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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Savings Banks Foundation for International Cooperation, Irish Rural Link and Public Banking Forum of Ireland (12 Oct 2017)

John McGuinness: Let us suppose I wanted to set my tracker mortgage for ten years. What would the interest rate be?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Savings Banks Foundation for International Cooperation, Irish Rural Link and Public Banking Forum of Ireland (12 Oct 2017)

John McGuinness: When can you open the banks?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Savings Banks Foundation for International Cooperation, Irish Rural Link and Public Banking Forum of Ireland (12 Oct 2017)

John McGuinness: Yes, but you must be competing with other banks. Is that the case?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Savings Banks Foundation for International Cooperation, Irish Rural Link and Public Banking Forum of Ireland (12 Oct 2017)

John McGuinness: Are they offering the same rate of 1.1%?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Savings Banks Foundation for International Cooperation, Irish Rural Link and Public Banking Forum of Ireland (12 Oct 2017)

John McGuinness: Dublin and Tipperary have yet to come in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Savings Banks Foundation for International Cooperation, Irish Rural Link and Public Banking Forum of Ireland (12 Oct 2017)

John McGuinness: Is Senator Burke finished?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Savings Banks Foundation for International Cooperation, Irish Rural Link and Public Banking Forum of Ireland (12 Oct 2017)

John McGuinness: We give participants plenty of time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Savings Banks Foundation for International Cooperation, Irish Rural Link and Public Banking Forum of Ireland (12 Oct 2017)

John McGuinness: I am sure his language skills and presentation have impressed our visitors and members. I call Deputy Kelly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Savings Banks Foundation for International Cooperation, Irish Rural Link and Public Banking Forum of Ireland (12 Oct 2017)

John McGuinness: Does it have anything to do with the lady sitting beside Mr. Boland?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Savings Banks Foundation for International Cooperation, Irish Rural Link and Public Banking Forum of Ireland (12 Oct 2017)

John McGuinness: Does Mr. Bergmann want to answer some of the questions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Savings Banks Foundation for International Cooperation, Irish Rural Link and Public Banking Forum of Ireland (12 Oct 2017)

John McGuinness: On the suggestion made by Deputy Kelly about the report, with the agreement of the committee, we can ask the Department of Finance about the current position on that report and ask it to send us a draft copy. As stakeholders, because the committee will be dealing with it, we could ask where it stands now. We could then debate it and perhaps add some speed to the process and bring it to some...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Savings Banks Foundation for International Cooperation, Irish Rural Link and Public Banking Forum of Ireland (12 Oct 2017)

John McGuinness: I do not know if Ms Dooley wishes to contribute. She is the only female here among all the suits talking about banks. Is there something she would like to see?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Savings Banks Foundation for International Cooperation, Irish Rural Link and Public Banking Forum of Ireland (12 Oct 2017)

John McGuinness: I am grateful to the Members who are not members of the committee but who are here because they add weight to the argument and the case being put forward. I encourage the Government parties, and I say this in a cross-party sense, to encourage the Minister to look favourably on that report and to include this committee in its consideration of the outcome of the report so that we can debate it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Savings Banks Foundation for International Cooperation, Irish Rural Link and Public Banking Forum of Ireland (12 Oct 2017)

John McGuinness: We have dealt extensively with the last question. Do the witnesses want to answer the other two questions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Savings Banks Foundation for International Cooperation, Irish Rural Link and Public Banking Forum of Ireland (12 Oct 2017)

John McGuinness: I thank the delegates, particularly our guests from Germany, for attending and for their contributions. I wish them well. We will certainly put on pressure from our end to ensure we have the report, debate it and move on the agenda.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Health and Safety Regulations (17 Oct 2017)

John McGuinness: 106. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way in which section 22 of the Dangerous Substances Act 1972 is being enforced; the number of enforcement procedures undertaken arising from non-compliance with the Act; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43590/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Protected Disclosures (17 Oct 2017)

John McGuinness: 225. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that, seven months on from an examination of a protected disclosure by a person (details supplied), nothing has been done to address the issues raised in the disclosure; the reason the person is not being properly paid; the reason they have been removed from the payroll again in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service Staff (17 Oct 2017)

John McGuinness: 226. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action taken by his Department to ensure that prison officers who are threatened by prisoners while on duty are given appropriate supports and security; the number of proven cases of threats to officers that were witnessed; the action taken in each case; if officers are paid in full should they take leave arising from...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (17 Oct 2017)

John McGuinness: 317. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available to a centre (details supplied) in County Kilkenny to cover the costs of extending the services being offered and the cost of dealing with referrals from Tusla and the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43588/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (17 Oct 2017)

John McGuinness: 318. To ask the Minister for Health when the FreeStyle Libre system will be made available under the long-term illness scheme for persons with diabetes; if availability will not be restricted only to persons with type 1 diabetes but will be made available to every person on multi-daily insulin injections based on clinical need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43591/17]