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Seanad: Tourism Industry: Motion (8 Mar 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: No, I am looking to-----

Seanad: Tourism Industry: Motion (8 Mar 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: Let me give Senator Humphreys a complete answer. I want to support the 9% rate and I want to ensure that any competitiveness is passed back to the consumer, both the Irish person and the visitor. I want to ensure consumers are not being exploited. I think that is very clear. It is a normal, basic tenet. I want to thank Senator Humphreys for enabling me to articulate my point even...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Mar 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: I feel a peerage coming on.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Mar 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: It is good to see that Senator Norris is ecumenical in how he regards all parties. I welcome the fact that the Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality, Deputy David Stanton, has brought legislation through recognising Travellers as an ethnic group. I represent many Travellers and it is a positive move. I hope it will be a catalyst for real change. Last night, there was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: I will be very quick. Does the Minister accept that the PSO model that is in place is broken and outdated and that on the Expressway routes, the losses to Bus Éireann, ironically, are artificially inflated. Take the Limerick to Dublin route, which I know. On that route there are private operators and there is Bus Éireann. Private operators do not take people with travel passes;...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: They do not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: They are not required to.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: I am aware that on this particular route -----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: They are not required to do so.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: Would the Minister accept that the greater majority of passengers being carried by Bus Éireann on the Expressway routes are using a free travel pass?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: If I could just finish my very quick point, that the greater majority of passengers travelling on the Bus Éireann Expressway routes are people with free travel passes and by definition, then, Bus Éireann cannot make a profit on those routes. Its losses are artificially inflated. Does the Minister accept that point?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: Are the Expressway routes being looked at as part of that review?

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Mar 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: As we speak, the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment is launching, in conjunction with the Irish Coalition 2030 group, a document on air pollution and cleaning our air. I ask the Leader to invite the Minister to debate this issue in the House as soon as possible. This is an issue of particular concern to me in the context of the Irish Cement plant in Castlemungret,...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Feb 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: Like everyone else, I wish to pay my respects to the late Peter Mathews. I first got to know Peter before he became a politician. He was, to a certain extent, some would say, ploughing a lonely furrow back in 2008 and 2009 when he was saying the banks were in serious trouble. History has shown he was correct. Peter was a combination of a real gentleman, a decent man and a persistent man...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: Like a horse returning to the stable.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: It is welcome that Norwegian Air International will operate two new flights out of Shannon Airport from 1 July to Boston and New York. Shannon Airport provides a fantastic service. I encourage people in Dublin and elsewhere who face chaotic volumes of traffic in getting to Dublin Airport to come down the duel carriageway to Shannon Airport as it is a far better experience. I want to bring...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: Senator Davitt is not selling a house now.

Seanad: The Diaspora: Statements (23 Feb 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Joe McHugh, and invite him to make his opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: I thank the Chairman for facilitating me as a non-member. I have two items to bring up, one of which is specific to Limerick and one of which is general. My question on Limerick refers to the new state-of-the-art accident and emergency department at University Hospital Limerick and is directed to Mr. O'Brien and Mr. Woods of the HSE and to the Minister. A commitment was given that the new...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: I apologise. The Minister might give an indication as to where Orkambi is at and set out the timeframe. Modern medicine makes a difference. I understand the discussions with the drug company and am not going there, but it is important to get some sort of clarity around the area. I want a commitment today to the new accident and emergency department in Limerick. If it is ready to be...