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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Investment Funds: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)

John McGuinness: ...their side of the story, that is, to explain themselves and explain how best we can engage with the funds to get information for customers who have come to us or to the IMHO. It is not right, in a small market of 5 million or 6 million people, that a set of financial entities would not engage in a public forum. That beggars belief, and I am disappointed with successive Ministers for...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Sep 2014)

John McGuinness: ...at this Tipperary hostel. This is an issue we have raised with the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government. There is a serious issue here as taxpayers' money, in excess of €4 million, was spent on the refurbishment of that building, one part of which lies unfinished while the other part is finished but going into a state of disrepair. It is a waste of money...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Oct 2014)

John McGuinness: .... Attention is drawn to the existence of pension control funds in five universities which are held for disposal at the direction of the Health Service Executive. The accumulated funds stood at €125 million at 30 September 2013 and €94 million in 2012. Do any issues of significance arise in this regard?

Written Answers — Financial Services Regulation: Financial Services Regulation (18 Nov 2008)

John McGuinness: ...certain percentage thresholds. The relevant threshold for Irish issuers is 3%, and each 1% thereafter, up to 100%. An option was available to Member States to have a threshold lower than the 5% required by the Directive and Ireland chose to set 3% as the threshold in the interest of increased transparency. A person making a notification to an issuer is obliged at the same time to file a...

National Asset Management Agency: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (21 Oct 2015)

John McGuinness: ..., and some of the information that Members have put on the public record this evening is simply incorrect. The par value of those loans - that is, what the borrowers owed NAMA at one time - was €5.7 billion. NAMA paid the banks €2.2 billion, and the remaining €3.5 billion, 61% of the par value, was the discount on the price paid by NAMA. When they went on through...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Jan 2014)

John McGuinness: ...fund, there is a clear audit opinion, but attention is drawn to note No. 1, which discloses that a private sector operator of landfill sites went into receivership in 2012 owing landfill levies of €4.6 million to the fund. We will examine this matter under the Vote of the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government. Is that agreed? Agreed. Our work programme is...

Comptroller and Auditor General (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (11 May 2012)

John McGuinness: ...like this in respect of the public accounts. The Minister of State has heard examples today of other councillors' views as to what goes on. I am not critical of councillors and served as one for 25 years. In addition, my father spent 50 years before me and with me on that council and I shared 25 of those years with him. I am familiar with local government but rarely have seen a county...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2013)

John McGuinness: .... We will return to the issue of the cost to the State of payments in respect of those who do not have eligibility for medical cards when we meet the HSE, most likely in November. No. 3A.3, correspondence dated 25 July 2013, from Mr. Seán Ó Foghlú, Secretary General, Department of Education and Skills providing additional information requested at the meeting of 4 July...

Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2013)

John McGuinness: ...the Comptroller and Auditor General by allowing the Comptroller and Auditor General to audit local government. There was another example of that this morning in the Committee of Public Accounts. Millions of euro are allocated by the Office of Public Works, OPW, to local authorities but only 5% of that allocation is being tested and audited. I am not satisfied with that. The Committee...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Chapter 3 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 5 - Vote Budget Management (3 Apr 2014)

John McGuinness: ..." – I didn’t receive the courtesy of a reply ! Our public sector procurement personnel should be much more helpful & co-operative to potential suppliers – especially small firms. Case 5 referred to the most recent Irish Water tender where the company heard about it from a UK source in spite of the fact that it were attempting to get business from the State....

Health Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (23 Nov 2004)

John McGuinness: ...where it is required. They have pioneered these initiatives. They have dealt with paediatrics and geriatrics. The hospital also has a stroke unit. The plan was supported by the investment of millions of euro in that hospital by the former Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Martin. The hospital can act as a model for the rest of the country against the backdrop of the Mater and St....

Local Government Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Nov 2013)

John McGuinness: ...and others to support the notion that there be one all powerful Comptroller and Auditor General who would deal with every item of money spent by the Government that it collects in taxes. Millions of euro are being allocated to local government but that money is not properly audited in terms of the Comptroller and Auditor General because he is not allowed to do that. I ask the Minister...

Industrial Development Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Second Stage (26 Mar 2009)

John McGuinness: ...Although any job losses are deeply distressing for those concerned and are very regrettable, we still have an historically high number of people at work today compared to a decade ago, with over 2 million people working. We are still creating high-value jobs across the economy, as evidenced by Hewlett Packard's recent announcement of its intention to create 500 jobs this year in an...

Housing Policy: Statements (Resumed). (16 Nov 2005)

John McGuinness: ...to have their own place, people aspire to having their own local authority house if they are in that category. It is a little unfortunate that we allowed the rent supplement scheme to grow from €5 million, as it was in the beginning, to the present level of €305 million without putting in place a method of filling that market by providing the accommodation that is needed in the context...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Feb 2013)

John McGuinness: ...the home tuition scheme, to be noted. Mr. O'Mahony is raising policy matters relating to the education of children with autism, which falls outside the remit of the Committee of Public Accounts. On the issue of the €70 million spent on a pilot project, we will ask the Accounting Officer for a note on the pilot project. We had referred previous correspondence to the Joint...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Nov 2013)

John McGuinness: ...our next meeting before the witnesses come before us and include with it the minutes we receive from the Department to examine the quality of the answers given. No. 3B.1 is correspondence, dated 5 November 2013, from Augustus Cullen Solicitors for Marie O’Sullivan regarding The Warrens Wicklow Hostel. The correspondence is to be noted. No. 3B.2 is correspondence received on 7...

Written Answers — Small and Medium Enterprises: Small and Medium Enterprises (1 Apr 2009)

John McGuinness: ...such companies in the context of the changing economic environment and partners with companies with a wide range of supports to address their needs in a holistic manner. In addition to EI, the 35 County and City Enterprise Boards provide support to micro-enterprises with 10 employees or less. The role of the CEBs is to provide support for micro-enterprises in the start-up and expansion...

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (19 Oct 2017)

John McGuinness: ...this budget. As a result, the big winners continue to be big winners. For example, I have seen in the newspapers over the past few days - perhaps it was just today - that the State has paid €221 million in legal fees. Let us examine that in the context of the budget. This morning the Central Bank is before the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and...

Credit Union Sector Report: Motion (8 Mar 2018)

John McGuinness: ...that is fit for purpose. It is up for the change that is necessary to service its customers. It has brought about its own reforms based on its own due diligence of its organisation. We are talking about almost 3 million members of the credit union movement, serviced through 361 credit unions. The movement is a significant contributor to the welfare and financial well-being of its...

Social Welfare Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Nov 2014)

John McGuinness: ...be exceptionally good, not only for the Department, but for the people who found themselves having to engage with social welfare. Instead, the budget debate sees a tinkering with the system - €5 here, a cut there and a change in regulation somewhere else - but no strategic thinking on where we are going with social welfare, job activation and care for pensioners and the...