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- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Restorative Justice (4 Nov 2014)
John McGuinness: 510. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will confirm receipt of correspondence in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and the process involved to have this matter dealt with and the timeframe involved. [41342/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Midwifery Services (4 Nov 2014)
John McGuinness: 736. To ask the Minister for Health the reason indemnity insurance was withdrawn in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41793/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (4 Nov 2014)
John McGuinness: 869. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the bus service to Ballinabranna, County Carlow will change its route slightly to facilitate persons (details supplied) in County Carlow to travel to Red Rock quarry and then onto Whelan's Cross. [41320/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration (4 Nov 2014)
John McGuinness: 1042. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to put in place a new tenant purchase scheme for local authority houses; if he will confirm if and when this is likely to happen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41769/14]
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2012 Accounts of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (23 Oct 2014) John McGuinness: That brings us to the end of the hearing in regard to this morning's business with the National Paediatric Hospital development board. I thank the witnesses for attending and the information they have provided.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2012 Accounts of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (23 Oct 2014) John McGuinness: I return to the opening part of our meeting. I ask the clerk to the committee or the Comptroller and Auditor General if they can determine from the accounts of the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money allocated to Irish Water and Poolbeg by the Department. If there were two allocations and with what is going through the Estimates, does that have...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2012 Accounts of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (23 Oct 2014) John McGuinness: Can we make that clear?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2012 Accounts of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (23 Oct 2014) John McGuinness: Can we examine those figures? If those two issues are funded directly by the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, they will be in the accounts and, therefore, we can examine those accounts.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2012 Accounts of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (23 Oct 2014) John McGuinness: It is also in Chapter 7 of the Comptroller and Auditor General's report entitled "Matters arising from audit of Vote 25 Environment, Community and Local Government in relation to Water Services". I ask that we get the information, circulate it to members to advise them, send a copy to the legal advisors in the House and establish a right to look at the accounts I have mentioned. Rather than...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2012 Accounts of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (23 Oct 2014) John McGuinness: I thank the members for attending.
- Order of Business (23 Oct 2014)
John McGuinness: The Tánaiste commented on the universities Bill and mentioned specifically Waterford. Will she ask both the Institute of Technology Carlow and Waterford Institute of Technology about the current developments where Waterford will now go its own way in the amalgamation?
- Order of Business (23 Oct 2014)
John McGuinness: Will the Tánaiste comment on that? She commented specifically on Waterford and I believe Carlow should be mentioned in the context of what is happening now and the report in the newspaper.
- Irish Water: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Oct 2014)
John McGuinness: Before the Order of Business, the Minister of State, Deputy Coffey, made the remark that most of what was being said on this side of the House about Irish Water was ranting and raving.
- Irish Water: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Oct 2014)
John McGuinness: There are plenty of solutions over here.
- Irish Water: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Oct 2014)
John McGuinness: The Minister of State does not have a solution. The Government brought forward Irish Water.
- Irish Water: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Oct 2014)
John McGuinness: It is the Government's policy. If the Minister of State read the motion, he would find out exactly what is in it. Throwing his eyes up to heaven will not get the Minister of State anywhere and will not get him the answers he needs-----
- Irish Water: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Oct 2014)
John McGuinness: -----to get out of the serious difficulties the Government is in.
- Irish Water: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Oct 2014)
John McGuinness: It was wrong of the Minister of State to say what he said because we have the right, in terms of the result of the previous election, to provide him with an opposition, about which he does not seem to worry too much in spite of the fact the Government was advised by professionals and the Opposition that Irish Water would not work. The Tánaiste, in the course of the Order of Business,...
- Irish Water: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Oct 2014)
John McGuinness: No.
- Irish Water: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Oct 2014)
John McGuinness: In answer to Deputy Durkan who seems to want to interrupt everyone, the Secretary General of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform suggested in relation to Irish Water and the Poolbeg incinerator that the Committee of Public Accounts and the Comptroller and Auditor General should have a role in looking at the set-up costs. If the Government did that, it would take all the argument...