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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: I am referring to the six schemes presented by the Minister of State. They may very well be held up as part of this process.

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: It is because those schemes may be held up that the Minister of State will get his €3 million in savings. That is my point.

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: There is a report about flooding in different areas on the website of the Minister of State's Department. Two of those areas are in Kilkenny city. One has never flooded in 25 years. That report, however, is being used by the insurance company as a reason not to give a quotation for flood insurance. As a result, the property owners in that estate are not able to sell their properties.

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: That is correct.

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: My understanding is that map or report was not to be used for commercial reasons.

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: What would the Minister of State say to insurance companies? It is a fact that the area I referred to earlier has not flooded. Those people have been there for 25 years. Those people cannot sell their houses now because banks will not give mortgages where that map indicates there may be flooding.

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: With respect, I do not get any votes in Offaly or wherever the Minister of State is talking about. I am concerned about my own constituency.

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: Can anything be done for people who are refused flood cover from an insurance company? I am serious about this. The people concerned cannot sell their houses simply because CFRAMS indicated their properties may be at risk of flooding.

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: They should not be used.

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: Would the Minister of State not have a stronger voice with the insurance companies than the Ombudsman?

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: That is fine. I thank the Minister of State.

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...

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: I thank the Minister of State and his officials for their attendance.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (14 Feb 2019)

John McGuinness: 150. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be arranged at University Hospital Waterford urology department for a person (details supplied); and if the matter will be expedited [7452/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (14 Feb 2019)

John McGuinness: 261. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for a carer's benefit by a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [7576/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility (19 Feb 2019)

John McGuinness: 449. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the recognition of fibromylagia as a debilitating disease; the research the HSE or his Department have undertaken to better understand fibromylagia, its symptoms and possible treatments; if there is a record of the number of persons affected by the disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8431/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (19 Feb 2019)

John McGuinness: 462. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 213 of 30 January 2019, if the application forms will be forwarded again to a person (details supplied) [7833/19]

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (20 Feb 2019)

John McGuinness: Brexit or no Brexit, regardless of how it turns out, this debate quite clearly puts the Government on notice - notice to quit. It has a litany of failures, health being just one. This motion of no confidence in the Minister should be a notice of no confidence in the Government itself. Each and every one of the Departments over which it has presided has at one stage or another seen...

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (Resumed) (20 Feb 2019)

John McGuinness: The Minister of State is correct.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (20 Feb 2019)

John McGuinness: 179. To ask the Minister for Health if an operation required by a person (details supplied) will be arranged at the Mater Hospital; the reason for the delay in dealing with the person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8772/19]