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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (3 Oct 2023)

John McGuinness: 409. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the working family payment will be approved immediately for a person (details supplied). [42220/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (3 Oct 2023)

John McGuinness: 583. To ask the Minister for Health if he will explain the reasons why the dental hospital theatre list at CUH was suspended on 7 April 2023; if the reasons that caused the suspension have now been rectified to the extent that another suspension will not occur; if those on the waiting lists, both children and adults, will be fast tracked for treatment and if so what plan is in place; if...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (28 Sep 2023)

John McGuinness: 203. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an exceptional needs payment will be approved for a person (details supplied). [41952/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (28 Sep 2023)

John McGuinness: 248. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will confirm the number of contracts issued to property owners in County Kilkenny for the purpose of accommodating those fleeing the war in Ukraine and separately the number of contracts for the accommodation of asylum seekers; if he will state whether the contracts are for accommodation and food or...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (27 Sep 2023)

John McGuinness: 69. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he intends to extend the civil service mobility scheme to professional and technical personnel; if he will provide the rationale behind the original decision not to include professional and technical personnel; the number of professional and technical personnel that have expressed an interest in a transfer; and if he will make a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Banking Issues: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)

John McGuinness: We have received apologies from Senator Higgins. Earlier on, during private session, we dealt with the minutes of our meeting of 20 September and they were agreed. Today we are dealing with banking issues. I welcome representatives from Bank of Ireland, Permanent TSB, AIB, and Banking and Payments Federation Ireland, BPFI. We are joined by Mr. Eamonn Crowley, CEO of Permanent TSB, Mr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Banking Issues: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)

John McGuinness: In my opening remarks, I should have mentioned Mr. Crowley will also give an opening statement. I will call on him now, but before I do, I made an even worse error than that. I forgot to mention a former public representative, Walter Lacey, and Kevin Howard are attending in the Public Gallery for Carlow-Kilkenny. That is essential to mention. They are welcome and I hope they enjoy the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Banking Issues: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)

John McGuinness: I thank Mr. Hayes. We will move to members. Deputy O'Callaghan is indicating.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Banking Issues: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)

John McGuinness: How many banks does the BPFI represent?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Banking Issues: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)

John McGuinness: The figure is 32.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Banking Issues: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)

John McGuinness: In terms of the non-banks Mr Hayes mentioned, are the vulture funds part of the BPFI?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Banking Issues: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)

John McGuinness: The BPFI has vulture funds as members.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Banking Issues: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)

John McGuinness: Yes, vulture funds. What is Mr. Hayes's view on the fact that these vulture funds, particularly the ones that hold the biggest number of mortgages, refuse to attend an Oireachtas committee? As a former parliamentarian and Minister of State, I am sure Mr. Hayes has a view on that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Banking Issues: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)

John McGuinness: I met a number of them to try to resolve cases and to encourage them to come before the committee. The committee agreed at its previous meeting that we would invite them again. That is an open invitation to them to come before the committee at any time to explain what is going on. I presume-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Banking Issues: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)

John McGuinness: Maybe Mr. Hayes should encourage them again. Mr. Hayes stated that "Irish banks and non-banks have the widest set of solutions available to mortgage customers in difficulty across Europe". He is including the non-banks in that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Banking Issues: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)

John McGuinness: The reason I raise this matter with Mr. Hayes is that I want to follow on from Deputy Conway-Walsh who asked him if he had tried ringing a bank for any reason. I agree with the Deputy. Mr. Hayes should try ringing one of these vulture funds. The customer may reach out but the bank will not reply. I am saying this to Mr. Hayes because of the statement he made and is presenting. I have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Banking Issues: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)

John McGuinness: Yes, I have.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Banking Issues: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)

John McGuinness: No, I have not.