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Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 19 - Exchequer receipts from National Lottery ticket sales (8 Dec 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: How does Mr. Algeo account then for being before this committee debating the nature of a claim in an advertisement, rather than being here to discuss the positive work being done?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 19 - Exchequer receipts from National Lottery ticket sales (8 Dec 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Absolutely, I accept that. Many people, though, who participate in the national lottery see the positive work being done in this regard. Many people also question it as just being another form of gambling and are sceptical about it. As a basic marketing analysis of what happened, surely putting together a radio advertisement that results in Deputies and Senators in these Houses questioning...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 19 - Exchequer receipts from National Lottery ticket sales (8 Dec 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: The very fact that Mr. Algeo is here is a big-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 19 - Exchequer receipts from National Lottery ticket sales (8 Dec 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Perhaps that was a better line to use than the one about 90%. I thank the Chair.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 19 - Exchequer receipts from National Lottery ticket sales (8 Dec 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I was contacted on two occasions.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 19 - Exchequer receipts from National Lottery ticket sales (8 Dec 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: The Chair does not play the lotto.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (8 Dec 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 12. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend the children's disability network team for the Finglas area in CHO 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61101/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (8 Dec 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 87. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve the wait time for speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and physiotherapy assessments in CHO 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61102/22]

Confidence in Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Motion (13 Dec 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: The mask slips now.

Confidence in Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Motion (13 Dec 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: We have disagreed on a lot but I think we can all agree that for many, house prices are unaffordable, rents are too high and an unacceptable number of people are in temporary accommodation. However, I rise to my feet to support the Minister because I believe he is leading the charge to address the housing crisis. As Vice Chairman of the Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and...

Income Eligibility for Social Housing Supports: Statements (15 Dec 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I was in the Ceann Comhairle's seat earlier. When one is chairing the Dáil, one should be independent. I found myself inadvertently nodding in agreement each time Deputy Ó Cuív spoke, which I imagine is inappropriate. I have never seen the Ceann Comhairle do it.

Income Eligibility for Social Housing Supports: Statements (15 Dec 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I have to reflect on Deputy Ó Cuív's contribution. For me, it sums up Fianna Fáil's approach to social housing. We have a long-standing commitment to the concept of social and public housing. There are criticisms of where that policy differed in the past. I repeat the line that I gave in the motion of confidence in the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, during the week, that...

Income Eligibility for Social Housing Supports: Statements (15 Dec 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Deputy Collins is right that is has been going on for 30 years but we must acknowledge that in the nearly two and a half years in which we have had a Fianna Fáil Minister - we had this debate on Wednesday night - we have made those changes. We are committed to public housing. We want to deliver it. I accept the politics of competition where we all have to criticise each other's...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (15 Dec 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I have a very specific question for the Minister of State. I hope to hear good news. Chuaigh mé chuig Gaelscoil Uí Earcáin i bhFionnghlas an mhí seo caite. Is scoil iontach í le hiarscoláirí agus múinteoirí iontacha. The school is doing a great job in a very poor building. Schools are often very slow to talk about the failings of their...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (15 Dec 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank the Minister of State for acknowledging that I have raised this issue. I do not need to come before the House to talk to the Minister for Education because I get the opportunity to do so every week at our parliamentary party meeting. I am sending the message here to the officials in the Department of Education as well and to those people in the school building unit that Gaelscoil...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (15 Dec 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 56. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to increase grants and funding to community centres and halls to help them transition to more sustainable energy methods and help pay for increased energy costs. [62331/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (15 Dec 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 260. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if any potential funding streams are available to a centre (details supplied) for the targeted youth employability support initiative, which was previously funded under the Dormant Accounts Fund by the Department of Children, Equality; Disability, Integration and Youth but has not been renewed as a multi-annual...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Select Committee
Local Government (Maternity Protection and Other Measures for Members of Local Authorities) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Dec 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I wish to convey the apologies of the Chairman as he, unfortunately, had to speak in the Dáil at the exact moment this meeting started. No other apologies have been received. We are joined by the Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke, and his officials. This meeting has been convened to consider Committee Stage of the Local Government (Maternity Protection and Other Measures for...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Select Committee
Local Government (Maternity Protection and Other Measures for Members of Local Authorities) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Dec 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank the Minister of State for his comments. I take his lead that we will be judged by our actions not our words and thank him for his brevity.