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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: State Claims Agency: Discussion (8 May 2018)

John McGuinness: Yes. The person bringing the claim has to get medical evidence from the UK because no one will do it here as they are minding one another. Then he or she might have to get external legal representation because it is a specialised area and cases drag on for years. Then it is up to the agency to either go to court, settle or mediate. In the course of mediation and settlement, which are two...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: State Claims Agency: Discussion (8 May 2018)

John McGuinness: I am not leading Mr. Breen anywhere.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: State Claims Agency: Discussion (8 May 2018)

John McGuinness: So senior people within the HSE and within the State Claims Agency are aware of cases but before a case gets to that stage everyone seems to be unaware of what is going on. That is the point. All due attention is given after the summons is served but prior to that, for example in asking for information from the HSE, not all the files are provided. In fact, I heard a solicitor say on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: State Claims Agency: Discussion (8 May 2018)

John McGuinness: When did the agency submit that pre-action protocol?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: State Claims Agency: Discussion (8 May 2018)

John McGuinness: It was drawn up in 2011 or 2012 but it still has not been brought into play.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: State Claims Agency: Discussion (8 May 2018)

John McGuinness: Deputy Boyd Barrett is next.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: State Claims Agency: Discussion (8 May 2018)

John McGuinness: Deputy MacSharry is next.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: State Claims Agency: Discussion (8 May 2018)

John McGuinness: I am anxious to let in Senator O'Donnell so he can wind up.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: State Claims Agency: Discussion (8 May 2018)

John McGuinness: I am sure it is.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: State Claims Agency: Discussion (8 May 2018)

John McGuinness: I suggest that we get a reply from Mr. Breen, because Deputy McGrath raised that earlier on, and I think Deputy Doherty raised it. What it boils down to is the role that the HSE can play in suing the laboratory and not putting the women through all of the court cases that will emerge out of this. It is to examine the documentation, the agreements between the HSE and the laboratories, the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: State Claims Agency: Discussion (8 May 2018)

John McGuinness: Essentially it is a matter for the Government,. The Government must understand public opinion as well and understand that we want to see these women protected. It is as simple as that. Whatever steps are necessary, the Government should take them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: State Claims Agency: Discussion (8 May 2018)

John McGuinness: I thank the committee members and witnesses for attending, and I thank Mr. Breen for being so open with us.

Report on Mental Health Care: Motion (10 May 2018)

John McGuinness: I pay tribute to Deputy James Browne on the interest he has shown in this area since his election to this House. I am also aware of the Minister of State's support for change in this area. I served with the father of Deputy Neville who is sitting beside him. Dan Neville also had great interest in this matter at a time when it was not being talked about and he brought great attention to it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee (10 May 2018)

John McGuinness: We will go into private session to deal with various matters.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (10 May 2018)

John McGuinness: Before we get to item No. 8, which is the quarterly engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland, there are a few matters the committee has to deal with. Item No. 7 is EU scrutiny for the public record. I wish to record a decision taken by the committee earlier on EU legislative proposals. The committee agreed that schedule A items, COM(2018)93 and COM(2018)94, and schedule B item,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee (Resumed) (10 May 2018)

John McGuinness: I want to place on record my response to the interview this morning with Ms Emma Nic Mhathúna. I was shocked by the content of the interview. I do not know how to explain it. All we can do is extend our good wishes to her and her family and wish her the very best for the time ahead. In my opinion the State has failed her. She said this morning that she was dying when she did not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Quarterly Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (10 May 2018)

John McGuinness: I wish to advise our guests 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. However, if they are directed by it to cease giving evidence on a particular matter and continue to do so, they are entitled thereafter only to qualified privilege in respect of their evidence. They are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Quarterly Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (10 May 2018)

John McGuinness: I thank Professor Lane. On 10 January he wrote to the committee about the meeting we had had with Mr. Jonathan Sugarman. That issue has not gone away. I was delayed in preparing a minute, but I have it now. I will be circulating it to him and coming back to him again on the issues he raised, particularly the issue of him being told by senior managers in the bank not to report further...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Quarterly Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (10 May 2018)

John McGuinness: I will follow on from Senator Paddy Burke's questions on credit servicing firms. First, the firms acknowledge that the Central Bank has been in touch. However, they still refuse to come in here. It is hugely important that they come in to explain how they operate and so on. As long as they do not, the customer is badly served. Customers are complaining to us about the treatment they...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Quarterly Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (10 May 2018)

John McGuinness: I accept the Central Bank is committed. Is it an acceptable standard that someone would make a submission in December 2017 seeking basic information and not receive a response to date?