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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Irish Banking Culture Board: Discussion (1 Oct 2019)

John McGuinness: That is another important consideration in putting information on the contribution of the banks into the public domain. I wish to raise one matter with Mr. Justice Hedigan. He has said on three occasions during this meeting that when a loan is sold to a vulture fund, the law travels with it, as it were-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Irish Banking Culture Board: Discussion (1 Oct 2019)

John McGuinness: -----the protections travel with it, and that it is easier to restructure with a vulture fund.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Irish Banking Culture Board: Discussion (1 Oct 2019)

John McGuinness: It is not easy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Irish Banking Culture Board: Discussion (1 Oct 2019)

John McGuinness: Did he say it was easier to settle?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Irish Banking Culture Board: Discussion (1 Oct 2019)

John McGuinness: Mr. Justice Hedigan has said that is his view on it or that is what is being said. I want to put my experience on record. As bad as the banks are, and I believe they are very bad, the vulture funds are even worse. One cannot get through to them by phone. One cannot speak to a human being at any stage during the course of this. It is almost impossible for the ordinary citizen of this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Irish Banking Culture Board: Discussion (1 Oct 2019)

John McGuinness: I am impressed by the fact that the witnesses say their task is moving minds and hearts and to be fair. I do not want to over-egg this but I do want to make clear that our experience here is that bankers are a heartless bunch, they do not know how to spell fair and their mindset is so trapped in beating up the customer that I do not know how the board will do them the favour of releasing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Irish Banking Culture Board: Discussion (1 Oct 2019)

John McGuinness: I hope he can instil some humanity and compassion in the banks. Profit is not everything in life. Bankers should know that but perhaps they learned that lesson too late in life.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Irish Banking Culture Board: Discussion (1 Oct 2019)

John McGuinness: I came from humble background like Mr. Justice Hedigan. He was milking cows in Ballymun-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Irish Banking Culture Board: Discussion (1 Oct 2019)

John McGuinness: -----and spending his time behind a bar. That would teach someone a lot too.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Irish Banking Culture Board: Discussion (1 Oct 2019)

John McGuinness: I am pleased that he brought it with him in life. He might remind the bankers of their past. They were not all born as bankers. They got there somehow. Perhaps they need to examine their own conscience. I wish Mr. Justice Hedigan well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Irish Banking Culture Board: Discussion (1 Oct 2019)

John McGuinness: I thank the witnesses very much for attending.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Data Protection Act 2018 (Section 60 (6)) (Central Bank of Ireland) Regulation 2019: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (1 Oct 2019)

John McGuinness: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Michael D'Arcy, and his officials and call him to give his opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Data Protection Act 2018 (Section 60 (6)) (Central Bank of Ireland) Regulation 2019: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (1 Oct 2019)

John McGuinness: A copy of this draft was laid before the Dáil on 20 September 2019 and was referred to the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach, in accordance with Standing Order 84A(4)(k) which not later than 8 October 2019 shall send a message to the Dáil in the manner prescribed in Standing Order 90 and Standing Order 89(2) shall apply accordingly. We have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Data Protection Act 2018 (Section 60 (6)) (Central Bank of Ireland) Regulation 2019: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (1 Oct 2019)

John McGuinness: In line with the order of the House, we have now considered the Data Protection Act 2018 (Section 60 (6)) (Central Bank of Ireland) Regulation 2019 and we will inform the Dáil accordingly. Is that agreed? Agreed. The meeting is now adjourned-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Data Protection Act 2018 (Section 60 (6)) (Central Bank of Ireland) Regulation 2019: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (1 Oct 2019)

John McGuinness: Yes, the Minister of State may, if he so wishes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Data Protection Act 2018 (Section 60 (6)) (Central Bank of Ireland) Regulation 2019: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (1 Oct 2019)

John McGuinness: Yes, this is an issue that myself, the Minister of State and the committee clerk have discussed. Perhaps we can deal with this at the committee on Thursday morning. We can note that and at some stage we can make the arrangement to ask the members and make that decision.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Data Protection Act 2018 (Section 60 (6)) (Central Bank of Ireland) Regulation 2019: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (1 Oct 2019)

John McGuinness: The meeting is now adjourned.

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

John McGuinness: I thank the Minister of State for her response, but she is being misled by the HSE. I ask that she rings Dr. Cathal Morgan, Ms Janette Dwyer, and Ms Kate Killeen White, all of whom work for the HSE. Each of those three are involved in managing services in the area in which SOS Kilkenny is located. The Minister of State should ask them why that man is in hospital and why services in SOS are...

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

John McGuinness: The names were Ms Kate Killeen White, Ms Janette Dwyer, and Dr. Cathal Morgan, who is the national director. If I may, my point is not just about that man but about the overall services provided by SOS.

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

John McGuinness: Last week, I met with SOS on Callan Road, Kilkenny about the services that it delivers. It was originally founded on the basis of delivering lifelong services of various kinds to people with intellectual disabilities. In recent years, because of the lack of funding and the fact that it is not being paid for the services delivered, the range of services it has and its capacity to deal with...