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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Salary Increase for Position of Secretary General at the Department of Health: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (2 Feb 2021)

John McGuinness: The Deputy must conclude.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Salary Increase for Position of Secretary General at the Department of Health: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (2 Feb 2021)

John McGuinness: I ask the Deputy to conclude.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Salary Increase for Position of Secretary General at the Department of Health: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (2 Feb 2021)

John McGuinness: The Deputy will have to finish, please.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Salary Increase for Position of Secretary General at the Department of Health: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (2 Feb 2021)

John McGuinness: Deputy Doherty has asked the question. I have no means of cutting him off, so I will have to get a knock-off button for him.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Salary Increase for Position of Secretary General at the Department of Health: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (2 Feb 2021)

John McGuinness: It is coming up to 5.30 p.m. and we have to vacate the room and end the meeting at that time. I apologise to members that we have not reached the European questions that they wanted to ask. In view of the importance of the other issues the Minister mentioned in his opening statement, I ask him to come back and deal with them at an early date. A number of the members are anxious to get an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Salary Increase for Position of Secretary General at the Department of Health: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (2 Feb 2021)

John McGuinness: I will ask the clerk to contact the Minister's officials and we will organise an appropriate meeting to deal with all that. Is that agreed? Agreed. Before closing, I will comment generally on what has been discussed. Reform is also part of the committee's agenda. I am of the view that this whole system needs to be reformed. The correspondence from start to finish reflects a cosiness...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Salary Increase for Position of Secretary General at the Department of Health: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (2 Feb 2021)

John McGuinness: I expect that from the Minister. It is a pity that the openness and transparency did not play a much deeper role in the process from October onwards. I will leave it at that.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Health and Safety Inspections (27 Jan 2021)

John McGuinness: 11. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of construction site inspections conducted by Departmental health and safety officials relative to the use of tower cranes and their safety; if the working condition of the cranes are examined; the process of certification for such machinery; if driver qualifications are inspected; the number of complaints received from...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (27 Jan 2021)

John McGuinness: 442. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a NEPS psychologist will be recruited for a school (details supplied) to cover maternity leave; and if the support requested by the school will be granted. [3658/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Guardian's Payment (27 Jan 2021)

John McGuinness: 494. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a guardianship payment by a person (details supplied). [3639/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension (27 Jan 2021)

John McGuinness: 506. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied) will be approved and expedited. [3882/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (27 Jan 2021)

John McGuinness: 677. To ask the Minister for Health if Carlow CAMHS are now accepting new referrals following operational problems; and the way in which the problems were addressed. [3668/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Medical Aids and Appliances (27 Jan 2021)

John McGuinness: 682. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for the purchase of an epilepsy monitor for a person (details supplied); and the reason for the decision reached by the HSE, which classified the need as priority 2. [3680/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Appeals (21 Jan 2021)

John McGuinness: 486. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 1139 and 1181 of 13 January 2021, if he is satisfied with the efficiency of the appeals office, given that one appeal has taken almost a year and the other almost four months and the delay is causing the families concerned considerable stress and hardship; the number of staff employed in the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Commissions of Investigation (14 Jan 2021)

John McGuinness: 218. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the Farrelly commission will report; his plans to publicise the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2057/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (13 Jan 2021)

John McGuinness: 53. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will introduce further financial supports for the owners of wet pubs who are still closed with no income and experiencing hardship due to the loss of business. [1697/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Services Provision (13 Jan 2021)

John McGuinness: 123. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the soaring cost of air freight and the immediate negative effect being experienced by exporters in getting their goods to the markets and the threat to exporting companies and businesses of the loss of valuable contracts; if direct financial support will be offered to companies and businesses...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Stations (13 Jan 2021)

John McGuinness: 363. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when funding for the new fire station at Urlingford, County Kilkenny, will be provided; and the timeline for its completion. [1724/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Health Initiatives (13 Jan 2021)

John McGuinness: 952. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements in place to allow operations scheduled prior to December 2020 in hospitals in Northern Ireland for 2021 under the cross-border initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1181/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Appeals (13 Jan 2021)

John McGuinness: 1139. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will progress a positive response to an appeal of a decision taken by his Department in relation to persons (details supplied); and if a reply will be expedited. [1228/21]