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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Bank of Ireland (4 Apr 2019)

Michael McGrath: I thank Mr. O'Beirne. The Chair is being very generous with time. I have other questions about the bank's investment in technology and the transformation promised in that area. It involves a significant investment by the bank. Will Ms. McDonagh bring us up to date on where Bank of Ireland is in respect of modernising its IT infrastructure?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Bank of Ireland (4 Apr 2019)

Michael McGrath: The Bank of Ireland staff tracker group has been raised a couple of times already and I will not labour the point but I encourage the bank not to take a legalistic approach when examining this issue. I have read the documentation and will submit questions about it which, I imagine, will be the same questions Deputy Pearse Doherty will have. When the bank reads the documentation, if it is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Bank of Ireland (4 Apr 2019)

Michael McGrath: I am just giving our guests my take on it.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmaceutical Sector (3 Apr 2019)

Michael McGrath: 177. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue in relation to the proposed regulations governing the work practices of qualified pharmaceutical assistants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15603/19]

Autism Support Services: Motion [Private Members] (2 Apr 2019)

Michael McGrath: I thank the proposers of the motion and acknowledge all of those in the Visitors Gallery. Parents of children with autism are looking for services, not for sympathy. The situation in counties Cork and Kerry, as described, is a national scandal. In my area children are waiting between two and three years for an autism assessment. At the end of it, if they receive a diagnosis, there is...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Claims Agency Data (2 Apr 2019)

Michael McGrath: 129. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount the State Claims Agency paid in legal costs to solicitors representing plaintiffs in medical negligence claims in 2017 and 2018; the top ten payments made to named legal firms representing the agency and plaintiffs, respectively, in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15323/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (2 Apr 2019)

Michael McGrath: 150. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of Labour Court recommendations that were outstanding when the public sector agreement was agreed to that have since been paid and or concluded in line with the Labour Court recommendation; if there is a definite date by which the remaining settlements in accordance with the Labour Court recommendations will be made; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Health: State Claims Agency Data (2 Apr 2019)

Michael McGrath: 244. To ask the Minister for Health the number and value of claims paid out by the State Claims Agency in 2017 and 2018 in relation to medical negligence cases; the top ten individual payouts in 2018; the claims in this regard, for example, late cancer diagnosis or misdiagnosis or negligence at delivery of a new baby; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15322/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: State Claims Agency Data (2 Apr 2019)

Michael McGrath: 245. To ask the Minister for Health the number of claims on hand by the State Claims Agency in relation to late diagnosis and missed diagnosis in relation to failings in the cervical cancer screening programme; the number of cases settled; the amount paid out in claims to date; and the legal costs of the cases. [15324/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (2 Apr 2019)

Michael McGrath: 269. To ask the Minister for Health the relationship between his Department and the HSE; the way in which the two organisations are linked; if he will provide a chart to outline the structure of the interrelationship; the level at which contact from his Department is channelled to and from the HSE; the way in which the structure through which information is passed from the HSE to his...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (2 Apr 2019)

Michael McGrath: 346. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women on the gynaecology outpatient waiting list; the number awaiting surgery; the length of time each woman is waiting by six-monthly intervals; the number of surgeries completed in each year since 2007, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15327/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Disposal Charges (2 Apr 2019)

Michael McGrath: 405. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position in relation to the promised €75 annual support towards domestic waste charges for persons who have lifelong or long-term medical incontinence; when this will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14822/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee
No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (2 Apr 2019)

Michael McGrath: I welcome the witnesses. The constitutionality of the Bill is an issue that has come up frequently in correspondence. Is Mr. Tobin stating that it is the Attorney General's position that the Bill, as currently drafted, is not constitutional?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee
No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (2 Apr 2019)

Michael McGrath: With respect, I am not asking for the view of the Department of Finance. I am asking about the view of the Attorney General. I hold that view in high regard in respect of constitutionality. I know what Mr. Tobin is saying is based on discussions with the Office of the Attorney General and the Department's resultant view is that the Bill is unconstitutional. Is that view, however, directly...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee
No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (2 Apr 2019)

Michael McGrath: Advice from the Attorney General is not published but it is made available to the Government. Is that view in written form? I know we cannot see it, but has the Department had correspondence with the Office of the Attorney General regarding the Bill or was the view referred to communicated verbally?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee
No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (2 Apr 2019)

Michael McGrath: On that basis then, Mr. Tobin is conveying to this committee the view that the Bill is unconstitutional.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee
No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (2 Apr 2019)

Michael McGrath: Is that because of the retrospective nature of the application of the Bill to mortgage contracts already written? Is that the key issue in respect of constitutionality?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee
No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (2 Apr 2019)

Michael McGrath: The committee is engaging with the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel which is an independent office. We have a preliminary paper from that office on that retrospective question but there will be a fuller assessment which will feed into the scrutiny report. We will be preparing a report and will have to come to a decision about the Bill so the constitutionality question is pertinent. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee
No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (2 Apr 2019)

Michael McGrath: The Department will not be co-operating or supporting the progression of the Bill in any way unless the Government changes its mind. We might as well get down to brass tacks because I have been through this process and know how it works. The Department has made predictions as to the consequences of the Bill. It is being quite definitive that it will mean higher interest rates, mortgage...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee
No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (2 Apr 2019)

Michael McGrath: Yes,.