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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: This week, Dublin Bus announced it is back to pre-pandemic passenger levels. That places Ireland ahead of the international curve with places like the Netherlands and Canada still at 70%. There are, however, pressures on the system and both Dublin Bus and the private operators who appeared at the Joint Committee on Transport and Communications said they are having issues with recruitment...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I may have missed this issue being raised. It relates to No. 1687. Can I speak on this issue now?

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (8 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 181. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason that a person who lodged a redress of wrong on 22 July 2021 has not received a reply, despite an obligation to have a reply within three months. [5581/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (7 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: With the proposed changes around development plans, what is the justification for those being on a ten-year basis rather than a five-year basis, and what are the benefits or the implications of that change?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (7 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: If I may focus on that, the development plan is one of the key powers that local councillors have. One would like to think that in each mandate or five-year term councillors would have an opportunity to have an impact on the shaping of the development plan. The concern would be that, given the two years of preparation involved and the ten-year life cycle, councillors will set plans in 2024,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (7 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Variations would no longer require two thirds of members but would require a resolution, which would be a majority of those present.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (7 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: There is the additional safeguard of the Planning Regulator in the event that a local authority makes a decision that does not make good planning sense from that perspective or if unusual activity takes place with regard to rezonings and so on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (7 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Local area plans, LAPs, are in significant demand in Dublin city’s development area. I understand ten or 11 areas have been identified for LAPs. In reality, Dublin City Council does not have the resources to carry out 11 LAPs over the lifetime of the current five-year plan. Will Mr. Hogan outline what will replace an LAP and how it will benefit the process and perhaps meet some of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (7 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I have one final question. Mr. Hogan may disagree with my view that the strategic housing development, SHD, process was not successful. I welcome the restoration of the role of local authorities. Are we ensuring that lessons have been learned from the decision to remove the voices of communities from SHDs and that people are being given an opportunity to contribute, particularly in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (7 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I may be out of time but I will engage with Mr. Hogan again in the second round of questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (7 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I note the comments made by the Chair regarding the issue of the planning notice being a matter for regulation. I am happy to explore that with the Department offline. Would the Department consider tabling an amendment which, similar to all the other issues we have discussed, is about trying to give people an opportunity to have an input at the earliest possible point? People are often not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (7 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank Mr. Hogan. He has stumbled across the reason I ran aground in my Private Member's Bill on the issue and perhaps the reason I recommend the Department might take it up. I accept that complicated legal title or boundary issues can cause a problem. However, in the normal course of events, where the site notice might not be visible to a party immediately adjoining the property, it is...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Like Deputy Verona Murphy, I await the documents that are being prepared for the Dáil next week. It is a serious matter and I would certainly want to have the full range of documents in front of me before I comment on it. However, there is one area in the reporting that I think is appropriate for this forum. That is the suggestion, and I want to be careful in how I phrase this - I...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: It is important to know. I do not know the source of either the quote or the documents. Perhaps they are exaggerating what was possible in the conversations with the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General. Was there a special arrangement for this particular one or was this something which was normal practice across other Departments and other notes?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Would one of the departmental officials like to comment?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Mr. O'Grady is in a difficult position because the documents have not been published. This is very important for the integrity of this committee and of the process. I go back to the article, which states that this: ... would not be publicly reported by its spending watchdog. To achieve this, agreement had been reached with the Comptroller & Auditor General (C&AG). Any...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: My colleagues, Deputy Fleming and the former Chairman of this committee, Deputy McGuinness, made similar comments about the State Claims Agency and contingent liability - revealing more information and detail from that. I raise that matter here in this forum. Like Deputy Verona Murphy, I await the full report next week. On disability services, I am with Deputy Verona Murphy in that I do...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: What is it at now?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I would certainly any attempt to try to reduce it. A school on the north side of Dublin where parents do not have the means to seek a private assessment is likely to have fewer SNAs than a school on the south side of Dublin with the same number of children with the same conditions where parents might be able to pay for it. That is completely unacceptable and it is happening purely because...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I am of that opinion as well. It is also about accessing treatment and therapies. The support for school provision is one element. We are making reforms on that. There needs to be much more joined-up thinking on special education between the Department of Education and the HSE. The reports about treatment and therapies are even more dire. People are often being told that the allocation...