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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Irish Mortgage Market: Right2Homes (20 Jun 2017)

John McGuinness: No. I have to interrupt the witness because we are over time. The other committee is anxious to get in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Irish Mortgage Market: Right2Homes (20 Jun 2017)

John McGuinness: We can indeed. That is no problem. This is the first time that this group has had the opportunity to articulate its view of this Bill. I am particularly grateful to each and every one of them for coming along and indeed to all of the members. I should say to Senator Norris that most of the members of the committee were here and present during the discussion.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Irish Mortgage Market: Right2Homes (20 Jun 2017)

John McGuinness: Quite a few others were I am sure watching on their televisions, which is the standard explanation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Irish Mortgage Market: Right2Homes (20 Jun 2017)

John McGuinness: That is right but they will bear with me on this. Robert Hockett has written to me as Chairman and I will circulate the letter. I want to acknowledge that he as a professor at Cornell University Law School in New York expresses his support for the National Housing Co-op Bill 2017 in either its present or some suitably amended form and he is willing to assist the committee and the group in...

Committee on the Future of Healthcare Report: Motion (22 Jun 2017)

John McGuinness: I congratulate the Minister on his reappointment. I also congratulate Deputy Shortall, who is passionate about the whole area of health, the committee and all those who contributed to its work, including those outside the House who made their professional services available. That this report has ended up being debated in the House is a first step in recognising that politics needs to be...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: National Shared Services Office Bill 2016: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2017)

John McGuinness: I welcome the Minister of State and wish him well following his reappointment as a Minister of State. I thank his officials for making contact with me to brief me on the Bill. There are 20 amendments to the National Shared Services Office Bill 2016 and I propose that we go directly to those amendments. I remind Members before we start to please turn off their mobile phones. If we have not...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: National Shared Services Office Bill 2016: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2017)

John McGuinness: Yes, we will go through each section.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: National Shared Services Office Bill 2016: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2017)

John McGuinness: Amendments Nos. 3 to 12, inclusive, and amendment No. 20 are related and will be discussed together.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: National Shared Services Office Bill 2016: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2017)

John McGuinness: What section deals with this?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: National Shared Services Office Bill 2016: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2017)

John McGuinness: Yes, that is correct.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: National Shared Services Office Bill 2016: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2017)

John McGuinness: It is a standing committee.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: National Shared Services Office Bill 2016: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2017)

John McGuinness: Amendments Nos. 14 and 15 are related and will be discussed together.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Message to Dáil (22 Jun 2017)

John McGuinness: In accordance with Standing Order 90, the following message will be sent to the Clerk of the Dáil:The Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach has completed its consideration of the National Shared Services Office Bill 2016 and has made amendments thereto.

Local Government (Establishment of Town Councils Commission) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Jun 2017)

John McGuinness: I wish to support the Bill and reflect on the decision made by the then Minister, Phil Hogan, which stunned everyone in Kilkenny because he had come from local government. He had been a member of the county council and was aware of the importance of Kilkenny Corporation. That was not just a decision for the Minister at that time, rather it was a path that had been well laid out by others...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme Eligibility (27 Jun 2017)

John McGuinness: 220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a person (details supplied) can be considered by the redress scheme; and if he will expedite this matter. [29742/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (27 Jun 2017)

John McGuinness: 378. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange an early appointment for a person (details supplied). [29741/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill 2016: Discussion (27 Jun 2017)

John McGuinness: We will move on to scrutiny of the Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill 2016. We are joined by Deputy Thomas Pringle, Mr. Kingsmill Bond, new energy analyst, and Ms Finola Finnan, Trócaire, who are very welcome. In accordance with Standing Order 141(2), the committee will scrutinise the Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill 2016. Deputy Pringle will outline the Bill to the committee. That will then be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill 2016: Discussion (27 Jun 2017)

John McGuinness: Thank you. I wish to advise the witnesses that, by virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, witnesses are protected by absolute privilege in respect of their evidence to the committee. If they are directed by it to cease giving evidence on a particular matter and they continue to do so, they are entitled thereafter only to a qualified privilege in respect of their evidence....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill 2016: Discussion (27 Jun 2017)

John McGuinness: Does Ms Sharkey wish to reply to Deputy Doherty's question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill 2016: Discussion (27 Jun 2017)

John McGuinness: The answer to the question that I heard was that in the context of the transition, and everyone would recognise that we are in transition, businesses need to embrace that too. So although down the line, those businesses-----