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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: National Children's Hospital: Discussion with Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (7 Mar 2019)

John McGuinness: ...- if there were other bidders - would surely have had to be asked. It changed, and the Department stuck with the one contract and the one tender. Even though there had been a change, it did not revert back to any of the other players. Has the children's hospital board left itself open to legal action?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Banking Matters: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

John McGuinness: ...mediator might bring about a resolution to this, which I presume is what was being referred to. Mr. Kavanagh was chasing the bank to get it sorted. Was there any attempt by the EBS or AIB to revert to him? Was he always left having to follow them in regard to the case he had? When the judge made those comments, did the bank respond in any way? Did it invite Mr. Kavanagh to mediation?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2017)

John McGuinness: ...chance. Was the submission which was made through the committee examined by officials in the Department? These are small businesses that employ perhaps 20 or 30 people. The Minister of State might revert to the committee on the issue.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pension Provisions (15 Jan 2014)

John McGuinness: 868. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the pension payments dates for retired staff at St. James Hospital, Dublin, with a view to reverting to the original arrangement for pension payments and the original dates for payment; if he will expedite the matter as it is causing concern and hardship for some pensioners who want the old arrangement restored and do not want to avail of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Sep 2016)

John McGuinness: ...to the market there will be an increase of 30% or 40%, it must have a reason for saying that. Insurance Ireland must have hard data giving it the information that this will be the case. I will revert to the earlier point about which I was not being flippant. The witness who appeared before the committee this morning was paying €10,000 - there are others - for a raft of...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 17 - European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
FÁS Financial Statements 2012
National Training Fund (4 Jul 2013)

John McGuinness: The witness should revert to us as soon as possible indicating where the line of management exists for the money that has been spent so we can ask the Accounting Officer responsible for a comprehensive report on the site itself, the money spent on the security costs and the potential to complete this work. Apparently, according to reports, there is a year and a half of work left to be...

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 18 - Shared Services
Vote 41 - Office of Government Procurement
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 5 - Management of Government Grants
Chapter 6 - Payroll Accrual for National Accounts
Chapter 7 - National Lottery Fund (19 Nov 2015)

John McGuinness: .... Perhaps there should be an early indication from Departments that this kind of retention payment, or the other areas into which they entered, will not be tolerated again. Otherwise, they will revert to the same kind of culture from which we all have just emerged. They are inclined to do that and certainly have shown very little respect for business people, ordinary citizens, mortgage...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (12 Feb 2019)

John McGuinness: Obviously, the Minister of State will revert to us on the matters raised to enable us to complete our consideration of the Revised Estimate. I have a question for him also, but I do not expect him to answer it now. However, I would appreciate receiving an answer to it at the next meeting. Will the Minister of State give the committee a note on the Department's legal costs year on year and...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Nov 2012)

John McGuinness: ...commitments under public private partnerships and central Government funding of local authorities, agreed? Agreed. The Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government was to revert to the committee about the balance of allowances being paid. We also asked about the Poolbeg issues. Some of the Deputies raised this and we were to get issue information. We should flag it as...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 42 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 12 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 13 - Procurement without a Competitive Process (3 Oct 2013)

John McGuinness: ...of finances right across the spectrum of the HSE. It then told us that an application was with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. I am simply asking if the Secretary General will revert to us, as quickly as possible, to let us know when the application was lodged, how it has progressed, its current status and the projected cost. When we asked the HSE about the cost of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Matters: Discussion (23 Feb 2021)

John McGuinness: ...the announcement. It is important that Ms Howard addresses the outstanding questions before next Friday. If there are difficult ones on which she needs more time, she might let us know. We will revert to her in due course in regard to the date for another meeting. I thank her for attending and I thank members for their presence and contribution. The meeting is adjourned until 11...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 11 – Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 – State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - the Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 – Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 – National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 -the Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
Vote 43 – Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

John McGuinness: ...on the streets could have a roof over their heads. The properties are proper and up to standard, their fire safety has been checked, etc. This situation is wrong. Will the Minister of State revert to me after he has investigated it? I have failed to get an answer.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised) (28 Feb 2024)

John McGuinness: The Minister of State will revert to the committee. The simplification of CSO forms is an issue I am interested in, both in terms of the census and the questions that are being asked. An example I will give relates to imports and exports. It is as though some of the forms are sent to a sector, for example, the transport industry, but the operators find it difficult to relate to them....

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 7 - Audit of Revenue 2011
Chapter 8 - Revenue Outturn 2011
Chapter 9 - Revenue Debt Collection
Chapter 10 - Increasing Tax Compliance (21 Feb 2013)

John McGuinness: ...will always be someone who will not pay and there will always be a write-off. Running an aged debt figure of approximately 40%, taking all of what Ms Feehily said into consideration, including the fact that it reverts to the year it was owed and so on, is a considerable amount. If Revenue had the €669 million tied up in the appeals system sorted earlier and the investment in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Issues: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (16 Dec 2020)

John McGuinness: ...not right. The way the insurance companies are treating the economy and society is not right either. Deputy Barry did not get a response to his main question. Perhaps the Minister of State will revert to the Deputy and me with responses to the queries that have not been answered.

Garda Inspectorate Report on the Fixed Charge Processing System: Statements (26 Mar 2014)

John McGuinness: ...from a number of different Government agencies that would inform the Minister as to the weaknesses in all this. The other issue to which I referred and about which the Minister asked me to revert to him was that of the profiling of Travellers on the PULSE system. Because this is such a serious matter which infringes the human rights of individuals and families and is extensive, I asked...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Investment Funds (Resumed): Irish Mortgage Holders Organisation (21 Jun 2023)

John McGuinness: ...constitutional requirements that members must be physically present within the confines of place that parliament has chosen sit, namely, Leinster House, in order to participate in the meetings. I revert to Mr. Hall, who will give his opening statement first and will be followed by Mr. Byrne.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Dec 2014)

John McGuinness: We can revert to the issue next week and see what has happened. In terms of the work programme, another week has gone by without a response from the Department of Education and Skills regarding the issues raised about the Cork Institute of Technology, CIT. Deputy Connaughton referred to the response from Bord na gCon. We should put both bodies on notice to the effect that, if we do not...

Control of Exports Bill 2007 [[i]Seanad[/i]]: Report and Final Stages (14 Feb 2008)

John McGuinness: ...to the EU and other international organisations and any other general Government policies. At the time, I undertook to obtain the advice of the Attorney General's office on this proposal and to revert to it on Report Stage. I assure the Deputy that I gave this suggestion serious consideration, but the advice received from the Attorney General's office did not support the inclusion of the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services Funding (26 Sep 2019)

John McGuinness: ...and are unable to deliver what is demanded of them, let alone what they wish to deliver, because clients requiring services are turning up in great numbers. The HSE is turning a blind eye. I revert to the issue of management. Those in management must explain why this is happening. They must be made accountable and must be transparent. I again encourage the Minister of State to make...