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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: Anything that has planning.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: The people in the farthest points are an important part of our debate.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: One of the points that was referenced by Senator Fitzpatrick was the 25 directly elected mayors. I would be anxious that when we discuss that, we talk about both directly elected mayors and local government reform. There is a view that directly elected mayors are the only show in town when it comes to local government reform. We need to make sure we reform the base level before we put...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: There is no point in putting a directly elected mayor on top of the current local authority system in Dublin, for example. We would just end up with a directly elected city or county manager. We need to reform the way they have budgets passed through a council and the way they consult with other councillors and we would need to have a cabinet system and so on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: We can have a meeting about Dublin mayors.

Other Questions: School Staff (14 Oct 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 15. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the feasibility of pairing students of very high-risk families to very high risk teachers via an online learning platform will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25941/20]

Other Questions: School Staff (14 Oct 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: Like other Deputies, I congratulate the Minister. I am sure, however, she would be the first to tell me to congratulate those in the school community who allowed and facilitated the return to school. It has made a huge difference in the lives of many families. Unfortunately, however, many people have not been able to return to school. They include those in the very high-risk category,...

Other Questions: School Staff (14 Oct 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: I welcome that the possibility of online remote learning pairing is an option for those very high-risk teachers and students. I am speaking, however, about those people with a rare disease. I have had the pleasure of working with many of them. Rare diseases are awfully misunderstood. There is often not a huge degree of knowledge within general practice, and often the patient becomes the...

Other Questions: School Staff (14 Oct 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: I take on board the point the Minister makes and the genuine way in which she approaches this. I wish to raise the case of a specific person, Ms Jann Rynne, who was, sadly, diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, CLL, in 2011. She has been cocooning since February. Two of her older children have moved out of the home and are living with another family member. They have made the...

Financial Resolutions 2020 - Financial Resolution No. 7: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank the Minister for outlining the investment made by the Government in some of the youngest in society. Yesterday, Fianna Fáil proposed a budget to this House for the first time in ten years. In so doing, it converted the support and votes we received in February into actions and supports for the people of Ireland. We worked with Fine Gael and the Green Party on a shared...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (14 Oct 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of measures being put in place to improve pay and conditions for school caretakers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25940/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (14 Oct 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 99. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to support persons with lifelong or long-term medical incontinence with their household waste disposal charges in view of the fact that more operators are moving towards pay-by-weight contracts. [30380/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Departmental Schemes (15 Oct 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 17. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment his plans for allowing taxi drivers and other self-employed persons access more support schemes similar to other SMEs from which they are currently excluded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29973/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (15 Oct 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 74. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the additional supports provided by his Department to Dublin businesses since the city and county entered level 3 under the living with Covid-19 framework. [30597/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Childcare Scheme (20 Oct 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 35. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to outline his plans to help childcare providers overcome the challenges arising from the hive registration and applications for a childcare identifier code key system (details supplied). [25972/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Childcare Scheme (20 Oct 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: What might the Department and the Minister do to assist childcare providers, especially those in disadvantaged areas, to overcome the challenges they have experienced with the early years hive registration and application system brought under the national childcare scheme?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Childcare Scheme (20 Oct 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: One parliamentary question might be an early warning system, but three might be an alarm. While I accept the response with regard to the bedding-in period, no amount of bedding-in will help to tackle the issue of the way the scheme is being applied in disadvantaged areas. Representatives from the Aisling Project, an after-school project in Ballymun, and the Poppintree Early Education Centre...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (20 Oct 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 50. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans for an improvement in pay and conditions for childcare workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31369/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Institutions (20 Oct 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to fund laptops for third level staff to help teach remotely. [31246/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (20 Oct 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on college fees for the academic year in view of university and college institutions not being fully utilised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31247/20]