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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee
Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Permanent TSB (9 Apr 2019) John McGuinness: We are at the end of a long day and I want to understand exactly what happened. The banks will not pay tax for a long time because of the way things are and they are all members of the banking federation. Did our guests ever discuss with their colleagues, or have such a discussion arranged through the banking federation that, over a certain cap of profit, they might give a substantial figure...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee
Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Permanent TSB (9 Apr 2019) John McGuinness: Yes, but above and beyond those.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee
Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Permanent TSB (9 Apr 2019) John McGuinness: What is the CSR space?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee
Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Permanent TSB (9 Apr 2019) John McGuinness: Permanent TSB always did that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee
Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Permanent TSB (9 Apr 2019) John McGuinness: Permanent TSB always did that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee
Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Permanent TSB (9 Apr 2019) John McGuinness: Permanent TSB always gave money to organisations and charities.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee
Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Permanent TSB (9 Apr 2019) John McGuinness: That is a mean sort of an answer.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee
Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Permanent TSB (9 Apr 2019) John McGuinness: That is a mean sort of an answer. Permanent TSB is doing okay, making money, getting into better times and restructuring.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee
Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Permanent TSB (9 Apr 2019) John McGuinness: Would Mr. Masding not take the initiative with the other banks-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee
Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Permanent TSB (9 Apr 2019) John McGuinness: -----and get them to come clean. The banks are not paying taxes so should agree to a contribution of millions of euro per year for each of the next five years. I ask Mr. Dolan to stop writing. The banks could build up a fund for social housing. I am only asking but I think it is something the banks should do. It might take them a step closer to rebuilding the trust they should have with...
- Report on Public Private Partnerships for Public Sector Infrastructure Projects - Liquidation of the Carillion Group: Motion (4 Apr 2019)
John McGuinness: I move:That Dáil Éireann shall consider the Report of the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach entitled ‘Report on Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) for Public Sector Infrastructure Projects - Liquidation of the Carillion Group’, copies of which were laid before Dáil Éireann on 22nd October, 2018. As the Minister of State,...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Childcare Services (4 Apr 2019)
John McGuinness: I have already written to the Minister about this matter.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Childcare Services (4 Apr 2019)
John McGuinness: The Minister has spoken in general terms about the scheme and the new one that will come on stream at the end of the year. I would be the last to suggest that the Minister should ignore an audit or not seek value for the taxpayer's money. However, it would be remiss of me not to tell her that a certain degree of common sense had be mixed into what was happening in communities at charity...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Childcare Services (4 Apr 2019)
John McGuinness: I bring to the attention of the Minister the crisis in the not-for-profit community childcare sector. She will be aware of this issue because I have forwarded her considerable correspondence from the groups concerned not only in Carlow-Kilkenny, but also in the neighbouring counties. In addition, there is an issue in respect of Pobal investigations into childcare and audits which have taken...
- Fibromyalgia: Statements (4 Apr 2019)
John McGuinness: I am sharing my time with Deputy Michael Moynihan.
- Fibromyalgia: Statements (4 Apr 2019)
John McGuinness: The easiest way for me to capture what people think about this is to read from a letter I received from a constituent in January. The content of the letter represents what most people would write in their correspondence, and I have received numerous letters about the campaign to have fibromyalgia recognised. This lady writes to me about her son, who is 46 years of age. He has had the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Costs for Small and Medium Businesses: Discussion (4 Apr 2019)
John McGuinness: We will now deal with No. 5, insurance costs for small and medium sized businesses. I welcome the representatives of the Alliance for Insurance Reform and the Irish Small and Medium Enterprises Association, ISME, to the meeting. By virtue of section 17(2)(l)of the Defamation Act 2009, witnesses are protected by absolute privilege in respect of their evidence to the joint committee. However,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Costs for Small and Medium Businesses: Discussion (4 Apr 2019)
John McGuinness: I thank Mr. Boland. May we now have ISME's opening statement, please?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Costs for Small and Medium Businesses: Discussion (4 Apr 2019)
John McGuinness: Not long, we hope.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Costs for Small and Medium Businesses: Discussion (4 Apr 2019)
John McGuinness: I very conscious that the FBD representatives are coming in at 11.30 a.m. and we are gone past that time now. Deputy Burton, Senator Horkan and Deputy Murphy may ask some questions if they wish but they should bear in mind that the time is ticking away. We will have less time with FBD.