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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Eligibility (27 Jun 2019)

John McGuinness: 254. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied) will be expedited and approved. [27382/19]

Carers: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2019)

John McGuinness: Deputy Eugene Murphy spoke about the bureaucracy encountered by carers and how it is deal with by the Department. I would like all of that to be streamlined and greater understanding shown to those coming home to care for their individual family members. Carers have saved the State significant money. Every Member will make that statement. It is time the Government began to count the cost...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Jun 2019)

John McGuinness: I raise the policy of decongregation and the funding of it. Many young adults are now being taken from institutionalised settings such as St. Patrick's in Kilkenny and placed in community homes throughout the city. I believe the policy is successful but it lacks funding. The consequences for staff members are that they still remain within the setting but they are not being paid properly...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Remuneration (20 Jun 2019)

John McGuinness: 160. To ask the Minister for Health the reason pay increments were not provided to a person (details supplied) by the HSE when other employees doing the same hours on the same contract were approved and described as full-time employees; if he will request an independent person to examine the paperwork relative to the person and others and rectify the situation; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (20 Jun 2019)

John McGuinness: 203. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied); and if a decision will be expedited. [25973/19]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Articles of Agreement of the International Finance Corporation: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (20 Jun 2019)

John McGuinness: We will commence the session.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Articles of Agreement of the International Finance Corporation: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (20 Jun 2019)

John McGuinness: The proposed amendment of the Articles of Agreement of the International Finance Corporation, which is part of the World Bank Group, was referred to the select committee for consideration on Tuesday, 18 June 2018. The committee has completed its consideration of the matter.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Message to Dáil (20 Jun 2019)

John McGuinness: In accordance with Standing Order 90, 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 the following proposal: That Dáil Éireann approves, in accordance with Article 29.5.2° of Bunreacht na hÉireann, a proposed amendment of Article II, Section 2(c)(ii)...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Cost of Insurance Working Group: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (13 Jun 2019)

John McGuinness: If that report was all about insurance for taxis, why was it passed on to the senior Minister?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Cost of Insurance Working Group: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (13 Jun 2019)

John McGuinness: Does that mean that the Minister of State pushes the Minister on Deputy Boyd Barrett's question? It has not just gone to the Minister but there is a timeframe within which he must return to the Minister of State with an answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Cost of Insurance Working Group: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (13 Jun 2019)

John McGuinness: Reflecting on the previous meetings we have had on this issue feels like Groundhog Day. I have listened carefully to what the Minister of State has had to say and I do not question his dedication to the task of fighting to lower insurance costs. Businesses that have come before this committee and individual voters that have complained to us have not had any satisfaction whatsoever. I know...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Cost of Insurance Working Group: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (13 Jun 2019)

John McGuinness: No, I am talking about any cost facing businesses. I ask the Minister of State to bear with me. One cannot simply single out motor insurance and state one will deal with public liability insurance later on. That does not work for business owners dealing in the current marketplace and who are giving employment. Nothing has happened and there has been no change, in spite of what I read in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Cost of Insurance Working Group: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (13 Jun 2019)

John McGuinness: Let me finish. Deputy Boyd Barrett mentioned taxi drivers earlier. We could take transport companies, farmers or marts. They are all telling us the same thing: their insurance costs have gone sky-high. Now, presumably the report Deputy Boyd Barrett referenced is about insurance. The Minister of State mentioned that it went to the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport. Is that not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Cost of Insurance Working Group: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (13 Jun 2019)

John McGuinness: That does not seem to be working. That is the point I am making. You and I are talking about this, and the committee is dealing with it. Yet, as the working group deals with it, there are businesses operating throughout the economy that are being forced to close or curtail their activities because of the various types of insurance. That cannot be endured. One sector cannot hold all of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Cost of Insurance Working Group: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (13 Jun 2019)

John McGuinness: No, take a note. There are two officials beside you. They can take notes as well. I have no one beside me.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Cost of Insurance Working Group: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (13 Jun 2019)

John McGuinness: I am looking at the Minister of State's report. Wherever a report, protocol or legislation is mentioned, the action gets done but the hard part is giving information to the consumer. That does not get done. It is too intricate according to these recommendations. Let us consider the first recommendation. I will bring us through them. The first states that insurers should set out reasons...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Cost of Insurance Working Group: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (13 Jun 2019)

John McGuinness: That is what I said. It is ongoing. What is to stop insurance companies from simply giving the information? If my insurance premium goes up by €1,000 or if it doubles, then surely I am entitled to sit down with my broker or insurance company and ask why the premium has gone up although I have made no claims. The companies will not even answer people who ask that question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Cost of Insurance Working Group: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (13 Jun 2019)

John McGuinness: Does that not tell you something about them, Minister of State?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Cost of Insurance Working Group: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (13 Jun 2019)

John McGuinness: That tells us everything about them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Cost of Insurance Working Group: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (13 Jun 2019)

John McGuinness: Given the context in which the Minister of State finds himself, should the Government not give everything to one person, namely, to the Minister of State? The report was sent from the working group to the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport. Whatever is required to be done should be done immediately. That simple example involving information being asked from the service providers...