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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations and Functioning of NAMA: Discussion (13 Jul 2017)

John McGuinness: I thank the witnesses for their engagement with the committee.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (11 Jul 2017)

John McGuinness: 212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for the local training initiative programme in respect of a centre (details supplied) will be approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32211/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (11 Jul 2017)

John McGuinness: 226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a full SUSI grant will be approved for a person (details supplied). [32464/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Remuneration (11 Jul 2017)

John McGuinness: 424. To ask the Minister for Health if section 39 organisations will be funded by his Department or the HSE relative to pay restoration and increments due to some staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32461/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (11 Jul 2017)

John McGuinness: 425. To ask the Minister for Health if an immediate appointment will be arranged for a person (details supplied). [32462/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (11 Jul 2017)

John McGuinness: 426. To ask the Minister for Health if he will recognise the EU rights of a person (details supplied) under regulation (EC) 883/04 relative to their current application for a medical card; if a medical card will be issued based on the information provided and as stipulated under the EU regulation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32465/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (11 Jul 2017)

John McGuinness: 576. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a payment has been issued to a person (details supplied) in relation to their 2015 and 2016 single farm payment. [32458/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (11 Jul 2017)

John McGuinness: 577. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) will be paid their entitlements under the GLAS scheme. [32460/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Control of Horses (11 Jul 2017)

John McGuinness: 578. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce a system of licensing and regulating the use of horse drawn vehicles that would include an age restriction on those that operate horse drawn vehicles (details supplied). [32504/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: ECOFIN Meeting: Minister for Finance (6 Jul 2017)

John McGuinness: We are dealing with the pre-ECOFIN engagement and I invite the Minister to give his opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: ECOFIN Meeting: Minister for Finance (6 Jul 2017)

John McGuinness: Over the course of the meeting the Minister gave us some figures around repossessions and voluntary surrenders and so forth. Will he submit to us a comprehensive note on all those figures? We get some information from the Central Bank but we would like to see it from the Department's perspective. Will the Minister give us a breakdown of those figures?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: ECOFIN Meeting: Minister for Finance (6 Jul 2017)

John McGuinness: Please do. I would like to know more about the issue of voluntary surrender, about this idea of putting a client up against the wall and taking the keys from his pocket, as it were. I would like the background to some of those figures so it would be helpful if the Minister could also provide that. Will all the extra €400 million earned from the sale of the AIB shares go towards...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: ECOFIN Meeting: Minister for Finance (6 Jul 2017)

John McGuinness: The reform agenda was part of the Minister's old brief and is now part of his new one. Could we schedule a meeting with him at some stage to discuss the general reform within Departments and services as it comes under the remit of this committee?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: ECOFIN Meeting: Minister for Finance (6 Jul 2017)

John McGuinness: On the issue of the payment of taxes, the State has an arrangement with a number of banks regarding their general tax liabilities and their non-payment, or deferment of payment, over a period.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: ECOFIN Meeting: Minister for Finance (6 Jul 2017)

John McGuinness: Are the banks included?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: ECOFIN Meeting: Minister for Finance (6 Jul 2017)

John McGuinness: They have deferred liabilities in terms of assets. How long does the period last?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: ECOFIN Meeting: Minister for Finance (6 Jul 2017)

John McGuinness: I understand that. The likelihood is that the banks will not pay taxes for quite a long number of years because of the deferred assets and the amount that is involved.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: ECOFIN Meeting: Minister for Finance (6 Jul 2017)

John McGuinness: In terms of the insurance and the recent raid on offices, particularly relative to the report compiled by this committee and the work done by the former Minister of State, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, is the Minister satisfied that consumer protection is prioritised by the Central Bank? Will we see higher insurance premia for a long period to come? It seems from our interaction with customers that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: ECOFIN Meeting: Minister for Finance (6 Jul 2017)

John McGuinness: Obviously, the Minister cannot go into the following but when a report or outcome is finalised and is released into the public domain, if there is a need for an initiative to be taken by the Department relative to insurance and insurance companies or what might arise, will the Minister either pass legislation or take action? Is he watching how this matter will proceed and is he concerned...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: ECOFIN Meeting: Minister for Finance (6 Jul 2017)

John McGuinness: That is the problem.