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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Traffic (10 Mar 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 230. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average number of haulage trucks that arrive into Irish ports on a weekly basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12803/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (10 Mar 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 258. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to extend the ten-year rule for taxi drivers with vehicles first registered in 2012 given the severe impact of Covid-19 on the industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13417/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (10 Mar 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 397. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding provided to Dublin City Council for retrofitting council properties in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13069/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (10 Mar 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 528. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a special needs assistant (details supplied) who is due to retire will be allowed to extend their working life; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13070/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (10 Mar 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 760. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the planned new ambulance station in Ardee, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12569/21]

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (11 Mar 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I welcome the Government's announcement in recent days regarding its attempts to secure a supply of vaccinations. I made a rough calculation. The WHO says 315 million people on the planet have been vaccinated out of an available population of 5.2 billion. This means that 4.8 billion individuals have yet to be vaccinated. In the early phases of the pandemic, we saw a great deal of amateur...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Vehicle Registration Tax (11 Mar 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 20. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if assistance will be provided in relation to the case of a missing log book of a person (details supplied). [13573/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Waiver of Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of Residential Tenancies Bill 2021 (16 Mar 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: As Vice Chairman of the committee, I second the Chairman's proposal to waive pre-legislative scrutiny. I do that from the same perspective that he has outlined here. There is a hard stop where a group of people needs protection. It is a decision for us now whether we maximise the amount of time which this committee has to scrutinise the Bill and, therefore, risk the amount of time the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I often think that the provision of fees for communications services is demonised, particularly by politicians. I very much disagree with that. We have seen the importance of communications over recent months. My difficulty is with the retention of an external company for that service. I would rather see an in-house communications person ensuring that the communications are good. I agree...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I always know we are going to have a good session when I agree with good chunks of both opening statements. In particular, I agree with Ms Carolan regarding us having a stronger, more independent and better resourced electoral commission. We waited the best part of 30 years for this to come. The question is whether we get it started or wait for the perfect. That is always the decision of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: One of the requirements for printed advertising is that the person's name and address are published as somebody who is distributing information regarding an election. In respect of the publication of someone's personal information, for example, a third party taking out paid political advertisements, does Mr. Sunderland believe that this requirement would be in line with data protection? It...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Am I up against time?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Regarding the question of online political advertising, it only covers the period of the election. We do not in any way regulate spending outside of election periods but equally we regulate heavily political advertising on other broadcasting media such as radio and television. Does Ms Carolan believe we should deal with the regulation of political advertising in separate legislation that...

Ceathrú Chultúir 1916 Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Mar 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: As Vice Chairman of the Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage, I welcome the decision of the Government to allow the Bill to progress to the committee, where we can discuss it in context with the advisory group report. I thank the Moore Street campaign and the proposers of the Bill because it does reflect the ambition of the Bill which I drafted in 2015 with the then Senator,...

Residential Tenancies Bill 2021: Second Stage (24 Mar 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: As the Vice Chairman of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage, I wish to put on record the reason for our decision to waive the pre-legislative scrutiny stage. We are 19 days away from the current legislation expiring, at which point people will be at risk. Government members on the committee made the decision to ensure that the maximum time was available...

Residential Tenancies Bill 2021: Second Stage (24 Mar 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I so move.

Residential Tenancies Bill 2021: Second Stage (24 Mar 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: As long as the protection-----

Residential Tenancies Bill 2021: Second Stage (24 Mar 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I misunderstood. Did I have the option not to move the adjournment of the debate?

Residential Tenancies Bill 2021: Second Stage (24 Mar 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I am happy to help the House.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Light Rail Projects (24 Mar 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 74. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the MetroLink project; when a railway order will be made; and when it will go to Cabinet. [15630/21]