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Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Subventions (6 Nov 2018)

John McGuinness: 503. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the level of funding needed by a care home (details supplied) to enable it to meet the costs of improving the home to meet new standards associated with the care and security of residents and the standard and level of pay that should be paid to those employed there; if the funding received under the section 39 grant will be increased to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (6 Nov 2018)

John McGuinness: 552. To ask the Minister for Health if the community health services will engage directly with a person (details supplied); if the department of psychiatry will assess them as requested by their general practitioner; if the HSE will explain the reason a person did not arrange a home assessment as requested; and if the matter will be expedited in view of the circumstances. [44868/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services Provision (6 Nov 2018)

John McGuinness: 555. To ask the Minister for Health if a bed will be provided at the National Rehabilitation Hospital, Dún Laoghaire, for a person (details supplied). [44891/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Drugs Availability (6 Nov 2018)

John McGuinness: 689. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has had the medication prescribed for them by a general practitioner and consultant restricted in quantity by the HSE and-or medical card managers; if the medical direction being followed by the person outweighs the view and direction of others not medically qualified; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Sport Ireland (6 Nov 2018)

John McGuinness: 768. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the funding to Horse Sport Ireland will be increased for 2019; if funding will be provided to an organisation (details supplied) based on the pre-budget submission made; his plans to develop this part of the sector and to promote their efforts at home and abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44919/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (6 Nov 2018)

John McGuinness: 1039. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for domiciliary care allowance, DCA, will be backdated to the date of the original application by a person (details supplied). [44892/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Payments (6 Nov 2018)

John McGuinness: 1111. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason her Department is pursuing a debt of €198 relative to a disability allowance claim by a person (details supplied); and if the payment which was collected by the agent of the person was being paid in arrears or in advance. [45516/18]

Third Interim Report of the Disclosures Tribunal: Statements (Resumed) (25 Oct 2018)

John McGuinness: First, I compliment Mr. Justice Charleton on the efficient way in which he dealt with the tribunal and on the clear report he submitted afterwards. He was unambiguous in his comments on the various issues raised. He has shown the Government and the State how a tribunal can be run efficiently and over a short time. I also acknowledge Sergeant Maurice McCabe's role in the tribunal and its...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disease Management (23 Oct 2018)

John McGuinness: I impress on the Minister the urgency of this. We tend to do an awful lot of reports and we do not learn from other countries. I have highlighted the fact that France seems to be leading the way but Canada has a similar approach to this disease. In New York the same thing is happening, with a cross-departmental approach to solving the issue of Lyme disease. If all of these countries are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disease Management (23 Oct 2018)

John McGuinness: 69. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to bring forward a Lyme disease strategy to help those suffering from the condition. [43600/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disease Management (23 Oct 2018)

John McGuinness: Writing in July 2018, Kerry Lawless outlined her experience of suffering from Lyme disease:My life became this tiny thing. Someone who had worked hard, played hard, travelled extensively, loved large, lived life to the full. I became a shadow, housebound, a virtual recluse with one or two good friends to sustain me... I thought about ending it all. There have been regular protests outside...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disease Management (23 Oct 2018)

John McGuinness: The Minister cannot ignore the words of Kerry Lawless when she stated, "I was worn out. Beat down. Broke. Defeated. I couldn’t face another ten years". If one listens to the reply he has just given, however, while work is ongoing, the campaign for the recognition of Lyme disease has gone on for years but little or nothing has been done. While the Minister is waiting for the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)

John McGuinness: Our first session will see a discussion with the Central Bank on the Report on Local Public Banking in Ireland. I welcome Mr. Ed Sibley and his colleagues to the meeting. I advise the witnesses that, by virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, they are protected by absolute privilege in respect of their evidence to the committee. If they are directed by it to cease giving...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)

John McGuinness: I invite Deputy Doherty to speak.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)

John McGuinness: I would like to ask Mr. Sibley a quick question about the figures compiled by the Central Bank. Has the Central Bank produced figures for 2017 and 2018 setting out the amount of bank credit loaned to businesses in certain categories? I refer to non-financial corporations, for example. Does the Central Bank have figures for all businesses excluding national financial corporations? Does it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)

John McGuinness: Does Mr. Sibley have those figures with him?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)

John McGuinness: I have mentioned categories like non-financial corporations. I am looking for figures for all businesses other than corporations. I am also looking for figures for SMEs and households.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)

John McGuinness: I understand that. I am trying to get some other figures from Mr. Sibley. If he does not have them with him, he might be able to provide them at a later stage.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)

John McGuinness: We will get those figures from Mr. Sibley.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)

John McGuinness: Okay. I will give Mr. Sibley the detail before he leaves.