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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jan 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I was monitoring the meeting by television because I am attending the housing committee at the same time. I am omnipresent.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jan 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: The article outlines an argument that the site may have been bought for more than the advertised value. The site is proposed to be used for the expansion of Beaumont Hospital. I have a few concerns around it. I would like the HSE to respond to the suggestions made in the article, and to the concern that public money was allocated to the purchase of a site which might in all likelihood be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency: Chairman Designate (20 Jan 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I welcome Mr. Coleman and Mr. O'Rourke. I think this is the first time they have been before the committee since the Land Development Agency Act was passed. It is significant legislation and many members of this committee and Deputies in the Dáil voted against it because they did not want the LDA to be a delivery mechanism. That is a policy difference. We are now in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency: Chairman Designate (20 Jan 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I appreciate that. I was not setting a trap but seeking to have on the record the fact that it was an open competition process. It is important for people to know that. One of the benefits of having someone of Mr. O'Rourke's experience is his strong background. However, the chairperson role is not exclusive and he will also have other interests. How does he intend to ensure there is no...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency: Chairman Designate (20 Jan 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank Mr. O'Rourke. This is not to cast any aspersions, but-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency: Chairman Designate (20 Jan 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: -----it is important. Some points were made during the debate and some statements were also made by the Minister. I would appreciate if those types of principles could be recommitted to here by Mr. O'Rourke and Mr. Coleman. The Minister said that in places like Dublin and Cork that land developed by the LDA, and this would differ slightly from local authority land, would be 100% used for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency: Chairman Designate (20 Jan 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Will Mr. O'Rourke comment on a possible forced transfer of land from local authorities to the LDA?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency: Chairman Designate (20 Jan 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: What Mr. O'Rourke has said is the policy of the board. Is that in line with how Mr. Coleman, as the chief executive, will be implementing these aspects in the LDA's operations?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency: Chairman Designate (20 Jan 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I will let Senator Fitzpatrick go first.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency: Chairman Designate (20 Jan 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I very much appreciate the answers given in the previous round despite the questions coming in rapid fire to both Mr. Coleman and Mr. O'Rourke. Like Senator Fitzpatrick, I was looking at what is happening in my constituency but there is nothing on the current list. That is, in part, because much of the public land is owned by the local authority and will be developed by it. There is a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency: Chairman Designate (20 Jan 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Can I clarify Mr. O’Rourke's answer? He said he could not give the information until we knew the cost of the cost-rental apartments. It would be preposterous to suggest that we could give an indication in advance of the costs being known.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency: Chairman Designate (20 Jan 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: One of the fundamental tenets of a cost-rental system is that the original costs of constructing the units over the lifetime of the project are used to calculate the rent, including maintenance, sinking fund for repairs and so on. I do not agree with this idea of identifying the rent in advance of the LDA knowing the cost of constructing it. Deputy Boyd Barrett is not actually making the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency: Chairman Designate (20 Jan 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Yes. I thank the Chair.

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (19 Jan 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 2046. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details of the establishment of a new small capital grant scheme for community centre upgrades which was announced in Budget 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1281/22]

Ceisteanna Eile – Other Questions: Housing Provision (25 Jan 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 72. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress between his Department, Dublin City Council and approved housing bodies to deliver social and affordable public housing in north-west Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3355/22]

Ceisteanna Eile – Other Questions: Housing Provision (25 Jan 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Last year the Oireachtas housing committee spent our time ensuring the Affordable Housing Bill and the Land Development Agency Bill were passed. This year we will focus on the delivery, particularly the role of local authorities, approved housing bodies and the Department in ensuring the legislation all of the Deputies on this side of the House passed starts to turn into action. Will the...

Ceisteanna Eile – Other Questions: Housing Provision (25 Jan 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank the Minister. Until we passed the legislation last year local authorities were not in a position to deliver mixed tenure and mixed income housing and this will assist Dublin City Council in bringing forward projects. We all know the importance of this. Having represented Finglas and Ballymun for more than a decade I know the importance of it. It is very clear that local...

Ceisteanna Eile – Other Questions: Housing Provision (25 Jan 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank the Minister. I emphasise the importance of ensuring we put pressure on local authorities and approved housing bodies to deliver. They have been out of practice for some time. We are back in the business now of local authorities leading. I get the impression from the Opposition, particularly Sinn Féin as it criticises us, that it no longer criticises us on policy but on the...

Youth Mental Health: Statements (26 Jan 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Like the previous speaker, I welcome the Minister of State's leadership in the area of mental health. I know it is something she understands and has championed while making changes within the Department. Looking at the figure of €1.1 billion, one might think it a huge amount but this is a huge and challenging problem. There is a commitment in the programme for Government to have...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (25 Jan 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 144. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of his plans to implement the shared equity home loan scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3354/22]