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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (14 Jun 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 814. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport application by a person (details supplied) which was due on 20 May 2022. [30383/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Jun 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 1130. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the refusal of disability allowance of a person (details supplied); if the inability to take up work was appropriately decided given the age of the applicant; and the areas of work available to them.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30088/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I have no questions at this time. I will let Deputy Ó Broin go ahead.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Is Deputy Higgins finished?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I call Deputy Ó Broin.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: This follows on from Deputy Ó Broin’s comments about egregious breaches and more minor breaches. I fully accept Mr. Ryan's point that it is very difficult to define. Sometimes it is very obvious what an egregious breach is but it is different when we start looking for details. I accept the difficulty. However, sometimes the speed of the response is a barometer of how we react...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Is there a way we can in some way either embed or allow a flow of information surrounding those types of concerns, which I raised during the strategic housing development, SHD, process, and allow them to be part of the structure of An Bord Pleanála? I am thinking, for instance, of a worker representative being on a board. I appreciate I am throwing a random idea at Ms Graham. There...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I am conscious Deputy Flaherty might want to come in, but I have one other question. On the idea of border areas where two development plans come together, the one with which I am most familiar is the north fringe, which everything from Finglas right across the north of Dublin city. Deputy Ó Broin would have it in the south city. Not enough work is done by local authorities to ensure...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: The point is there will always be those fringe areas, no matter what happens - Garda divisions or whatever. What can the Department structurally put into the review to make sure those fringe issues are addressed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I have abused my position as Vice Chair by allowing Ms Graham to go on for longer. Did Deputy Flaherty want to come in?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I will add one question, which might save time in the context of coming back twice. I will make one suggestion - in order to save it being made when it comes to introducing amendments - regarding to the issue of notification of those on adjoining sites. We have lots of complicated streetscapes in many of our cities. People could have a planning application with a notice in their garden,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: While I do not expect Ms Graham to respond, she might take on board the matter of the proposed notification of adjoining sites.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: It is a small amendment that would save a lot of heartache.

Urban Regeneration Report: Motion (2 Jun 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I like Deputy Bacik's phrase that this goes beyond housing, because too much of the debate on vacancy and dereliction focuses on our immediate need in terms of supply. I heard Deputy Gould suggest that we could tackle the entire housing crisis if we tackled dereliction alone. Of course we know that is not true. We need significant numbers of new builds and we need new supply. That is not...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (2 Jun 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank Mr. Kevin McCarthy and all his team for being here today. When I looked at today's pack, I thought there was nearly enough here for two meetings, but I am sure he would not even like me to joke about that. The Department certainly covers a wide range of activities and it has increased. It has had responsibility for the international protection service for some time and the level of...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (2 Jun 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: As members of the Committee of Public Accounts, we would want Mr. McCarthy to take a stronger position than saying the Department wants to get to compliant procurement.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (2 Jun 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I am sure the Comptroller and Auditor General would have a similar view.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (2 Jun 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Mr. McCarthy mentioned the international protection service. It is commonly viewed that direct provision is not the best the way to continue. Many people have asked when direct provision will end.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (2 Jun 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: We have two and a half years left to achieve that target. Does Mr. McCarthy believe there is a significant risk of that being missed or does he believe it can be achieved?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (2 Jun 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: If Mr. McCarthy does not mind me saying so, when officials use terms such as "challenging target" and "ambitious", I am hearing that they will not meet it.