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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: What percentage of bank staff does it represent?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: Are the other staff members not in unions or are they in other unions?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: We have grave difficulty in finding things out from banks. People talk of the pressure being put on them by the banks and they tell us there has been an increased impetus towards repossessions, towards going to court and putting pressure on SMEs. Mr. Broderick speaks of fair play but individuals in the SME sector tell us of settlements they have brought to vulture funds and to those banks...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: Do the demands on members from top management put them under pressure in dealing with customers? Are the ways they do business unfair to customers? We have to find a balance between banks making a profit and a sense of fair play. People are providing sustainable, long-term solutions but the vulture funds have no interest in long-term solutions. This also seems to apply to some of the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: Do any members, who are the interface with the public, come to the union as their representative body to say the way customers are being treated and what they are being asked to do are not fair to themselves or the customers?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: How?
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Feb 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: The Minister, Deputy Zappone, appeared before the House last night and primarily dealt with the Maurice McCabe travesty, particularly that involving Tusla. This is a critical aspect. We will have a debate in the House when the Health Information and Quality Authority report into Tusla is completed. I would like to see the terms of reference of that report as they will be key. A number of...
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Feb 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: She said it would not. That raises serious questions. There are many very good people working in Tusla and in An Garda Síochána. If Tusla is not fit for purpose, it should be abolished just as FÁS was abolished. I would like to see a timeline for when the HIQA report will be completed. I would like us to see the terms of reference and I would like them to be debated. If...
- Seanad: Clarification on Statements made by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs: Statements (15 Feb 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: I welcome the Minister to the House. I invite her to give her opening address and advise her that her time is unlimited, and following her contribution, I will proceed to call Senators who will have five minutes each to make their contributions.
- Seanad: Clarification on Statements made by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs: Statements (15 Feb 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: I must remind the Senator to be conscious of time.
- Seanad: Clarification on Statements made by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs: Statements (15 Feb 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: I now invite Senators Black and Higgins. I understand they will be sharing time.
- Seanad: Clarification on Statements made by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs: Statements (15 Feb 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: The Senator's time is up.
- Seanad: Clarification on Statements made by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs: Statements (15 Feb 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: The Senator must conclude.
- Seanad: Clarification on Statements made by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs: Statements (15 Feb 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: Senator Craughwell will have to conclude.
- Seanad: Clarification on Statements made by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs: Statements (15 Feb 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: Senator Devine-----
- Seanad: Clarification on Statements made by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs: Statements (15 Feb 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: -----I would ask both Senators.
- Seanad: Clarification on Statements made by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs: Statements (15 Feb 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: Maybe the remarks-----
- Seanad: Clarification on Statements made by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs: Statements (15 Feb 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: Senator Devine has concluded. The Senator had a bit of extra time, if she had wished to use it.
- Seanad: Clarification on Statements made by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs: Statements (15 Feb 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: I thank the Minister for coming in for this debate. I want to make a few points and pose a few questions to the Minister. I first came across Sergeant Maurice McCabe when I was a member of the Committee of Public Accounts at the time he sought to appear before it. Many were reluctant for him to appear. I felt strongly that it should not go to a vote and we collectively as a group would...
- Seanad: Clarification on Statements made by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs: Statements (15 Feb 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: Will there be a follow-up in terms of the meeting? The Minister can answer but I do not wish to get involved in the issues. The fundamental issue is that we have an investigating commission with a defined timeline. Previous commissions of inquiry were used as a means to run the clock down. It is important that we have a public hearing but it must be linked to a controlled mechanism. How...