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Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statements 2022 and Special Report 116 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (28 Sep 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I do accept that. It is important to say that all those works were done and all those units are back up to full scratch. In many ways, the residents were in a better situation when dealing with NAMA than if they had dealt with a developer that was not in NAMA, had gone defunct and did not have to deal with it. I accept all of that. However, my broader question was about the narrative...

Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statements 2022 and Special Report 116 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (28 Sep 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: However, was it not the case that the issue of delivery of supply was also an issue for NAMA?

Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statements 2022 and Special Report 116 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (28 Sep 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: It is still the case now.

Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statements 2022 and Special Report 116 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (28 Sep 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I appreciate that this is with the benefit of hindsight and so on, but it is part of the reason we are now are we are. It is disappointing that when we had so much control, more emphasis on a policy level was not placed on turning that around. I will make one last point, which is that both the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage and the Construction Industry Federation,...

Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statements 2022 and Special Report 116 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (28 Sep 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: It has not yet been transferred to the Land Development Agency, LDA, for example.

Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statements 2022 and Special Report 116 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (28 Sep 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Yes, I know of it.

Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statements 2022 and Special Report 116 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (28 Sep 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I am over time.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (28 Sep 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 24. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he expects to receive legal advice in relation to the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41857/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (28 Sep 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 65. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his attendance at the British-Irish Association 2023 Conference; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41856/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Policies (28 Sep 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 107. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to prohibit the sale and distribution of single use disposable vapes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41795/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (3 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 13. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on From Poverty to Potential: A Programme Plan for Child Well-being 2023-2025, published by his Department on 1 August 2023. [37564/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (3 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I welcome the child poverty unit and the report that it issued. I met the Society of St. Vincent de Paul last week. It reported that in conjunction with the elimination of fees for school books and the increase of €100 in the back-to-school allowance, it had seen a 20% reduction in requests for assistance in regard to the return to school. It is an example of how Government measures...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Schemes (3 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: As the Ceann Comhairle has said, the housing adaptation grants are a well-understood tool that many of us in our constituency offices or during our time in local authorities would have used to support people to stay in their homes and avoid adding to the requirement for more permanent residential supports. It is one of the more successful schemes that local authorities operate, in that it...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Schemes (3 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I agree with Deputy O'Dowd. I think of Willie Bermingham, the founder of ALONE, who established that charity to transform the lives of people who were forgotten. For every person who receives these grants, their life is transformed. However, this also means that for every person who does not receive a grant, their life is limited. We must ensure the financial steps are in place to address...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (3 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to address the anomaly whereby cars purchased for use as a taxi prior to 2010 can continue to be used, whereas cars purchased from 2012 onwards cannot continue to be used due to the ten-year rule; if he plans to introduce a 15-year limit for all vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42113/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (3 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 422. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend the hot school meals programme to special schools; and how many schools would benefit from such an expansion. [42623/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Probation and Welfare Service (3 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 435. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is an intention to open an investigation into historical allegations of abuse in the Probation Service; and if there is a cross over with investigations into similar matters in an organisation (details supplied). [42208/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (3 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 672. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that an application for a discretionary medical card by an applicant (details supplied) was refused, despite forwarded evidence demonstrating that they are a cancer patient facing ongoing and rising medical costs due to their condition. [42707/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (5 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I am sure the Tánaiste will join me in sending our condolences to the family of the lady who was killed in a hit-and-run incident in Phibsborough yesterday evening, which involved the large-scale closure of the Phibsboro area. While it was a tragic incident that resulted in this closure, it was not an unpredictable scenario that a large part of the city would have to be closed following...

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2023 (5 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank Mr. Gloster and all the witnesses for being with us. As Deputies, we have seen a significant increase in the budget allocated to the HSE in recent years, in part because of initial spending in response to Covid-19. In many cases, however, much spending has been embedded. We are now at a point where we are spending more than €23 billion. As the body responsible for managing...