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

Paul McAuliffe: I am sorry Chairman, but I had my hand raised.

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

Paul McAuliffe: I return to Deputy Cian O'Callaghan's point. I ask the Minister to specifically clarify it in his reply because the Deputy made a statement of what he believed to be in the Bill and then a conclusion. His belief is that when land is transferred to a private owner that it will then be sold for open-market sale or for speculation and so on. It is very clear in this Bill that regardless of...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I wish to speak on the amendments that seek to remove the term "market value". I can understand the desire to do this if the reason it is included in the Bill is not understood. We go back to the discussion we had in the first session. Effectively, the LDA is a mechanism that allows for the transfer of land at a nominal cost, so that when homes are built they do not include a significant...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: In many ways, we are having an academic discussion on what might happen in future. We know that the Valuation Office will be involved in pricing this land. Perhaps, in advance of Report Stage, that office could make clear the basis of the valuation, which would show Deputies Ó Broin and Cian O'Callaghan, me and other members of the committee what is likely to happen. We will not then...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I am very conscious that I want to ask Mr. Joyce a question. I apologise for cutting Mr. Doorley off. Mr Joyce may not have time to answer all of my questions. In my area, I see a dysfunctional postal service, in particular on halting sites, as one of the issues that affects voting cards, election literature and so on. Is that something on which the Irish Traveller Movement has engaged...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I apologise.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank the representatives of the three organisations for being with us here today. We were anxious to ensure that groups such as those represented today with a long track record of representing people who are under-represented within the political system had a voice in this Bill. Our guests are right in saying it is something that has long been campaigned for. I certainly appreciate the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: That is good to hear. The National Youth Council made a suggestion around head 104 and the electoral register. I do not disagree. It is an area of increasing concern. Will Mr. Doorley talk about how the preregistration system might work? What user experience does he want for that system in order to encourage as many young people as possible to register?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Any member of the public who is not eligible for HAP and who has attended rent viewings would argue greatly with Ms Mason that HAP does not have a distorting impact on the market. It is a temporary, short-term, necessary support. Nobody disagrees with that. The question is: how long do we accept it as a short-term, necessary support? Has the Department set a target for when an eighth of...

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I accept that. It is a trap the State has been involved in for the best part of 30 years of having a temporary support measure while also having a need for capital spending. I take the figures of €134 million for RAS and €382 million for HAP. I take the point that, on average, it provides a home for in the region of €10,000 per year. Mr. Doyle is correct that the...

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Does Mr. Doyle agree with the ESRI's summation that we need to double our spending in capital?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: To continue that line of questioning on the transition from short-term to longer-term supports, I will focus on the move from RAS to HAP. In many ways, it is an unfair comparison because, in many cases, it was a move from rent supplement, which was with the Department with responsibility for social welfare, towards HAP. Can Mr. Doyle compare the transition from RAS to HAP and talk about why...

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Would Ms Mason accept that the reason it is not a replacement is that, in many ways, RAS has far better security of tenure than HAP?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: The best part of €500 million is spent each year on these two supports. If it was any other portion of public procurement, senior public procurement experts would manage that €500 million. Instead, the policy allows for thousands of people without any public procurement knowledge spending public money in a market where it inevitably has an inflationary impact. Does Ms Mason...

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Both politically and physically distanced, but I appreciate the Chairman's courtesy this morning. I am present because we are voting on the Land Development Agency Bill next door. Implicit in the debate during the previous general election and in subsequent reports, including as late as this morning in the ESRI's report on the need for a capital building programme, is a criticism that we...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (3 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 223. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the accuracy of the tagging scheme for wild salmon and sea trout (details supplied) on the River Maine. [30290/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Expenditure (3 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 283. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount spent on Expo 2020 Dubai; the breakdown of costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30382/21]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I have to forgive Deputy Boyd Barrett because he was not present for the entire debate on this Bill and the pre-legislative scrutiny of the Affordable Housing Bill. However, I am not sure what part of those two Bills he does not understand. The core direction of both is to ensure there is a legislative basis for significant delivery of public housing by the State on land that we own. The...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: It is not.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Vote for the Bill then.