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Financial Resolutions 2020 - Financial Resolution No. 7: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank the Minister for outlining the investment made by the Government in some of the youngest in society. Yesterday, Fianna Fáil proposed a budget to this House for the first time in ten years. In so doing, it converted the support and votes we received in February into actions and supports for the people of Ireland. We worked with Fine Gael and the Green Party on a shared...

Other Questions: School Staff (14 Oct 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 15. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the feasibility of pairing students of very high-risk families to very high risk teachers via an online learning platform will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25941/20]

Other Questions: School Staff (14 Oct 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: Like other Deputies, I congratulate the Minister. I am sure, however, she would be the first to tell me to congratulate those in the school community who allowed and facilitated the return to school. It has made a huge difference in the lives of many families. Unfortunately, however, many people have not been able to return to school. They include those in the very high-risk category,...

Other Questions: School Staff (14 Oct 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: I welcome that the possibility of online remote learning pairing is an option for those very high-risk teachers and students. I am speaking, however, about those people with a rare disease. I have had the pleasure of working with many of them. Rare diseases are awfully misunderstood. There is often not a huge degree of knowledge within general practice, and often the patient becomes the...

Other Questions: School Staff (14 Oct 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: I take on board the point the Minister makes and the genuine way in which she approaches this. I wish to raise the case of a specific person, Ms Jann Rynne, who was, sadly, diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, CLL, in 2011. She has been cocooning since February. Two of her older children have moved out of the home and are living with another family member. They have made the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (14 Oct 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of measures being put in place to improve pay and conditions for school caretakers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25940/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (14 Oct 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 99. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to support persons with lifelong or long-term medical incontinence with their household waste disposal charges in view of the fact that more operators are moving towards pay-by-weight contracts. [30380/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Better Energy Homes Scheme (13 Oct 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 47. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans for an expansion of the SEAI better energy warmer homes scheme; his plans to allow persons that have availed of the scheme to be eligible again.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30081/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Efficiency (13 Oct 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 48. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the national retrofitting scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30082/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (13 Oct 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 106. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax reliefs available to persons who are working from home; and if he is considering further tax credits to support workers in this regard. [30075/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Value Added Tax (13 Oct 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 107. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to lower the VAT rate for the hospitality sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30076/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (13 Oct 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 205. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when will the commission on the Defence Forces be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30047/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Representative Organisations (13 Oct 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 206. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will consider permitting an association (details supplied) to associate with a representative body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30048/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (13 Oct 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 510. To ask the Minister for Health the quantity of the winter 'flu vaccination purchased; his plans for additional quantities to be purchased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30071/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (13 Oct 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 511. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to incentivise pharmacists to carry out off-site vaccination clinics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30072/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: We could put that with Government funding and other issues.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: The Chairman may feel I am broadening this too far, but in designing buildings, we are also designing communities. If we are going to build large-scale public housing projects, in particular, we have to ensure that we do not repeat the mistakes of previous projects of this type. Many of us represent a good number of these areas and have spent decades advocating for additional facilities and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: That can be both physical and infrastructural.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: Could I ask Deputy Cian O'Callaghan to expand on his point on the need to have two meetings? Maybe I am coming from the perspective of the city, where pretty much everything is zoned at this stage. When talking about affordability and land use management, is the Deputy effectively talking about land in private ownership? Regarding the other schemes pertaining to lands in State ownership,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: I think both of mine can be dealt with with Senator Fitzpatrick's and I am happy to leave them until then.