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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Monuments and Archaeological Heritage Bill: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (27 Jan 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I welcome the Minister of State. Sometimes the committee is dominated by the housing issues that are crucial for many people. It is fantastic to have time to dedicate to the heritage part of the portfolio, particularly in the context of new legislation being proposed. I will use two sites as examples. The Minister of State might explain how the proposed legislation may benefit the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Monuments and Archaeological Heritage Bill: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (27 Jan 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Is there an update on the specific proposals for the opening of an interpretive centre at the national monument on Moore Street?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Monuments and Archaeological Heritage Bill: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (27 Jan 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I am probably reaching the end of my time slot. Perhaps we might reserve for private discussion a specific proposal on this particular national monument. It probably does not fall within the scope of this pre-legislative scrutiny session. I appreciate the witnesses providing us with additional information. We might return to it in a different format.

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission: Motion: Cabinet Committees (1 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 17. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [4724/22]

Legacy Issues in Northern Ireland and New Decade, New Approach: Statements (1 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: At the weekend, this island marked the 50th anniversary of the murder of civilians in Derry on Bloody Sunday. The families and the people of Derry endured too long a campaign for the acknowledgement of truth about what happened in the name of the British Government but full justice and accountability have never been secured. This is true of most victims of the Troubles and I am today...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Property Registration (1 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 421. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to improve the efficiency of the Property Registration Authority to deal with its current backlog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5074/22]

Easing of Covid-19 Restrictions: Statements (2 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: On 5 March 2020, the Ceann Comhairle called me to make my first contribution to the House. The previous weekend, a case of coronavirus had led to a closure of a school in my area. Local councillors and Deputies had been briefed in City Hall by people who we considered to be unknown public health officials but who the entire country would soon to get to see on a nightly basis. I left that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Early Childhood Care and Education (3 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 121. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the expert group established to develop a new funding model for ELC and SAC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5449/22]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I recently had the pleasure of visiting Dunsink Observatory in my constituency. It is an historical and environmental gem. Unfortunately, I could only access it by travelling through the Tánaiste's constituency. This is due to a chronic problem of illegal dumping. The Fianna Fáil Senators, including Senator Malcolm Byrne, have brought forward the Local Government (Surveillance...

Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (3 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: It is no surprise that I will ask Mr. Walsh about both the metro and the Luas given that we are probably one of the only constituencies in Dublin that does not have a fixed-line rail running through it. We are entirely dependent on buses for public transport. Therefore, these projects are keenly awaited. Last October, reports emerged that the Government was to make a strategic decision to...

Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (3 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Does that date back to the original 2005 proposal or is that the more modern MetroLink rate?

Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (3 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: How much was spent on the previous metro north, as it was then called?

Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (3 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Mr. Walsh can imagine how a lot of people are very alarmed that after €88 million we do not have a metro and that a figure far north of that compounds that frustration. Can he understand that frustration?

Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (3 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I will let Mr. Walsh answer his own point. In what way? Does he not believe that after €88 million has been spent and when we stand up and ask questions in the Dáil of Ministers that we are not told when that project will be delivered?

Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (3 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: The question is does he recognise that people are frustrated after spending €88 million and having no timeline.

Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (3 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Is it reasonable for people to be frustrated by that?

Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (3 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: No, but Mr. Walsh can comment on the delivery of the project.

Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (3 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: In 2018, TII published a timeline for the delivery of the metro. Let us look at that timeline. TII stated that in quarter 4 of 2017 the alignment options study identification on an emerging preferred route would be published. Did TII meet that target?

Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (3 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Quarter 4, 2017.

Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (3 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: In quarter 1 of 2018, the emerging preferred route public consultation was due to take place. That was also missed as a result of missing the earlier deadline. Would that be fair to say?