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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (1 Jun 2023)

John McGuinness: 349. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card held by a person (details supplied) will be extended immediately, given the medical circumstances of the applicant and their continuous need to have a medical card. [26927/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

John McGuinness: I note that the minutes of our meeting of Wednesday, 24 May 2023 were agreed earlier in private session. Apologies have been received from Senator Higgins. Today the committee is meeting with the assistant Garda Commissioner and officials from the Department of Justice on the topic of authorised push payment fraud. We are joined from An Garda Síochána by Assistant Garda...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

John McGuinness: I call Deputy Conway-Walsh.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

John McGuinness: I will have to change the guard here in a moment. I am due to go to another meeting. Deputy Durkan will close out this meeting in the Chair. I thank the witnesses for coming in. It is a very interesting topic. I will ask a question before I go. Can the prosecution of fraud happen at any time or is there a statute of limitation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

John McGuinness: What about other areas such as money laundering and crime of that kind? Is that statute-barred?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

John McGuinness: Therefore, in terms of Mr. Kelly's work, prosecuting someone in that area is time sensitive.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

John McGuinness: When you get a tip or information, do you act on that, take it seriously and make an inquiry, or is it left to one side because it is anonymous?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

John McGuinness: These investigations can be dragged out over a period. Does Mr. Kelly think the legislation should be changed around the issues of prosecution to allow greater time to investigate so that an investigation does not run into a problem of being statute-barred?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

John McGuinness: In prosecutions of fraud?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

John McGuinness: I know that but in the other areas of crime-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

John McGuinness: Okay. So you are okay with that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

John McGuinness: Mr. Kelly mentioned that he has a significant number of statistics available on the crimes and so on. Will he give the committee as much information as he can on the statistics, the facts and the figures he has in order to give us a sense of where he is and what he has on this type of crime? He could send it on to the clerk later on. It would help us as we put together the information we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

John McGuinness: The payscales are different.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Exchequer Returns (30 May 2023)

John McGuinness: 221. To ask the Minister for Finance if, in view of the underlying deficit of approximately €4 billion being recorded on a 12-month rolling sum basis to the end of April this year, and given that this is coinciding with almost full employment in the economy, the public finances are in structural deficit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25987/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Service (30 May 2023)

John McGuinness: 352. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline the actions he has taken to date arising from the report that he directed the management board of the NDFEM to prepare in 2021; the precise action taken relative to each of the recommendations made in the report; if the pay and conditions of those employed in the retained fire services will be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Banking and Payments Federation Ireland (24 May 2023)

John McGuinness: I note that the minutes of our meeting on Wednesday, 17 May 2023 were agreed at an earlier private meeting. In today's session, we will hear from representatives of Banking & Payments Federation Ireland, BPFI, namely Ms Niamh Davenport and Mr. Richard Walsh. Both are very welcome. Witnesses who are physically present or who give evidence from within the parliamentary precincts are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Banking and Payments Federation Ireland (24 May 2023)

John McGuinness: I thank Ms Davenport for her comprehensive opening statement. I would like to acknowledge Eamonn Doran in the Public Gallery. A student from UCC studying politics and international affairs, Mr. Doran is welcome. I wish him well in his studies and in his future employment. I call Deputy Jim O'Callaghan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Banking and Payments Federation Ireland (24 May 2023)

John McGuinness: The Deputy should conclude..

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Banking and Payments Federation Ireland (24 May 2023)

John McGuinness: That was a very informative and comprehensive session. I thank the witnesses for coming in. Sorry, Deputy Doherty has a question. I nearly had the witnesses out the door there.