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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (29 Jun 2017)

John McGuinness: 213. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30724/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (29 Jun 2017)

John McGuinness: 214. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 831 and 832 of 2 May 2017, the basis on which he is making the claim that unfounded false claims have been made of an association between HPV vaccination and a number of conditions experienced by a group of young persons; if he will publish research, scientific or otherwise, that he has carried out which supports this...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (29 Jun 2017)

John McGuinness: 215. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange an early date for a spine operation for a person (details supplied) in view of the fact that their case is urgent; and if he will expedite the matter [30726/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (29 Jun 2017)

John McGuinness: 282. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine an application for carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) regarding the full time care; and if a review of the decision will also be undertaken. [30722/17]

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Jun 2017)

John McGuinness: I could equally ask the Minister. If the Minister is so clever about it and understands it so well, because he is part and parcel of the status quo, he might do something about it. He might do something about it because he knows more about this than I do. He probably knows more about it than the Minister, Deputy Ross, knows and that is why he is pulling the wool over his eyes on this...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Jun 2017)

John McGuinness: He probably knows it as well but he has to go along with it to cover his backside because of the commitment in the programme for Government. What I say to the Minister, Deputy Ross, is not to be afraid of the guys and gals he sits around with in Cabinet. He should be himself as he always was and he will achieve a lot more because they are not up to scratch. They are attempting to pull the...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Jun 2017)

John McGuinness: Including me, yes. I am Chairman of the finance committee. Does Deputy McGrath not sit there watching me do it?

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Jun 2017)

John McGuinness: And only for me, where would the Deputy be?

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Jun 2017)

John McGuinness: Deputy McGrath will have his time. He should take it easy. The fact of the matter is that that Bill explicitly excludes the Judiciary. There will be no more nasty forms for them to fill out like the ones the Minister, Deputy Ross, has to fill out on his returns, or which county councillors have to fill out. There will be no nasty forms like that for them. They do not have to report at...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Jun 2017)

John McGuinness: The Deputy can rely on the rest but I do not know what I will do.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Jun 2017)

John McGuinness: They are not here. They are absent.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Jun 2017)

John McGuinness: The fact is that we will do irreparable damage to the judicial system if we continue the way we are going. We need to stop and think about the reforms we want. On some of them, I absolutely agree with what the Minister is saying, but we are going about it in the wrong way. In preparing for a debate such as this, one tends to Google. I read about the system in place in Canada and other...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Jun 2017)

John McGuinness: I welcome the opportunity to make a contribution on the Bill. I wish to read a comment into the record:The present plight of politics is the subject of constant and generalised comment, but comment on the legal profession, particularly the courts, is more careful, although no less cynical. Commentators are more fearful of the lawyers than the politicians. This is a very salient reality for...

Local Government (Establishment of Town Councils Commission) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Jun 2017)

John McGuinness: I wish to support the Bill and reflect on the decision made by the then Minister, Phil Hogan, which stunned everyone in Kilkenny because he had come from local government. He had been a member of the county council and was aware of the importance of Kilkenny Corporation. That was not just a decision for the Minister at that time, rather it was a path that had been well laid out by others...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill 2016: Discussion (27 Jun 2017)

John McGuinness: We will move on to scrutiny of the Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill 2016. We are joined by Deputy Thomas Pringle, Mr. Kingsmill Bond, new energy analyst, and Ms Finola Finnan, Trócaire, who are very welcome. In accordance with Standing Order 141(2), the committee will scrutinise the Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill 2016. Deputy Pringle will outline the Bill to the committee. That will then be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill 2016: Discussion (27 Jun 2017)

John McGuinness: Thank you. I wish to 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 committee. If they are directed by it to cease giving evidence on a particular matter and they continue to do so, they are entitled thereafter only to a qualified privilege in respect of their evidence....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill 2016: Discussion (27 Jun 2017)

John McGuinness: Does Ms Sharkey wish to reply to Deputy Doherty's question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill 2016: Discussion (27 Jun 2017)

John McGuinness: The answer to the question that I heard was that in the context of the transition, and everyone would recognise that we are in transition, businesses need to embrace that too. So although down the line, those businesses-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill 2016: Discussion (27 Jun 2017)

John McGuinness: I think that was the answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill 2016: Discussion (27 Jun 2017)

John McGuinness: My understanding is the point being made is that a transition period has to be developed for the SME sector in order to let that happen. It cannot be a straight line, and then that is it. There has to be a transition period where SMEs would be advised to observe the change in terms of their future and their own investment and direction. It is a sensible way to deal with the question that...