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Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: It comes easier the second time.

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: We are elected as legislators and all we are doing here is our work. People often say that there is not enough perusing of legislation but that is exactly what we are doing here. Saying that, we need to enact this legislation as quickly as possible. The public expect it and many of the retailers about whom we are talking would like to see it as they want certainty on what will be...

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: Cannot readily be seen into.

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: Deputy Adams would not be too happy about that.

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: Can the Senator describe a modest wine?

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: They are entrepreneurs.

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: He must have been doing a tour of the off-licences.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Oct 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: Do I feel a nomination coming on?

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Oct 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: We had a good news story in Limerick city yesterday. Regeneron, a world leader in the manufacture of cutting-edge life saving drugs, announced a further 300 jobs in addition to the 500 which it already has there. It has scaled up over a three-year period to have 800 jobs in place by the end of 2018. It has already invested €650 million and will invest another €100 million in...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Oct 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: No, I feel strongly on this.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Oct 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: Someone has to put the real position on the record.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Oct 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: I will finish. These 12,000 will be paid by the end of the year. Furthermore, by the end of the year we will know the full complement of people who are affected. We will then move on to ensure that whatever legislation or regulation is required, to ensure that banks can never rip off customers ever again. It is a three-pronged approach. People are entitled to get their money back. I do...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Oct 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: I support Senator Horkan's proposal that there be a debate in this House on tracker mortgages. We need to expand that debate.Of the 13,000 people affected, 3,300 have been repaid to date, while a further 7,000 plus need to be repaid post-haste. We need to look not only at tracker mortgages but also at the wider impacted on group. We need to look at the mortgage interest rates being charged...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (19 Oct 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: Can we pause the meeting because there is a lot of interference with the sound system?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (19 Oct 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: Many of those 13,000 people are looking in here today. They want closure brought to the issue. Frankly, they will not believe there is an end in sight given what we have heard to date. As such, I want to go back over a couple of areas. Professor Lane spoke about the 2013 legislation. If a customer was on the wrong rate after 1 August 2013 - let us say it was September 2013 - is there an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (19 Oct 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: That is even though the person is being charged at a specific moment in time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (19 Oct 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: What about the consumer protection code that existed prior to 2013? Does the Central Bank have a legal entitlement to pursue the banks on that level?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (19 Oct 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: In dealing with the 13,000 cases that will be redressed does the Central Bank anticipate that it will have to compel the banks to have the compensation scheme in operation by the end of the year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (19 Oct 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: With due respect to Professor Lane, I have limited time and want to get to the heart of the issue which has been ongoing for two years. I really want to find out the answer to this question. What powers does the Central Bank need to ensure it can get the redress and compensation scheme under way for all of the banks by the end of the year? Ms Rowland has said the Central Bank has no...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (19 Oct 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: That is not what I am asking Professor Lane.