Results 14,041-14,060 of 26,042 for speaker:Kieran O'Donnell
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (4 May 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: What about Germany?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (4 May 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: Mr. Dalton has probably studied this in depth. What about the implementation of this regulation in Ireland? Is the Government legally required to implement the regulation? Does it have discretion not to implement it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (4 May 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: Let us look at it in a purely logical sense. Where stands this regulation? We can talk about it and have a very interesting discussion, but let us get down to brass tacks. It is a bit like Brexit, we might not like to see it happening but it is going to happen. In Mr. Dalton's considered opinion is this regulation going to come into being?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (4 May 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: How long will this process take from now?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (4 May 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: Has the Central Statistics Office had interaction with Ireland's MEPs in this respect?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (4 May 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: Am I correct to presume that this information is for use by EUROSTAT?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (4 May 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: Is it possible to provide the substance of this data without breaching confidentiality for the companies from whom the CSO receives information? Is it possible to find a mechanism where the CSO can give the EU what it requires but retain the confidentiality for the individual companies?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (4 May 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: For how many years would the CSO have been in receipt of this information in respect of the compilation of its own data?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (4 May 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: There is a credibility built up between the CSO and individual companies in Ireland. The level of detail required by the EU cannot be provided unless the CSO gives a level of micro detail. Mr. Dalton makes the argument very coherently. It is a long road but the CSO is obviously briefing all the relevant parties. I will take it back to our own party also. I have two questions on the CSO...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (4 May 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: What does the CSO define as full-time and part-time?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (4 May 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: Does the CSO break down the numbers of people who are on contract and in full-time employment?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (4 May 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: Some people would be employed on a contact for 11 months and others are in longer-term employment. Does the CSO have that level of breakdown?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (4 May 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: Does the CSO go in to the last year's statistics and see a comparison in the change between part-time and full-time?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (4 May 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: The harder question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (4 May 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: If one transfers intellectual properties to Ireland is there a value put on that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (4 May 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: Was that a once off?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (4 May 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: How is that neutral?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (4 May 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: In essence that large spike was contract manufacturing.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (4 May 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: There was a change. Prior to that date contract manufacturing was not included in the national accounts.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (4 May 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: Does that continue to be the case?