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Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (1 Oct 2019)

John McGuinness: 374. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be expedited to prevent the closure of a service (details supplied); if the reason for the shortfall in funding over the past five years which has led to the financial crisis causing the threatened closure will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39582/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services Funding (1 Oct 2019)

John McGuinness: 375. To ask the Minister for Health the number of business cases submitted to the HSE from a service (details supplied) that are still being processed without an indication being given to the service of the timeline for each decision; if the funding required by the service will be calculated and provided as a matter of urgency; if two emergency respite beds for clients of the service will be...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 Oct 2019)

John McGuinness: 387. To ask the Minister for Health if an operation for a hip replacement for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; if Waterford University Hospital will prioritise the case in view of its urgency and the fact that their quality of life is extremely poor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39661/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee (1 Oct 2019)

John McGuinness: We have received apologies from Deputy Joan Burton and Senator Gerry Horkan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Irish Banking Culture Board: Discussion (1 Oct 2019)

John McGuinness: Today we are discussing the work of the Irish Banking Culture Board. I welcome Mr. Justice John Hedigan, Ms Marion Kelly and her team to the meeting. I see we have gone way beyond the required gender balance, so congratulations are due on that. I draw the attention of witnesses to the fact that by virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, witnesses are protected by absolute...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Irish Banking Culture Board: Discussion (1 Oct 2019)

John McGuinness: I call Deputy Pearse Doherty.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Irish Banking Culture Board: Discussion (1 Oct 2019)

John McGuinness: Like other members, I wish Mr. Justice Hedigan, Ms Kelly and their team every success. It is hugely important that we see the type of change they have outlined for us. Five banks are involved - Bank of Ireland, AIB, PTSB, KBC and Ulster Bank. Someone asked how much each bank contributed. I think the answer given was that each bank made a contribution, according to its size. It would be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Irish Banking Culture Board: Discussion (1 Oct 2019)

John McGuinness: Sharing the information would help to instil confidence in the work done by the board. People should know about all of its workings, the work done and how it is funded. The staff have been seconded from banks. Am I correct in saying they will be replaced over time?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Irish Banking Culture Board: Discussion (1 Oct 2019)

John McGuinness: That is another important consideration in putting information on the contribution of the banks into the public domain. I wish to raise one matter with Mr. Justice Hedigan. He has said on three occasions during this meeting that when a loan is sold to a vulture fund, the law travels with it, as it were-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Irish Banking Culture Board: Discussion (1 Oct 2019)

John McGuinness: -----the protections travel with it, and that it is easier to restructure with a vulture fund.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Irish Banking Culture Board: Discussion (1 Oct 2019)

John McGuinness: It is not easy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Irish Banking Culture Board: Discussion (1 Oct 2019)

John McGuinness: Did he say it was easier to settle?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Irish Banking Culture Board: Discussion (1 Oct 2019)

John McGuinness: Mr. Justice Hedigan has said that is his view on it or that is what is being said. I want to put my experience on record. As bad as the banks are, and I believe they are very bad, the vulture funds are even worse. One cannot get through to them by phone. One cannot speak to a human being at any stage during the course of this. It is almost impossible for the ordinary citizen of this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Irish Banking Culture Board: Discussion (1 Oct 2019)

John McGuinness: I am impressed by the fact that the witnesses say their task is moving minds and hearts and to be fair. I do not want to over-egg this but I do want to make clear that our experience here is that bankers are a heartless bunch, they do not know how to spell fair and their mindset is so trapped in beating up the customer that I do not know how the board will do them the favour of releasing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Irish Banking Culture Board: Discussion (1 Oct 2019)

John McGuinness: I hope he can instil some humanity and compassion in the banks. Profit is not everything in life. Bankers should know that but perhaps they learned that lesson too late in life.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Irish Banking Culture Board: Discussion (1 Oct 2019)

John McGuinness: I came from humble background like Mr. Justice Hedigan. He was milking cows in Ballymun-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Irish Banking Culture Board: Discussion (1 Oct 2019)

John McGuinness: -----and spending his time behind a bar. That would teach someone a lot too.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Irish Banking Culture Board: Discussion (1 Oct 2019)

John McGuinness: I am pleased that he brought it with him in life. He might remind the bankers of their past. They were not all born as bankers. They got there somehow. Perhaps they need to examine their own conscience. I wish Mr. Justice Hedigan well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Irish Banking Culture Board: Discussion (1 Oct 2019)

John McGuinness: I thank the witnesses very much for attending.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Data Protection Act 2018 (Section 60 (6)) (Central Bank of Ireland) Regulation 2019: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (1 Oct 2019)

John McGuinness: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Michael D'Arcy, and his officials and call him to give his opening statement.