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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank the Chair and committee members for allowing me to be here today. I will direct my initial comments to Go-Ahead Ireland and Dublin Bus. I accept that they have covered this to some degree. When we talk about these things, it seems like statistics. It is 1 p.m. now. In about ten minutes time, I will be in the Dáil canteen. There are two members of staff there who get the No....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: There is a real impact. One gentleman last week told me he received a verbal warning from his employer because of a consistent failure to attend. Another lady told me she had to pay a late crèche fee because she was unable to get back. I accept that Dublin Bus has recruitment issues but what we are discussing today has real-life implications and this can often get lost in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: What work have Go-Ahead Ireland and Dublin Bus done with the RSA to indicate the flow that is coming towards it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: That is very encouraging. What about Dublin Bus?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I will move on to some broader issues relating to the NTA. I hear the frustration of Dublin Bus and its passion for its service. I appreciate that it is the same for Go-Ahead Ireland. We all want better public transport. We all want reliable public transport that is going to encourage people to get out of their cars. That is where this frustration comes from. It comes from our...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: It is the Griffith Avenue orbital. Mr. Gaston might come back to me on that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: The witnesses might help us to understand the cause of the frustration felt by somebody looking at real-time information when a bus disappears. People cannot understand how this happens with a real-time information system. Where does the bus go? Could the witnesses help us to understand that because it adds so much to people's frustration? What leads to the decision to cancel? Are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: If there is a driver absence, I doubt Dublin Bus only knows about that five minutes before the cancellation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I think I have exhausted the Chairman's patience.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Is Ms Curley saying that homes in Limerick are already affordable?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I gave Deputy O'Donnell more leeway than he gave me earlier at the Committee on Transport and Communications.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: What about the N2?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Chapter 13 - Guardian Ad Litem Follow-up Report (27 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank the witnesses for being here today. When Members of the Houses speak of the areas Mr. McCarthy deals with, they often begin by saying they know the Department is dealing with a huge range of issues. We should acknowledge this in the first instance. Leaving aside the issues concerning birth, information and tracing, the redress scheme, IPAS, Ukraine and the core funding model for...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Chapter 13 - Guardian Ad Litem Follow-up Report (27 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Does Mr. McCarthy have an idea of that number?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Chapter 13 - Guardian Ad Litem Follow-up Report (27 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: In seeking accommodation, the Department needs to do a number of jobs. It needs to find a physical location and make a contractual financial arrangement. Another part of that is working with communities. As the Department has been forced to act so quickly, given the numbers, it is the one area where I know departmental officials feel they would like to do more. We need to have more staff...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Chapter 13 - Guardian Ad Litem Follow-up Report (27 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: When a centre is opened and local representatives and local community leaders are not made aware of it, all it does is create a breeding ground for misinformation. It is important to bring people like that in and particularly community leaders who in many cases would be the first people organising coffee mornings, fundraising and all the things we saw at the very beginning of the war in...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Chapter 13 - Guardian Ad Litem Follow-up Report (27 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Deputy Dillon asked about the breakdown in the lease payments to private landlords for fit-out and other associated costs. In many cases, some of the locations the Department has been forced to acquire are more akin to a warehouse environment than any kind of accommodation we would be aware of. What criteria does the Department use when looking at accommodation?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Chapter 13 - Guardian Ad Litem Follow-up Report (27 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I ask Mr. McCarthy to reflect on that. Are there any centres operating at the moment without fire safety certificates?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Chapter 13 - Guardian Ad Litem Follow-up Report (27 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Obviously, there is a difference between a fire safety certificate for use as a commercial building and a fire safety certificate for use as a residential building.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Chapter 13 - Guardian Ad Litem Follow-up Report (27 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Is Mr. McCarthy saying at this point either everywhere has a fire safety certificate or the Department is in the process of-----