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Ceisteanna ó na Comhaltaí Eile - Other Members’ Questions (2 Jul 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: -----and the sites with full planning permission are given priority so we can get shovels into the ground and these homes can be built. They are the way forward for how we provide housing. That is what Housing for All is all about. We have hit a speed bump. We cannot pay any figure that is presented to us but we also have to act with urgency to find an alternative.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: I am being careful because I do not want to ask about the details of it for obvious reasons, as the deputy commissioner said. Can the Garda satisfy the risk of the storage of that cash?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: I am conscious of getting everybody in before we go. I remind members they each have three minutes for questions and answers. They should leave time for the witnesses to answer.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: Perhaps the Commissioner can provide those later.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: There will be one final round of three minutes for me. We will have the Commissioner out by 1 p.m. To return to the incident in Carlow and the controlled delivery operations prior to that, I presume in a operation like this at some level in An Garda Síochána there is an assessment of risk and of the resources that might be required to address that risk. Will the Commissioner...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: Is the Commissioner in a position to say how many people were involved in the overall operation?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: You have hit the nub of the question. We have approached it as if it is either an organised crime or a terrorist-type operation where these controlled deliveries often take place. What many in the public are asking is whether that was an appropriate use of resources for the risk that was outlined. I know it has been suggested that-----

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: We do not know what the consequential impact of any incident is, to be fair, Commissioner. The point is significant resources seem to have been deployed to restore to the gardaí the controlled delivery which they had delivered. The question is whether the threat could have been addressed without the controlled delivery.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: Go raibh maith agat, Commissioner. That concludes our engagement today with An Garda Síochána. I thank the Garda Commissioner, Mr. Drew Harris, and his officials from An Garda Síochána for attending here today. As it is likely to be the Commissioner’s last attendance before the Committee on Public Accounts, I also acknowledge the contribution he has made to the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jun 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: The agenda for today is as follows: the accounts and statements; correspondence; our work programme; and any other business. There is one set of accounts and financial statements that was laid between 16 and 20 June 2025 and is due to be considered today. I will ask the Comptroller and Auditor General, Mr. Seamus McCarthy, to introduce it before opening the floor to members.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jun 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: As members have no questions for the Comptroller and Auditor General on the matter, we will proceed to correspondence. Correspondence issued between 5 and 12 June was issued to committee members in advance. We will address one, No. R0165, which is seeking to clarify the attendance of HIQA at a public accounts committee hearing. The committee has agreed to request the attendance of the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Public Private Partnerships (1 Jul 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: 31. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the public-private-partnership (PPP) bundle 3 following the recent review of PPPs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35717/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Public Private Partnerships (1 Jul 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: 108. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the public-private-partnership (PPP) bundles 4-7 following the recent review of PPPs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35763/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (1 Jul 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: 703. To ask the Minister for Health the services currently provided for adult patients with epilepsy at a hospital (details supplied); the number and grade of staff that are currently attached to this service at this site; the number of current staff vacancies within this service; the number of epilepsy patients currently registered with this service; the number of patients currently awaiting...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (1 Jul 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: 730. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of discrepancies in the application of prescriptions by pharmacies (details supplied); and her plans to ensure that all pharmacies adhere to the same guidelines. [35494/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (1 Jul 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: 803. To ask the Minister for Health the national average wait times for audiology appointments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35855/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (1 Jul 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: 804. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown, per region, of the wait times for audiology appointments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35856/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (1 Jul 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: 805. To ask the Minister for Health the steps her Department is taking to recruit additional staff to alleviate lengthy wait times for audiology appointments nationally in Dublin north west; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35857/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (1 Jul 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: 806. To ask the Minister for Health the anticipated timeline for the reduction of wait times for audiology appointments with the recruitment of additional staff for the sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35858/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Probation and Welfare Service (3 Jul 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: 12. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to a Topical Issue raised on 19 October 2023, if he will outline the current total number of allegations of child sexual abuse involving any member of the Probation Service that he or his Department have been made aware of; if he has considered putting in place a non-adversarial redress scheme, if appropriate; and if...