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Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (30 Nov 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 645. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the early intervention appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58816/21]

Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (25 Nov 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: This is an important day for the many people who come to our clinics because often they are on two sides of the development coin. On one side are the many people who are looking for and who need housing, often in very difficult circumstances, and on the other side are communities concerned about the impact of planning and development on their area. The solution for one side is met by...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (25 Nov 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I appreciate the update from the Minister of State. It will help to continue to inform the implementation of the report. It does not, however, significantly increase the resources available to the community. I welcome, however, the Government's commitment to implementing this report on Ballymun. It is crucial that communities see reports like this being implemented rather than just being...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (25 Nov 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 120. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community gardaí in the Ballymun Garda district as of 1 November 2021 or the latest date available; the number in the 12 months previously; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57943/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (25 Nov 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Earlier this year, Dublin City Council published a report, titled Ballymun - A Brighter Future, which outlined the impact of the drugs industry on that community. Core to that report were actions which we believe many agencies, including An Garda Síochána, need to take. The resources An Garda Síochána has are crucial to the successful implementation of that report. Will...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (25 Nov 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I welcome the Minister of State's commitment to this issue along with that of his ministerial colleague. Deployment is a matter for the Garda Commissioner but, on his appointment, he said that crime is not like rain in that it does not fall evenly everywhere. It was therefore very surprising when we discovered, through the report, Ballymun - A Brighter Future, that the Dublin northern...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Chapter 7 - Oversight of Funding for the European Capital of Culture 2020 (25 Nov 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I will continue the line of questioning raised by Deputy Dillon on media. The pandemic has been a huge pressure point for all media outlets but has also displayed the huge role good quality public and private media organisations play and the way they helped communicate the messages during the pandemic. Deputy Dillon spoke about local newspapers and radio stations but, unfortunately, in...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Chapter 7 - Oversight of Funding for the European Capital of Culture 2020 (25 Nov 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: It is interesting that Ms Licken raises the Future of Media Commission because there has been a lot of discussion about online platforms. Unfortunately, Facebook forums have become the predominant forum for local community news. The difficulty with that is that it carries with it all the threats that social media bring while at the same time giving local communities really good forums....

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Chapter 7 - Oversight of Funding for the European Capital of Culture 2020 (25 Nov 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Sometimes our rural colleagues here in the Houses of the Oireachtas are much better at working together on these issues. Sometimes in Dublin we are a little shy about shouting for the capital. On this issue, however, we need to work very closely together with the Department and the Government. The pandemic had a significant impact on sports capital grants, and I know there was an...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Chapter 7 - Oversight of Funding for the European Capital of Culture 2020 (25 Nov 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Has consideration ever been given to having a rolling sports capital application process? I have dealt with many clubs this year, as in previous years, and one of the difficulties is that their planning or their fundraising targets might not be reached within the window of the application process or thereafter. I have often considered that a rolling application process might be far more agile.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Chapter 7 - Oversight of Funding for the European Capital of Culture 2020 (25 Nov 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: That frequency is very important, and Mr. Ó Lionáin makes a really important point that the absence of the regular awarding of grants and the fact that it does not happen on a rolling basis is a major flaw in the system. On the issue of the support that clubs received during the pandemic, from my experience, sports clubs were divided into two groups: those that perhaps had large...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (25 Nov 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 157. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community gardaí in the Blanchardstown Garda district as of 1 November 2021 or the latest date available; the number in the 12 months previously; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57944/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (23 Nov 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her progress to date in expanding the provision of post-primary education in Santry and Whitehall, Dublin 9; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57265/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (23 Nov 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her progress to date in expanding the provision of primary education in Santry and Whitehall, Dublin 9; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57264/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Bus (23 Nov 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to amend and increase the midnight service times for the Nitelink bus service in Dublin in view of the recent announcement of hospitality closure at midnight; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57358/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pensions Reform (17 Nov 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 65. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 199 of 27 July 2021, when he expects the statutory instruments to be signed for a pension scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56475/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (16 Nov 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 16. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the housing and infrastructure unit of his Department. [55894/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Stations (16 Nov 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 275. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the new Dunleer fire station in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55585/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (16 Nov 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 588. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the assessment of need for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55807/21]

Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Nov 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Sometimes in this Chamber we face deep levels of frustration and I wonder whether we are making any progress on the issues before us. Today is not one of those days. While this is a very wide-ranging Bill that in many ways will help us meet some of our key climate action targets, I want to focus on the amendments relating to scrambler bikes. The term Teachta Dála, messenger of the...