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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)

John McGuinness: Will Mr. Watt give me a note on it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)

John McGuinness: The Department referred it to the Attorney General.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)

John McGuinness: Does it take long for the Attorney General to come back?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)

John McGuinness: I thank Mr. Watt for coming along. I am sorry we kept him beyond 4 p.m.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (27 Nov 2019)

John McGuinness: 90. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if all passports and passport cards issued to Irish citizens born in Taiwan will have the description of country of birth as Taiwan as was previously the case; the reason for changing the description; if the practice of other EU states will be followed; if the use of Taiwan as the description will be resumed; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Appeals (27 Nov 2019)

John McGuinness: 116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a series of queries (details supplied) submitted by email in September 2019 will receive a response. [49372/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Treatment Benefit Scheme Applications (27 Nov 2019)

John McGuinness: 169. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the treatment abroad scheme; the reason emails to the HSE PAD section of 1 and 6 November 2019 regarding the matter have not received a response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49371/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (27 Nov 2019)

John McGuinness: 278. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied) which is now under appeal; and if the matter will be expedited in view of the circumstances. [49370/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (26 Nov 2019)

John McGuinness: 83. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve paediatric health and disability services in counties Carlow and Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48871/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (26 Nov 2019)

John McGuinness: 84. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to meet the demand for general practitioner services in counties Carlow and Kilkenny, with many persons unable to access them on a regular basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48872/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (21 Nov 2019)

John McGuinness: 183. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 350 of 8 October 2019, the progress in relation to outstanding payments under the REP scheme in the case of a person (details supplied). [48450/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Widow's Pension Applications (20 Nov 2019)

John McGuinness: 332. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a widow's pension will be approved for a person (details supplied). [48259/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Applications (19 Nov 2019)

John McGuinness: 625. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if illness benefit will be approved and issued to a person (details supplied). [47450/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Tracker Mortgages and Differential Pricing in Insurance: Discussion (19 Nov 2019)

John McGuinness: We are dealing with No. 5 on our agenda, which relates to tracker mortgages and differential pricing in insurance. I welcome the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman, Mr. Ger Deering, and his colleagues. We will be discussing the final report of the Central Bank on its examination into tracker mortgages and will then deal with the practice of differential pricing in insurance. I wish...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Tracker Mortgages and Differential Pricing in Insurance: Discussion (19 Nov 2019)

John McGuinness: I thank Mr. Deering and call Deputy Michael McGrath.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Tracker Mortgages and Differential Pricing in Insurance: Discussion (19 Nov 2019)

John McGuinness: We are running out of time, Deputy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Tracker Mortgages and Differential Pricing in Insurance: Discussion (19 Nov 2019)

John McGuinness: Where a negative decision is made against a customer but the decision is overturned later by the Central Bank or whoever else, what does Mr. Deering do about such cases in terms of the office's general examination? How does that inform or change his office's approach to its investigations as lessons are learned from the differences in the outcomes of decisions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Tracker Mortgages and Differential Pricing in Insurance: Discussion (19 Nov 2019)

John McGuinness: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Tracker Mortgages and Differential Pricing in Insurance: Discussion (19 Nov 2019)

John McGuinness: The first decision may be that a party is not part of the process and the ombudsman could later decide that the party is part of it. Mr. Deering must have seen many such cases. Has he seen many cases where there was a difference in the decisions reached? If so, what did he learn from that and what has changed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Tracker Mortgages and Differential Pricing in Insurance: Discussion (19 Nov 2019)

John McGuinness: This goes back to the question asked by Deputy Michael McGrath about the different groupings or a basket of cases and so on.