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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: Yes. I wonder whether it is worth revisiting that piece of work to have a discussion at a future date. I am not proposing we add it at this point. When would that be due before us again, comptroller?

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (7 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: 314. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection how many adults over the age of 66 years are in receipt of the increase for qualified adult under the State pension (contributory). [5568/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (7 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: 315. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for a breakdown in tabular form of the amount of carer’s allowance applications that were appealed; and how many appeals were successful in the years: 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023. [5569/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (8 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: 104. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way continued reform of public services is reflected in the new public sector pay agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5663/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (8 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: 121. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform how public expenditure in Ireland on social protection, on health and on education compares to other EU countries with similar demographic characteristics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5664/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (13 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: 5. To ask the Taoiseach for an update on the work of the child poverty and well-being unit of his Department. [5223/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (13 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: My view is that the child poverty unit and the unit dealing with the roll-out of the north-east inner city model cover much of the same work. I welcome the Cabinet’s decision today to establish a task force for Ballymun which will be chaired by John Costello, formerly of the Dublin GAA county board. I thank the Taoiseach, Deputy Varadkar, and the Tánaiste, Deputy Martin, for...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (13 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: 13. To ask the Taoiseach the expected timeline for the citizens' assemblies committed to in the programme for Government. [5224/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (13 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: 72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the repair of the roof and rain shelters at a school (details supplied), which was most recently at pre-tender report stage. [6304/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (13 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: I recently had the pleasure of attending St. Joseph's School in Finglas west with the Minister of State, Deputy Chambers, for an active school project. There was a fantastic atmosphere and a great presentation was put on by the school. However, I have to say that I was struck by some of the building issues the school has. The school has engaged with me about the issues it has with the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (13 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: I welcome the availability of the Department to assist the school on this matter. I note the issues regarding the pre-tender report. The school is quite frustrated that the report has delayed things. I know there is some difficulty in trying to secure the additional requirements. There is a bigger issue here. If we had a DEIS plus programme, this would be a school that needed it. The...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (13 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: I appreciate the Minister's reply. As I say, there is a broader issue not just on this site but across north Dublin. We have schools that were perhaps built when we had much larger and younger populations in certain areas. Unfortunately, they have seen a reduction over time. They are large campuses. They are not new school buildings. They are often 50 or 60 years old. We need a broader...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (13 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: 110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a review of the decision not to provide funding for play equipment and a canopy which had previously been approved at a school (details supplied). [6305/24]

Recent Developments in Northern Ireland: Statements (14 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: I follow Deputy Crowe's contribution by acknowledging the work that Deputy Jim O'Callaghan did with me and Dublin City Council in returning the Countess Markievicz Na Fianna Éireann banner from the British Museum. On that occasion it was returned and is on public display. A lot more could be done on that. I start my contribution by congratulating those people who took office, both...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (15 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I welcome the Minister of State's clarification of the statistics on the funding. Dublin City Council has been investing in its housing stock for some time and reducing the voids. I think the council has some of the lowest void levels in the country. That is because it made the decision that was not just going to rely on central...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (15 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank the Minister of State for the clarification and as I said, I congratulate Dublin City Council on the way it is approaching it. The issue in my constituency is not necessarily that of voids but of delivery. On the last count, 3,047 homes in my constituency are being built under Housing for All. All are public homes on public land. These are projects the Opposition not only voted...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: There are a number of small issues I want to deal with. I will continue Deputy Dillon's line of questioning regarding immigration. For reasons to do with our history, we probably have never seen the significant numbers we have seen in the past number of years and we have probably never had the full public debate on the issue of immigration that we see in many other countries. Sometimes...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: When Ms McPhillips says refused entry, does she mean at the airport?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: So 7,600 people attended Dublin Airport and were refused entry to the country.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: Is that 4,968 out of the 7,600?