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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Sep 2018)

John McGuinness: Amendment No. 8-----

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Sep 2018)

John McGuinness: We will deal with the Bill and then suspend. We are close to the end of it, so if members are agreeable-----

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Sep 2018)

John McGuinness: That is what I am saying. I am sure we can get to the end of the Bill.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Sep 2018)

John McGuinness: With the agreement of members, yes, we can.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Message to Dáil (20 Sep 2018)

John McGuinness: In accordance with Standing Order 90, the following message will be sent to the Dáil:The Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach has completed its consideration of the Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018 and has made amendments thereto.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (25 Sep 2018)

John McGuinness: 274. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to arrange a hip replacement at UHW for a person (details supplied); his views on whether there is an onus on him to insist that the HSE rectify the situation without further delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38371/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee (25 Sep 2018)

John McGuinness: We will go into private session.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (25 Sep 2018)

John McGuinness: Before we go to the main business of our meeting, I wish to deal with the committee's decisions on scrutiny of EU proposals for the public record. The committee has agreed that EU proposals COM (2018) 339 and COM (2018) 354 warrant further scrutiny. The committee has also agreed that EU proposals COM (2018) 338 and COM (2018) 498 do not warrant further scrutiny. Full details will be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: World Development Report 2019: Discussion (25 Sep 2018)

John McGuinness: I welcome Dr. Djankov, World Bank director, and his colleague. I invite Dr. Djankov to make his opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: World Development Report 2019: Discussion (25 Sep 2018)

John McGuinness: I thank Senator Horkan. I now call Senator Burke.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: World Development Report 2019: Discussion (25 Sep 2018)

John McGuinness: If members are satisfied, I think we have had a good exchange on the issues raised in the report. No doubt there is plenty of further debate that can be had on the report, which is quite extensive. I thank Dr. Djankov for attending the meeting. We look forward to further engagements with the World Bank.

Children's Health Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Sep 2018)

John McGuinness: I understand the importance of the Children's Health Bill 2018 but there are issues I wish to raise about the care of our children and our young population's health. The Department of Health under the Minister, Deputy Harris, has the handy knack of creating a smokescreen such as the introduction of this Bill when there are so many major issues being debated publicly around the provision of...

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (27 Sep 2018)

John McGuinness: I agree with much of what Deputy Clare Daly said. Sexual abuse must be dealt with in a definite way in the context of legislation but I must reflect on the role of Tusla in many of the cases I have come across where false allegations have been made by a professional within the family home and where those allegations have been proven to be false, but yet it is almost impossible to deal with...

Engagement with Investment Funds: Motion [Private Members] (27 Sep 2018)

John McGuinness: I move:That Dáil Éireann: — shall consider the Report of the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach entitled, Engagement with Investment Funds, copies of which were laid before Dáil Éireann on 15th March 2018; — notes the continuing, unsuccessful efforts of the Joint Committee to engage with unregulated private investment...

Engagement with Investment Funds: Motion [Private Members] (27 Sep 2018)

John McGuinness: I say to the Minister of State here and the absent Minister of State, Deputy D'Arcy, that their response is shocking.

Engagement with Investment Funds: Motion [Private Members] (27 Sep 2018)

John McGuinness: They are living in a bubble and do not understand what is happening.

Engagement with Investment Funds: Motion [Private Members] (27 Sep 2018)

John McGuinness: Their arrogance is such that they have decided to lecture the committee on process and proper presentation of a motion.

Engagement with Investment Funds: Motion [Private Members] (27 Sep 2018)

John McGuinness: Members of the Minister of State's party are members of this committee. There was unanimous agreement on the content of the motion. It has been placed before the House in a proper manner. It calls for certainty within an unregulated market. The Minister of State has addressed these matters in an attempt to mislead the people who may be listening by telling us about what we should or...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage (27 Sep 2018)

John McGuinness: 148. To ask the Minister for Health if approval will be given for the use of the drug pembrolizumab in the case of a person (details supplied). [39235/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Appeals (2 Oct 2018)

John McGuinness: 467. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a written appeal submitted on behalf of a person (details supplied) will be processed without delay; and if the case will be examined with a view to restoring payment and ensuring the applicant qualifies. [39454/18]