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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (1 Jul 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 181. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports in place for the school meals programme over the summer and the extension of the hot school meals programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35337/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (1 Jul 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 212. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the pay policy for protected employment in the Office of Public Works increases in line with other public sector pay increases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35603/21]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (6 Jul 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Leas-Cheann Comhairle agus leis an Aire. I want to bring to the attention of the Minister and the House the concerns of many taxi drivers who have over the past 12 months, like many sectors of society, dealt with the fall-out of the pandemic. I acknowledge that throughout that process at different times, the Government has sought to intervene and to alleviate...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (6 Jul 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: The news that the Government will extend that until the end of 2022 is very welcome. I know there are many who would wish it would go further, but at this time the Minister's commitment in the House to that will be very welcome news to those people who are facing that cliff edge. I understand this may have to go through public consultation with the NTA and, obviously, I would encourage us...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (7 Jul 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 8. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing is next due to meet. [34994/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (7 Jul 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: We are ending the first year in government. On the housing issue, within 12 months we have unlocked public lands for 100% public housing in places where that is needed, we have a new affordable purchase scheme and a new affordable rental scheme, we have protected 50% of new estates for owner-occupiers, we have doubled the obligation on developers on private sites, we have capped rent...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (7 Jul 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills The measures in place to provide added protection for those living in student-specific accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36848/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (7 Jul 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports in place to assist universities in the construction of purpose-built student accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36849/21]

Affordable Housing Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Jul 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I see Deputy Matthews in the Chamber. He chairs the Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage. With this and the LDA Bill, he did a fantastic job in stewarding through legislation that will have an impact. I was remiss in not mentioning that during our debate on the LDA Bill. There was considerable discussion at the committee. While there were concerns and opposition...

Residential Tenancies (No. 2) Bill 2021: From the Seanad (8 Jul 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I welcome this Bill. It will effectively mean that people who are renting will pay less of an increase than they would have if this Bill were not passed. Like other Deputies, I am very happy to support that. The Minister has also capped the upfront payments for new tenants at one month's rent and one month's deposit and he is working on other measures for later in the year to support...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (8 Jul 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for further and higher education on the campus of Plunket College of Further Education in Whitehall, Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36772/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (8 Jul 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for further and higher education on the campus of Whitehall College of Further Education in Whitehall, Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36773/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank the Minister of State for commenting on the pre-legislative scrutiny process. As members, we all discovered that the process itself was very valuable in teasing out not only the issues within the Bill but those that might not be in it. I first want to say that I welcome the electoral reform Bill. It is something on which we have been waiting for the best part of three decades. I...

Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I confirm I am in the precincts of Leinster House. I thank the witnesses for attending today. To follow on from Deputy Verona Murphy's point on Waterford, it is very clear there are now three institutions with long-term deficits. How does the HEA intend to address that, particularly in relation to the intention to establish a long-term funding model for higher education? Are there...

Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: There is not a commonality across three institutions or anything regarding strictly numbers of students.

Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: There are specific reasons for each them.

Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I take that on board. My next question relates to the establishment of the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science and the non-compliance, procurement and governance of it. Has the new Department put in place any new oversight measures for the HEA in regard to procurement?

Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: My final question relates less to finances and more to governance, although it has an impact on finances. The new technological universities have a reduced level of representation compared with that of the traditional ETB sector. What is the rationale for that? There has been some disquiet within the ETB sector that its traditionally strong representation on some of those governance...

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (13 Jul 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I welcome the Minister. As Fianna Fáil spokesperson on local government, I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate. In 2013, I and many of my colleagues on Dublin City Council described this as the wrong tax at the wrong time. The timing was obviously very difficult for many people but the tax was a market value-based tax rather than a site value-based one. The Bill...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (13 Jul 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 102. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Finglas primary care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22868/21]