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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary) (27 Nov 2018)

John McGuinness: Excuse me, Minister of State, Deputy Moran, but we have a job to do here which is about expenditure. We have been tasked to do this job by the Ceann Comhairle and the Dáil. That is what we are doing. The Committee of Public Accounts can review it after the spend. We are reviewing it as it is being spent. It is perfectly within our remit.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary) (27 Nov 2018)

John McGuinness: That is fine. We have not completed our consideration of the Supplementary Estimate and intend to continue its consideration at a future date.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary) (27 Nov 2018)

John McGuinness: The clerk will set up a further date to deal with this. At our previous meeting with the Minister of State on an Estimate, I placed on record an issue in respect of Durrow Abbey in County Offaly. I am deeply disappointed that the matter has not been resolved and that a heritage site of value to the State, now leased to an arts for peace project, has been dealt with in such a way. I know...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards Administration (27 Nov 2018)

John McGuinness: 223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of a series of matters relating to an invitation to tender for the supply of goods to a further education and training centre in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48915/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal Data (27 Nov 2018)

John McGuinness: 300. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases before the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal involving the Irish Prison Service; the length of time that each has been waiting for a decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49014/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal Data (27 Nov 2018)

John McGuinness: 301. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and name of those who serve on the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal; the number of cases dealt with each year; the cost per year of the tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49015/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal Applications (27 Nov 2018)

John McGuinness: 318. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe for processing an application to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal by a person (details supplied); and the process involved. [49409/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (27 Nov 2018)

John McGuinness: 355. To ask the Minister for Health if an early appointment for a cataract operation will be arranged for a person (details supplied); and the reason they have not been called to date as promised at the time of their assessment [48914/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (27 Nov 2018)

John McGuinness: 356. To ask the Minister for Health when a place will be made available for a person (details supplied) in a community home in Kilkenny city; his views on whether persons fitting this profile should be given priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48916/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (27 Nov 2018)

John McGuinness: 357. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding paid to an organisation (details supplied) in County Kilkenny for services in respect of a person (details supplied); the reason a sustainable long-term care plan was not put in place; the reason the family has had no support services for the past 11 years; if a long-term plan for funding will be put in place by the HSE in agreement...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (27 Nov 2018)

John McGuinness: 358. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [48918/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Data (27 Nov 2018)

John McGuinness: 380. To ask the Minister for Health the amount outstanding in payments due from private health insurers to public hospitals; the details of the amount due to each hospital (details supplied); if there is a system in place in each hospital to ensure that the full amount is claimed from health insurance companies and that the hospital is not under-billing; the number of bed nights that are...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (27 Nov 2018)

John McGuinness: 555. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for disability allowance by a person (details supplied). [48919/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Applications (27 Nov 2018)

John McGuinness: 556. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for illness benefit by a person (details supplied) will be approved; if supplementary welfare will be approved while they are waiting; if there are arrangements with the Australian authorities for the person to benefit from their seven years work in Australia which ceased due to injuries from an assault....

Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages [Private Members] (22 Nov 2018)

John McGuinness: There should be more than just this example. We should get a little bit more respect from the other side of the House.

Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages [Private Members] (22 Nov 2018)

John McGuinness: Does that just cover the Bill or does it cover the confidence and supply agreement as well?

Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages [Private Members] (22 Nov 2018)

John McGuinness: When the banks were in trouble they came to the Minister and Government of the time and were bailed out. They obviously told lies about how they were fixed at that time. There might have been a different complexion on the matter had the Minister known everything, but the banks were saved and now, when people have to be saved, they are telling untruths by saying that this has to be done for...

Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages [Private Members] (22 Nov 2018)

John McGuinness: I welcome the Bill and commend Deputy Michael McGrath on bringing it to this stage. We had a very worthwhile debate on Committee Stage about all of the issues pertaining to the regulation of vulture funds. The provisions of the Bill will only take effect from the date of enactment but we must recognise the fact that a considerable number of loans have already been transferred to vulture...

Finance Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2018)

John McGuinness: I take Deputy Howlin's point that it was a measure to assist the sector, and in that regard it worked. To withdraw it in one go is not how business works. The Department should have conducted an impact analysis of the increase before the Minister announced it. Not every business is coining it. Some businesses, particularly in rural areas, are in serious difficulty and the Minister is...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (20 Nov 2018)

John McGuinness: 596. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied). [47689/18]