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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Dec 2020)

John McGuinness: 821. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of applications for financial assistance under the Covid stability fund and Pobal for an organisation (details supplied). [40024/20]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (2 Dec 2020)

John McGuinness: Apologies have been received from Deputy Doherty. I ask members to turn off their mobile phones. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Fleming, and his officials. Members are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice to the effect that they should not comment on, criticise or make charges against a person outside the Houses or an official either by name or in such a way as...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Investment Limited Partnerships (Amendment) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (2 Dec 2020)

John McGuinness: The Deputy may ask the questions now. That might be better.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Investment Limited Partnerships (Amendment) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (2 Dec 2020)

John McGuinness: Not at all. It might be the best way to do it.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Investment Limited Partnerships (Amendment) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (2 Dec 2020)

John McGuinness: Repeating "That the section stand part of the Bill" 64 times reminded me of being in school. Not a day passed without me getting 100 lines for doing something. I was going to say it was for doing something extraordinary.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Investment Limited Partnerships (Amendment) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (2 Dec 2020)

John McGuinness: It stood to me. On the remarks of the Minister of State, I did not intend to raise this matter but he mentioned it. The Central Bank over-regulates credit unions. It should not be the regulator of credit unions. It should not be the agency to operate protections for consumers. That really has to be considered and judged. As far as regulation is concerned, I think the vulture funds...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Message to Dáil (2 Dec 2020)

John McGuinness: In according with Standing Order 101, the following message will be sent to the Clerk of the Dáil: The Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach has considered its consideration of the Investment Limited Partnerships (Amendment) Bill 2020 and has made no amendments thereto. Under Standing Order 100(2) this shall be deemed to be the report of the select...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: School Transport (3 Dec 2020)

John McGuinness: 228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport will be provided for 16 students from the Knockmoylan area, County Kilkenny to the nearest schools as currently there is no room for concessionary ticket holders and some parents are having hardship getting children to school; if funding will be provided for a minibus or request Bus Éireann to accommodate the children;...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (3 Dec 2020)

John McGuinness: 242. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if disability benefit will be approved as a matter of urgency for a person (details supplied). [40959/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (3 Dec 2020)

John McGuinness: 362. To ask the Minister for Health if an immediate appointment will be arranged at Beaumont Hospital for a person (details supplied). [40958/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sport and Recreational Development (8 Dec 2020)

John McGuinness: 245. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 946 of 15 January 2019, if branded unused cycling kit relating to a cycling event to the value of €67,000 is now in storage at a cost to Fáilte Ireland and the State; if so, if the arrangement is to continue indefinitely; if so, the cost; if she has examined the procurement...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (8 Dec 2020)

John McGuinness: 329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) to provide a co-educational facility from junior infants upwards; and if she will outline the process and time frame involved. [41246/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (8 Dec 2020)

John McGuinness: 345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if approval will be granted as a matter of urgency for a major building project at a school (details supplied) to include funding to cover all of the extra costs relative to the conditions attached to the planning permission granted by An Bord Pleanála; if a positive and early response will be expedited given the existing building and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Hospital Waiting Lists (8 Dec 2020)

John McGuinness: 561. To ask the Minister for Health the action he is taking to reduce the waiting time for appointments to see a paediatric rheumatologist; the number on the waiting list for such appointments in each of the past five years; the number of children with Down's syndrome on the waiting list for the same period; the efforts made by the HSE to recruit paediatric rheumatologists; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Health Services Reports (8 Dec 2020)

John McGuinness: 563. To ask the Minister for Health if he will undertake a review of the treatment of cataract patients throughout the HSE to determine the reason the system has failed patients; the number of patients on the waiting list; if the cost of the HSE scheme model of treatment for cataract patients has been considered by his Department or the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Home Help Service (8 Dec 2020)

John McGuinness: 595. To ask the Minister for Health if half an hour's home help per day will be provided for a person (details supplied). [41248/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (8 Dec 2020)

John McGuinness: 825. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay of almost 20 years in acknowledging the error by his Department in not including two reference years relative to area aid in the case of a person (details supplied); the number of meetings held during this period with the representatives of an association regarding the issue; if the submissions from Teagasc...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Financial Services Union: Discussion. (8 Dec 2020)

John McGuinness: I ask members and witnesses to please turn off their mobile phones. I ask those who are using seats that are non-microphoned to speak towards a microphone from their seat and I ask everyone to unmask as they make their contributions for the purpose of the Official Report and recording. Today we are engaging with representatives of the Financial Services Union, FSU. I welcome Mr. John...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Financial Services Union: Discussion. (8 Dec 2020)

John McGuinness: I thank Mr. O'Connell. By way of information, at our meeting this morning we noted that Ulster Bank and the Central Bank refused an invitation to come before the committee, pointing to commercial sensitivities and so on. I do not accept that, and neither did the committee. We will write again to the Central Bank asking that it appear before the committee to hear directly from us our...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Financial Services Union: Discussion. (8 Dec 2020)

John McGuinness: For clarity, if a branch is to close, the bank simply informs the Central Bank two months before a closure and that is noted by the Central Bank and there is no other part of the process.