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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (17 Jan 2017)

John McGuinness: 676. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a disability benefit will be approved and expedited for a person (details supplied). [1972/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (17 Jan 2017)

John McGuinness: 700. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised the humanitarian crisis in Rakhine State and Myanmar at EU level and the UN; the action he can take or has planned to highlight the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1135/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (17 Jan 2017)

John McGuinness: 1134. To ask the Minister for Health if he will set up a clinical review of scoliosis services here; if he will consider appointing one of the following persons (details supplied) to conduct the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1133/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Expenditure (17 Jan 2017)

John McGuinness: 1135. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of production of the HSE magazine Health Matters; the cost to date from the first publication; the circulation details and cost involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1136/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (17 Jan 2017)

John McGuinness: 1317. To ask the Minister for Health if an early date for an operation will be arranged at St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, for a person (details supplied). [1703/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Young Farmers Scheme (17 Jan 2017)

John McGuinness: 1422. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports or entitlements available to young farmers that meet the eligibility criteria under the young farmers scheme but hold no active entitlements; his plans to support these young farmers or new entrants; if he will address the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1132/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Transfer of Entitlements Application (17 Jan 2017)

John McGuinness: 1459. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if payments due to a person (details supplied) will issue immediately; and the reason for the delay. [1949/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Recycling Policy (17 Jan 2017)

John McGuinness: 1469. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will consider the introduction of a container deposit scheme whereby the return of recyclable beverage containers is compensated in order to encourage recycling and reduce beverage container litter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1919/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Parking Charges (17 Jan 2017)

John McGuinness: 1584. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request Iarnród Éireann to revert to the parking charges and arrangements that existed at the car park close to St John's Church, Dublin Road, Kilkenny prior to the car park being taken into the charge of Iarnród Éireann; and if he will expedite the matter. [1134/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (19 Jan 2017)

John McGuinness: Before we go into the business of the meeting, the committee has agreed that COM (2016) 709 warrants further scrutiny. It is further agreed that the remaining EU proposals considered today do not warrant further scrutiny. Details of all EU proposals considered today, and decisions made on same, will be published on the committee's website.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Statement of Strategy 2017: Department of Finance (19 Jan 2017)

John McGuinness: We will deal with the Department of Finance's 2017 statement of strategy. I welcome Mr. Derek Moran, Secretary General of the Department, and his officials. Before we begin, I remind those present to turn off their mobile phones, as they interfere with the sound quality and transmission of the meeting. I advise the witnesses that, by virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Statement of Strategy 2017: Department of Finance (19 Jan 2017)

John McGuinness: I thank Mr. Moran. In his opening statement, he made a brief mention of the UK's referendum on EU membership. I had expected some comment to be made on the Department's preparations for Brexit.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Statement of Strategy 2017: Department of Finance (19 Jan 2017)

John McGuinness: That is a general comment. I was looking for more specific detail and comfort arising from the fact that the Prime Minister of the UK has now indicated that Brexit will possibly be a hard exit, resulting in a very hard Brexit for Ireland. Small businesses and many others affected by Brexit want each Department to spell out a response to the Prime Minister's recent speech outlining the UK's...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Statement of Strategy 2017: Department of Finance (19 Jan 2017)

John McGuinness: May I go back to my original question before calling Deputy Doherty? It is on the preparedness of the Department. Did Mr. Moran refer to an unemployment figure of 40,000?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Statement of Strategy 2017: Department of Finance (19 Jan 2017)

John McGuinness: The national debt goes up.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Statement of Strategy 2017: Department of Finance (19 Jan 2017)

John McGuinness: Yes, this is what the delegates are saying. Exports to the UK would be down by one third and they would be down generally by 4%. This is all in regard to Brexit and it is before one factors in what Mr. Trump might say to us tomorrow. The Small Firms Association is saying 41% of its members have said they have already experienced a negative impact from Brexit. Sixty-eight percent say they...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Statement of Strategy 2017: Department of Finance (19 Jan 2017)

John McGuinness: I do not accept that. I referred to the strategy of the Department of Finance. The strategy has to take in the immediate risk to the economy posed by Brexit and Mr. Trump. The Department of Finance is the lead Department on taxation. I would have loved to hear Mr. Moran say that, within his Department, there is a model that examines the various reductions necessary in corporate taxation...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Statement of Strategy 2017: Department of Finance (19 Jan 2017)

John McGuinness: I remind Deputy D'Arcy to keep an eye on his time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Statement of Strategy 2017: Department of Finance (19 Jan 2017)

John McGuinness: I thank Senator D'Arcy. I apologise - Deputy D'Arcy. I keep demoting him.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Statement of Strategy 2017: Department of Finance (19 Jan 2017)

John McGuinness: A number of issues were raised about Departments and how they engage with the public in terms of the collection of taxes. Mr. Moran refers in various publications to the need to be transparent and to encourage the public to have a better understanding of how Departments work. I received an e-mail from a business person I know in which an issue was raised. I was told that since raising the...