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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products Availability (14 May 2019)

John McGuinness: What the Minister of State has outlined has nothing to do with the question that was asked. He should be ashamed of himself. He was asked a specific question about supporting Mr. Holmes in the context of a cost of €5,111 for 30 treatments of the drug. All the Minister of State did, however, was give us a history lesson. The Government is cold and callous if it can stand back and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products Availability (14 May 2019)

John McGuinness: On a point of order, a Cheann Comhairle, it is a disgrace that a Minister of State would use that script in the Chamber and fail to address a question about a man who is seriously ill. The Government can be described as cold and callous.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products Availability (14 May 2019)

John McGuinness: The Government is being seriously disrespectful to Mr. Holmes by not responding properly or adequately to the requests made of it.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products Availability (14 May 2019)

John McGuinness: Mr. Holmes met the Minister. I sent a text message to the Minister and asked him to meet. I sent him a note in Deputy Funchion's presence but he ignored it. How will people build respect and trust for politicians when this nonsense is put on the record and when the real issues of Mr. Holmes and Isaac Brennan are not addressed in the Parliament?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products Availability (14 May 2019)

John McGuinness: Nor does any of the nonsense the Minister of State has outlined.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products Availability (14 May 2019)

John McGuinness: John Holmes began to have investigations into his health in 2010 when it was established that he had cancer. From 2010 to today, he has been battling cancer. He has had chemotherapy and he has had various invasive surgeries. Professor John Crown has recommended that he undergo an aggressive form of chemotherapy. That has all happened and now it is being recommended that he be treated with...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Exemptions (14 May 2019)

John McGuinness: 114. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will exempt the drug Pembro from VAT in cases in which persons are raising public donations to purchase the drug until such time as the HSE gives approval to patients that require the drug. [20411/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (14 May 2019)

John McGuinness: 284. To ask the Minister for Health if an MRI scan will be arranged for a person (details supplied); and if the matter will be expedited. [20412/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (14 May 2019)

John McGuinness: 285. To ask the Minister for Health the date the HSE drugs group will meet to discuss the revised offer submitted by a company (details supplied); the date the HSE leadership team will meet to discuss a final decision on the matter; the reason Ireland signed up to the BeNeLuxA initiative in June 2018 along with the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and Austria; the benefits to Ireland of being...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (14 May 2019)

John McGuinness: 288. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet a person (details supplied); the progress made on the case of the person following his meeting with the person in County Kilkenny; if the approval of pembro for the person will be expedited without further delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20419/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (14 May 2019)

John McGuinness: 357. To ask the Minister for Health the progress being made to arrange an early assessment and operation at University Hospital Waterford for a person (details supplied); if an immediate assessment will be arranged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20771/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (14 May 2019)

John McGuinness: 471. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an invalidity pension will be approved for a person (details supplied). [20410/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Drugs Availability (9 May 2019)

John McGuinness: 106. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has to pay for medication prescribed by their general practitioner; if immediate assistance will be granted in view of the extenuating circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20248/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (9 May 2019)

John McGuinness: 107. To ask the Minister for Health if a replacement knee operation will be arranged as a matter of urgency for a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in providing the operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20249/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Benefit Payments (9 May 2019)

John McGuinness: 166. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a payment due to a person (details supplied) will be made. [20247/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector (Resumed): Ulster Bank (9 May 2019)

John McGuinness: We will now resume discussion of matters relating to the banking sector. From Ulster Bank, I welcome Ms Jane Howard, chief executive, Mr. Paul Stanley and Mr. Ciaran Coyle. It is Ms Howard's first appearance before the committee. She is very welcome and I wish her well. I advise the witnesses 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: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector (Resumed): Ulster Bank (9 May 2019)

John McGuinness: In Ms Howard's opening remarks she referred to her background in banking, which is quite impressive. When she took up her position here, what were the key differences between what she found when working in the UK and when she experienced the banking sector through Ulster Bank here in Ireland?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector (Resumed): Ulster Bank (9 May 2019)

John McGuinness: What about the culture?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector (Resumed): Ulster Bank (9 May 2019)

John McGuinness: I would like Ms Howard to tell me the difference between the culture she found here and the culture she left behind in the UK. The question is about the comparison at senior level, so she can tell me that the dynamics are different here and that the processes often get in the way of good staff, but it was not the staff who caused the tracker mortgage issue. It was something else. Was it a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector (Resumed): Ulster Bank (9 May 2019)

John McGuinness: Ms Howard is in the wrong room. She should be in the Dáil Chamber because she has given a political response. I ask her to go back to it again. What differences did she find between the culture here that led us into the crash and the tracker mortgage issue, and where she came from in the UK? It is clear that customers were robbed by the banks, not just Ulster Bank but others as...