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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Is it possible to address it here?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Excellent. As I said, Mr. Darmody forwarded the correspondence to me, having met with a number of Fianna Fáil Deputies. I understand he met political groupings right across the House. This was last week. I forwarded the correspondence to the committee. Subsequently, it became a matter of debate at Leaders' Questions this week. The Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, has also...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I would like to clarify, in case I misspoke. In this case, it is about Mr. Darmody's son. Ms Cara Darmody was in advocating for him.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Exactly, yes. I do not take from anything which any of the other Deputies have said. There might be a piece of work here for us in the whole area of disability services. However, in very discreet questioning to the HSE, we need to ask what happened in this case. Essentially, the HSE adopted the private appointment of an individual as their private appointment and paid the bill for that....

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I may be creating a significant difficulty for the Government here, but what about all of the parents who have already paid these fees, now that we find out that one parent, because they were selected by the HSE, apparently without criteria, received payment? I want to finish with one sentence from Mr. Darmody. He says he believes serious questions need to be asked regarding where the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: -----and would shut up their mouths. Mr. Darmody is not doing that, and he has exposed something very significant.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Yes, Chair. Deputy Verona Murphy indicated first.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I was reflecting on last week's performance. The question is, what purpose is there in bringing people in here? What do we get from it? Ultimately, it is about ensuring that there is accountability with regard to public money, and that is done in an open way. Our first engagement with the University of Limerick, or its first engagement with this committee anyway and not previous...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Yes, but it appeared to me that the University of Limerick was unhappy with the way information was presented to them, and it had a process to try to discover that. I would have thought that what we were doing was helpful to them in exposing what had happened. I thought what happened last week was incredibly unsatisfactory from our side, but it was also incredibly unsatisfactory from the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: That is the point I was going to make. From last week's meeting, it is clear to me that the review is a governance review and does not deal with value for money or the financial elements, including whether the university paid the correct rate.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: As a committee, we need to reflect on what happened last week and decide on what areas we think are important. I agree that we should ask the Comptroller and Auditor General to bring forward proposals as to how the committee might deal with the issue and to suggest what additional information or format might prove useful.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: We are still not clear on whether the university paid the correct value or whether it paid below or above the market value. That is the problem.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I do not understand what "hold fire" means.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: It is good to see the officials again. I have worked with them in different guises. I would not worry about using the wrong titles. There are often occasions when local authority officials are in here and we revert back to calling them managers. We can always get it wrong and it says more about my age than anything the chief executive said. I want to discuss two points of complexity...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: We would not want to see it get in the way of attracting investment to an area that needed regeneration, for example.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Zoning is a blunt instrument. It often encompasses a wide area. Whether a council decides to zone or not to zone is one of the difficulties. If the potential benefit is never realised, the whole process is a waste of the council's time if it does not actually result in any development in the long run.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I suppose there are sites that are entirely in local authority ownership. I am thinking of site 31 which sits north of Ballymun. It is identified in part for Ballymun Kickhams GAA Club, and part for the National Transport Authority, NTA. It is owned by Dublin City Council but it is in Fingal County Council. As a result, a lot of interaction is required there between different councils for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I use that as an example because it is one that I am familiar with. Two local authorities have an involvement. One as the landowner and the other as the planning regulator.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: That brings our session to a close. I thank our witnesses for being with us today.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (25 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 36. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to establish a dedicated public transport section of An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25299/23]