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Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (3 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I accept all that but I do not see how any of this was not visible to Transport Infrastructure Ireland in 2018 when it provided a very clear timeline of 2027. Now we have a timeline of at least eight years after that. Effectively, this is a doubling of the duration of the project. I do not see from the significant information Mr. Walsh has given me anything to indicate this information was...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I agree with Deputy Catherine Murphy. We must ensure this proposed slot is used well and that we know precisely the areas we want to cover in it. Of the overall health budget, €1.1 billion is for mental health services. Will this proposed session be specifically related to CAMHS or will it seek to cover mental health in general? How broadly do we wish to address this issue? It is...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I support Deputy Carthy's proposal. Similar to what we are doing on the issue of housing, it might be beneficial for us to have several sessions together devoted to the topic of mental health. We could parse in our private sessions what we want each meeting to deal with. If that means we must create a new slot in the private-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I appreciate there is a difficulty in that we are in public session and we cannot engage with the officials in that format, but I am not clear as to what the agreement is. It is such a serious issue that we could even examine community mental health as a stand-alone issue, dealing with the various organisations where there are service level agreements with the HSE as well as dealing with...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (3 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 160. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress made to date on the implementation of the White Paper to End Direct Provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5450/22]

Easing of Covid-19 Restrictions: Statements (2 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: On 5 March 2020, the Ceann Comhairle called me to make my first contribution to the House. The previous weekend, a case of coronavirus had led to a closure of a school in my area. Local councillors and Deputies had been briefed in City Hall by people who we considered to be unknown public health officials but who the entire country would soon to get to see on a nightly basis. I left that...

Legacy Issues in Northern Ireland and New Decade, New Approach: Statements (1 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: At the weekend, this island marked the 50th anniversary of the murder of civilians in Derry on Bloody Sunday. The families and the people of Derry endured too long a campaign for the acknowledgement of truth about what happened in the name of the British Government but full justice and accountability have never been secured. This is true of most victims of the Troubles and I am today...

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission: Motion: Cabinet Committees (1 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 17. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [4724/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Property Registration (1 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 421. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to improve the efficiency of the Property Registration Authority to deal with its current backlog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5074/22]

Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jan 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I intend to speak for only one minute. While I very much welcome the Bill because I believe we need reform in higher education, I in fact was a member of a higher education governing body and never attended a meeting. You might ask why would I be proud of that. I did it because I was an automatic member as the Lord Mayor. It is a terrible way of governance of any institution to have...

Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority: Financial Statements 2020 (27 Jan 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I apologise to the Chair for missing my slot. I advised the clerk that I had an alternative committee. I presume that I am too late to come back in at this point, am I? Perhaps to assist the Chair, many of my questions are for the TII, who will be with us next week. Perhaps I will reserve my questions for next week. Having worked with Ms Graham in the past, that if there are other issues...

Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority: Financial Statements 2020 (27 Jan 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I was solving gender balance, Chair, which only takes an hour or two. Unfortunately, it does not.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (27 Jan 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 109. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the progress made in relation to the High-Level Implementation Plan for Strengthening our Defence Forces; when the completed project reports will be shared with Defence Forces representative associations in line with the request from the chairperson of the Defence Forces Conciliation Council; and if he will make a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Monuments and Archaeological Heritage Bill: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (27 Jan 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I welcome the Minister of State. Sometimes the committee is dominated by the housing issues that are crucial for many people. It is fantastic to have time to dedicate to the heritage part of the portfolio, particularly in the context of new legislation being proposed. I will use two sites as examples. The Minister of State might explain how the proposed legislation may benefit the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Monuments and Archaeological Heritage Bill: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (27 Jan 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Is there an update on the specific proposals for the opening of an interpretive centre at the national monument on Moore Street?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Monuments and Archaeological Heritage Bill: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (27 Jan 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I am probably reaching the end of my time slot. Perhaps we might reserve for private discussion a specific proposal on this particular national monument. It probably does not fall within the scope of this pre-legislative scrutiny session. I appreciate the witnesses providing us with additional information. We might return to it in a different format.

Youth Mental Health: Statements (26 Jan 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Like the previous speaker, I welcome the Minister of State's leadership in the area of mental health. I know it is something she understands and has championed while making changes within the Department. Looking at the figure of €1.1 billion, one might think it a huge amount but this is a huge and challenging problem. There is a commitment in the programme for Government to have...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (26 Jan 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter in relation to school transport for a child (details supplied) [3666/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (26 Jan 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 197. To ask the Minister for Health when speech and language therapy will be provided for a person (details supplied). [3943/22]

Ceisteanna Eile – Other Questions: Housing Provision (25 Jan 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 72. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress between his Department, Dublin City Council and approved housing bodies to deliver social and affordable public housing in north-west Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3355/22]