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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Apr 2019)

John McGuinness: My question concerns that group, including some of those affected. Does Mr. Joyce believe, as part of that group, that an open session here, in public, to discuss the very issues that we have been talking about would be helpful? As data are collected and provision is made for legislation, more and more loans are gone. They are sold on. There is frightening speed in this.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Apr 2019)

John McGuinness: Is Mr. Joyce willing to give that history lesson along with the current set of circumstances that face people who are in this type of distress?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Apr 2019)

John McGuinness: I am sorry for rushing this but, as I said, it is towards the end of the day here. In Mr. Hall's opening statement, he made fairly serious comments about the incompetence from banks, bureaucratic corruption and so on. I agree with the sentiments that he has expressed but I think that we need to flesh it out in a way that is bold and in the face of the banks. Some of the lies being spun...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Apr 2019)

John McGuinness: With Deputy Doherty's approval, I believe that it would be helpful not just to the Bill but to the issue that we are trying to raise if we were to give that challenge to the witnesses' organisations and others to come back with a format that would do exactly what we want to do. That would have regard to the work the witnesses do and the legislation that we have to put together, and it would...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Apr 2019)

John McGuinness: With the willingness of the Deputy's group and maybe some who are affected, and with the type of information that the Deputy has exchanged with Senator Paddy Burke, it would be worthwhile. I invite Deputy Doherty to engage with the clerk to see how that can be constructed in the best possible way, with the outcome being focused on either regulation or legislation that could be dealt with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Apr 2019)

John McGuinness: Yes. We would facilitate that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Apr 2019)

John McGuinness: It would also be a day when people would get information. Many people suggest that there are different things going on within the courts, banks and vulture funds. The witnesses have confirmed that what we have discussed will show people whether what they believe is true or false. I would like to do more of that as early as possible after Easter. We could prioritise it. The committee has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Apr 2019)

John McGuinness: I thank everyone for coming along. It has been worthwhile and informative.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (17 Apr 2019)

John McGuinness: 180. To ask the Minister for Health the progress on the approval process for the drug nusinersen, that is, Spinraza; if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; the type of care and medication that his Department and or the HSE will fund in this case; if he will meet the parents of the person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17963/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Data (16 Apr 2019)

John McGuinness: 159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons on the autism spectrum waiting for a school placement at an autism spectrum disorder unit in Kilkenny city and county; the number of schools that have an ASD unit; the number of places in each unit; and the number of available spaces in each unit. [17200/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Data (16 Apr 2019)

John McGuinness: 163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school placement will be arranged at an ASD unit in Kilkenny city, possibly at the Kilkenny VEC, for a person (details supplied); if confirmation of the placement will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17217/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (16 Apr 2019)

John McGuinness: 164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans to provide an ASD unit at a school (details supplied); the number on the list to be accommodated; the number of places to be provided; the level of funding required; the timeframe for a decision on the project and the funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17226/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications (16 Apr 2019)

John McGuinness: 270. To ask the Minister for Health if the fair deal scheme will be approved in the case of persons (details supplied); if consideration of their case will be expedited in view of the fact that the family cannot provide the level of care needed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17218/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (16 Apr 2019)

John McGuinness: 274. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which an application was made for funding for an MRI scanner for St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny. [17227/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Eligibility (11 Apr 2019)

John McGuinness: 101. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will consider changes to the work permit system to allow healthcare assistants and other categories of healthcare professionals to be recruited abroad and to be treated more favourably by the work permit rules in view of the shortage of qualified personnel here as highlighted by the nursing home operators; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (11 Apr 2019)

John McGuinness: 136. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for the provision of a MRI scanner for St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny; if the funding will be provided in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17087/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (11 Apr 2019)

John McGuinness: The purpose of this session is to engage with Allied Irish Banks, AIB, on banking matters. I welcome Dr. Hunt and his colleagues. It is Dr. Hunt's first time before the committee. I wish him well in his time with the bank and I hope his engagement with this committee is positive. I draw the attention of witnesses to the fact that by virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (11 Apr 2019)

John McGuinness: In his opening statement, Dr. Hunt referred to solutions such as the development of mortgage to rent with iCare and saying that it also engages with external agencies such as the Irish Mortgage Holders Organisation, StepChange and the IFA. Can Dr. Hunt broaden that out and tell us if there is potential, with the homes that have mortgages in distress, to do many more sales to agencies with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (11 Apr 2019)

John McGuinness: Does AIB see potential in the general business model of getting those loans to an agency of that sort and keeping the people who want to pay but are still under pressure in their homes?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (11 Apr 2019)

John McGuinness: My concern is that as these sales come up, as Deputy Pearse Doherty said, AIB is getting down to the more difficult cases and it is easier to sell them on to a vulture fund than it is to continue to drill down into the solutions that might be found for them. I encourage AIB, whatever organisation it is using, to try to expand on the proposal that is there and to engage with that proposal...