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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Apr 2022)

John McGuinness: 323. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if full benefit will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied) until such time as there is an outcome to their appeal; and if she will expedite the matter.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18970/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (7 Apr 2022)

John McGuinness: 375. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the ambulance service failed to respond to an urgent request for an ambulance relative to a person (details supplied); and the actions he will take to restructure the service which is not fit for purpose. [18953/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (7 Apr 2022)

John McGuinness: 378. To ask the Minister for Health the number of meetings that he and or his officials have had with an organisation (details supplied) since 2020; the number of dentists offering services under the medical card scheme in each of the past five years; the last occasion that dentists received an increase in fees for their service; if he plans to reform and modernise the scheme to allow...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (7 Apr 2022)

John McGuinness: 435. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an appeal relative to the Beef Genomics Programme payments in the case of a person (details supplied) will be expedited and issued. [18989/22]

Carbon Budget: Motion (6 Apr 2022)

John McGuinness: I will begin by taking up the point made by the previous speaker in respect of this and other issues with which the State is dealing whereby we tend to leave people behind. For me, consultation is extremely important. The outcome of that consultation is even more important. We do not factor that in at the early stages in order to impress on people that their concerns, suggestions or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Data Protection Act 2018 (Section 60(6)) (Office of the Ombudsman) Regulations 2022 (6 Apr 2022)

John McGuinness: Our business today is to consider the motion relating to the Data Protection Act 2018 (Section 60(6)) (Office of the Ombudsman) Regulations 2022. No. 6, the minutes of the joint committee meeting on 30 March 2022 were agreed at the private session. Before we begin, members are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice to the effect that they should not comment on, criticise or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Data Protection Act 2018 (Section 60(6)) (Office of the Ombudsman) Regulations 2022 (6 Apr 2022)

John McGuinness: To take up Deputy Durkan's point, there is a need for those elected to the European Parliament to ensure greater scrutiny of regulations and directives handed down to us by the EU for transposition into Irish law. There is not enough of it. It is led mainly by bureaucrats, I believe, based on some of the material I read. That should not be the case. We need to make a greater effort as a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Messages to Dáil and Seanad (6 Apr 2022)

John McGuinness: In accordance with Standing Order 101, the following message will be sent to the Dáil: The Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach has completed its consideration of the following regulations: Data Protection Act 2018 Section 60(6) (Office of the Ombudsman) Regulations 2022, copies of which were laid before Dáil Éireann in draft form on 11...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2022)

John McGuinness: I welcome the Minister and his officials. Apologies have been received from Deputy Matthews. I remind members of the notice on privilege. They are not to refer to any person by name or in such a way as to make him or her identifiable. I invite the Minister to make an opening statement.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2022)

John McGuinness: Is the list available?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2022)

John McGuinness: Amendments Nos. 1 to 6, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2022)

John McGuinness: Yes, the Deputy may.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2022)

John McGuinness: Amendments Nos. 7 and 9 are related and will be discussed together.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2022)

John McGuinness: Can I just clarify, arising from the exchange with Deputy Carthy, that Schedule 2 in section 11 sets out the rate of mineral tax per 1,000 l. The Deputy was referring to other heavy oil, which includes home heating and agri-diesel. Is that correct?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2022)

John McGuinness: I will not repeat everything but I want clarification. In each of the months stated, that will be the tax take per 1,000 l from both kinds of oil.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2022)

John McGuinness: It shows increases from €138.17 to €158.50 to €178.83 and so on into 2023 and onwards. For clarification, the Minister then mentioned offsets and that no one will be worse off. What offsets? Is that a targeted offset to help those on whom all of this impinges, be it the elderly, sick, marginalised or those on low incomes? Is that what the Minister means?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2022)

John McGuinness: That work is under way.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2022)

John McGuinness: When will the outcome of that be? Will it be in time to deal with the increases that will occur along the line?