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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Building Regulations (Fire Safety): Discussion (21 May 2024)
Paul McAuliffe: In comparison to other international regulations, perhaps where there is more experience with higher buildings over a longer time, where does Mr. O'Dowd believe these newer guidelines fit within the spectrum of protection? Are they on the more lenient end? Are there countries with higher levels of protection?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Building Regulations (Fire Safety): Discussion (21 May 2024)
Paul McAuliffe: I apologise for cutting Mr O'Dowd off. I will ask Mr. Keeley a question. I am wondering about the Metro Hotel fire specifically as it is the most high-profile high-rise building in the city. What learnings have the fire service taken from that incident? What changes have been made and does he think must be made?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Building Regulations (Fire Safety): Discussion (21 May 2024)
Paul McAuliffe: I am sure my colleagues will continue on that point but I have stretched the Chair's patience with regard to time.
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (21 May 2024)
Paul McAuliffe: 129. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application (details supplied) can be expedited. [22649/24]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (21 May 2024)
Paul McAuliffe: 643. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on a hip operation for a person (details supplied). [22965/24]
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Office of Minister for Education (16 May 2024) Paul McAuliffe: I remind members of the committee that it is not for us to question matters of Government policy. We are here to assess the appropriation accounts that are before us.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Office of Minister for Education (16 May 2024) Paul McAuliffe: If we were to question Government policy, then the meeting would descend into a debate every week.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Office of Minister for Education (16 May 2024) Paul McAuliffe: Every member has his or her own ten-minute slot, Chair.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Office of Minister for Education (16 May 2024) Paul McAuliffe: We have never had another member interject within someone's time. That does not happen.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Office of Minister for Education (16 May 2024) Paul McAuliffe: To continue that line of questioning, if a school currently has no PE hall and is not in line for large-scale refurbishment or a new building, how does it secure a PE hall?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Office of Minister for Education (16 May 2024) Paul McAuliffe: It is of very little use to the school if it does not. How do schools without a hall secure a hall?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Office of Minister for Education (16 May 2024) Paul McAuliffe: They do not want a new build and they do not want a large-scale refurbishment project. They just want a PE hall.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Office of Minister for Education (16 May 2024) Paul McAuliffe: It is just that I am dealing with one particular case, which I do not want to go into because the school has other issues as well. The officials think that the only way they are going to be able to secure a school hall is by pairing with a local GAA club and applying for sports capital grants. It seems crazy that Government funding is there but they are now going to have to engage with an...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Office of Minister for Education (16 May 2024) Paul McAuliffe: The schools cannot bring anything to the table. That is the problem. The GAA club can bring community money. The sports capital grant can provide money. However, the Department of Education and the school are bringing nothing to the table.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Office of Minister for Education (16 May 2024) Paul McAuliffe: I do agree with Mr. Loftus.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Office of Minister for Education (16 May 2024) Paul McAuliffe: However, the Department is losing control when that happens.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Office of Minister for Education (16 May 2024) Paul McAuliffe: The Department of Education has less control over a building over which it has 100% ownership. In any case, it was a continuation-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Office of Minister for Education (16 May 2024) Paul McAuliffe: Of course it is about usage.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Office of Minister for Education (16 May 2024) Paul McAuliffe: I was continuing Deputy Cannon's line of questioning. I think everybody in the room can see there is a policy gap there. I ask Mr. Loftus to reflect on it.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Office of Minister for Education (16 May 2024) Paul McAuliffe: Okay, then say that.