the Chamber once again.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2017: Second Stage (28 Nov 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: He is a frequent visitor. He obviously likes it here. The budget has been in place for virtually two months. The hallmark of a budget is to set in place an overarching vision and framework of where a Government is at. Operating with limited resources, a budget should be about what one wishes to achieve with the resources available. First, that should be about spreading those resources in...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2017: Second Stage (28 Nov 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: Yes, absolutely. The humble politician is an oxymoron in its own way. The issue is the standard rate of tax and I look at it as entailing a series of measures. It cannot be done overnight but what was put forward in this budget was that the Government will seek to do that and, to follow in that vein, to increase the standard rate bands. It makes absolutely no sense that someone who is on...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2017: Second Stage (28 Nov 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: Yes. I look forward to the measures for affordable housing and, more specifically in the context of Georgian Limerick, I look forward to the Limerick city initiative. I will discuss it on Committee and Report Stages. There were two aspects. Tax relief was brought on for the living city initiative. There is a very slow take-up in Limerick. We are a Georgian city. Limerick city centre...

Seanad: Student Universal Support Ireland: Statements (23 Nov 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: Limerick city has many third-level institutions, including the University of Limerick, UL, Mary Immaculate College, now called MIC, and Limerick Institute of Technology, LIT, but it also has many private colleges, including Griffith College and Limerick City College. I commend the report of the education committee because it highlights practical measures to be taken.People are coming to us...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of the Flood Insurance Bill 2016 (23 Nov 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: There are serious problems with flooding in County Limerick, as there are in County Cork. I expect that the witnesses are reasonably familiar with the issues involved. In addition to tidal flooding, there has been flooding along the River Shannon as it flows down from Lough Derg. I have encountered many people who are unable to get flood insurance because their properties are on flood...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of the Flood Insurance Bill 2016 (23 Nov 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: Am I going over old ground here?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of the Flood Insurance Bill 2016 (23 Nov 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of the Flood Insurance Bill 2016 (23 Nov 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of the Flood Insurance Bill 2016 (23 Nov 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: It was done by Jacobs.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of the Flood Insurance Bill 2016 (23 Nov 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: Yes.