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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Official Engagements (21 Sep 2021)

John McGuinness: 40. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has recently met with a union (details supplied). [44876/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (22 Sep 2021)

John McGuinness: Do members wish to pose any questions at this stage for Mr. Brennan or will we take all of them together? If we take them together, Ms Grace could now make her contribution.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (22 Sep 2021)

John McGuinness: I thank Ms Grace for her contribution. I read your book Abuse of Power: Because Councils Can. I want to commend you on it. I followed your course of action through to the European Union with the help of Luke Ming Flanagan, MEP, and others. Again, I commend you on that. I cannot disagree with what you said in your contribution. I will address the issue of those documents that have not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (22 Sep 2021)

John McGuinness: I thank Mr. Wilson and I invite Mr. McGree to make his opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (22 Sep 2021)

John McGuinness: Mr. Wilson had his hand up. Does he wish to say something?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (22 Sep 2021)

John McGuinness: Does Mr. Brennan wish to comment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (22 Sep 2021)

John McGuinness: I thank Mr. Wilson. I am obliged to conclude the meeting at 2.30 p.m., and I want to put my own remarks on record. I thank Mr. Brennan for coming in and giving us some insight into the process and the success or otherwise of individual cases, and for his contribution on what is needed in the new legislation. I said to Ms Grace already that "whistleblower" is a poor term. I would prefer to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (22 Sep 2021)

John McGuinness: How long have they been ongoing?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (22 Sep 2021)

John McGuinness: And they still have not been concluded.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (22 Sep 2021)

John McGuinness: Okay. I will address one of the general comments that was made about Maurice McCabe being a case that was successful. I do not believe any case has been successful. They have left a huge scar on the lives of the individuals concerned as well as those of their families and extended families. Quite frankly, I do not believe that any compensation or apology is enough for some of the people...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (23 Sep 2021)

John McGuinness: 21. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the plans he has in place to review the oversight and governance of major spending projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45656/21]

Housing for All: Statements (Resumed) (29 Sep 2021)

John McGuinness: I welcome the opportunity to discuss the proposals outlined in this document. I was with the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, last week in Kilkenny, where we visited several completed housing schemes. The houses were top quality. Tenants had moved into some of them and they were more than happy with the finished product. The Minister is enthusiastic and passionate about delivery of this...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Sep 2021)

John McGuinness: In 2011, the Fine Gael Government promised the roll-out of broadband, particularly in rural Ireland. The same was said by the following Government and it is being said now by this coalition. However, in spite of what the Tánaiste said in reply to Deputy Cahill earlier, the evidence on the ground is that businesses are suffering badly. Deputy Cahill gave the example of a business in...

Climate Action: Statements (30 Sep 2021)

John McGuinness: It was a wonderful article.

Climate Action: Statements (30 Sep 2021)

John McGuinness: I do not think anyone disagrees with the problems we are facing in how we interact with the planet in our daily lives and what we need to do to make life better and more sustainable. Much of the rhetoric and commentary on this particular proposal, particularly from the Government side, is to placate the Green Party. That is my honest opinion.

Climate Action: Statements (30 Sep 2021)

John McGuinness: It is not matching the reality of life. This is the reality I face every day in my constituency. Let us consider farming and the suckler cow issue, an activity in which many families are involved. How do we have a just transition that moves that farming family from one activity to the other? There is no discussion about that. If we are building a new cheese plant in south Kilkenny and...

Climate Action: Statements (30 Sep 2021)

John McGuinness: I have solutions. We should support the transport sector to make that just transition.

Climate Action: Statements (30 Sep 2021)

John McGuinness: Invest in them. Invest in farming to get them to a point we want to get them. I do not see one shilling for the just transition in the midlands.

Climate Action: Statements (30 Sep 2021)

John McGuinness: Many bus and coach operators that bring in visitors here and travel all over the country, some of which are based in my constituency, made the effort and could not get the vehicles. They could not afford the vehicles. They decided then they were going to change tyres and have proper green-types of tyres, and guess what? The tyres wear quicker, cost more and a person has to use two of them...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee (29 Sep 2021)

John McGuinness: I advise members to please turn off their mobile phones. I ask them to identify themselves as they make their contributions to the meeting. Apologies have been received from Deputy Matthews. The minutes of the joint committee meeting of 14 July 2021 were agreed at the committee's private meeting last week on pre-legislative scrutiny of the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2021. We...