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Residential Tenancies (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second Stage (23 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: This is the fifth Bill that has been introduced by the Government since it took office last summer to safeguard tenants during the pandemic. The Bill extends the protections to tenants affected by Covid-19 by a further six months until 12 January 2022. The number of people that have directly invoked this legal protection has remained small so far, but the legislation has also had a chilling...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Schemes (22 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 221. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering amending the help-to-buy scheme to include the best four of the past five years of PAYE income given the impact of Covid-19 and the large number of persons who received the pandemic unemployment payment thus paying less tax than in previous years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33017/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (22 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 496. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a family (details supplied) which has moved from the International Protections Appeals Tribunal to her discretion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33059/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank the Minister of State for commenting on the pre-legislative scrutiny process. As members, we all discovered that the process itself was very valuable in teasing out not only the issues within the Bill but those that might not be in it. I first want to say that I welcome the electoral reform Bill. It is something on which we have been waiting for the best part of three decades. I...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Employment Support Services (17 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I have heard the Minister of State's contribution here and heard the Minister's yesterday. I welcome that she will meet with a number of Fianna Fáil backbench Deputies about this because we are greatly concerned about it. My local employment service, as with many across the country, issued a press release last week stating that the Government was implementing a for-profit model that...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Employment Support Services (17 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: This year, there will be two important developments for the jobs club networks and local employment service networks across the country. One is that we will have an extension of the services to those areas that are not currently covered, which I welcome. We have strong local employment services in our area and we greatly value the contribution they make. I can imagine the gap they would...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Licences (17 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 48. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to extend the ten-year rule for taxi drivers in view of the severe impact that Covid-19 has had on the industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32403/21]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Only 90 minutes in this session remain. Could we get through the amendments more quickly if we remained in the committee room? I cannot see a reason for us not to do so.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I appreciate the Minister suggesting that he will seek to address it on Report Stage. I want to progress the Bill but it is very clear that the Opposition wants to ensure that this is purely a land amalgamation agency, whereas the Government wants to ensure this is an agency that builds affordable homes for people. The Minister has already said that in places like Dublin, the 20% Part V...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I move amendment No. 204: In page 46, line 7, to delete “50 per cent” and substitute “80 per cent”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I move amendment No. 209: In page 46, line 11, to delete “50 per cent” and substitute “80 per cent”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I move amendment No. 222: In page 48, line 7, to delete “may” and substitute “shall”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I move amendment No. 223: In page 48, line 25, after “housing” to insert the following: “, including the affordable land value of relevant public lands in the geographic or administrative area”.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (16 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 183. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider funding multisystemic therapy for an organisation (details supplied). [32310/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (16 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 184. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider funding additional posts (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32311/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Legislative Measures (16 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider an amendment to the Technological Universities Act 2018 for section 12(j) to be amended to increase the number of education and training board nominees onto each technological university’s governing body from one to three nominees. [32312/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Juvenile Offenders (16 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 223. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider additional resources to allow an expansion of the Strive programme in Ballymun to allow more offenders to be included; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32308/21]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank the Minister for bringing forward his amendment, which agrees with my own. It was the intention to cover elected members in this case, and both the Minister's commitment here, and our amendment, state that. Therefore, I welcome the Minister's amendment today.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I will move amendment No. 188 which relates to section 183 of the Local Government Act and provides that disposals would be approved by local authority members. There is a view that local authorities are delaying the delivery of social and affordable housing. Prior to the publication of the Affordable Housing Bill and this Bill, it could have been argued that it was not possible for local...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank the Minister for taking on board my views, those of Deputy Higgins and other members of the committee who have raised this issue, and those of members of our party who are not members of the committee. Everyone is trying to approach this matter from the positive perspective of building homes. It is about finding the balance we spoke about. I will not pursue my amendment on the...