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Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I believe the Bill has sufficient compulsory purchase order, CPO, powers to allow the LDA to deliver the homes we have spoken about in previous phases of this discussion. As the Minister said, there is a fundamental difference here between what the Government wants to do by establishing a LDA that builds and develops homes and the Opposition, which wants to put together an agency that...

Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Vote for the Bill then. If you do not want to change the Bill then vote for the Bill.

Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I wish to speak against this group of amendments. There is a fundamental difference between the Opposition and the Government in how we want to deliver homes and what we want the LDA to do. It is clear from Committee Stage that those in opposition want it to be a land amalgamation agency and local authorities to then construct homes on that land. The Government wants all parts of the State...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (30 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 148. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on a press release (details supplied); if the information is correct; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35231/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Road Traffic (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019: Minister for Transport (30 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank the Chair and committee for allowing me to be here. The Minister is bringing forward important legislation. It is trying to include as much reform as is possible in one piece of legislation. The area in which I have a particular interest is the issue of scrambler bikes. I thank everybody who has been involved in campaigning on this issue, primarily the communities throughout the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Road Traffic (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019: Minister for Transport (30 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I know my time is up, Chair, but I would indicate that the Private Members’ Bill before the committee in my name and that of Deputy Lahart deals largely with the issues the Minister has raised. I indicate that at this early stage, in case it helps the committee with its work programme. When the legislation comes forward, it may be a matter of withdrawing it at that stage.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (29 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to increase the number of special school places in Dublin 9 in which no places currently exist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34238/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (29 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to increase the number of special school places in Dublin 11; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34239/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (29 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 340. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of improved pay and conditions for school caretakers and secretaries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34582/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (29 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 356. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the appeal by a person (details supplied). [34269/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of Local Government (Directly Elected Mayor with Executive Functions in Limerick City and County) Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank all the witnesses for contributing. Unlike any other legislation we deal with,, as Mr. Moran outlined, this comes with a democratic mandate that no other topic comes to us with, that is, the people of Limerick have decided on this issue. In some ways our views on it need to be part of that in order that we can reflect that democratic mandate. Many people, particularly at local...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of Local Government (Directly Elected Mayor with Executive Functions in Limerick City and County) Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Perhaps Professor Ó Broin and Dr. O'Malley might speak to the issues surrounding impeachment and removal. Then perhaps Mr. Moran and Ms Ryan could answer the questions about the powers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of Local Government (Directly Elected Mayor with Executive Functions in Limerick City and County) Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank Professor Ó Broin. I think I have run out of time. I apologise.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of Local Government (Directly Elected Mayor with Executive Functions in Limerick City and County) Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Mr. Moran and Ms Ryan might speak to the issue of the lack of reform of the existing local government structure and how it interacts with the new mayor.

Affordable Housing Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (24 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I agree with the previous speaker. There is a raft of housing legislation coming through the House and sometimes it can be very difficult for people watching to know how all of it will benefit them. I will not trade political arguments in the Chamber but will try to explain to people out there who need help, and cannot afford to buy or rent a home, what this Bill does. It is the first...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 8 - Control of Humanitarian Assistance Funding
2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (24 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I have to chair the housing committee later. I may have to give my apologies as I may not be able to take the slot I have been allocated towards the end of this meeting.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (24 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 54. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown of funding provided per site for social, affordable and potential cost rental sites in Dublin 9 and 11; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33883/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Interim Report on Mortality in Single Homeless Population 2020: Engagement with HSE (24 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Apologies have been received from the Chair, Deputy Steven Matthews, who has been selected for oral parliamentary questions with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage this morning in the convention centre, and therefore cannot be here. Today, we are joined by Dr. Austin O'Carroll, HSE clinical lead for the Dublin Covid-19 homeless response, who was commissioned by the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Interim Report on Mortality in Single Homeless Population 2020: Engagement with HSE (24 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: That is fine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Interim Report on Mortality in Single Homeless Population 2020: Engagement with HSE (24 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: We are currently experiencing some technical difficulties. I ask Dr. O'Carroll to bear with us.