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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (2 Apr 2019)

John McGuinness: 280. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that 68% of respondents claimed to have witnessed bullying and or harassment in the service within the previous two years of the Health Sector National Staff Survey 2016 and National Ambulance Services Report January 2017 being carried out; and the action he has taken to date to rectify the situation. [14915/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (2 Apr 2019)

John McGuinness: 281. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether there may be a culture of bullying and-or harassment within the National Ambulance Service. [14916/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (2 Apr 2019)

John McGuinness: 282. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the fact that only 4% of staff have confidence in senior management within the National Ambulance Service. [14918/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (2 Apr 2019)

John McGuinness: 283. To ask the Minister for Health the action he plans to take in relation to the fact that only 5% of staff agree that communication between senior management and staff is effective in the National Ambulance Service. [14919/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (2 Apr 2019)

John McGuinness: 284. To ask the Minister for Health the actions taken by the National Ambulance Service in relation to the finding in the national staff survey that only 3% of staff agree that senior managers act on staff feedback. [14920/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (2 Apr 2019)

John McGuinness: 285. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the contents of the 2018 survey carried out by a company (details supplied) in relation to the National Ambulance Service has yet to be released to all staff; and if his attention has been further drawn to its content. [14921/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (2 Apr 2019)

John McGuinness: 286. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for the long-term appropriate care of a person (details supplied); if the person will be discharged into the care of an organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14925/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Provision (2 Apr 2019)

John McGuinness: 287. To ask the Minister for Health if an immediate long-term care plan will be put in place through CAMHS Kilkenny for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14926/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Exports (2 Apr 2019)

John McGuinness: 375. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the figures for the export of beef to China over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14928/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee
No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (2 Apr 2019)

John McGuinness: No. 4, the No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019, is a Private Member's Bill in the name of Deputy Pearse Doherty. I welcome the officials from the Central Bank of Ireland and from the Departments of Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform. The Central Bank is a separate entity from the two Departments and the committee acknowledges its independence. This joint session was suggested to be more...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee
No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (2 Apr 2019)

John McGuinness: I remind Senator O'Donnell of the time remaining.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee
No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (2 Apr 2019)

John McGuinness: I ask the Senator to conclude on this.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee
No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (2 Apr 2019)

John McGuinness: Senator Conway-Walsh is next.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee
No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (2 Apr 2019)

John McGuinness: Deputy Burton's time is up.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee
No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (2 Apr 2019)

John McGuinness: I do not know how Deputy Pearse Doherty feels about this, but the media coverage of the Bill in the statements from all of the usual suspects rained heavily on him this morning. The language used could equate to an effort to scaremonger in getting the message out about banks not being able to raise money, interest rates going up and the next mortgage applicants not being able to apply to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee
No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (2 Apr 2019)

John McGuinness: Recent sales have been characterised by a hierarchy of companies. There is the first purchaser and then there is the beneficiary. There is a confusing structure in terms of where the loan and its benefits will finally end up. We do not know and certainly the borrower does not know.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee
No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (2 Apr 2019)

John McGuinness: Who owns the note at the end of it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee
No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (2 Apr 2019)

John McGuinness: That is fine. I want to know who they are. If my loan with a bank is sold to another party, I might know who that party is in Ireland and who I have to deal with but I do not know who owns the note at the end of it. I do not know the reach of all of this. The Irish people have a right to know. Mr. Sibley might refer to the construct put on purchases by the banks and others in the world...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee
No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (2 Apr 2019)

John McGuinness: But Mr. Sibley is not addressing the question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee
No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (2 Apr 2019)

John McGuinness: Should we not know all of that? It is a great mystery to the individual, who is not well versed in the language of the world of finance. Further mystery and secrecy are added by virtue of the fact that a party who is benefiting from the loan, by way of profit from the sale of the loans, is not known to the individual. Mr. Sibley might say that is the way it happens in the world of finance...