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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Private Rental Sector: Discussion (20 Sep 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I appreciate I am over time but perhaps I will put that question to the IPOA. If, similar to commercial leasing, where people who go beyond the five-year period take on a different type of tenancy but it is a tenancy that people have the right to renew, which would give security of tenure, Mr. Davitt is indicating that landlords would be willing to accept that responsibility. Would the IPOA...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Private Rental Sector: Discussion (20 Sep 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: For our report later on, it is worth putting on the record.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Private Rental Sector: Discussion (20 Sep 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: That comes back to my suspicion regarding the conflicting roles that a property owner-landlord has. Such individuals continuously want the flexibility of the asset sale, but there are also the responsibilities of being a landlord. There is a conflict there. I appreciate it but, particularly, the points made on the RTB were not lost on me. I would say that each of these organisations...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Private Rental Sector: Discussion (20 Sep 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Of course.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Private Rental Sector: Discussion (20 Sep 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Perhaps that is a message which is not often heard by landlords. Equally, if they were held in a company, the shares in the company could be sold and the tenants would remain.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Private Rental Sector: Discussion (20 Sep 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I will let Ms Conway make the last point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Private Rental Sector: Discussion (20 Sep 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: That is a point on which we can all agree. I thank the witnesses for their participation. This has been a constructive meeting.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (22 Sep 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 57. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for a pedestrian crossing or flyover at the roundabout at the M1-R104 intersection located in Santry, Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46281/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vacant Properties (22 Sep 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 148. To ask the Minister for Finance his work to date on the introduction of a vacant property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46258/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (22 Sep 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 283. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients of welfare payments in the Dublin 7 area; and if she will provide a breakdown of the schemes from which each of them are receiving payments. [46491/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Sep 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank our guests for being with us. I echo some of the comments made by my colleague, Senator Pauline O'Reilly, particularly on the progress we have made in the past two years. In the room next door to us one of the last groups of workers who have no protection for maternity leave, namely, local authority members, are being granted it through new legislation. Pre-legislative scrutiny on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Sep 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I imagine though that pay alone is not the only tool we need to improve the gender balance in some sectors. I take Dr. Bambrick's point about predominantly female professions, though I do not like using the phrase, but professions that have a predominance of people of one gender, especially women, have lower pay and there is no doubt about that. I accept her point that if pay is improved,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Sep 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: My second question is on childcare. It is well-flagged there are three phases to childcare. The first is pay and conditions in year 1. The second is some attempt to reduce costs and the third is to try to improve public governance of what is effectively a model that utilises private providers. Lots of people would like to see a more publicly-provided model and great early childcare...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Sep 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: When Dr. Bambrick says that it could be delivered, it could still be provided by a not-for-profit operator, like schools are.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Sep 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: That is interesting. I thank Dr. Bambrick.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Local Government (Maternity Protection and Other Measures for Local Authority Elected Members) Bill 2022: Discussion (22 Sep 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: We are being collegiate this morning. We can swap around. I welcome the legislation. It is interesting that, in the room next door, the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Gender Equality is meeting to discuss the implementation of the recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly. In the context of those efforts to improve the rights of women through that process, it is remarkable that there was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Local Government (Maternity Protection and Other Measures for Local Authority Elected Members) Bill 2022: Discussion (22 Sep 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: It is always worth encouraging the Minister of State.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Local Government (Maternity Protection and Other Measures for Local Authority Elected Members) Bill 2022: Discussion (22 Sep 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: A party could, for example, have a convention for a temporary substitute. That would be a very retrograde step. It would look like democracy but-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Local Government (Maternity Protection and Other Measures for Local Authority Elected Members) Bill 2022: Discussion (22 Sep 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: We should be clear that a party certificate is not required.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Local Government (Maternity Protection and Other Measures for Local Authority Elected Members) Bill 2022: Discussion (22 Sep 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Today, ICTU told the Joint Committee on Gender Equality that women will become more involved in sectors where they are underrepresented if there is better pay and conditions. That adds to it.