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Jun 26
3 min

Back to School Footwear and clothing allowance

The Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance (BTSCFA) helps you meet the cost of uniforms and footwear for children going to school...

Jan 12
1 min

News Talk - motion of no confidence in the government

John McGuinness, Fianna Fáil TD for Carlow–Kilkenny, has said in an interview that if there were to be a motion of no confidence in the gove

Jan 11
1 min

Over 200,000 children waiting for healthcare in Ireland

Over 200,000 children waiting for healthcare in Ireland“Every week at my Clinics I hear cases of sick children in need of urgent surgery,

Sep 27, 2016
1 min

John McGuinness says NAMA appears to have misled Public Accounts Committee when he was Chairman

The former chairman of the Public Accounts Committee says NAMA appears to have misled them. Kilkenny Fianna Fáil TD, John McGuinness was hea

Sep 27, 2016
2 min

McGuinness to tackle banks, repossession and debt burden

Local Fianna Fail TD John McGuinness has been selected as chairman of one of the most high profile committees in the Dáil. Following his suc

Sep 24, 2016
1 min

KCLR NEWS John McGuinness dubs EU’s Apple ruling “Commission creep”

Article taken from KCLR FM The European Commission has crossed the line in its Apple tax ruling, according to the Taoiseach. Enda Kenny ha

Sep 22, 2016
2 min

Better mobile phone coverage on M9 and rural areas on the way – McGuinness

A renowned black spot for poor to non- existent mobile phone coverage is about to receive a complete upgrade according to Deputy John McGuin

Sep 22, 2016
1 min

John McGuinness says NAMA appears to have misled Public Accounts Committee when he was Chairman

Article taken from KCLR FM The former chairman of the Public Accounts Committee says NAMA appears to have misled

Sep 16, 2016
1 min

Finance Committee to discuss rising costs of motor insurance with consumer agencies

14th September 2016 The Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach will meet tomorrow meet to continue its he

Mar 5, 2014
5 min

Powers that be are turning their power against citizens

Sgt Maurice McCabe and Una Halliday had the strength and determination. They, and others like them, are good citizens. But will the State pr

Jan 24, 2014
1 min

PAC to resume examination of CRC on receipt of special report from HSE

he Committee of Public Accounts will resume its examination of the Central Remedial Clinic after the receipt of a special report from the HS

Jan 21, 2014
2 min

John McGuinness: Missing bank guarantee documents need to be found

The chair of the Public Accounts Committee said he is “appalled” by the news that documents related to the bank guarantee have gone missing

Jan 15, 2014
2 min

Chairman of Public Accounts Committee slams Irish Water’s “veil of secrecy” as “unacceptable” as bos

The Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, John McGuinness, has weighed in on the Irish Water debacle this morning as boss John Tierney

Jan 14, 2014
2 min

McGuinness urges Government TDs to back proposals to lift FOI ban

by Sean Keane sean.keane@kilkennypeople.ie Article taken from Kilkenny People.ie Fianna Fáil TD John McGuinness is urging back-bench Governm

Jun 1, 2013
1 min

John McGuinness TD asks the Chairperson of the OPW about the financing of work

PAC Chairman, John McGuinness TD asks the Chairperson of the OPW about the financing of work on a new office for Deputy McGuinness when he w

Jul 18, 2012
5 min

John McGuinness: PAC must steer country on the right course now politics has lost its way

Minister for Public Sector Reform, Brendan Howlin, has floated the possibility that the bank inquiry could be conducted by a Dail committee

Jul 15, 2012
5 min

Brendan O’Connor: Making a Howlin mess of the banking inquiry

The chairman of the Public Accounts Committee has been ‘knifed in the front’ by the Reform Minister, writes Brendan O’Connor

Jul 11, 2012
2 min

McGuinness accusation – An allegation that cannot be ignored

Yesterday’s sensational and terribly disconcerting accusation by Fianna Fáil deputy and chairman of the Dáil’s Public Accounts Committee (P

Jul 9, 2012
4 min

Civil service cabal in ‘plot to nobble bank probe’

PAC boss says ‘reactionary, unprofessional, inefficient top managers are protecting pay, perks and pensions’ By JODY CORCORAN and DANIEL McC

May 15, 2012
12 min

Comptroller and Auditor Generals (Amendment) Bill – May 11th 2012

In all honesty, how can we look the people of this country in the eye and tell them that billions of their money is being spent in a manner

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