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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (24 Mar 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 86. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is considering extending the ten-year rule for taxi drivers given the impact of Covid-19 on the industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15571/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 Mar 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 150. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the grants available for online businesses in cases in which they are not entitled to the Covid restriction support scheme and Covid business aid scheme payments; the alternatives available to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14387/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 Mar 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 151. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the financial supports available for mobile businesses that are not entitled to the Covid restriction support scheme and Covid business aid scheme payments and do not pay commercial rates; if he is considering supports for these businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14388/21]

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

Paul McAuliffe: 378. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress to date in bringing forward the construction of the Luas route to Finglas in the national development plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1785/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (24 Mar 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 373. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to help the RSA deal with the inevitable backlog of driver test applications that it faces as Covid-19 restrictions ease. [15649/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Visa Agreements (24 Mar 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 760. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the E3 visa; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14667/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Mar 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 1341. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons working on genome sequencing of Covid-19 variations in the HSE to date; the way in which Ireland compares to other EU countries; if he is satisfied that this number is sufficient; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13987/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Medical Certificates (24 Mar 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 1486. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the long waiting times for decisions on primary medical certificates (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14389/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Mar 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 1943. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if landscaping is permitted during level 5 restrictions,, in particular hedge trimming that is seasonal in nature; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13986/21]

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme (Health): Statements (25 Mar 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: The Acting Chairman might remind me of the time available to me.

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme (Health): Statements (25 Mar 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I have been at a committee meeting so I apologise if I ask the Minister questions that have been asked. First, I raise the issue of the non-referral test centres. They are a very important step forward, particularly for those people in education about whom we all have many concerns. As of 11 o'clock this morning, any teacher, pupil or parent in our area who has a concern and needs to...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Mar 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Can I raise a point of order, please, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle? I apologise for interrupting. There may have been an error yesterday, in that the Leas-Cheann Comhairle mistook Deputy Richmond for myself in the queue.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Mar 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I agree with the Deputy. Deputy Andrews will confirm that it was in fact myself that stood between him and Deputy Gould.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Mar 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I would have Deputy Richmond out canvassing for me but I do not think we would be compatible. The programme for Government refers to investing in our communities. We have seen how community has been such an important part of the response to the Covid pandemic. One group of workers have led our communities for many years and they are community employment, CE, supervisors. The Government...

Residential Tenancies Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Mar 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I want to reflect on a number of issues that were raised in the earlier part of the debate. One was the decision by the Oireachtas housing committee to waive pre-legislative scrutiny. As Vice Chairman of that committee, I want to put on record the reason for that is that we wanted to ensure the maximum number of Deputies in the House had the maximum amount of time to debate the Bill in...

Public Accounts Committee: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Could I raise a point of clarification?

Public Accounts Committee: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: As a new member of the committee, I ask for the Chairman's assistance. Normally, when we have witnesses before us they are from agencies of the State and we question them in a fairly robust way to try to expose things we believe need to be exposed. Mr. McMahon is here before us not in that capacity and, as a result, I imagine that our questioning will not be in that same vein....

Public Accounts Committee: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I suggest that we do not treat the witness as normal, particularly as we are usually quite robust with our witnesses. Mr. McMahon is raising genuine concerns and he is presenting his view on the matter we are here to discuss. It is up to us to then question the agencies on it. I do not believe us questioning Mr. McMahon in a robust way is the way to deal with a whistleblower or somebody...

Public Accounts Committee: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank Mr. McMahon for raising this. The definition of self-employment has been an issue on these islands going back to 1860. Undoubtedly, there are contracts for service which should be contracts of service. In some cases that suits a worker who should be a direct employee because they perceive an incentive where they might pay less tax in the short term, but what they are doing is...

Public Accounts Committee: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: The option to go all the way through the entire court system is open but the difficulty is that it is prohibitive and the bar of access is too high.