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Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Sep 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Should that level of funding be maintained and how would Mr. Curran see it being used in a non-Covid period?

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Sep 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: In terms of the breakdown of types of accommodation for members of the Traveller community, a significant number of Travellers are living in private rented accommodation. We know already of the level of discrimination against HAP tenants in general, but we have all heard the stories of the discrimination experienced by Travellers on top of that. What has the Department done to capture and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Sep 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Competing is one thing, discrimination another. I would like to see some longer term analysis of that issue, perhaps done by the local authorities in conjunction with the Department with responsibility for equality. My hope as we go forward is that we will not have to rely on HAP for any type of housing. It is an incredibly poor way of spending public money. In the meantime, we need to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Sep 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: My final question relates to an analysis of the type of accommodation of which Travellers currently avail. Close to 80% of Travellers are in non-Traveller-specific accommodation. I wonder what the generational impact of that will be on the Traveller community. Many Travellers fear that many of the things that are unique to the Traveller community, including that sense of collective living,...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Sep 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: The writing off of such a substantial overpayment in what I would imagine is a smaller organisation than many we deal with seems a disproportionate percentage of their total payroll when compared with other organisations that we deal with. It could relate to a small error in this case but it is substantial. Has the Comptroller and Auditor General any view on that specifically?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Sep 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Was this signed off as part of the industrial relations agreement?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Sep 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Gabhaim buíochas, a Chathaoirligh. I appreciate the Chairman’s raising of the correspondence in respect of the MetroLink project and Transport Infrastructure Ireland. We are in bit of a difficult position in advance of the publication of the review of the national development plan but what seems clear from the Minister for Transport’s comments at the weekend is that there...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Sep 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Yes, to follow on from Deputy Hourigan's contribution on the provision of homeless services, in particular by private providers, the Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage recently completed a policy investigation of the area. It would be useful for members to examine that in advance of the meeting we intend to have. The investigation underlined a number of commitments...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Sep 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I think TII is also the relevant authority for MetroLink.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Sep 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Or twist his arm maybe.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (28 Sep 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 20. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will meet next. [44857/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (28 Sep 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I imagine the housing subcommittee will have an opportunity to examine the some 20 public housing sites in Ballymun that will avail of Housing for All finally to deliver public housing on public land for people who want to rent affordably or purchase or otherwise avail of social housing. Key to housing is infrastructure and, unfortunately, there has been significant doubt around the metro...

Housing for All: Statements (28 Sep 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I have six minutes. I was working it out because, like the Taoiseach, I did not do honours maths. This is a very important document for the Minister, for those Deputies who support the Government and for the thousands of people who want this housing crisis to end. Something substantial happened in February 2020. We were told through the democratic mandate that things needed to change on...

Housing for All: Statements (28 Sep 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Let me look at what Housing for All does. I will not talk to the Opposition but to the members of the public who want this problem solved. What does Housing for All do? First, if you do not qualify for social housing at the moment, Housing for All has solutions for you. If you do not qualify for social housing, you will now qualify for cost rental. If there are empty public sites beside...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Funding (28 Sep 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 169. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Croí Cónaithe fund to increase owner-occupier apartment development in city centres will apply to urban villages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46475/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (28 Sep 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 182. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to improve the compulsory purchase powers of local authorities following the publication of Housing for All; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46474/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (28 Sep 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 249. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the F spine of the BusConnects programme in Dublin will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46125/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Facilities (28 Sep 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 250. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of progress of the Finglas to Killester cycleway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46126/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (28 Sep 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 498. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46071/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (28 Sep 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 528. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way the new UBU Your Place Your Space contract will allow detached youth work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46130/21]