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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

John McGuinness: These investigations can be dragged out over a period. Does Mr. Kelly think the legislation should be changed around the issues of prosecution to allow greater time to investigate so that an investigation does not run into a problem of being statute-barred?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

John McGuinness: In prosecutions of fraud?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

John McGuinness: I know that but in the other areas of crime-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

John McGuinness: Okay. So you are okay with that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

John McGuinness: Mr. Kelly mentioned that he has a significant number of statistics available on the crimes and so on. Will he give the committee as much information as he can on the statistics, the facts and the figures he has in order to give us a sense of where he is and what he has on this type of crime? He could send it on to the clerk later on. It would help us as we put together the information we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

John McGuinness: The payscales are different.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (23 May 2023)

John McGuinness: 456. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if full carer's allowance will be approved for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24173/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (23 May 2023)

John McGuinness: 458. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if partial capacity benefit will be approved immediately for a person (details supplied). [24196/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (23 May 2023)

John McGuinness: 731. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for a medical card in the name of a person (details supplied) will be expedited and approved. [24168/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Exchequer Returns (30 May 2023)

John McGuinness: 221. To ask the Minister for Finance if, in view of the underlying deficit of approximately €4 billion being recorded on a 12-month rolling sum basis to the end of April this year, and given that this is coinciding with almost full employment in the economy, the public finances are in structural deficit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25987/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Service (30 May 2023)

John McGuinness: 352. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline the actions he has taken to date arising from the report that he directed the management board of the NDFEM to prepare in 2021; the precise action taken relative to each of the recommendations made in the report; if the pay and conditions of those employed in the retained fire services will be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (1 Jun 2023)

John McGuinness: 106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there is no clear objective in the South East Technological University Strategic Plan 2023-2028 to deliver a campus in Kilkenny city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26738/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (1 Jun 2023)

John McGuinness: 183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the school building project approved for a school (details supplied), which is at stage 1 of the process, will be expedited; and if she will provide a timeframe for the delivery of the project. [26793/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (1 Jun 2023)

John McGuinness: 236. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the pension entitlements of a person (details supplied) will be re-examined to ensure they are on the correct rate; if they are entitled to optical benefit; and if their employment record has been considered. [26853/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (1 Jun 2023)

John McGuinness: 339. To ask the Minister for Health if redeployed employees to the HSE that are not HSE staff or Section 38/39 staff are entitled to the pandemic payment; if so, when it will be paid; and if not, the reason. [26854/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (1 Jun 2023)

John McGuinness: 349. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card held by a person (details supplied) will be extended immediately, given the medical circumstances of the applicant and their continuous need to have a medical card. [26927/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fisheries Protection (13 Jun 2023)

John McGuinness: 183. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the progress in the conservation of salmon stocks in the rivers in the south east; how the funds raised through the salmon licence payment are used; the amount collected in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27329/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (13 Jun 2023)

John McGuinness: 611. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a new school to accommodate the amalgamation of schools (details supplied); and if the process will be expedited. [28475/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (13 Jun 2023)

John McGuinness: 844. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the claim of a person (details supplied) to determine if they are in receipt of the correct benefit at the maximum rate and if they are entitled to other benefits; and she will provide a record of their contributions. [28409/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (13 Jun 2023)

John McGuinness: 845. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is entitled to a State pension (contributory) based on their contributions and recent application; and if their record of contributions will be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28472/23]