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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...

Seanad: Clarification on Statements made by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs: Statements (15 Feb 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: That is extraordinary.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: Selective amnesia would be the term.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: I would say this is the calm before the storm.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: Yesterday, in a junior cup game held in Musgrave Park between my former school, St. Munchin's College, and Presentation Brothers College, PBC, Cork, three young rugby players suffered head injuries and concussion. This followed a game the previous involving St. Clement's College and Castletroy College in which two players were injured. I am glad to report that all the players concerned are...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: We must ensure rugby is played with safety in mind.

Seanad: Action Plan for Rural Development: Statements (9 Feb 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Heather Humphreys, to the House. I also welcome the Action Plan for Rural Development. I live on the outskirts of Limerick city in Castletroy which has a large number of rural villages around it such as Castleconnell, Cappamore, Murroe and Caherconlish. On the Clare side, there are villages such as Parteen and Ardnacrusha. In the main, these have all become...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: We do not need to be patronised.

Seanad: Amendments to Councillors' Conditions: Statements (8 Feb 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: I am delighted to be able to speak. I welcome the representatives from both the AILG and LAMA in the Visitors' Gallery. We are speaking about politicians but I think the most important thing is that this debate is not turned into a party political issue. I was a councillor and there is a completely legitimate and empirical reason given as to why this should happen. The AILG and LAMA have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU State Aid Rules - Investigation into Preferential Tax Rulings: European Commissioner for Competition (31 Jan 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: I welcome the Commissioner. Will the Commissioner explain why this was announced out of the blue on 30 August last year? What was the reason for the timing of the announcement?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU State Aid Rules - Investigation into Preferential Tax Rulings: European Commissioner for Competition (31 Jan 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: Reading the report, the Irish authorities were back and forth to the Commission at the start of the year saying that they were not getting procedural fairness or the right of defence. It was unexpected by all and sundry. Was it in any way dictated by the American election? That was going very hard at the time, and there was talk that Apple and other companies that had money that had not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU State Aid Rules - Investigation into Preferential Tax Rulings: European Commissioner for Competition (31 Jan 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: Was the specific reason that the Commission went at that time, 30 August, purely that the work was complete?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU State Aid Rules - Investigation into Preferential Tax Rulings: European Commissioner for Competition (31 Jan 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: Did they make plain to the Commissioner or make reference to her that the US would be looking to collect taxes on such moneys from Apple and other similar companies?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU State Aid Rules - Investigation into Preferential Tax Rulings: European Commissioner for Competition (31 Jan 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: When the Commissioner spoke to the US authorities, she said that she spoke plainly and that there was a frank exchange. Did they make it known to her that they intended to take earned corporation tax from money, that is out there at the moment, that would be repatriated to America?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU State Aid Rules - Investigation into Preferential Tax Rulings: European Commissioner for Competition (31 Jan 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: Section 25 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 is the section under which this ruling with Apple was arrived at by the Irish tax authorities at the time. The Commissioner keeps saying that it is about state aid, but this particular section was available to be availed of by any multinational company. Under that particular section, any company is required to come up with a methodology on...