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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Revenue Commissioners: Discussion (15 May 2024)

John McGuinness: An individual with no means has to pay his or her costs. He or she is not assisting Revenue but is the guinea pig in this High Court case and Revenue is the one that is testing it. If Revenue wins, the precedent is set and the law has been tested, but the man is broken and his family is broken. With the amount of money involved, it was not fraud or anything like that. In fact, the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Revenue Commissioners: Discussion (15 May 2024)

John McGuinness: I read the particular case and it struck me that I would hate to be picked on by Revenue just so it can clarify its position and I would end up in court.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Revenue Commissioners: Discussion (15 May 2024)

John McGuinness: That is true. That is it from me. I thank the witnesses for bearing with us. I had to leave and I did not realise they had not received a break. The clerk here cautioned me. I thank the witnesses for sticking with us. I thank the officials for attending. It has been very informative.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Revenue Commissioners: Discussion (15 May 2024)

John McGuinness: I know.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (14 May 2024)

John McGuinness: 162. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has assessed the recent submission from Kilkenny County Council dated 19 April 2024 in response to the SRAD queries relative to the next phase of the Kilkenny ring road extension; if he will provide the appropriate level of funding to allow the project to proceed to the next stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (14 May 2024)

John McGuinness: 163. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the required amount of funding will be allocated immediately to allow a continuation of the N24 road project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21242/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (14 May 2024)

John McGuinness: 171. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the lift, which was installed by a company (details supplied) to facilitate access for all passengers to the railway station and which was to be commissioned by Iarnród Éireann, will be made operational; the reason the lift has never been used since it was installed 20 years ago; and if immediate action will be taken....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (14 May 2024)

John McGuinness: 250. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the indicative timeframe for the various stages of planning and construction of a flood relief scheme for Freshford, County Kilkenny; and if he will confirm the current status of the scheme. [21269/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (14 May 2024)

John McGuinness: 283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline the rationale relative to the decision to withdraw the sanction for five classrooms to accommodate special needs children at a school (details supplied) and instead to offer a standalone prefabricated single classroom, completely disconnected from the existing building; if the decision was based solely on cost and method of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (14 May 2024)

John McGuinness: 399. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for invalidity pension, which is under appeal, will be approved for a person (details supplied). [21274/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Probation and Welfare Service (14 May 2024)

John McGuinness: 433. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the issues regarding funding of an organisation (details supplied) by the probation services and the HSE have now been resolved; the status of the appeal; and if a decision will be expedited as the funding is urgently required. [21276/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (14 May 2024)

John McGuinness: 511. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if family support payments will be put in place immediately for the grandparents of the children referred to in a Tusla report (details supplied) as they have been supporting the children for weeks without the appropriate financial support; and if the matter will be expedited. [21273/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (14 May 2024)

John McGuinness: 512. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an assessment for autism will be arranged immediately for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21275/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (14 May 2024)

John McGuinness: 557. To ask the Minister for Health if an urgent appointment will be arranged for a person (details supplied) at the neurosurgical clinic at Cork University Hospital as this was requested by their GP on 9 January 2023; if he will expedite a positive response as the patient's condition has seriously deteriorated; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21271/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (14 May 2024)

John McGuinness: 558. To ask the Minister for Health if a date for an operation will be arranged for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21272/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (14 May 2024)

John McGuinness: 559. To ask the Minister for Health if the issues regarding funding of an organisation (details supplied) by the probation services and the HSE have now been resolved; the status of the appeal; and if a decision will be expedited as the funding is urgently required. [21277/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Generation (9 May 2024)

John McGuinness: 211. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline the indicative timeframe for receipt of the Attorney General’s response to the landmark High Court ruling on noise from wind turbines; if he has considered the wind energy policy outlined in the Kilkenny county development plan which was submitted to his Department and the Department of Environment,...

Europe Day: Statements (8 May 2024)

John McGuinness: I first want to go back to the statement made in this debate by Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn. I support entirely the statement and the comment in relation to the European Union and the need for a common-sense approach. I do so because I often follow the seafood sector, including John Shine, of Shine's Seafood, which distributes wild Irish tuna. I watch carefully the mapping Mr. Shine...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Waterways Issues (8 May 2024)

John McGuinness: 257. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide details of the programme of maintenance relative to the River Barrow, and the cost of work in each of the last five years; if there are any impediments on the river and canals section that prevent or hinder barges and boats from using the amenity (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (8 May 2024)

John McGuinness: 305. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) has been approved. [20261/24]