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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2019)

John McGuinness: I thank the Minister, his officials, the clerk to the committee, the committee staff, members and Deputies who attended in the course of discussion on the Bill. I thank Deputy Burke for his assistance in chairing the meeting.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Message to Dáil (6 Nov 2019)

John McGuinness: In accordance with Standing Order 90, the following message will be sent to the clerk of the Dáil: The Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach has completed its consideration of the Finance Bill 2019 and has made amendments thereto.

Topical Issue Debate: Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell (7 Nov 2019)

John McGuinness: Deputy Eugene Murphy is beside me on these benches and, with others in this House, we have joined together to highlight the case of Shane O'Farrell, a 23 year old law student who was murdered on a road close to his home. His mother Lucia, father Jim and his family have continued to lobby for an independent public inquiry. In June of last year, this House endorsed their wishes and...

Topical Issue Debate: Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell (7 Nov 2019)

John McGuinness: I would welcome that but I am confused by the reply the Minister has given. I did not mention conspiracy or cover-up: I never mentioned that. Nor did I question Judge Haughton or his integrity or anything else about the judge. The Minister seems to defend something that has not been presented to him as an argument. The family has said to me, and I wrote it down, that subsequent to Judge...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (12 Nov 2019)

John McGuinness: 100. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if an overseas allowance for Irish citizens who are working with the special monitoring mission with the OSCE will be agreed and put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46254/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Palliative Care for Children (12 Nov 2019)

John McGuinness: 341. To ask the Minister for Health the extent of the palliative care services in the south east for children and teenagers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46248/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services Provision (12 Nov 2019)

John McGuinness: 342. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be prioritised for ongoing treatment at St. James's Hospital, Dublin. [46260/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (12 Nov 2019)

John McGuinness: 343. To ask the Minister for Health further to a response from the HSE of 4 July 2019, if the appropriate in-house aids and electric wheelchair have been approved for a person (details supplied); and if an assessment of the person's living conditions will be arranged and the matter expedited. [46261/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (12 Nov 2019)

John McGuinness: 420. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 348 and 364 of 8 October 2019, the status of an application for forest road works by a company (details supplied); the nature of the process for same; if each of the stakeholders has been consulted on the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46249/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (12 Nov 2019)

John McGuinness: 541. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will be approved for payment of the maximum rate of State pension (contributory) based on the person's contribution record, the years spent out of employment raising a family and the care given to both parents from 2008 to 2017; if a review of the person's circumstances will be undertaken; and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Applications (19 Nov 2019)

John McGuinness: 625. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if illness benefit will be approved and issued to a person (details supplied). [47450/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Tracker Mortgages and Differential Pricing in Insurance: Discussion (19 Nov 2019)

John McGuinness: We are dealing with No. 5 on our agenda, which relates to tracker mortgages and differential pricing in insurance. I welcome the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman, Mr. Ger Deering, and his colleagues. We will be discussing the final report of the Central Bank on its examination into tracker mortgages and will then deal with the practice of differential pricing in insurance. I wish...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Tracker Mortgages and Differential Pricing in Insurance: Discussion (19 Nov 2019)

John McGuinness: I thank Mr. Deering and call Deputy Michael McGrath.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Tracker Mortgages and Differential Pricing in Insurance: Discussion (19 Nov 2019)

John McGuinness: We are running out of time, Deputy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Tracker Mortgages and Differential Pricing in Insurance: Discussion (19 Nov 2019)

John McGuinness: Where a negative decision is made against a customer but the decision is overturned later by the Central Bank or whoever else, what does Mr. Deering do about such cases in terms of the office's general examination? How does that inform or change his office's approach to its investigations as lessons are learned from the differences in the outcomes of decisions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Tracker Mortgages and Differential Pricing in Insurance: Discussion (19 Nov 2019)

John McGuinness: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Tracker Mortgages and Differential Pricing in Insurance: Discussion (19 Nov 2019)

John McGuinness: The first decision may be that a party is not part of the process and the ombudsman could later decide that the party is part of it. Mr. Deering must have seen many such cases. Has he seen many cases where there was a difference in the decisions reached? If so, what did he learn from that and what has changed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Tracker Mortgages and Differential Pricing in Insurance: Discussion (19 Nov 2019)

John McGuinness: This goes back to the question asked by Deputy Michael McGrath about the different groupings or a basket of cases and so on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Tracker Mortgages and Differential Pricing in Insurance: Discussion (19 Nov 2019)

John McGuinness: As the ombudsman reaches a decision in terms of compensation or redress, he is guided by legislation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Tracker Mortgages and Differential Pricing in Insurance: Discussion (19 Nov 2019)

John McGuinness: If the ombudsman came across a case that he or she believed deserved way more than €500,000, could there be mediation between the ombudsman and the bank? How would the view of the examination be reflected if the case is exceptional and something else should be done? From some of the stories I have heard, I can imagine there may be such cases.