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Europe Day: Statements (8 May 2024)

John McGuinness: I first want to go back to the statement made in this debate by Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn. I support entirely the statement and the comment in relation to the European Union and the need for a common-sense approach. I do so because I often follow the seafood sector, including John Shine, of Shine's Seafood, which distributes wild Irish tuna. I watch carefully the mapping Mr. Shine...

Report on Politically Exposed Persons: Motion (25 Apr 2024)

John McGuinness: I move: That Dáil Éireann shall take note of the Report of the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, and Reform, and Taoiseach entitled "Report on Politically Exposed Persons", copies of which were laid before Dáil Éireann on 13th December, 2023. I thank members of the committee and all those who appeared before us, including departmental officials, to...

Weather-Related Supports for Farmers: Statements (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

John McGuinness: The farmers I come across in my constituency are dealing with serious issues of finance on their farms and need all the support they can get. They are facing all sorts of challenges, some relating to climate change and others relating to the sheer administration of their enterprise. The weather has not helped and is not helping them, and while it is quite different now and it is good to see...

International Women's Day: Statements (5 Mar 2024)

John McGuinness: There is a great deal to celebrate in the achievements of women in this country over the decades. It is also fair to say that a significant amount remains to be done. Political parties in this House are not supporting women within their organisations as they should. This is why we do not get women coming forward for election. That has to change. The current system whereby a certain...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2024)

John McGuinness: The number of families in Carlow and Kilkenny attempting to access child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, services is increasing. They simply cannot access those services. I asked this question previously. The Minister of State, Deputy Butler, answered on the day, but nothing has changed. In 2023, one family's GP referred them to CAMHS. They were seeking access to a child...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Services (28 Feb 2024)

John McGuinness: With respect, that is the same reply I received in 2023 and on several previous occasions prior to that. It is the same as the reply issued on 12 February this year. Will the Minister of State tell Irish Water that 3,300 customers are receiving water that is not just of poor quality; it is not usable? It is disgusting. I have received samples of the water in recent months to show me how...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Services (28 Feb 2024)

John McGuinness: I raise this issue not just because of the importance of the water supply to Clogh and Moneenroe in County Kilkenny but also because of the many decades that have passed since this problem first arose. I fully appreciate that there is a manganese issue with the water supply and that works to upgrade the system are ongoing. However, this issue dates back decades. The county council at the...

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (21 Feb 2024)

John McGuinness: I support the Bill and the measures contained within it. What concerns me about the development of primary care facilities and services and using the pharmacies is that, right now, they are overcome with the number of patients they have. The pharmacies are also overcome with the amount of prescriptions with which they are dealing and the amount of customers, if you like, that they have....

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 Feb 2024)

John McGuinness: It is stated in media reports this morning that almost 1,000 asylum seekers are living in tents on our streets. This is at a time when the Department that is supposed to be looking after asylum seekers is rejecting properties around the country that have gone through the five stages to qualify. Alongside that, you have the 13,000 homeless. Is it not that time that the Taoiseach would look...

Research and Innovation Bill 2023: Second Stage (31 Jan 2024)

John McGuinness: I welcome the Bill and it fits in with all of the new developments taking place at third level. There are technological universities now in various regions to ensure that so many now have access to education. This will further enhance our profile abroad. It will show the world and the international markets that we are concentrating on research and innovation. It is about being at the cusp...

Services for those Seeking Protection in Ireland: Statements (30 Jan 2024)

John McGuinness: If everything said today by Ministers and representatives of the Cabinet was true, factual and working, we would not be having this debate today. In fact, if the Government had listened to the many backbenchers who raised this issue over and over again at our parliamentary party meetings, we would not be here today. Those of us who were trying to assist in communities were hampered by the...

Digital Services Bill 2023: Second Stage (13 Dec 2023)

John McGuinness: I thank the Ceann Comhairle and Members very much for that. I want to agree with Deputy Boyd Barrett. I believe these bigger companies should be taxed and the money should then be reinvested into the arts of one kind or another. Some way should be found to do that because what we are experiencing online, with the input of individuals or of bigger companies, is nothing but trash. One is in...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Dec 2023)

John McGuinness: Government policy on providing accommodation for Ukrainians arriving here and for those seeking international protection is not working. Some would say is not fit for purpose and there are those who would describe it as a shambles and a disgrace. Those who arrive here are not being accommodated. Residents and local communities are not being consulted. Business people involved in providing...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Nov 2023)

John McGuinness: I raise the ongoing row between Coillte and the forestry sector in Ireland, which is causing devastation in that sector and a lot of trauma for the landowners and people who are involved. It is a contractual issue and has to do with payments and landownership. The process at present does nothing other than to muzzle those who are trying to raise issues. Coillte is not responding. It is...

Report of Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Motion (23 Nov 2023)

John McGuinness: It has been a worthwhile discussion. I think an Cathaoirleach Gníomhach deliberately knocked the gong there to knock the Minister of State off her last few minutes. I remember the late Brian Lenihan in this debate and "Hell at the Gates" and all he did in terms of everything that happened at that time. History will be very kind to Brian Lenihan in the job he did at that time. He...

Report of Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Motion (23 Nov 2023)

John McGuinness: I move: That Dáil Éireann shall take note of the Report of the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, and Reform, and Taoiseach entitled "Report on Banking 2022", copies of which were laid before Dáil Éireann on 18th May, 2023. I acknowledge the role of the secretariat in the preparation of this report, which I recommend to the House. I ask the Government...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (23 Nov 2023)

John McGuinness: The Minister of State is well aware of the services provided by people in SOS and the struggles of families, because she spoke to Francis Coughlan and is aware that they have put everything they possibly can into what they do as individuals delivering those services. They go the extra mile. The families go the extra mile and the support is there for them, although that support has...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (23 Nov 2023)

John McGuinness: SOS Services in Kilkenny has been delivering essential day and residential services for almost 50 years. It provides an excellent service. It is run by a very efficient chief executive who assists in a very direct way all of the families concerned. Last year the HSE gave a once-off allocation of €540,000 to cover the once-off costs that SOS Kilkenny was experiencing at the time....

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (23 Nov 2023)

John McGuinness: I support the Bill. It will allow the State to provide a considerable amount of money right across the various payments being made to customers of the Department and to provide for the administration of the Department. However, I have a couple of issues. One relates to various applications where the customer has an account with Revolut or any other of the fintech companies. I recently...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Universal Social Charge (23 Nov 2023)

John McGuinness: 84. To ask the Minister for Finance how many earners in counties Kilkenny and Wexford, respectively, will benefit from the USC reductions announced in budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51539/23]