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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (2 Jul 2019)

John McGuinness: 375. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 357 of 14 May 2019, the progress being made to arrange an early assessment and operation at University Hospital Waterford for a person (details supplied); if an immediate assessment will be arranged; the options available to patients triaged as urgent other than waiting for 12 months; if the NTPF can be used in this...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Double Taxation Relief Orders 2019, Swiss Confederation and Kingdom of the Netherlands (2 Jul 2019)

John McGuinness: We are now in public session. I welcome the Minister for Finance and his officials to the meeting. We are dealing with the double taxation agreement and protocol with the Netherlands and a protocol to the Ireland-Switzerland double taxation convention. I understand that we will also deal with some matters relating to credit unions. We will proceed to the Minister's opening statement.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Double Taxation Relief Orders 2019, Swiss Confederation and Kingdom of the Netherlands (2 Jul 2019)

John McGuinness: We have a half an hour left in this meeting, and we had agreed that we would move to the credit union issue to finish at 3.15 p.m., because the Minister is with us only until then.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Double Taxation Relief Orders 2019, Swiss Confederation and Kingdom of the Netherlands (2 Jul 2019)

John McGuinness: I have given the Deputy some leeway so she should just put the question please.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Double Taxation Relief Orders 2019, Swiss Confederation and Kingdom of the Netherlands (2 Jul 2019)

John McGuinness: We know that. The Deputy should ask her question.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Double Taxation Relief Orders 2019, Swiss Confederation and Kingdom of the Netherlands (2 Jul 2019)

John McGuinness: The Deputy has asked her question.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Double Taxation Relief Orders 2019, Swiss Confederation and Kingdom of the Netherlands (2 Jul 2019)

John McGuinness: If the Minister can answer that directly, we will conclude the matter and move to the credit union discussion.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Message to Dáil (2 Jul 2019)

John McGuinness: In accordance with Standing Orders 90 and 89(2), the following message will be sent to the Dáil: The Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach has completed its consideration of the following Orders in draft: Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income and on Capital) (Swiss Confederation) Order 2019, and Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income and...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Credit Union Sector: Discussion (2 Jul 2019)

John McGuinness: To clarify, the Minister said that in February of this year, he invited a number of credit union stakeholders to an engagement session. Was that session about the funding levy or was it just general engagement?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Credit Union Sector: Discussion (2 Jul 2019)

John McGuinness: We have run over time.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Credit Union Sector: Discussion (2 Jul 2019)

John McGuinness: I thank the Minister and his officials.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Jul 2019)

John McGuinness: Earlier this morning, the Taoiseach said that his preference was for Irish people to own their own homes and that he supported that. I do not know how he can match that to his complete disregard for the 3,200 family homes that are now being sold to vulture funds by Ulster Bank and the 400 buy-to-let homes also included. These are families that tried to set out to do what the Taoiseach...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Jul 2019)

John McGuinness: Not in practice and not before the courts either.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Jul 2019)

John McGuinness: That is rubbish.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Jul 2019)

John McGuinness: That is rubbish.

Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2019)

John McGuinness: May I ask for information?

Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2019)

John McGuinness: If the Minister disagrees with the regulator and comes before the House, is that the extent of his or her accountability or must he or she get the sanction of the House? Is accountability just another discussion or can the House decide to disagree with the Minister and vote on the matter? Most of the decisions taken around this issue or issues like it in respect of other legislation in the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems Provision (3 Jul 2019)

John McGuinness: 214. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delays in granting local communities (details supplied) permission to provide CCTV in circumstances in which the communities have agreement with local councils to act as data controller and the equipment is housed in a local Garda station; if it his Department or the Garda Commissioner that now needs to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (3 Jul 2019)

John McGuinness: 348. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a disability allowance will be approved for a person (details supplied). [28449/19]

Report on the Wards of Court: Motion (4 Jul 2019)

John McGuinness: I have listened carefully to what the Minister has had to say. I am sure the same contribution to a debate like this could have been given in previous years. Nothing has changed. The fact of the matter is that wards of court and those who campaign for transparency in the system have been at this for years, dating back to before 2002. Certainly, the matter was raised in 2002 at the...