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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of the Credit Union Sector: Discussion (21 Mar 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: It is a bit rural all right.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of the Credit Union Sector: Discussion (21 Mar 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: Is there one item Mr. Johnson or Mr. Molan would like to see changed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of the Credit Union Sector: Discussion (21 Mar 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: If Mr. Johnson takes one bite at a time he will have a better chance of getting a result than looking for a myriad of items.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of the Credit Union Sector: Discussion (21 Mar 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: What does Mr. Molan classify as community lending?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of the Credit Union Sector: Discussion (21 Mar 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: What will unlock that? I have said many times that I believe the credit union movement-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of the Credit Union Sector: Discussion (21 Mar 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: What will unlock that restriction?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of the Credit Union Sector: Discussion (21 Mar 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: What is the key mechanism that will unlock it?

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Air Quality (8 Mar 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: I thank the Minister, Deputy Denis Naughten, for attending today. His Department, under his guidance, announced last week additional funding for the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, for the provision of a number of additional air quality monitoring stations nationwide. Through the Minister's Department, I have made a formal request to the EPA so that, as part of this programme, it will...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Air Quality (8 Mar 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: I welcome the fact the EPA will erect two new monitoring stations, one in Limerick city and one in Abbeyfeale. What is the timeframe for and the location of the Limerick city station? It is important it deals with issues about which people have major concerns and on which they need reassurance, including the emissions from plants such as the Irish Cement plant in Mungret. The Minister...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Air Quality (8 Mar 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: I thank the Minister. I would ask that Limerick city be prioritised for the erection of these permanent monitoring stations and that when the EPA is renewing its licence regimes for companies, such as Irish Cement, that it would await the outcome of this air monitoring as part of its review mechanism.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Mar 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: I wish to raise a matter in respect of Limerick. St. John's Hospital announced yesterday that it is closing 20 beds permanently on the ground floor. My understanding is that discussions were ongoing between the hospital and the university hospitals group. There appears to be a difference in the information being given by both sides. I urge that both sides would re-engage in talks and that...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Mar 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Senator is swinging low.

Seanad: Tourism Industry: Motion (8 Mar 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Ross, to the House. He is no stranger, but it is good to see him here. One can judge a man by the fact that he never forgets his roots and I commend him in that regard. Part of the reason for tabling the motion relates to Brexit. Any hotelier or person running a bed and breakfast to whom one speaks can point to a slight dip in tourism numbers from the UK...

Seanad: Tourism Industry: Motion (8 Mar 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: Both.

Seanad: Tourism Industry: Motion (8 Mar 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: No, I am speaking for the motion.

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;...