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Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Residential Tenancies Board - Financial Statements 2020 (24 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I refer to the data collected by the system. What kind of analysis is conducted by the RTB to identify landlords who have unregistered tenancies?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Residential Tenancies Board - Financial Statements 2020 (24 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I apologise for interrupting Mr. Byrne but having used up some of my time addressing the omission of a sentence, I want to move on. I apologise if that butchers Mr. Byrne's answers. I want to turn to the issue of those tenants who may be the subject of a licence rather than a tenancy. As Mr. Byrne knows, most licence arrangements do not come under the remit of the RTB, which means that...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Residential Tenancies Board - Financial Statements 2020 (24 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: To conclude, we have traditionally seen licences used in the commercial sector for the avoidance of the accrual of tenancy rights for commercial tenants. As we have increased the rights of tenants in the residential sector, this will increasingly become an issue. I ask the RTB to do everything in its power, from an education perspective, to inform people that licences are not an appropriate...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (23 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to increase the provision of primary and secondary education in Whitehall and Santry, Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10421/22]

Citizens' Assemblies: Motion (22 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I welcome the Government's decision to establish two citizens' assemblies, one on biodiversity and one on a particular priority for me, local government in Dublin. I served for ten years as a member of Dublin City Council and had the great honour of chairing that body. On many occasions during my time in this House I have missed the fantastic opportunity that being a local councillor gives...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Management (22 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Finglas roundabouts scheme; the funding streams for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9995/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Funding (22 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 339. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown of Urban Regeneration and Development Fund funding for each Dublin local authority for the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9192/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (22 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 509. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a review of the pension for a person (details supplied) can be carried out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9095/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (22 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 565. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the grants that are available for persons looking to set up a childcare, breakfast club or after-school facility in the community as either a community group or a private operator; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9090/22]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: My view is similar. We need to seek responses on the media reports.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: That is the first action. The second item is we need to mark our intention to have a meeting on this matter on 24 March or another date that we set. We can discuss that within the work programme while we are in private session. We need to indicate at this point that we intend to have a hearing on it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I think that at this point we are indicating we will hold a hearing. Next week, we will decide on the date.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Following directly on Deputies Carthy and Murphy, there is very significant public concern about the issues raised in that newspaper article and these are at the core of what the Committee of Public Accounts is about. I fully accept the comments of the Comptroller and Auditor General that there is no perceived loss of money at this point, although he reserves the right to examine that....

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I welcome the suggestions made but there is also a role here for the Department of Education. I have discussed this matter with my colleague Deputy Jim O'Callaghan. We all have this in our own areas. Children are being transported because there are not autism spectrum disorder, ASD, classes or units in a locality. Alternatively, there may be a mismatch between the placement of children...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: It does not speak to a specific point in the letter and that is because I do not believe the letter addresses the specific point I raised regarding geo-tagging content in the North of Ireland where it is not possible for people to access certain content through the RTÉ Player. This can often include really important cultural events like GAA matches and entertainment content. Justin...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Certain content is not available in the Six Counties because of rights issues. RTÉ needs to do more to get to the bottom of finding ways of making that happen. More importantly, I raised it in the session and it is not addressed in the letter.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Will Mr. Doyle stay on that point? That is interesting because I saw the announcement of additional new staff throughout the country, but I did not see an announcement for Dublin.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Where is the delay on that? Is that from the Department's side?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Knowledge of the toolbox in one thing, but we also need local authorities to have ambition. Since they have spent so much time not being in this space I can appreciate where their ambition might be limited, but the Department's role is to set that ambition. Do the officials believe there is the willingness in local authorities to develop affordable purchase in particular, which is a new...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: That is important in increasing overall supply, but it also makes a massive difference in communities. I spoke about this at the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage. Ballymun has more than 70% low-income social housing, which we know is not good for that community and the people who live there. Providing affordable purchase, not just for people who are in...