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Fibromyalgia: Statements (4 Apr 2019)

John McGuinness: I am sharing my time with Deputy Michael Moynihan.

Fibromyalgia: Statements (4 Apr 2019)

John McGuinness: The easiest way for me to capture what people think about this is to read from a letter I received from a constituent in January. The content of the letter represents what most people would write in their correspondence, and I have received numerous letters about the campaign to have fibromyalgia recognised. This lady writes to me about her son, who is 46 years of age. He has had the...

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (Resumed) (20 Feb 2019)

John McGuinness: The Minister of State is correct.

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (20 Feb 2019)

John McGuinness: Brexit or no Brexit, regardless of how it turns out, this debate quite clearly puts the Government on notice - notice to quit. It has a litany of failures, health being just one. This motion of no confidence in the Minister should be a notice of no confidence in the Government itself. Each and every one of the Departments over which it has presided has at one stage or another seen...

Comptroller and Auditor General (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Feb 2019)

John McGuinness: Does that make it okay?

Comptroller and Auditor General (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Feb 2019)

John McGuinness: I am not surprised that Fine Gael is taking this attitude to the Bill because previous Administrations led by Fine Gael took the same attitude. It does not seem to want to progress an oversight authority in regard to the expenditure of taxpayers' money on major projects, to achieve value for money or to accept some of the very valuable recommendations put by the Committee of Public Accounts...

Nurses and Midwives Industrial Action: Statements (7 Feb 2019)

John McGuinness: Will the Ministers, Deputies Harris and Donohoe, the HSE and the Department accept that they have failed to keep on top of the issues that have been plaguing nurses for the past few years? We have this strike because of that failure. Will they intervene directly with the unions to set out a course to bring the strike to an end? Will they stop the provocative rhetoric in their description...

Nurses and Midwives Industrial Action: Statements (7 Feb 2019)

John McGuinness: They go in from the strike line to help deal with emergencies.

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Statements (31 Jan 2019)

John McGuinness: I want to place on record my disappointment that these services are not appropriately staffed with the qualified people who are necessary to deal with the numbers who are turning up for the services. I have seen that at first hand in Kilkenny. In the psychiatric services generally, we can see that there are patients there who have been inappropriately placed because there is no place else...

No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (29 Jan 2019)

John McGuinness: It is an absolute scandal.

No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (29 Jan 2019)

John McGuinness: I was astonished to learn last week that the media knew of this before Mr. Honohan did. Then, to try to compound the problem for the Master, certain comments were made by other judges and put out into the public domain to discredit him, a typical act of trying to destroy the messenger.

No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (29 Jan 2019)

John McGuinness: I will refrain now, having condemned them completely for their carry-on down in the Four Courts and the manner in which they treated this individual. It was incredible to read the reports of it. For the individuals who appeared in court, this was their last port of call. Now that it is gone, all they can do is turn to this House for further assistance. No consent, no sale, that is the...

No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (29 Jan 2019)

John McGuinness: I support the Bill and encourage the Government to reconsider its position. All of the contributions I have heard so far, by Deputy Pearse Doherty and his colleagues in Sinn Féin, as well as by Deputy Michael McGrath on this side of the House, have focused on the individual borrower, the person with the mortgage or loan that has gone wrong. I stand beside them, as Deputy Pearse Doherty...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Dec 2018)

John McGuinness: 3 o’clock I reinforce what Deputy Eugene Murphy said and ask the Taoiseach whether he will take the initiative and look at the various tranches of legislation at one Stage or another before the House to ensure evictions such as we witnessed in recent days will not happen again. Will he answer another question in the context of the programme for Government? It states the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Dec 2018)

John McGuinness: I am not suggesting that.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Dec 2018)

John McGuinness: The Taoiseach answered a question that he was not asked.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Dec 2018)

John McGuinness: The Taoiseach was asked a different question which he should answer. Is he going to honour the commitment made in government that the Government will introduce legislation to protect those who are in difficulty with mortgages and the SME sector against vulture funds? What he has addressed is completely different. He wants to distract people from the real issue.

Local Government Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)

John McGuinness: I will tell them that. I am sure they will appreciate the Minister of State's point.

Local Government Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)

John McGuinness: I have listened to the debate today and I listened to what was said on Committee Stage. While I am not familiar with all the boundaries and local electoral areas involved, it is proposed to extend Cork city, taking in all the developments around the city and having the administrative areas as the Minister of State has outlined. Neither the Department nor the Minister of State seems to have...

Local Government Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)

John McGuinness: The Minister of State should stop dancing on the head of a pin. We had a corporation - an urban council. It struck its own rates and it was central to the economic development of the city and county. We had one manager who was the city and county manager. In the context of the description from local government, it may not have fitted that description of a council within the city, but at...