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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (24 May 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 342. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [26510/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Poverty (24 May 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 460. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a review of the fuel allowance application by a person (details supplied) will be carried out. [25812/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (25 May 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 54. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport application by a person (details supplied) which was due to be issued on 21 April 2022. [26645/22]

Passport Services: Statements (26 May 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: When a debate of this nature occurs in the House it is due to a failure of a State service to deliver the service people expect. Whether that is medical cards, access to services for people with disabilities or older people, or, in this case, passports, the issue is an important one. It is sometimes thought that access to a passport or travel is a frivolity or luxury and other issues are...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (26 May 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 45. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the new Finglas primary care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26627/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (26 May 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 101. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the provision of homecare package providers in CHO9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26628/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Housing Schemes (26 May 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 225. To ask the Minister for Finance if the help-to-buy scheme application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [27018/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (26 May 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 251. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport application for a child (details supplied). [27046/22]

Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Instruction to Committee (31 May 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank the Minister of State for allocating to me the remaining part of his time. It is unfortunate that in a debate that will last an hour, there are 50 minutes for opposition statements and seven and a half minutes for the 82 Members on the Government side. If we are talking about electoral reform, perhaps the Business Committee might start with those disproportionate arrangements. ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: National Oversight Audit Commission’s 2021 Annual Report: Discussion (17 May 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank the witnesses for being with us. If I pop out after these questions, it is because I must be in the Dáil for other questions and not because the witnesses gave me an answer that was offensive in some way. I am pleased that the witnesses and those from the LGAS are with us today in the context of points that have arisen in two discussions, one of which took place at this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: National Oversight Audit Commission’s 2021 Annual Report: Discussion (17 May 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: My question was concerned more with the current structure, and Mr. McCarthy is right that the structure exists, in the context of the time and resources that the members of audit committees have and whether that structure enables them to scrutinise the audit reports in the same way as we do at the Committee of Public Accounts, for example. My knowledge of local audit committees is that they...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: National Oversight Audit Commission’s 2021 Annual Report: Discussion (17 May 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: If that is the case, and many people would agree with that position and it is welcome that Mr. McCarthy voiced it, what structural changes can we make to improve the ability of local authority members to audit or scrutinise an audit?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: National Oversight Audit Commission’s 2021 Annual Report: Discussion (17 May 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: NOAC has not yet carried out any work in this area. Perhaps Mr. Hayes might wish to contribute.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: National Oversight Audit Commission’s 2021 Annual Report: Discussion (17 May 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I may discuss that further with Mr. Hayes in my later round. I know I have gone over time. I appreciate Mr. Hayes and Mr. McCarthy clarifying that point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: National Oversight Audit Commission’s 2021 Annual Report: Discussion (17 May 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank Deputy Gould. He is over time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: National Oversight Audit Commission’s 2021 Annual Report: Discussion (17 May 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank Deputy Gould. Three minutes are left, so I propose to give Senator Boyhan a minute and to give myself a minute, and hopefully the witnesses will be able to answer in one minute, because we have another group of witnesses coming at 4.30 p.m.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: National Oversight Audit Commission’s 2021 Annual Report: Discussion (17 May 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Many of Senator Boyhan's points echo my opening questions about the local government audit. I ask the witnesses to revisit that, as Senator Boyhan asked. The second area I hope the witnesses would consider having NOAC look at, though I appreciate it has a considerable amount on its agenda, is transparency about applications for housing, between the Department of Housing, Local Government...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: National Oversight Audit Commission’s 2021 Annual Report: Discussion (17 May 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: We will be doing a report out of this piece of work. I welcome the suggestion that the officials are open to recommendations from the committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: National Oversight Audit Commission’s 2021 Annual Report: Discussion (17 May 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: All significant changes since the new Government, but of course I would say that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: National Oversight Audit Commission’s 2021 Annual Report: Discussion (17 May 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I am very pleased that the witnesses are with us today and thank them for their time. The committee very much appreciates their being here today. We will suspend for five minutes to allow the new witnesses to take their seats.