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Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 - Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Defence
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 12: Stock Management in the Defence Forces (23 May 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: I refer to tours of duty abroad, for example.

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 - Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Defence
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 12: Stock Management in the Defence Forces (23 May 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: Many feel that not enough cognisance is given to that. That was not a specific term used by the independent review group. Based on representations from members of families who have spoken to me about it, this is an issue. They feel powerless and do not feel supported. They feel in many ways they are also subjected to an approach whereby they should get on with it, pull up their bootstraps...

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 - Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Defence
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 12: Stock Management in the Defence Forces (23 May 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: We await the implementation of those family-friendly policies and will judge the Department on it.

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 - Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Defence
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 12: Stock Management in the Defence Forces (23 May 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: We will be the judge of that when we have the time to do so. I thank Ms McCrum.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Schemes (23 May 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: 140. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will make additional resources available to local authorities in 2024 for the community involvement scheme, in view of the inclement weather to date 2024 and its impact on rural roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23347/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (22 May 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: 6. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on social affairs and public services will meet next. [22350/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (22 May 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: 35. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [23210/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Building Regulations (Fire Safety): Discussion (21 May 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank all the witnesses for being here today and for the work that they do, which is often in some ways unheralded until it comes into focus. I do not think anybody will mind me singling out members of the fire service and the work that they do both in Dublin, which I am very familiar with, and across the whole country in respect of both full-time and retained fire services. What the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Building Regulations (Fire Safety): Discussion (21 May 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: To clarify that point, because it is interesting, taller buildings must reach that particular standard going forward?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Building Regulations (Fire Safety): Discussion (21 May 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: As this is an incredibly technical area, let me try and stay with Mr. O'Dowd. In colloquial terms, one might call that a combustible fire system and a non-combustible fire system. They are very generic terms. Is it correct that there have been products on the market that do not reach that standard? To date, have cladding systems been used that do not reach that standard?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Building Regulations (Fire Safety): Discussion (21 May 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: It is not an assessment of a system.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Building Regulations (Fire Safety): Discussion (21 May 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: In comparison to other international regulations, perhaps where there is more experience with higher buildings over a longer time, where does Mr. O'Dowd believe these newer guidelines fit within the spectrum of protection? Are they on the more lenient end? Are there countries with higher levels of protection?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Building Regulations (Fire Safety): Discussion (21 May 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: I apologise for cutting Mr O'Dowd off. I will ask Mr. Keeley a question. I am wondering about the Metro Hotel fire specifically as it is the most high-profile high-rise building in the city. What learnings have the fire service taken from that incident? What changes have been made and does he think must be made?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Building Regulations (Fire Safety): Discussion (21 May 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: I am sure my colleagues will continue on that point but I have stretched the Chair's patience with regard to time.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (21 May 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: 129. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application (details supplied) can be expedited. [22649/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (21 May 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: 643. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on a hip operation for a person (details supplied). [22965/24]

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Office of Minister for Education (16 May 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: I remind members of the committee that it is not for us to question matters of Government policy. We are here to assess the appropriation accounts that are before us.

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Office of Minister for Education (16 May 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: If we were to question Government policy, then the meeting would descend into a debate every week.

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Office of Minister for Education (16 May 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: Every member has his or her own ten-minute slot, Chair.