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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Contractual Arrangements for Public Sector Infrastructural Projects: Discussion (5 Jul 2018)
John McGuinness: I thank Ms Kelly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Contractual Arrangements for Public Sector Infrastructural Projects: Discussion (5 Jul 2018)
John McGuinness: The constituency is ours.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Contractual Arrangements for Public Sector Infrastructural Projects: Discussion (5 Jul 2018)
John McGuinness: To clear up a point raised by Deputy Doherty at the last meeting, I was dealing with the certification process in a lot of detail. Correct me if I am wrong but Mr. Cahillane told us that they could certify it because they had someone on the ground on all of the sites examining the work as it was being done. Is that right or wrong?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Contractual Arrangements for Public Sector Infrastructural Projects: Discussion (5 Jul 2018)
John McGuinness: This is from correspondence today. It states that a summary of the legal position as it understands it is outlined in the correspondence. It states that in signing its part of the certificate of compliance and completion, the assigned certifier will rely upon a number of ancillary certificates from others involved in the work. It states that while the majority of those ancillary...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Contractual Arrangements for Public Sector Infrastructural Projects: Discussion (5 Jul 2018)
John McGuinness: We will pursue the matter with it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Contractual Arrangements for Public Sector Infrastructural Projects: Discussion (5 Jul 2018)
John McGuinness: We will seek legal advice from services here. While we are making no commitment except that we will do our best within our remit to satisfy the subcontractors because that is as much as we can do today, we will not let them down. Deputy Deering asked about the way to resolve this. The way to resolve this is simple. It is to apply a bit of common sense to the work that was done and to...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Contractual Arrangements for Public Sector Infrastructural Projects: Discussion (5 Jul 2018)
John McGuinness: We will consider all of that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Contractual Arrangements for Public Sector Infrastructural Projects: Discussion (5 Jul 2018)
John McGuinness: the Deputy has covered all of the ground. As such, I repeat my thanks and that of the committee to the witnesses for attending to deal with some of the personal issues that face their businesses and families. It is not easy. I am from a small business background and understand full well how board meetings take place on the pillow at night and that is the way it is done. To suffer a...
- Affordable Housing and Fair Mortgage Bill 2018: First Stage (10 Jul 2018)
John McGuinness: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to highlight the State's adherance to EU law and the European Convention on Human Rights in regard to the present emergency in the housing sector and, in particular, in dealing with mortgage arrears; to provide for a platform for an open market - “the national affordable cooperative housing exchange” - in which...
- Affordable Housing and Fair Mortgage Bill 2018: First Stage (10 Jul 2018)
John McGuinness: What is happening has to stop. As parliamentarians, we have a choice. We can go down the tired old political route, which is stale and out of date, and protect the status quo. We can ignore all of what is happening in our courts. We can ignore all of the evictions and repossessions. We can ignore people that are in distress with their mortgage and living with a very poor quality of life....
- Affordable Housing and Fair Mortgage Bill 2018: First Stage (10 Jul 2018)
John McGuinness: I invite Members to go to any of the courts or to attend any meetings involving the vulture funds. One can see how arrogant and aggressive they are, and how their lack of understanding is pitted against ordinary individuals and gives them no chance whatsoever. The people have turned to us and to this House. Mr. Edmund Honohan and Right2Homes have given us the option to take this Bill on...
- Affordable Housing and Fair Mortgage Bill 2018: First Stage (10 Jul 2018)
John McGuinness: Those with family farms are next.
- Affordable Housing and Fair Mortgage Bill 2018: First Stage (10 Jul 2018)
John McGuinness: The banks are queuing up to bring people to court. My answer to all of that is to call on this House to say "No" to vulture funds and to say "Yes" to families and to keeping them in their homes. I ask Members to support this Bill. Debate the Bill, amend it and add to it. I invite Members to do what they like to improve it, but please bring it to the House for a full debate. I am...
- Affordable Housing and Fair Mortgage Bill 2018: First Stage (10 Jul 2018)
John McGuinness: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time." If it is possible to debate the Bill in Government time, I would like that to be considered as well.
- Topical Issue Debate: Protected Disclosures (10 Jul 2018)
John McGuinness: I have read over the minutes of the meeting at which this was raised. My experience of this case informs me that the Committee of Public Accounts was grossly misled, perhaps deliberately. I can say as much from my experience of the case and from reading the minutes. The vice president of this particular institution is responsible for finance and human resources. He acknowledges receipt...
- Topical Issue Debate: Protected Disclosures (10 Jul 2018)
John McGuinness: I respect the Minister of State's intervention; however, it is clear from the response that neither she, CIT nor the Higher Education Authority, HEA, is dealing with the reasons the whistleblower made the protected disclosure in the first place. It is because she was treated badly having made the disclosure. The whistleblower needs to be put back in employment and there must be recognition...
- Topical Issue Debate: Protected Disclosures (10 Jul 2018)
John McGuinness: Only now; they covered it up.
- Topical Issue Debate: Protected Disclosures (10 Jul 2018)
John McGuinness: They have them.
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Exemptions (10 Jul 2018)
John McGuinness: 167. To ask the Minister for Finance if an exemption to the household charge will be examined to help support family carers. [30068/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (10 Jul 2018)
John McGuinness: 274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application by a school (details supplied) for a special needs assistant will be expedited. [30977/18]