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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Expenditure (9 Jul 2019)

John McGuinness: 321. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the consultancy work companies (details supplied) carried out for the ODCE and the IAASA since October 2008. [29433/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Stroke Care (9 Jul 2019)

John McGuinness: 409. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no stroke rehabilitation services in counties Carlow and Kilkenny; if this service was in place; if so, the skill sets of the staff involved; his plans in relation to the provision of such a service; if there is a waiting list; the nearest location to counties Carlow and Kilkenny for such a service; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (9 Jul 2019)

John McGuinness: 785. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied). [29520/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee (9 Jul 2019)

John McGuinness: Deputy Kate O'Connell is attending in place of Deputy John Deasy and Senator Fintan Warfield is attending in place of Senator Rose Conway-Walsh. Are the minutes of the previous meeting agreed? Agreed. I will now deal with correspondence. The first is from the newly formed group which claims to address the issue of non-performing loans, Homeoptions. It is noted. The second is a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2019)

John McGuinness: We now turn to the main business of the meeting, which is the No Consent, No Sale Bill. At last Thursday's meeting, a first draft of the report on the committee's detailed scrutiny of the Bill was circulated, with a request from members to submit written comments by noon yesterday, 8 July. On Friday, an amended version containing the views of the Free Legal Advice Centres, FLAC, the Irish...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2019)

John McGuinness: We invited the Garda Commissioner because at last week's meeting we presumed that today's meeting would just involve signing off on the report but that is not the case because substantial changes and amendments have been introduced. The Garda fraud unit was due to come in at 1.30 p.m. The witnesses are waiting outside. I am told that it will be 2 p.m. or a little after when we commence...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2019)

John McGuinness: We are in public session.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2019)

John McGuinness: As Deputy McGrath is aware, I am in the hands of the members and they made all those decisions last week. I have no difficulty if the Deputy wants to change the decisions that were made, but that is up to the members.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2019)

John McGuinness: If Deputy McGrath wants to do it differently, he should propose what he wants and then members can agree or disagree. I do not mind.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2019)

John McGuinness: I call the Minister.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2019)

John McGuinness: To reflect on what has been said by all concerned, members have a short memory because they decided the procedure and process at last week's meeting. They decided they would agree to the timing of the amendments. I undertook to speak to the clerk, add to the report the members already had and issue a draft report. That draft was to reflect the views expressed by two other groups of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2019)

John McGuinness: Excuse me, Senator.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2019)

John McGuinness: The process is that the report has to be completed and laid before the House. The select committee must meet to agree it before it goes to committee. Given the timeframe, we have to set aside time to consider the report anyway before we can trigger a meeting of the select committee to decide on it. Within the few days that are left in the session, that is what we are now faced with. As a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2019)

John McGuinness: I call Deputy Paul Murphy and Senator O'Donnell. Then we will make a decision.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2019)

John McGuinness: Please do not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2019)

John McGuinness: Will the Minister cite them again?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2019)

John McGuinness: Let me be clear. The report we are considering is a draft report. There are significant amendments to it. Regardless of its contents, the important word is "draft". There are amendments that we have to consider. The first decision that has to be made is when we will consider them and the report to complete it. A select committee cannot make its decision based on these five points unless...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2019)

John McGuinness: Members can decide whatever they like. The sooner we make the decision, the better. All we are doing now is going around the houses. I call Senator Horkan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2019)

John McGuinness: The process is such that the joint committee must complete its scrutiny report. That has to be done first and foremost. We have two draft reports, if we want to call them that, and the amendments. We have a meeting on Thursday morning. We can proceed with our consideration at that meeting because the Bill cannot go to the select committee until the scrutiny report has been completed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2019)

John McGuinness: We can cancel that meeting because there is no report for the select committee to consider. We have to complete the report.