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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (28 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I welcome the Minister of State's visit to the north inner city. He is welcome to come and visit my own constituency. He is right; it does go in scale. It can be a matter of a bag in a bin or it can be a matter of a washing machine and a half a tonne of a truck in a laneway. We need proportionate responses and we also need swift action in this regard. I urge the LGMA and the CCMA to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (28 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Hear, hear.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (28 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 64. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to improve legislation to allow for the use of CCTV for enforcement against breaches of waste and litter legislation. [9925/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (28 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Will the Minister of State outline the plans of the Government has to implement the provisions of the circular economy Bill to assist local authorities in the use of CCTV to tackle illegal dumping? We know it is not the silver bullet it is often presented as, but it is an important tool for local authorities to tackle the scourge of illegal dumping in many of our communities.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Amendments (28 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 26. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his plans for constitutional amendments. [9938/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Amendments (28 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I welcome the announcement today regarding the appointment of a chair of the Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use. I also welcome the early date of 14 April for its first meeting. While it is very unlikely a constitutional amendment will be required as a result of the Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use, it will make recommendations. I am conscious that we are midway through the Government's term....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (28 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I know the Taoiseach will share the frustration of many parents of children with different abilities as they wait for assessments of need and then interventions, treatments and therapies. One of the real difficulties in delivering that service is the level of vacancies for the posts. In CHO, 9, my CHO, we have a vacancy rate of 35%. It is difficult for any service to deliver if 35% of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (28 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 18. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [9937/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council (28 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I appreciate the Taoiseach outlining some of the details of the European Council meeting. There are two areas of concern for me. One is the fact that the latest round of sanctions includes further seizing of assets belonging to Russian companies and Russian citizens. How might we mobilise those resources to support Ukraine and its economy during any reconstruction, and also to support the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council (28 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the recent European Council on 9 and 10 February 2023. [9936/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (28 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 72. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to improve the average wait time for the better energy warmer homes scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9924/23]

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I will take that opportunity to give a shout out to my Aunt Lorraine who agreed naively yesterday to mind my kids until 8.30 p.m. yesterday evening and ended up being there until the best part of 00:40 a.m. I think family friendly arrangements would definitely be beneficial for everyone in this House. I will start my contribution in an area I had not planned. This is to follow Deputy...

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Except water perhaps, but we know the negative impact drugs have. However, similar to that debate about the issue of the eighth amendment, we also know the reality and complexity of life and what is in our control and what is not in our control. Rather than us fleshing it out in full today, because it is not really the principal focus of the debate, and I do not often agree with Deputy Boyd...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 14: Assessment and Collection of Insurance Compensation Fund Levies
Report on Administration and Movement of the Insurance Compensation Fund for the year ended 31 December 2021
Comptroller and Auditor General Section 2 Report on Unauthorised release of funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (23 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I appreciate Mr. Molloy's empathy, but what we are looking for is his clarity. Empathy is very little help to us in trying to assess whether there is value for money for the taxpayer. That is ultimately what we are doing here. This is not about trying to push anybody to a wall; it is about trying to get to the bottom of this. Who made the decision to provide the funds for the security of...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 14: Assessment and Collection of Insurance Compensation Fund Levies
Report on Administration and Movement of the Insurance Compensation Fund for the year ended 31 December 2021
Comptroller and Auditor General Section 2 Report on Unauthorised release of funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (23 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: The guts of €27 million was provided to Quinn Insurance to defend a case. My question is who made the decision to provide the funds.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 14: Assessment and Collection of Insurance Compensation Fund Levies
Report on Administration and Movement of the Insurance Compensation Fund for the year ended 31 December 2021
Comptroller and Auditor General Section 2 Report on Unauthorised release of funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (23 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I will ask a broader question then. Which of the organisations before us made the decision? Was it the Department or the Central Bank?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 14: Assessment and Collection of Insurance Compensation Fund Levies
Report on Administration and Movement of the Insurance Compensation Fund for the year ended 31 December 2021
Comptroller and Auditor General Section 2 Report on Unauthorised release of funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (23 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: That is incorrect. The auditors are independent of the Government and its resources. The company in question was also independent of the Government and its resources, yet somehow €30 million, or in fact more, of public money was on the table. It is a very simple question - who made the decision to make that public money available?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 14: Assessment and Collection of Insurance Compensation Fund Levies
Report on Administration and Movement of the Insurance Compensation Fund for the year ended 31 December 2021
Comptroller and Auditor General Section 2 Report on Unauthorised release of funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (23 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Perhaps the Comptroller and Auditor General could be helpful.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 14: Assessment and Collection of Insurance Compensation Fund Levies
Report on Administration and Movement of the Insurance Compensation Fund for the year ended 31 December 2021
Comptroller and Auditor General Section 2 Report on Unauthorised release of funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (23 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Is it correct that ultimately it would have been withdrawn from a fund managed by the Central Bank?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 14: Assessment and Collection of Insurance Compensation Fund Levies
Report on Administration and Movement of the Insurance Compensation Fund for the year ended 31 December 2021
Comptroller and Auditor General Section 2 Report on Unauthorised release of funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (23 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: So ultimately it was on the Central Bank's watch that the money was withdrawn from the fund it managed. It may have been directed to do so, but does Mr. Molloy accept that is where it fell? The Central Bank manages the insurance compensation fund and the money came from that fund.