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Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (31 Jan 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: The next speaking slot is Sinn Féin's but I will call Deputy Berry, if that is okay. I will then return to Sinn Féin.

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (31 Jan 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: We will return to the Government slot. Deputy Murnane O'Connor has eight minutes.

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (31 Jan 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: We return to the Government side. I call Deputy James O'Connor.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (31 Jan 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 3. To ask the Taoiseach when the Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs will take place. [4161/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (31 Jan 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Like the other Deputies, I urge the Taoiseach to name a date and a chairperson for the citizens' assembly. I join the Taoiseach in congratulating the chairs of the two previous bodies. We have a citizens' assembly infrastructure. It has dealt with two issues and we have two more to go. I can appreciate why it has taken some time to get here. There is a commitment in the programme for...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (31 Jan 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 77. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent meeting with an organisation (details supplied) in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4214/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (31 Jan 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the next phase of the BusConnects project; the status of the replacement of the number 9, 11 and 83 bus routes in the Dublin north west area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4025/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (31 Jan 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 524. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding stream for the targeted youth employability support initiative in Ballyfermot; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4159/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (31 Jan 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 804. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding stream for a new community centre (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4307/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Marine Protected Areas Bill 2023: Discussion (resumed) (31 Jan 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank Professor Crowe. Some of the areas in the Bill are technical. I am interested in the idea of public consultation, which was previously referred to. Sometimes consultation can have a really positive impact on a process. Sometimes it can distract from what the process is really about. In the context of best practice internationally, is Professor Crowe aware of types of consultation...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Marine Protected Areas Bill 2023: Discussion (resumed) (31 Jan 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: What we do not want is the box being ticked by just having the advertisement in the paper.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Marine Protected Areas Bill 2023: Discussion (resumed) (31 Jan 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: By the same token, it is an incredibly technical and complicated issue. It can be hard sometimes to engage members of the public who are busy with their normal lives.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Marine Protected Areas Bill 2023: Discussion (resumed) (31 Jan 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: It is also part of a broader education process about our biodiversity and climate resources. The Minister will have the opportunity to have expert advice. It could be interesting to see how the expertise that is available to the Minister might also be available in the consultation phase-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Marine Protected Areas Bill 2023: Discussion (resumed) (31 Jan 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: -----or might be connected because, first of all, we get a continuance of policy information. It would also be a better use of a resource that will already be there. Professor Crowe may have been asked this question already, but in terms of the process of the availability of these experts, we find it increasingly difficult to get people to serve in these types of public roles or that by...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Marine Protected Areas Bill 2023: Discussion (resumed) (31 Jan 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Marine Protected Areas Bill 2023: Discussion (resumed) (31 Jan 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: It may also preclude people from being engaged in certain commercial practises or other resources because there might be conflicts of interest and so on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Marine Protected Areas Bill 2023: Discussion (resumed) (31 Jan 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Okay. That was with regard to heads 9 and 10 with regard to the consultation and head 5 in respect of the expert group. The other area in which I had an interest was head 12 and the idea of a temporary marine protected area, MPA, as a result of an emergency. The example given in the briefing was the idea of a significant oil leak or something along those lines. I wonder whether two...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Marine Protected Areas Bill 2023: Discussion (resumed) (31 Jan 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: The question is, though, whether two years is ever going to be sufficient.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Marine Protected Areas Bill 2023: Discussion (resumed) (31 Jan 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Okay.