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Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (28 Jun 2018)

John McGuinness: 75. To ask the Minister for Health the initiatives being taken to improve psychiatric services in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28232/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Complaints Procedures (28 Jun 2018)

John McGuinness: 219. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not been fully treated having been admitted to hospital four times in the past six weeks only to be discharged without having had all of their complex medical conditions addressed; if a query or complaint submitted on the matter to the hospital manager will be answered as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services Provision (27 Jun 2018)

John McGuinness: 177. To ask the Minister for Health if a long-term sustainable all round care plan will be put in place for a person (details supplied); if a plan was agreed following a meeting of 17 professionals associated with the care of the person; if a direct line of communication will be set up by the HSE with the family; the reason a meeting with local HSE officials did not take place as planned; the...

Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2018)

John McGuinness: It is happening in Austria as well.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (26 Jun 2018)

John McGuinness: 118. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to increase the pension exemption limit for tax purposes from €36,000 in view of the fact that it has not been adjusted for the past four to five years; the estimated cost of an increase for each €1,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27834/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Provision (26 Jun 2018)

John McGuinness: 386. To ask the Minister for Health if a 24-7 home care package will be put in place for a person (details supplied); the care plan in place for another person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27835/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Payments (26 Jun 2018)

John McGuinness: 538. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a fuel allowance payment was made to a person (details supplied). [27501/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (26 Jun 2018)

John McGuinness: 539. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an increase of payment for a qualified child relative to children allowance was made to a person (details supplied). [27503/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Eligibility (26 Jun 2018)

John McGuinness: 553. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) has enough contributions to apply for an invalidity pension. [27780/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (21 Jun 2018)

John McGuinness: Today we have representatives from Allied Irish Banks with us. I welcome Mr. Bernard Byrne, chief executive officer; Mr. Jim O’Keeffe and Mr. Tom Kinsella. The meeting has to conclude at 11.30 a.m. so I ask members to bear the tight timeframe in mind when they are making their contributions. I acknowledge Ms Alex Malone and Ms Thea Malone in the Public Gallery. They are daughters...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (21 Jun 2018)

John McGuinness: Senator Horkan is next.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (21 Jun 2018)

John McGuinness: In Mr. Byrne's opening statement he set out the argument for the increased costs in the area of interest rates and the regulatory requirements which are designed to make sure we do not have another bust, including the need to be well capitalised. He spoke about security and stated:If that security is undermined, the costs to all other borrowers are impacted. Defaulting customers, and indeed...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (21 Jun 2018)

John McGuinness: There is no need to apologise. It is a conversation we all need to have from time to time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (21 Jun 2018)

John McGuinness: Mr. Byrne mentions defaulters and litigation, with people trying to defend themselves. Many are lay litigants. That is part and parcel of what we must deal with and what was created by the bailout and the behaviour of banks. In the court case that was decided yesterday Allied Irish Banks suggested that a previous decision might be misinterpreted and relied upon in future litigation and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (21 Jun 2018)

John McGuinness: Senior counsel for Allied Irish Banks made the arguments about chaos and the €7.8 billion. The bank must have some concerns.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (21 Jun 2018)

John McGuinness: We will leave that issue there. What is the updated position on EBS agents?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (21 Jun 2018)

John McGuinness: EBS had agents.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (21 Jun 2018)

John McGuinness: It had agents. There is the matter of EBS, its agents, how they were represented and the case that is ongoing with Mr. Byrne's bank.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (21 Jun 2018)

John McGuinness: The agents have written to us and I want to ask about them. We agreed earlier to invite these agents to make their case to the committee. Apparently, they reached some form of agreement or understanding with EBS before EBS was taken over by AIB, however Mr. Byrne wants to describe it. Will EBS resolve that with its agents without any intervention from AIB or does AIB have a concern around...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (21 Jun 2018)

John McGuinness: Will the witnesses check out the position and revert to the committee on it?