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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Costs of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)

John McGuinness: I do not know whether Dr. Roux is aware of it but the people I and many other Members of these Houses meet are telling us that the behaviour in the insurance market is such that one can have a premium offered at €1,000 and it can be reduced if one applies pressure, and it can go up beyond the scope of the finances of an individual for unknown reasons. We do not know why premiums go...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Costs of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)

John McGuinness: Is it our fault?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Costs of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)

John McGuinness: No, let us stick to the topic.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Costs of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)

John McGuinness: Is Dr. Roux telling us that it is our fault in these Houses that insurance premiums have gone up?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Costs of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)

John McGuinness: Would the regulator like to act on the prices?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Costs of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)

John McGuinness: Would Dr. Roux like to do it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Costs of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)

John McGuinness: Does the regulator offer advice?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Costs of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)

John McGuinness: The revised Book of Quantum is based on the claims that were paid, it was suggested to us, and it does not reflect the appeal court decisions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Costs of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)

John McGuinness: Has Dr. Roux given written advices to the Minister for Finance?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Costs of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)

John McGuinness: Is that it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Costs of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)

John McGuinness: I will have to leave shortly as a vote has been called in the Dáil.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Costs of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)

John McGuinness: We asked Dr. Roux earlier about comments made by Mr. Sibley. Would he give his view on those? He will appreciate that I now have to leave to go to the Dáil.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Funding (11 Oct 2016)

John McGuinness: 364. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the funding to Dublin Dental University Hospital to enable the hospital provide the urgent care needed for a person (details supplied). [29270/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (11 Oct 2016)

John McGuinness: 420. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements which were put in place by the SEHB and now the HSE to manage the affairs, financial and otherwise, of a person (details supplied); if a social worker was appointed in 1991; and if that arrangement can be continued. [29529/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (11 Oct 2016)

John McGuinness: 421. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons certain staff have been suspended with pay from St. Patricks, Kells Road, Kilkenny; if he is aware of the concerns of parents and staff relative to those in care in St. Michaels House, St. Patricks, Kells Road, Kilkenny, arising from the lack of clarity around the reasons staff have been suspended and the misinformation that exists around the...

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (13 Oct 2016)

John McGuinness: Budget 2017 is a case of too many cooks spoiling the broth. The money has been spread too thinly across the economy and citizens have not really gained that much financially. The other shocking part about the budget is that it makes no effort to deal with the structural issues we all face in constituencies and which are, therefore, faced by citizens. The €5 increase in social...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee (13 Oct 2016)

John McGuinness: I open the meeting by setting our decision on EU proposals for noting on the public record. The committee has agreed that COM (2016) 461, proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and the Council amending Regulation (EU) No. 345/2013 on European venture capital funds and Regulation (EU) 346/2013 on European social entrepreneurship funds, warrant further scrutiny.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Election of Vice Chairman (13 Oct 2016)

John McGuinness: I propose Senator Gerry Horkan for election as Vice Chairman of the joint committee. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (13 Oct 2016)

John McGuinness: Today, we are dealing with the further scrutiny of EU legislative proposals and a review of the methodology for calculating national economic output employed by the CSO. At its meeting on 29 September, the joint committee agreed that EU legislative proposals COM (2016) 551 and COM (2016) 557, relating to the collection of statistical data on social issues, including gender violence,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: National Economic Output: Director General, Central Statistics Office (13 Oct 2016)

John McGuinness: In addition to discussing the CSO's reservations on the EU legislative proposals outlined above, the joint committee agreed to engage with the CSO on the methodology it employs for calculating national economic output. I welcome Mr. Pádraig Dalton, Director General of the CSO, to today's meeting to discuss these topics. Before we begin, I draw the attention of witnesses to the fact...