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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Cost of Insurance Working Group Update: Discussion (15 Nov 2018)

John McGuinness: One has to start somewhere. It has not been 20 years since 2012.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Cost of Insurance Working Group Update: Discussion (15 Nov 2018)

John McGuinness: I feel I am representing those looking for insurance, the standard citizen, the people we represent and companies. I am of the opinion that it is a cartel-like operation. According to the Central Bank, the insurance industry has made significant profits and is desperately reluctant to come forward and co-operate with the Minister and the Government to try to achieve a more balanced...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Cost of Insurance Working Group Update: Discussion (15 Nov 2018)

John McGuinness: I suggest that the Minister's officials look again at our report and review their position as of 2016 on each of the recommendations. They might have a different view now of what recommendations might and might not work. At the next meeting of this committee, I will recommend that we write again to all stakeholders who made submissions, such as Age Action, and everybody else affected, just...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Cost of Insurance Working Group Update: Discussion (15 Nov 2018)

John McGuinness: Members could take initiatives with the Whips on that dilemma because everyone wants this sorted. I thank the Minister of State and his officials for coming in.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (20 Nov 2018)

John McGuinness: 596. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied). [47689/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Applications (20 Nov 2018)

John McGuinness: 612. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for illness benefit by a person (details supplied) will be approved; if supplementary welfare will be approved while they are waiting; and if there is an arrangement with the Australian authorities for the person to benefit from their seven years work in Australia. [47890/18]

Finance Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2018)

John McGuinness: I take Deputy Howlin's point that it was a measure to assist the sector, and in that regard it worked. To withdraw it in one go is not how business works. The Department should have conducted an impact analysis of the increase before the Minister announced it. Not every business is coining it. Some businesses, particularly in rural areas, are in serious difficulty and the Minister is...

Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages [Private Members] (22 Nov 2018)

John McGuinness: I welcome the Bill and commend Deputy Michael McGrath on bringing it to this stage. We had a very worthwhile debate on Committee Stage about all of the issues pertaining to the regulation of vulture funds. The provisions of the Bill will only take effect from the date of enactment but we must recognise the fact that a considerable number of loans have already been transferred to vulture...

Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages [Private Members] (22 Nov 2018)

John McGuinness: When the banks were in trouble they came to the Minister and Government of the time and were bailed out. They obviously told lies about how they were fixed at that time. There might have been a different complexion on the matter had the Minister known everything, but the banks were saved and now, when people have to be saved, they are telling untruths by saying that this has to be done for...

Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages [Private Members] (22 Nov 2018)

John McGuinness: There should be more than just this example. We should get a little bit more respect from the other side of the House.

Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages [Private Members] (22 Nov 2018)

John McGuinness: Does that just cover the Bill or does it cover the confidence and supply agreement as well?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards Administration (27 Nov 2018)

John McGuinness: 223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of a series of matters relating to an invitation to tender for the supply of goods to a further education and training centre in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48915/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal Data (27 Nov 2018)

John McGuinness: 300. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases before the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal involving the Irish Prison Service; the length of time that each has been waiting for a decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49014/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal Data (27 Nov 2018)

John McGuinness: 301. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and name of those who serve on the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal; the number of cases dealt with each year; the cost per year of the tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49015/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal Applications (27 Nov 2018)

John McGuinness: 318. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe for processing an application to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal by a person (details supplied); and the process involved. [49409/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (27 Nov 2018)

John McGuinness: 355. To ask the Minister for Health if an early appointment for a cataract operation will be arranged for a person (details supplied); and the reason they have not been called to date as promised at the time of their assessment [48914/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (27 Nov 2018)

John McGuinness: 356. To ask the Minister for Health when a place will be made available for a person (details supplied) in a community home in Kilkenny city; his views on whether persons fitting this profile should be given priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48916/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (27 Nov 2018)

John McGuinness: 357. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding paid to an organisation (details supplied) in County Kilkenny for services in respect of a person (details supplied); the reason a sustainable long-term care plan was not put in place; the reason the family has had no support services for the past 11 years; if a long-term plan for funding will be put in place by the HSE in agreement...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (27 Nov 2018)

John McGuinness: 358. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [48918/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Data (27 Nov 2018)

John McGuinness: 380. To ask the Minister for Health the amount outstanding in payments due from private health insurers to public hospitals; the details of the amount due to each hospital (details supplied); if there is a system in place in each hospital to ensure that the full amount is claimed from health insurance companies and that the hospital is not under-billing; the number of bed nights that are...