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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Double Taxation Agreements: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

John McGuinness: The fine imposed on AIB by the regulator was a pittance in the world of banking. Of the 41,000 tracker mortgage issues there are still 1,000 or more that are unresolved. It would appear the banks are back to a culture where they circle the wagons and protect themselves. They do not want to get to the end of the tracker mortgage issue. It is not quite finished as yet. The regulator should...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Double Taxation Agreements: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

John McGuinness: As always, Deputy Durkan goes beyond the stated item on the agenda, and has been very helpful. No one discusses banks and the fallout from the banking system without mentioning Mr. Edmund Honohan. I attended his courts on many occasions just to hear first-hand the stories of how people were treated by the banks. I wish him well in his retirement. He is an extraordinary character and has...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Message to Dáil (29 Jun 2022)

John McGuinness: In accordance with Standing Order 101, 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 double taxation agreements with the Isle of Man and Guernsey. Under Standing Order 100(2) the message is deemed to be the report of the committee.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (28 Jun 2022)

John McGuinness: 192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action that he is taking to provide wheelchair access at the railway stations in Carlow and Kilkenny by way of the use of the existing lifts to the platforms which are not operating currently or in any other manner; if the lifts are in the ownership of another party if he will negotiate a permanent solution for each site; if he is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Scoileanna DEIS (28 Jun 2022)

John McGuinness: 597. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if DEIS Band 1 will be approved for a school (details supplied); and if she will expedite the matter [33725/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (28 Jun 2022)

John McGuinness: 828. To ask the Minister for Health the services and supports that are available in counties Carlow and Kilkenny to parents that have a child with Down's syndrome; if he has plans to expand the services available and improve existing services; if funding is in place for the next three years to achieve the improvements and expansion necessary; the funding that was provided over the past three...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Immigration Support Services (28 Jun 2022)

John McGuinness: 954. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if his attention has been drawn to the possibility of the closure of immigrant services (details supplied) due to the lack of funding for the support officer; if the funding required of €20,000.00 will be sanctioned as a matter of urgency given the importance of this work and the new challenges arising from the intake of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (23 Jun 2022)

John McGuinness: 453. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that the harbour authority at Dunmore East will fully engage with a club (details supplied) relative to the traffic management plan being proposed and in particular the access issues for the club arising from the proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33323/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (22 Jun 2022)

John McGuinness: 41. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an application for funding submitted by Kilkenny County Council under the developer provided water services infrastructure scheme relative to Brookfield Estate, Ballyhale, Kilkenny, will be expedited and approved given that the application was made in 2021. [33027/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (21 Jun 2022)

John McGuinness: 551. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review a case being made by a school (details supplied); and if a positive response will be expedited. [31942/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (21 Jun 2022)

John McGuinness: 746. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1748 of 26 April 2022 and the response issued by the HSE on 4 May 2022, relative to the care that is urgently required by a person (details supplied) if his attention has been drawn to the fact that their consultant psychiatrist has been advocating for a decade for the need for a specialist residential service for the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (15 Jun 2022)

John McGuinness: 134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline the process in place for extra hours to be allocated to special needs assistants that are already in place in schools and that have expressed interest in taking on more hours in their allocated school or another school; if she is satisfied that the current system is efficient, cost effective and delivering the service to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (15 Jun 2022)

John McGuinness: 154. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will be approved for an invalidity pension as a matter of urgency based on their medical reports. [31194/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (15 Jun 2022)

John McGuinness: 224. To ask the Minister for Health if an immediate BreastCheck appointment will be arranged for a person (details supplied) at University Hospital Waterford. [31190/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (15 Jun 2022)

John McGuinness: 245. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of applications that have been received by each county council for the streetscape enhancement scheme; the total amount of funding allocated to each council; the amount of funding drawn down by each council; if all approved applicants were paid; if she will allow each council to administer grants to applicants who have a...