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Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Tusla-Child and Family Agency (29 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: I understand in the crisis in the recruitment of social workers, youth workers who are not necessarily based with youth services would be a beneficial step. I will give an example. I met the principal of Trinity Comprehensive in Ballymun and we were talking about the issue of school avoidance and again they raised the difficulty with me. A child comes into school, there is a crisis for...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Tusla-Child and Family Agency (29 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: There is a huge array of initiatives. At our recent joint policing committee meeting where we discussed all of this, we were not aware of the vast amount of what Tusla was doing because Tusla is not part of the joint policing committee and, therefore, it was not able to pick up on the hotspots and all of the other stuff, the incidents where our local park might have 30 or 40 kids gathering...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: I support the amendment. I would like to provide a practical insight into its benefit. During the Ballymun regeneration process, a large number of areas were not developed for several years because of the desire to have owner-occupied houses on those sites - a very different time from now. Community gardens sprung up on many of those parcels of land. When it came to drafting the local...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: Is Deputy Matthews finished?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: When Deputy Matthews is finished, Deputy Ó Broin will come in and I want to speak on amendment No. 422 as well.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (28 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: 40. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can assist with an urgent request in respect of school transport (details supplied). [9428/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (28 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: 77. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost to the Exchequer annually to provide free travel for people with epilepsy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9403/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (28 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: 78. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost to the Exchequer annually to abolish the means test for fish assist and farm assist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9405/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (28 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: 184. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the development of the Finglas primary care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9642/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 Mar 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: 5. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on social affairs and public services will meet next. [9022/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 Mar 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: Cuirim ceist inniu faoi na rothair scrambler, and I am sure the Taoiseach welcomes the news that across north Dublin, 32 scrambler bikes have been seized following the recent changes in legislation, and the additional powers which that gives to gardaí. Along with the additional powers, it also places an onus to provide additional resources. I ask that the Taoiseach would ensure that...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 Mar 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: 19. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [9023/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 Mar 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: I am also very familiar with the work of Debra Ireland. The HTA process is not just protracted, as Deputy O'Sullivan points out. In 2011, I authored the Irish Platform for Patients Organisations report, which referred to a black hole in decision-making at the end of the process. We have to find a way of striking a balance between value for the taxpayer, which we should pursue without...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: I can see the logic and consistency in extending it to a ten-year period, given that is what we are doing with development plans, so there will be a degree of consistency regarding the timelines for long-term planning. My only fear relates to the co-ordination of those two cycles, whereby there could end up being a significant gap between the two if they do not co-ordinate. I will not...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects (6 Mar 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: One of the positive things we have seen under this Government has been investment in education. As the Minister of State outlined in response to the previous matter, we have seen new special schools. In my own area, there have been investments in new schools such as St. Aidan's secondary school and the Dominican secondary school. However, with education there is always a list of asks, and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects (6 Mar 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: I would very much appreciate that. I know the planning and building unit is a bit of a black box. I think all TDs would love to have more access to the decisions that are made there. If the Minister of State could pass on those concerns, I hope we could get a positive response. It is really important the Minister of State acknowledges what has happened in our area in recent years,...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Bus (5 Mar 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: 212. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the transfer of the Dublin Bus fleet to electric buses; if there are any issues with the roll out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10763/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (5 Mar 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: 259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new ASD classes at second level in Dublin 9 and 11 for the past four years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9946/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (5 Mar 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: 260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new ASD classes at primary level in Dublin 9 and 11 for the past four years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9947/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Joint Policing Committees (5 Mar 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: 465. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when joint policing committees should cease meetings given the proposed transition to community safety partnerships; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9952/24]