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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)
Paul McAuliffe: I will move on to some broader issues relating to the NTA. I hear the frustration of Dublin Bus and its passion for its service. I appreciate that it is the same for Go-Ahead Ireland. We all want better public transport. We all want reliable public transport that is going to encourage people to get out of their cars. That is where this frustration comes from. It comes from our...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)
Paul McAuliffe: It is the Griffith Avenue orbital. Mr. Gaston might come back to me on that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)
Paul McAuliffe: The witnesses might help us to understand the cause of the frustration felt by somebody looking at real-time information when a bus disappears. People cannot understand how this happens with a real-time information system. Where does the bus go? Could the witnesses help us to understand that because it adds so much to people's frustration? What leads to the decision to cancel? Are...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)
Paul McAuliffe: If there is a driver absence, I doubt Dublin Bus only knows about that five minutes before the cancellation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)
Paul McAuliffe: I think I have exhausted the Chairman's patience.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Payments (29 Nov 2022)
Paul McAuliffe: 72. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to reform illness benefit entitlements for self-employed persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58968/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Nov 2022)
Paul McAuliffe: 79. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current wait time for a supplementary welfare allowance to be decided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59201/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (29 Nov 2022)
Paul McAuliffe: 305. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on a foreign birth register application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58815/22]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (1 Dec 2022)
Paul McAuliffe: It was not scripted.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Local Authorities (1 Dec 2022)
Paul McAuliffe: 10. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to review the baseline of self-funding property tax for local authorities like Dublin City and Fingal, in order that they can hold onto 100% of local property tax collected without losing other funds of streaming. [59834/22]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Local Authorities (1 Dec 2022)
Paul McAuliffe: Last week Dublin City Council passed a €1.2 billion budget. It is one of largest budgets it has ever passed. Over recent years the Government has supported many local authorities throughout the country. However, there are challenges with regard to local government funding. We want local authorities to hold onto 100% of the local property tax in their area. When might we review the...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Local Authorities (1 Dec 2022)
Paul McAuliffe: I welcome the commitment to review the baselines. If I heard correctly this will be done in advance of the 2024 budget process. Local government funding is a bit of a dark art. I spent ten years in local government and I still cannot get my head around a lot of it. It is about retaining the local property tax in that locality, because if people pay the tax, they expect those services in...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Local Authorities (1 Dec 2022)
Paul McAuliffe: I met the team from Dublin City Council last week, along with all Dublin Deputies, and I met with the finance subcommittee. Many good councillors from across parties want to see more done for their county with more resources. I welcome the Minister of State's commitment, and I thank the Minister, both Ministers of State and their party colleagues for working with us on this to deliver this...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Local Authorities (1 Dec 2022)
Paul McAuliffe: I ask the Minister to engage with councillors as part of the review process.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Paul McAuliffe: Apologies have been received from the Chairperson, Deputy Matthews. I welcome the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, and his officials to the meeting. I thank them for the briefing material which was provided in advance and has been circulated to committee members. The meeting has been convened to consider the Supplementary Estimates for Vote 34 -...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Paul McAuliffe: We will start with questions from members. Given the small number on this select committee, I propose we have ten-minute speaking slots. I call Deputy Flaherty.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Paul McAuliffe: I am conscious the Minister must be allowed time to answer the questions as well.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Paul McAuliffe: No, not at all.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Paul McAuliffe: He was looking like he was itching to answer some of the questions the Deputy was posing.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Paul McAuliffe: In the course of our discussions with local authorities, Cork City Council identified a site it has. It indicated that if it did not have to carry that debt over, the units would be more affordable. Is that-----