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Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (12 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: ----- to protect the speaking time of the final three speakers. I will move on now to Deputy Flaherty.

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (12 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I call on Deputy O’Donoghue. I apologise to him as I should have called him in an earlier slot but I inadvertently called another member.

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (12 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: That concludes the final slot. I thank the Minister of State and his officials for attending. The members of both committees look forward to continuing this conversation with the CCMA and members of the Irish Traveller movement. We will go into private session for three minutes to allow for a changeover and we will then commence the second session with our external guests.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: The programme for Government contains a range of commitments on education, not least the recent reduction in the pupil-teacher ratio. However, to do that, we first need a teacher, and I know many principals across north Dublin are struggling to recruit teachers at the moment. They are also struggling to find substitute teachers. There was an arrangement in place previously where special...

Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality: Statements (20 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the report. The assembly has become an important part of our democratic process. Yet again, it has produced a nuanced representation of the state of gender inequality. I thank everybody who was involved in the assembly vote, both men and women. Sometimes men feel excluded from this debate or they feel that we need to be defensive in responding to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure: Environmental Protection Agency (14 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Our witnesses today are from the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA. They are: Dr. Tom Ryan, director of the office of environmental enforcement; Dr. Michelle Minihan, senior inspector; Mr. Noel Byrne, programme manager at the office of environmental enforcement; and Ms Mary Gurrie, programme manager at the office of evidence and assessment. Members have been circulated with the opening...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure: Environmental Protection Agency (14 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank Dr. Ryan. The first speaking slot is for Fianna Fáil. With the committee's indulgence, I will take that first five-minute slot. If I continue for too long, I hope somebody will cut me off. The two incidents that have been outlined and the audit that has been completed demonstrate circumstances in which there was a really significant risk to public health. With regard to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure: Environmental Protection Agency (14 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Key to this seems to have been the seven-day delay in Gorey, and I think the delay was 12 days in Ballymore Eustace. What has Irish Water done to explain the delay in that notification and the processes and procedures it has in the service level agreement which should have prevented that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure: Environmental Protection Agency (14 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Dr. Ryan spoke about "a failure to escalate". I return to the point that Irish Water has strategic responsibility. As for the service level agreements, SLAs, in place between Irish Water and the local authorities, what does the SLA say about when such a notification should be given and the timelines for it? It is not clear at all that Irish Water had in place any notification periods that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure: Environmental Protection Agency (14 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Unfortunately, that happened after the health of 900,000 people was put at risk.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure: Environmental Protection Agency (14 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Yes, of course.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure: Environmental Protection Agency (14 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Just a short question, Deputy Gould.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure: Environmental Protection Agency (14 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: The witnesses might come back to the Deputy in writing or, if they have an opportunity to do so, later in the session.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure: Environmental Protection Agency (14 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Unfortunately, we are short on time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure: Environmental Protection Agency (14 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: We will move on to the Green group.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure: Environmental Protection Agency (14 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Do you wish to take this speaking slot?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure: Environmental Protection Agency (14 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: We will move on to the Labour Party slot. Apologies have been received from Senator Moynihan. Moving on to the Social Democrats, I call Deputy Cian O’Callaghan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure: Environmental Protection Agency (14 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Deputy O'Callaghan did not go beyond his five minutes, for which I thank him.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure: Environmental Protection Agency (14 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: We have reached the end of the first round. Senator Garvey and Deputy O'Donoghue were due to be called during it. With members' permission, I will ask them to contribute before we proceed to the second round.