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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Secondment: Minister for Health (22 Jun 2023)

John McGuinness: The Minister should be allowed to respond.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Secondment: Minister for Health (22 Jun 2023)

John McGuinness: The Minister should be allowed to answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Secondment: Minister for Health (22 Jun 2023)

John McGuinness: We have to conclude. We have been here for two and a half hours.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Secondment: Minister for Health (22 Jun 2023)

John McGuinness: As some of these questions have already been put and answered in a way, I suggest that perhaps the Minister might take the questions that have been asked by Deputy Doherty and gives us a written response. That is the only way we are going to resolve this today. We have been here for two and a half hours and I am obliged to take a break, which all participants know, or conclude the meeting....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Secondment: Minister for Health (22 Jun 2023)

John McGuinness: The Minister might just conclude and please provide the information.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Secondment: Minister for Health (22 Jun 2023)

John McGuinness: In conclusion to all of this, if the board or anyone else associated with this project, because they have been named here, wants to come before the committee and give further explanations, then the invitation is there for them to come, be it the company, be it the different agencies that we spoke about or whoever has been named.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Secondment: Minister for Health (22 Jun 2023)

John McGuinness: If you are both going to insult each other, this is going to go on all night. I am calling a halt to it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Secondment: Minister for Health (22 Jun 2023)

John McGuinness: I thank the Minister and his officials for coming in. I ask him to please provide the answers to the questions. As I said, there is a standing invitation for anyone involved in this to contact the clerk and they are invited to attend and address the issues that were raised.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Secondment: Minister for Health (22 Jun 2023)

John McGuinness: We will send the blacks. I assume that is what the clerk will do.

Working Group of Committee Chairmen: Engagement with An Taoiseach (22 Jun 2023)

John McGuinness: The topic of committee resourcing may be a matter for the Oireachtas but it brings into focus the rights of Members of the Houses and the activities of committees. It is time the balance was tilted in favour of Members because, in the current Dáil, it seems they are a secondary consideration. If we are to do our parliamentary duties in the way we should, then we need the resources, we...

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

John McGuinness: Apologies have been received from Senator Higgins. The minutes of our meeting of 14 June 2023 were agreed earlier in private session. Today the committee will meet representatives of the Irish Mortgage Holders Organisation, IMHO. Everyone will be very familiar with Mr. David Hall. We are discussing investment funds or vulture funds and their activity in the Irish property market. On...

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

John McGuinness: Mr. Byrne may make his opening statement and he can take his time.

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

John McGuinness: I thank Mr. Byrne. We will go to Ms Irwin, if she is available online.

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

John McGuinness: In his opening statement, Mr. Hall mentioned various mortgages that are in trouble. Separately, people like Mr. Byrne and Ms Irwin, who are trying to do their bit, pay their mortgage and get on with it, are under pressure. Is there a breakdown of the number who are in the same category as Mr. Byrne and Ms Irwin?

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

John McGuinness: Yes, but when we drill down into these figures, is there a figure for the category that Mr. Byrne-----

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

John McGuinness: So the Central Bank presents the numbers but does not give solutions. It needs to be empowered in terms of legislation to take some action.

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

John McGuinness: Regarding the Central Bank information around what the future might hold in terms of the vulture funds, the vulture funds hold a huge amount of mortgages and loans. Are they obliged to report all of that to the Central Bank? Does the Central Bank know what is going on? In respect of Ms Irwin's question about where the deeds of her house are and where her mortgage is, are the vulture funds...

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

John McGuinness: What the committee was trying to do was bring in the vulture funds to get some sort of structure around the mortgages they have - the detail of that. They refused to come in and they continue to refuse to come in. Pepper has indicated that it may meet the committee. That is for another day. Up to now, they have said "No" and there is no compellability on the part of the committee so we...