Results 24,221-24,240 of 26,705 for speaker:John McGuinness

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Concrete Block Levy: Discussion (26 Oct 2022)

John McGuinness: Thus, there is a big difference between your costs and the SCSI's costs.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Concrete Block Levy: Discussion (26 Oct 2022)

John McGuinness: I am attempting to get the same figure from you.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Concrete Block Levy: Discussion (26 Oct 2022)

John McGuinness: That is okay. I got it already. A three-bed semi-detached house with a timber frame, excluding soft costs, is €700 per unit.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Concrete Block Levy: Discussion (26 Oct 2022)

John McGuinness: Will you get the table that was given to us and give us the direct answer in order that we can have a direct comparison between what the SCSI is saying and what you are saying?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Concrete Block Levy: Discussion (26 Oct 2022)

John McGuinness: Let us have a copy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Concrete Block Levy: Discussion (26 Oct 2022)

John McGuinness: There are considerable issues nowadays with coal briquettes. We are told by the coal merchants that tonnes of them are coming in across the Border and being distributed directly to households. Revenue was supposed to have inspectors there to police that. I will go back to Deputy Doherty's question. How in the name of God will you police a fella bringing a load of blocks or cement for a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Concrete Block Levy: Discussion (26 Oct 2022)

John McGuinness: A woman or man deciding to purchase coal to light his or her fire at home from some form of merchant who comes with coal that has obviously come in from across the Border is illegal. I am asking the same question about blocks. If Revenue cannot stop the coal, how will it stop the blocks?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Concrete Block Levy: Discussion (26 Oct 2022)

John McGuinness: Revenue's compliance performance on coal and such products would want to increase with regard to its rate of compliance for blocks, because there is no compliance with cross-Border traffic in that area. The reason I say this is there is a small business in the South selling coal or blocks, complying with the regulations, tax code and all of the rest of it while there is this considerable...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Concrete Block Levy: Discussion (26 Oct 2022)

John McGuinness: Will you mention it to the compliance section? I would be interested in hearing what it has to say.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Concrete Block Levy: Discussion (26 Oct 2022)

John McGuinness: I understand it is not your area. The Construction Industry Federation, CIF, made recommendations this morning. I will ask the clerk to circulate those recommendations to you and ask you for a response. It is very important, when you have been given a policy to fulfil, that this committee would have the response required to the submissions made to us. I ask the clerk to make all of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Concrete Block Levy: Discussion (26 Oct 2022)

John McGuinness: I thank the witnesses for responding in the way they did.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Inquiries (8 Nov 2022)

John McGuinness: 381. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the outcome of the investigation into complaints by a person (details supplied); the actions taken by his Department to address the issues raised; the date of the original complaints; the status of a report into the matter; if the report will be published; if so, when; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54666/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (8 Nov 2022)

John McGuinness: 686. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if the matter will be expedited. [55048/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (8 Nov 2022)

John McGuinness: 687. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) has sufficient contributions to qualify for a pension in her own right; if her spouse is in receipt of his full entitlement and an adult dependent allowance; and if she will provide a record of the contributions made by the person. [55050/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (8 Nov 2022)

John McGuinness: 692. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an appeal in the name of a person (details supplied) will be backdated to the date that they commenced giving the care in 2020; and if the appeal will be expedited and approved. [55071/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (8 Nov 2022)

John McGuinness: 694. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the review of a disability allowance claim in the name of a person (details supplied) has been completed; and if all outstanding payments due to the applicant will be paid without delay. [55081/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Protected Disclosures (8 Nov 2022)

John McGuinness: 881. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an independent investigation into penalisation arising from a protected disclosure submitted relative to the Irish Prison Service; the date the investigation commenced; if an interim or final report has been submitted to her Department; if the complaint regarding penalisation in respect of this person had been...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (8 Nov 2022)

John McGuinness: 1045. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding allocated to the National Ambulance Service for capital projects; if the base in Carlow is to be upgraded; and if a new site for the Carlow base is to be progressed as part of the capital programme. [54669/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Nov 2022)

John McGuinness: 1127. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm the rate per kilometre paid by the HSE to patients who use their own car to attend dialysis sessions/appointments; if the rate will be increased given the increase in the costs of travel; if the payment to those making such a claim is issued in a timely manner; the number of patients availing of the scheme; the number of claims...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Legal Cases (8 Nov 2022)

John McGuinness: 1130. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm the date of the High Court decision in the case of a person (details supplied); if the full extent of the court decision has been honoured by the State from the decision date to date; the current status of the services available to the person and in particular speech and language therapy, OT, music therapy and sensory integration; if his...