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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Business Supports (9 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 91. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of Dublin businesses that have applied for assistance under the temporary business energy support scheme to date; the number that have been successful; the estimated value or worth of the support to date for businesses in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21470/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (9 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 103. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of Dublin home buyers who have availed of the enhanced help-to-buy scheme since 23 July 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21471/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (9 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the name and location of the proposed new special school in Dublin 7; the proposed commencement date for the school; the estimated number of students that the school will cater for; the estimated number of teachers that will be employed at the school; what the enrolment process will involve; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (9 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 649. To ask the Minister for Health his views on reports received by this Deputy that medical card holders are being denied the dispensing of prescribed solphedine due to shortages, despite the product being readily available for sale off the scheme in the same pharmacy store. [21713/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (4 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 21. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the Finglas roundabout scheme. [20738/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (4 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 46. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the planned improvements to pedestrian safety on the M1/R104 in Dublin 9. [20739/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Child Abuse (4 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 197. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will the number of allegations of child sexual abuse involving any member of the Probation Service that he or his Department or the Probation Service has been made aware of; the process that has been used to investigate any such reports and if any settlements have been made to date involving these issues. [20913/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (4 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Apologies have been received from Deputies Matthews and Duffy. Today, we will engage in pre-legislative scrutiny of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022. We are beginning the pre-legislative scrutiny process. From the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, we are joined by Mr. Paul Hogan, acting assistant secretary, planning division, Ms Karen Kenny,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (4 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I have some questions before we move to the next round. The objective of this is to encourage development but it also brings a new focus on decisions by local authorities to apply a particular zoning. I am thinking about the mixed ownership Mr. Hogan spoke about in strategic development regeneration area, SDRA, type developments. Where an old industrial area, for example, a Dublin...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (4 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (4 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: What about the difference between a vacant or idle site and a vacant or derelict building?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (4 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: In those areas mentioned by Deputy Cian O'Callaghan where there is a degree of active land management but something might be required, we are essentially saying that if people continue to use their premises for commercial or industrial use, there is no levy or tax being applied to them in the context of trying to encourage them to put that to residential use. Is that fair?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (4 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Under both.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (4 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: So not during the time when it might continue to operate as a business.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (4 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: It applies only at the point of redevelopment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (4 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Okay. I call Deputy Emer Higgins.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: The Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021 is on Fourth Stage in the Seanad and, I hope, will be completed soon. It contains important amendments relating to the illegal use of scrambler bikes that will give crucial new powers to the Garda to limit such activity in our communities. Will the Taoiseach ensure the Government does everything it can to make sure that Bill is passed and signed into law...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Policies (3 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 335. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the programme for Government commitment to ban conversion therapy in Ireland; if he will provide an update on the research commissioned by his Department on capturing the views and experiences of people who have been subjected to conversion practices in Ireland; and if he will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Modern Construction Methods: Discussion (2 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank all the witnesses for their comprehensive opening statements. I represent Ballymun, Finglas, Glasnevin and Santry, so it is not our first rodeo when it comes to modular construction. The development of Ballymun involved panelling construction. The first modular, rapid-build homes were built in 2017 in Baile na Laochra in Ballymun. Therefore, we come with a bit more of a jaundiced...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Modern Construction Methods: Discussion (2 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Is that a one-bedroom or a two-bedroom unit?