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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Role and Operation of National Development Finance Agency: Discussion (3 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: That takes me back to the role as adviser. The NDFA has learned from the past and seen all of the reports of the Comptroller and Auditor General and we are here now. Will it now advise that this should happen? We create the legislation, but the Minister and the Department are advised by somebody at the coalface. The NDFA is at the coalface. Will it advise them where it has gone wrong?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Role and Operation of National Development Finance Agency: Discussion (3 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: No, but the NDFA advises.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Role and Operation of National Development Finance Agency: Discussion (3 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: Where it sees that the rules and regulations are wrong and causing such problems in the SME sector, would it not just tell them to change the rules or the legislation? Is that not part of what it should be doing?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Role and Operation of National Development Finance Agency: Discussion (3 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: That is all I asked for.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Role and Operation of National Development Finance Agency: Discussion (3 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: There is no harm in breaking a mould that does not work and introducing something that might put manners on the industry. Carillion may have been the cheapest bidder, but we have a great country; history tells us that we built America and England, including London. Some of the biggest companies of one kind or another are Irish made. Our attraction to going beyond our shores in procurement...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Role and Operation of National Development Finance Agency: Discussion (3 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: Going back to the issue of where goods are provided and are not paid for, is there any way of addressing that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Role and Operation of National Development Finance Agency: Discussion (3 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: People out there who are owed money will look at this meeting as a farce. It is the State that is offering the contract. It is taxpayers' money we are paying out. Surely to God we should have some respect for the SME sector, that at one stage employed 1 million people, and ensure that the State does things right and sets the example. The witnesses should go away and reconsider the whole...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Role and Operation of National Development Finance Agency: Discussion (3 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: No, the money comes from the NDFA and the auditors provided the agency with figures that were flawed. If these flawed figures formed the basis of an understanding about a contract, then the company in question misled the NDFA as much as the banks misled us in 2008. For this reason, the agency should ask its legal advisers if it has a case. If so, it should sue the auditors and put manners...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Role and Operation of National Development Finance Agency: Discussion (3 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: In that case, they were flawed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Role and Operation of National Development Finance Agency: Discussion (3 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: The trend was flawed, so they were flawed. Mr. Cahillane said it. Sue them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Role and Operation of National Development Finance Agency: Discussion (3 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: I thank members and witnesses for their attendance.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Union Services (3 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: 86. To ask the Minister for Finance if the policy or regulation that prevents credit unions from introducing a debit card facility unless they have an asset base of €75 million will be reviewed; his views on whether the €75 million threshold is too high; his plans to encourage the reduction of the figure to €50 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29077/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (3 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: 175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to ensure that the providers of school furniture under the schools bundle 5 construction project will be paid in full; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in one case a small company has provided €250,000 worth of furniture and is still not paid and that the non-payment threatens its future; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Correspondence (3 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: 322. To ask the Minister for Health if he will issue an apology to the family of a person (details supplied) in view of the circumstances of the person's death; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28984/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Commissions of Investigation (3 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: 337. To ask the Minister for Health the progress being made in the investigation of the abuse suffered by persons (details supplied) while in the care of the HSE; if the investigation is operating within the timeframe envisaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29071/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Autism Support Services (3 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: 338. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a pilot autism strategy to examine the existing services and supports available to individuals with autism and their families in the south east, with a view to improving services and learning from the lived experiences of those involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29072/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Autism Support Services (3 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: 377. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a pilot autism strategy to examine the existing services and supports available to persons with autism and their families in the south east in order to improve services and learning from the lived experiences of those involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29279/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Remuneration (3 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: 339. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the restoration of pay in section 39 agencies; his further plans to consider applying the new pay levels retrospectively; his views on the HSE report into the matter; if he has costed the restoration of pay, the realignment of incremental scales and the payment of arrears due for all of the section 39 agencies; his further views on the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Abuse (3 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: 484. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of cases or complaints involving Tusla and its clients or the parents of clients alleging false allegations of sexual abuse made by social workers in the south-east area; if there are cases dating back to 1998; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29075/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance (3 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: 508. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a disability allowance will be approved for a person (details supplied). [28697/18]