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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Budget 2024 Expenditure Ceiling and Resource Allocation for the Department of Health and HSE: Discussion (14 Nov 2023)

John McGuinness: I do not want to belittle it, because it could be the result of an error, but it could also be bad management. It is an area that should be looked at. It is an area that companies should look at and ask why it is happening. Is that what the Department does with the committee?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Budget 2024 Expenditure Ceiling and Resource Allocation for the Department of Health and HSE: Discussion (14 Nov 2023)

John McGuinness: For the future, for this year up to December and into next year, will all of the acute services be able to function to deliver the services they are expected to deliver, or will there be a problem? Have they enough money to do everything that needs to be done in the services in the acute settings?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Budget 2024 Expenditure Ceiling and Resource Allocation for the Department of Health and HSE: Discussion (14 Nov 2023)

John McGuinness: That is not the question I asked. I asked specifically about the acute services.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Budget 2024 Expenditure Ceiling and Resource Allocation for the Department of Health and HSE: Discussion (14 Nov 2023)

John McGuinness: So, the Department is happy that they have enough money to do that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Budget 2024 Expenditure Ceiling and Resource Allocation for the Department of Health and HSE: Discussion (14 Nov 2023)

John McGuinness: Does the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform share that view?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Budget 2024 Expenditure Ceiling and Resource Allocation for the Department of Health and HSE: Discussion (14 Nov 2023)

John McGuinness: I did not ask about a decision. Before it goes to a decision, there has to be some sort of discussion between the Department and the Minister, surely. Does he share Mr. Moloney's view that the service is well-funded and can deliver?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Budget 2024 Expenditure Ceiling and Resource Allocation for the Department of Health and HSE: Discussion (14 Nov 2023)

John McGuinness: I know that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Budget 2024 Expenditure Ceiling and Resource Allocation for the Department of Health and HSE: Discussion (14 Nov 2023)

John McGuinness: Did Mr. Moloney discuss with the Minister whether or not the acute services delivered by the HSE will be delivered without pause or any difficulty in terms of the money that goes to fund them? Perhaps Mr. Dormer could answer the question because he deals with the committee. Does he know if the HSE has enough money to deliver the services in the acute settings for 2023 and 2024?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Budget 2024 Expenditure Ceiling and Resource Allocation for the Department of Health and HSE: Discussion (14 Nov 2023)

John McGuinness: Next year then, in the context of the allocation of €22.5 billion, will the acute services be able to deliver a fully rounded service in the course of 2024? Does Mr. Dormer know?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Budget 2024 Expenditure Ceiling and Resource Allocation for the Department of Health and HSE: Discussion (14 Nov 2023)

John McGuinness: The process for negotiating on this, for me anyway, seems to be flawed. There is too much finger-pointing going on between Ministers and Departments. It is the customer, or the patient, at the end that I feel sorry for, because they really do not know whether they are going to get the services or not with the spat that is going on, according to the reports that we hear from the newspapers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Budget 2024 Expenditure Ceiling and Resource Allocation for the Department of Health and HSE: Discussion (14 Nov 2023)

John McGuinness: I mentioned the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC. Talks at the WRC broke down on the basis that management, Department of Health and HSE efforts to progress the matter were completely blocked by the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan and Reform, which did not send a representative. The breakdown represents a complete breach of the WRC agreement of 19 May 2023,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Budget 2024 Expenditure Ceiling and Resource Allocation for the Department of Health and HSE: Discussion (14 Nov 2023)

John McGuinness: On the freeze, I had an email from a lady which I do not have time to get into. She emailed me to tell me that she got a job in the HSE, a fairly senior, responsible position. She gave in her notice where she was working. Now she is being told there is no job. Mr. Moloney might check the transcripts of the meeting and let us have replies to the questions that perhaps were not answered or...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Nov 2023)

John McGuinness: Since 2020, Irish businesses - small and micro - have suffered because of Covid-19, the wars, the cost of living and now the refugee issue. Big Government is ruining small businesses. They complain to me about red tape and bureaucracy and the heavy-handed nature of the approaches from Revenue because of the warehousing of debt. The banks are not lending in the way they should and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (21 Nov 2023)

John McGuinness: 331. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will expedite and approve an application for a disability allowance now under appeal (details supplied). [50629/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Universal Social Charge (23 Nov 2023)

John McGuinness: 84. To ask the Minister for Finance how many earners in counties Kilkenny and Wexford, respectively, will benefit from the USC reductions announced in budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51539/23]

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (23 Nov 2023)

John McGuinness: I support the Bill. It will allow the State to provide a considerable amount of money right across the various payments being made to customers of the Department and to provide for the administration of the Department. However, I have a couple of issues. One relates to various applications where the customer has an account with Revolut or any other of the fintech companies. I recently...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2023: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

John McGuinness: We have received apologies from Senators Alice-Mary Higgins and Maria Byrne and Deputy Stephen Matthews. Today the committee will undertake pre-legislative scrutiny of the future Ireland fund and infrastructure, climate and nature fund Bill 2023. We have as witnesses officials from the NTMA and the Department of Finance. I have quite a list of people here. From the NTMA I welcome Mr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2023: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

John McGuinness: Deputy Doherty's time is nearly up.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2023: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

John McGuinness: I call Deputy Conway-Walsh.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2023: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

John McGuinness: It is important that we hear from Deputy Boyd Barrett.