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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (9 Nov 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 229. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the Housing for All progress report published in July 2023. [36288/23]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jul 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: That makes sense.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jul 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: We had correspondence with the City of Dublin Education and Training Board and the Office of Public Works, OPW, on Whitehall College. There is a sizeable piece of work there for us. We suggested that we would defer it until the autumn period. I wonder if we could give it some consideration. It does not neatly fall into a category. The education and training board is separate from the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jul 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: No, Chair. In my view the ETB would welcome us examining the issue as well. There is an ongoing legal issue with the contractor that may stymie it. If we cannot deal with it in the autumn term, I would like it dealt with early in the spring term.

Message from Select Committee (16 Nov 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: The Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage has completed its consideration of the Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023 and has made amendments thereto.

Protection of Children (Online Pornographic Material) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Nov 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I invite Deputy Durkan to assume the Chair.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I have a concern about the amendment for two reasons. While I am a strong advocate for the living wage, there is an argument about why we are not suggesting other areas would not be included. Once we get into a legislative scenario where we are prescribing one form of ambassadorial role, we are then allowing the possibility that they would be precluded for other areas. I would query that....

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Nov 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: It was interesting listening to Deputy Quinlivan. From experience, I can say that a party can go from being very big to very small very quickly. During my time in local government, I spent a lot of time thinking about the issue of posters. Dublin City Council came around to the view that it had more powers to work on the issue than it realised. That was when it took the initiative to...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Nov 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I would not like them to be picking the locations of my posters, though.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Nov 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I also think 20% is a very high threshold. It does not apply in Dublin but if those numbers were applied there, for example, I cannot even imagine how you would spearhead a campaign. The turnout in local elections in some parts of Dublin might not break 40% and the Minister of State is talking about generating a figure half of that for a petition. It essentially puts a threshold that is...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Nov 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I compliment the Minister of State. It is not often that a Minister of State quotes the programme for Government back to me. Normally, we quote it to the Minister and ask for it to be implemented. He is right; I had not realised 20% is specifically stated in the programme for Government. The spirit of that particular clause was that if the local authority was acting as a barrier, there...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Nov 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I oppose the amendment to reduce the threshold, given that we had specific discussions on it. Another part of that discussion was the point that Deputy Quinlivan touched on. We do not have this process of impeachment in our Irish system so we can only look to where it exists, and the system in the United States is probably the most obvious example. There are consequences for councillors...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Nov 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: My big fear is that, because of our multiparty system, a majority on the council might be made up of three or four parties. Some of those may be in government and some may not. It would be too easy to achieve 50% and that is why I would not propose it. It is still easy to achieve 33% and we could easily see tensions between coalition parties in governments playing out in a council, where...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Nov 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: For Deputy McNamara's benefit, there was some discussion about this during pre-legislative scrutiny and, actually, our concern was about the title. We felt that maybe the term "deputy mayor" should have been applied and would be more easily understood. There was a very clear understanding during the discussion that, for the sake of the chamber and the members in the chamber, one would not...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Housing Policy (22 Nov 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 9. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the Housing for All progress report published on 14 November 2023. [50685/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Infrastructure (21 Nov 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 108. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment what provision can be made for a community (details supplied) that does not have access to fibre-optic broadband to each home on the road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50744/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (21 Nov 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if provision will be made for an oral examination to be introduced as part of the Leaving Certificate qualification in Arabic at both ordinary and higher level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50969/23]

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (22 Nov 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: My amendment also deals with the issue of the rent tax credit and it calls on the Minister and the Department to lay a report on the impact of that rent tax credit, particularly the distributional impact, and where and what parts of the rental market it is having an impact on. First, I think the renters tax credit is a really important short-term measure - and I use that term, "short-term" -...

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (22 Nov 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: We have strayed a little beyond the renters' credit into the general housing issue. The Opposition continuously tries to promote this idea that the Government is out of ideas. This week I met approved housing bodies and local authorities and both reported that they cannot keep up with the ideas that are emanating from the Department and the Minister. I will not bore the House by listing...

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (22 Nov 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Get rid of that.