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- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disease Management (23 Oct 2018)
John McGuinness: Writing in July 2018, Kerry Lawless outlined her experience of suffering from Lyme disease:My life became this tiny thing. Someone who had worked hard, played hard, travelled extensively, loved large, lived life to the full. I became a shadow, housebound, a virtual recluse with one or two good friends to sustain me... I thought about ending it all. There have been regular protests outside...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disease Management (23 Oct 2018)
John McGuinness: The Minister cannot ignore the words of Kerry Lawless when she stated, "I was worn out. Beat down. Broke. Defeated. I couldn’t face another ten years". If one listens to the reply he has just given, however, while work is ongoing, the campaign for the recognition of Lyme disease has gone on for years but little or nothing has been done. While the Minister is waiting for the...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disease Management (23 Oct 2018)
John McGuinness: I impress on the Minister the urgency of this. We tend to do an awful lot of reports and we do not learn from other countries. I have highlighted the fact that France seems to be leading the way but Canada has a similar approach to this disease. In New York the same thing is happening, with a cross-departmental approach to solving the issue of Lyme disease. If all of these countries are...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (23 Oct 2018)
John McGuinness: 256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 268 of 7 September 2018, if a response to the appeal now lodged will be expedited in view of the circumstances (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43263/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Eligibility (23 Oct 2018)
John McGuinness: 257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application by a school (details supplied) will be expedited; if the review committee is scheduled to meet to deal with pending appeals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43264/18]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)
John McGuinness: Our first session will see a discussion with the Central Bank on the Report on Local Public Banking in Ireland. I welcome Mr. Ed Sibley and his colleagues to the meeting. I advise the witnesses that, by virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, they are protected by absolute privilege in respect of their evidence to the committee. If they are directed by it to cease giving...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)
John McGuinness: I invite Deputy Doherty to speak.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)
John McGuinness: I would like to ask Mr. Sibley a quick question about the figures compiled by the Central Bank. Has the Central Bank produced figures for 2017 and 2018 setting out the amount of bank credit loaned to businesses in certain categories? I refer to non-financial corporations, for example. Does the Central Bank have figures for all businesses excluding national financial corporations? Does it...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)
John McGuinness: Does Mr. Sibley have those figures with him?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)
John McGuinness: I have mentioned categories like non-financial corporations. I am looking for figures for all businesses other than corporations. I am also looking for figures for SMEs and households.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)
John McGuinness: I understand that. I am trying to get some other figures from Mr. Sibley. If he does not have them with him, he might be able to provide them at a later stage.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)
John McGuinness: We will get those figures from Mr. Sibley.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)
John McGuinness: Okay. I will give Mr. Sibley the detail before he leaves.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)
John McGuinness: Is there an average interest rate that is being charged to SMEs for different loans?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)
John McGuinness: Does the Central Bank have those figures broken down into categories?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)
John McGuinness: I want to categorise the different levels of debt so I shall list the sectors that I am talking about.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)
John McGuinness: The CIA compiles reports on each country and has estimated that on 31 March 2016 Irish debt amounted to €2.15 trillion. How did that organisation calculate the overall debt of a country? It publishes figures for each country in different years and I looked at its figure for 31 March. Does the Central Bank analyse the rationale behind that figure?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)
John McGuinness: Yes, it does all of that. Does the Central Bank analyse those reports for accuracy and so on?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)
John McGuinness: Is the Government attached to or liable for debt created by the financial services sector?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)
John McGuinness: I mean within the financial services.