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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Budget 2024 Expenditure Ceiling and Resource Allocation for the Department of Health and HSE: Discussion (14 Nov 2023)

John McGuinness: The process for negotiating on this, for me anyway, seems to be flawed. There is too much finger-pointing going on between Ministers and Departments. It is the customer, or the patient, at the end that I feel sorry for, because they really do not know whether they are going to get the services or not with the spat that is going on, according to the reports that we hear from the newspapers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Budget 2024 Expenditure Ceiling and Resource Allocation for the Department of Health and HSE: Discussion (14 Nov 2023)

John McGuinness: I mentioned the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC. Talks at the WRC broke down on the basis that management, Department of Health and HSE efforts to progress the matter were completely blocked by the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan and Reform, which did not send a representative. The breakdown represents a complete breach of the WRC agreement of 19 May 2023,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Budget 2024 Expenditure Ceiling and Resource Allocation for the Department of Health and HSE: Discussion (14 Nov 2023)

John McGuinness: On the freeze, I had an email from a lady which I do not have time to get into. She emailed me to tell me that she got a job in the HSE, a fairly senior, responsible position. She gave in her notice where she was working. Now she is being told there is no job. Mr. Moloney might check the transcripts of the meeting and let us have replies to the questions that perhaps were not answered or...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2023)

John McGuinness: Would providing a note be helpful?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2023)

John McGuinness: If the Minister provides a note, it might get us over this now.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2023)

John McGuinness: Amendment No. 35 has been ruled out of order.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2023)

John McGuinness: Amendments Nos. 36 and 37 are related and may be discussed together.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2023)

John McGuinness: I have been asked to allow a short break. Is five minutes sufficient?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2023)

John McGuinness: We will take ten minutes.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2023)

John McGuinness: Amendment No. 41 is out of order as a potential charge on the State.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2023)

John McGuinness: We are on amendment No. 42.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2023)

John McGuinness: Amendments Nos. 43 and 44 are related and may be discussed together.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2023)

John McGuinness: Amendments Nos. 45 to 64, inclusive, 66 to 91, inclusive, and 93 are related and may be discussed together.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2023)

John McGuinness: Is the Deputy accepting a background note to this, or further information on it?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2023)

John McGuinness: We have concluded Committee Stage of the Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023. I thank all members for their contributions. I thank the Minister and all his officials who attended here. We have had a very good exchange on the Bill. I offer my sincere thanks to everyone and to the clerk to the committee and others who have attended here.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Message to Dáil (8 Nov 2023)

John McGuinness: In accordance with Standing Order 101, the following message will be sent to the Clerk of the Dáil: The Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach has completed its consideration of the Finance Bill 2023 and has made amendments thereto.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2023)

John McGuinness: My thanks to the members who chaired the different sessions.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Environmental Investigations (7 Nov 2023)

John McGuinness: The Minister has ignored everything and he has gone with the line from his Department, a line that has caused nothing but trouble for Dan Brennan. The Irish Farmers' Association and the people of Kilkenny are looking on at this and they believe there was something wrong. If the Minister wants new evidence, he should look at the date the factory closed and at what happened on Dan Brennan's...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Environmental Investigations (7 Nov 2023)

John McGuinness: I ask the Minister not to be guided by what he is reading from the Department. I ask him to listen to Dan Brennan for God's sake and take a compassionate view on it.