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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I want to ask the Housing Allowance about mixed income, mixed tenure and the cost rental model. I will leave some time for that. I would like to concentrate on the CCMA. I welcome today's discussion because we have focused on the vast majority of the Bill, which does not involve shared equity home loans but rather the cost rental model and council-led affordable housing. I ask Mr. Curran...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I suggest that is a process rather than a target. Does Mr. Curran have a ballpark-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: The fear is that, as Deputy Gould said, for the best part of 11 years, one of the main reasons developments did not happen was that the absence of the tools needed for mixed income and tenure development meant we could only build social housing. Now we will have the tools to do all three, and the fear is that local authorities will not have the ambition that is needed and will leave cost...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: On the ability to deliver mixed income and tenure estates for the first time, does Mr. Curran believe that will also assist in the approval process through council chambers and in getting communities to buy into these developments?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank Mr. Curran. On mixed income and tenure housing, every other sector of housing is responsible for providing it. Private providers do so via Part V. We always ensure there is a balance, even in places like Ballymun where Mr. Dunne and I worked. We sought to have mixed income housing and prevent cost rental developments becoming gated, middle class enclaves. How do we ensure there...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Will the CCMA comment on how it envisages the council-led affordable scheme operating? Once the legislation is passed, when do the witnesses believe they will be at a stage where applications can be issued so that people can make an application for the scheme?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank all of the witnesses. The discussion has been very broad and positive. Unlike previous sessions, we have focused on many of the positive elements of the Bill which will see secure and affordable public housing being delivered by public agencies, which is a significant shift in the Bill. I take on board the issue around funding. That has been discussed. Of course, something can...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Contracts (25 Feb 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 186. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider supporting a project (details supplied). [10832/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (25 Feb 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 332. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the Covid-19 vaccination roll-out in Denmark (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10925/21]

New Decade, New Approach Agreement: Statements (24 Feb 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: In light of the threat of a collapsed Northern Ireland Executive and increased community tensions, it is timely that we review an agreement that was born out of similar circumstances. The Good Friday Agreement was an opportunity for us to demonstrate how a shared island might lead to a united Ireland. The commitments that the Irish Government gave in the New Decade, New Approach agreement,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 Feb 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 37. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of applications that have been received for the restart fund by Dublin City Council from businesses; the funding that has been allocated to the authority; the number of businesses that have received funding under the fund from Dublin City Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10265/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Funding (24 Feb 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 63. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount allocated by his Department in 2020 and 2021 for the retrofitting of private dwellings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10267/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Illegal Dumping (24 Feb 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 64. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has considered a national anti-illegal dumping campaign; and his views on whether the current measures to prevent illegal dumping are sufficient. [10268/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (24 Feb 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 249. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the properties under the control of the Office of Public Works, OPW, in Dublin 9 and Dublin 11. [10269/21]

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

Paul McAuliffe: 280. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount allocated by his Department in 2020 and 2021 for the retrofitting of local authority housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10266/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (24 Feb 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 992. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 antigen tests purchased by the State; the expected uses of same; and if he plans greater use of antigen testing when the economy begins to reopen. [10272/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Tidy Towns Committees (24 Feb 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 1137. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the supports, funding and grants available to registered tidy towns groups; if she is considering increasing these supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10270/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Tidy Towns Committees (24 Feb 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 1138. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount paid to tidy towns groups from her Department in each of the years 2018 to 2020. [10271/21]

Public Accounts Committee: Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2019 (23 Feb 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank the witnesses for being with us today. I will concentrate on the cash in transit issue and issues with the Senaca Group. I appreciate the opening statements which outline the details of that. I found it difficult to understand how cash which was being transited became part of the assets of the company being liquidated. Surely the process of putting that cash, which was being...

Public Accounts Committee: Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2019 (23 Feb 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Mr. Kavanagh has outlined the matter well and fairly. I am still scratching my head since a company responsible for transporting a good managed, through its liquidation, to take ownership of the goods. If it was anything other than cash, I think we would also be scratching our heads about that. While Mr. Kavanagh cannot comment on the investigation, what measures has HRI taken, in a...