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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: KBC Bank (10 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: It is a debt collector.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: KBC Bank (10 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: I misunderstood the question that was asked and was unsure whether it was a vulture fund or a debt collection agency. I thought I got it wrong but it is a debt collection agency as I thought.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: KBC Bank (10 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: This point may have been clarified in my absence: it was reported that there is a substantial sum of non-performing loans in the bank.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: KBC Bank (10 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: Are they worth €8 billion?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: KBC Bank (10 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: Is that a big drag on the performance of the bank?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: KBC Bank (10 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: Those debtors are paying something.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: KBC Bank (10 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: That reminds me that the business in the commercial case to which I referred was described as a zero payer but claimed that the bank owed it €1 million. I will bring that to Mr. Verbraeken's attention after the meeting. I thank the representatives for their attendance.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Exemptions (10 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: 167. To ask the Minister for Finance if an exemption to the household charge will be examined to help support family carers. [30068/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (10 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: 274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application by a school (details supplied) for a special needs assistant will be expedited. [30977/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services Provision (10 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: 397. To ask the Minister for Health if general practitioner cards will be extended to all carers in receipt of the respite care support grant. [30066/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (10 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: 398. To ask the Minister for Health if panic buttons and personal alarms will be made available to persons under 65 years of age who are vulnerable and require 24/7 care. [30067/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Accommodation Provision (10 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: 646. To ask the Minister for Health if suitable inpatient accommodation and a step-down facility will be provided for older persons in counties Carlow and Kilkenny in view of the fact that the census figures show a significant increase in this cohort of the population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30760/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (10 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: 692. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug ixazomib for a person (details supplied) will be covered by the HSE; if permissions that may be needed to cover the cost and use of the drug will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30959/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (10 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: 696. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will receive an early date for an assessment and scopes at St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny, based on the referrals made by their general practitioner, who described their case as urgent. [31017/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (10 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: 858. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [30065/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance Appeals (10 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: 859. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a supplementary welfare allowance will be awarded to a person (details supplied); and if the appeal submitted recently will be expedited. [30069/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (10 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: 909. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a domiciliary allowance by a person (details supplied). [30978/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (5 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: Before dealing with No. 7, engagement with the Bank of Ireland I note that the committee has made a decision on No. 6, the scrutiny of EU proposals. This is for the public record. The committee agreed that EU proposals COM (2018) 280, COM (2018) 281, COM (2018) 373 and COM (2018) 374 do not warrant further scrutiny. Full details will be published on the committee's website.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Bank of Ireland (5 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: Moving to item 7, Bank of Ireland, I welcome Ms McDonagh and her colleagues to the meeting. I remind witnesses to please turn of their mobile telephones or remove them from the desks so that there is no interference during the meeting. I draw the attention of witnesses to the fact that by virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, witnesses are protected by absolute privilege...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Bank of Ireland (5 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: The Senator should provide the details directly for Ms McDonagh.