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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Costs for Community Groups: Discussion (24 May 2018)

John McGuinness: I call Senator Paddy Burke, who will be followed by Senator Horkan. We still have FBD to bring before the committee. I ask members to be conscious of this because we want to get to them in on time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Costs for Community Groups: Discussion (24 May 2018)

John McGuinness: We will now ask FBD to come into the meeting so we will suspend for a few moments. The witnesses are welcome to stay in the Public Gallery if they wish to hear the next part of the meeting. I thank each and every one of the witnesses for coming before us today. Their stories are similar to ones we have heard before and I am particularly thankful to them for being so direct. It is an issue...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Costs for Community Groups: Discussion (24 May 2018)

John McGuinness: We are now back in public session. We are dealing with insurance costs for community groups. I welcome Mr. Jackie McMahon and Mr. John Cahalan to the meeting. I advise the witnesses that by virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, witnesses are protected by absolute privilege in respect of their evidence to the joint committee. If, however, they are directed by it to cease...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Costs for Community Groups: Discussion (24 May 2018)

John McGuinness: Senator Paddy Burke wishes to speak. Perhaps the witnesses will comment on that before I call on Senator Burke.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Costs for Community Groups: Discussion (24 May 2018)

John McGuinness: The witnesses are always welcome to send in an overview they might have relative to other countries. We would welcome that submission as it helps to inform us.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Costs for Community Groups: Discussion (24 May 2018)

John McGuinness: Forty percent.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Costs for Community Groups: Discussion (24 May 2018)

John McGuinness: There is a cost to all of that as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Costs for Community Groups: Discussion (24 May 2018)

John McGuinness: I have to ask Senator Horkan to take the Chair because I am due at another meeting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Costs for Community Groups: Discussion (24 May 2018)

John McGuinness: Yes. I apologise for having to leave. We will be taking it up next Tuesday anyway.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Appeals Tribunal (24 May 2018)

John McGuinness: 100. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there is a record of the outcome of an appeal by a person (details supplied) to the Employment Appeals Tribunal relative to a bank; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22971/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review (24 May 2018)

John McGuinness: 173. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the review of the fair deal scheme as it is currently applied to farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23097/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Transfer of Entitlements Application (24 May 2018)

John McGuinness: 178. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the number of entitlements will be restored to a person (details supplied); if correspondence from the person will be responded to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22967/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (24 May 2018)

John McGuinness: 179. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farm payments due to a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22970/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Payments (24 May 2018)

John McGuinness: 208. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a payment of disability allowance is due to a person (details supplied). [22966/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (24 May 2018)

John McGuinness: 209. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the decision taken in the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed immediately based on medical evidence provided; and if an oral hearing will be arranged. [22968/18]

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)

John McGuinness: Then, maybe, we could focus on the real meat in a Bill like this, that of proper radical reform of the judicial system, where the wrongs in that system are corrected and reformed. Lucia O'Farrell wants justice. Yvonne Walsh wants justice. She is languishing in jail this evening, after 21 days, and she cannot fulfil what the judge has asked her to do because it is not within her power to...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)

John McGuinness: There is a certain sense of farce about this debate. Lay people looking in at what happens in the Dáil Chamber must be amused on the one side and saddened on the other side at what has gone on. Certain people have been dealt a very poor hand by the Judiciary. I mentioned this earlier and I will give a bit more detail now. As we are debating a Bill dealing with reform that is...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)

John McGuinness: I am just saying that as we discuss this, there are serious wrongdoings arising from decisions of the courts with very poor training that have resulted in that type of individual fighting for her family home and locked in prison. Where is the justice for that woman and her family? Will the Minister intervene in that case? The answer to that is probably "No" because they are on one side and...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)

John McGuinness: Those people must be looking on aghast at this evening's debate - the stupidity of the whole thing. Earlier I asked the Minister to withdraw the Bill because it is nonsense. He is imposing a cost of €1 million on the Exchequer. He is creating a commission that will be appointed by another quango - one quango appointing another quango with the authorisation of the Minister. Where...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)

John McGuinness: The Minister knows that is flawed and he knows this is a waste of time when so many other issues could be debated. Given that the Minister knows the system, I cannot understand why he will not be man enough to withdraw the Bill and bring back a perfected Bill which can be properly debated before it goes to the Seanad or anywhere else. The committee members have done their work. We have...