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Written Answers — Department of Health: State Claims Agency Data (2 Apr 2019)

Michael McGrath: 244. To ask the Minister for Health the number and value of claims paid out by the State Claims Agency in 2017 and 2018 in relation to medical negligence cases; the top ten individual payouts in 2018; the claims in this regard, for example, late cancer diagnosis or misdiagnosis or negligence at delivery of a new baby; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15322/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: State Claims Agency Data (2 Apr 2019)

Michael McGrath: 245. To ask the Minister for Health the number of claims on hand by the State Claims Agency in relation to late diagnosis and missed diagnosis in relation to failings in the cervical cancer screening programme; the number of cases settled; the amount paid out in claims to date; and the legal costs of the cases. [15324/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (2 Apr 2019)

Michael McGrath: 269. To ask the Minister for Health the relationship between his Department and the HSE; the way in which the two organisations are linked; if he will provide a chart to outline the structure of the interrelationship; the level at which contact from his Department is channelled to and from the HSE; the way in which the structure through which information is passed from the HSE to his...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (2 Apr 2019)

Michael McGrath: 346. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women on the gynaecology outpatient waiting list; the number awaiting surgery; the length of time each woman is waiting by six-monthly intervals; the number of surgeries completed in each year since 2007, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15327/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Disposal Charges (2 Apr 2019)

Michael McGrath: 405. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position in relation to the promised €75 annual support towards domestic waste charges for persons who have lifelong or long-term medical incontinence; when this will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14822/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee
No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (2 Apr 2019)

Michael McGrath: I welcome the witnesses. The constitutionality of the Bill is an issue that has come up frequently in correspondence. Is Mr. Tobin stating that it is the Attorney General's position that the Bill, as currently drafted, is not constitutional?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee
No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (2 Apr 2019)

Michael McGrath: With respect, I am not asking for the view of the Department of Finance. I am asking about the view of the Attorney General. I hold that view in high regard in respect of constitutionality. I know what Mr. Tobin is saying is based on discussions with the Office of the Attorney General and the Department's resultant view is that the Bill is unconstitutional. Is that view, however, directly...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee
No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (2 Apr 2019)

Michael McGrath: Advice from the Attorney General is not published but it is made available to the Government. Is that view in written form? I know we cannot see it, but has the Department had correspondence with the Office of the Attorney General regarding the Bill or was the view referred to communicated verbally?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee
No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (2 Apr 2019)

Michael McGrath: On that basis then, Mr. Tobin is conveying to this committee the view that the Bill is unconstitutional.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee
No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (2 Apr 2019)

Michael McGrath: Is that because of the retrospective nature of the application of the Bill to mortgage contracts already written? Is that the key issue in respect of constitutionality?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee
No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (2 Apr 2019)

Michael McGrath: The committee is engaging with the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel which is an independent office. We have a preliminary paper from that office on that retrospective question but there will be a fuller assessment which will feed into the scrutiny report. We will be preparing a report and will have to come to a decision about the Bill so the constitutionality question is pertinent. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee
No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (2 Apr 2019)

Michael McGrath: The Department will not be co-operating or supporting the progression of the Bill in any way unless the Government changes its mind. We might as well get down to brass tacks because I have been through this process and know how it works. The Department has made predictions as to the consequences of the Bill. It is being quite definitive that it will mean higher interest rates, mortgage...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee
No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (2 Apr 2019)

Michael McGrath: Yes,.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee
No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (2 Apr 2019)

Michael McGrath: It is not for the Government to decide whether a money message is required or not but if the decision from Parliament is that a money message is required, then it is for the Government to decide whether to grant one or not. The preliminary view of Parliament is that a money message is not required. Does Mr. Tobin disagree with that view?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee
No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (2 Apr 2019)

Michael McGrath: Suffice to say if the view from Parliament is that a money message is not required then that assessment does not come into play. It only comes into play if the decision is that a money message is required and the Government has to decide whether to grant it or not and I think we know what the answer would be.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee
No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (2 Apr 2019)

Michael McGrath: I want to move to the witnesses from the Central Bank. At the centre of all of this is the debate around non-performing loans, NPLs, and the requirements of the European Central Bank, ECB, single supervisory mechanism, SSM, to reduce the level of non-performing loans within the Irish banking system down towards European norms or the European average. Can the witnesses give us a sense of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee
No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (2 Apr 2019)

Michael McGrath: That notion that, by the end of this year, the banks must have reached a certain level keeps reappearing. We were in Frankfurt a number of months ago and put it to the then chair of the ECB supervisory board, Ms Danièle Nouy, who categorically denied that there was any push on the banks to get to any particular figure. It keeps coming up and the banks keep telling us that they are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee
No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (2 Apr 2019)

Michael McGrath: The Central Bank's detailed submission referred to its own legal advice and resources available to it. On the question of whether the Bill can be applied to existing mortgage contracts, that is, mortgage contracts already written where the borrower has signed up to a contract with a clause that explicitly permits the sale of that mortgage, what is the view of the Central Bank, in the light...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee
No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (2 Apr 2019)

Michael McGrath: It was mentioned in the ECB letter and referred to by Mr. Sibley that the Bill would benefit from anex anteimpact assessment before it becomes law. What would be the nature of that and what exactly would it assess if it were to happen?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee
No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (2 Apr 2019)

Michael McGrath: On the impact that the Bill would have on the banks' ability to access funding, will Mr. Sibley explain the following reference in the ECB opinion, which is similar to what Mr. Sibley stated in his submission? The ECB stated it notes that under Irish law, in order for credit institutions to issue asset-backed securities, covered bonds or special residential mortgage-backed promissory notes,...