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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: On St. Joseph's Hill or Balbutcher, which are sites I mentioned, DCC will be selling houses at below the cost of construction? If the cost comes in at €400,000, DCC will be selling them, with the affordable housing fund, at €300,000. Is DCC's concern how much it can procure houses for, even before the higher discount?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Dec 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: On the point on the answers to questions Nos. 4 and 39a regarding the provision of a guarantee at the meeting of 7 May, the principal argument of RTÉ is that the guarantee was given at the meeting of 7 May. It has been its position from the very beginning. I cannot recall any primary evidence from anybody before the committee, given that Dee Forbes was not here and many of the people...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid 19: Implications of a Zero-Covid Island Policy (13 Aug 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: It is incredibly interesting listening to experts at different points in the debate discuss matters with each other. In many ways, perhaps us listening to that more would be useful but I suppose where we, as public representatives, can contribute to the debate is in our experience of dealing with the general public. There was much talk at the beginning of this pandemic about flattening the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Office of Minister for Education (16 May 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank Mr. Loftus for last week's announcement regarding the Scoil Chiarain special school, one of two schools. It is welcome. I argue it took a little too long to announce it, but I appreciate it. It will make a massive difference. It will also help to address the issue. We have opened 19 ASD classes in Dublin 9 and Dublin 11 over the past four years at primary school level but have...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I am conscious of the exit fee of €120,000 that was referred to. I am also conscious that it is the subject of a Grant Thornton report. For anybody looking in at that, most people are familiar with the term "balloon payment" where you have a payment at the very end and that reduces your payments in the immediate term. If there was a balloon payment at the end of a contract, that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Interim Report on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank our guests for being with us today. A bit like the previous session, we jammed a lot in. I apologise if our guests were cut off by members at times - it was just to ensure we got through so many different topics. I am advised by the clerk that proposals are normally put at the end the meeting. We will do our best. Perhaps the specific request in respect of Novas will be put to...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Discussion (1 Oct 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: I might contact the HSE regarding the details of the cases I dealt with and then we can look at those. I turn now to the idea that the value of the property is set at the time of placement, in the context of the realised value when the property is sold and the differential in the market value. Given that it is set in stone that it is the value at the point of placement, does that...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: As a member of the housing committee, I might be able to assist here. I do not want to stray too much into the policy area, but as we are in public session, I will address two areas that have been raised already, one of which is the issue of pensions and the other the issue of the subsidy through HAP. The legislation is before us in the House this week. We can discuss it in that context...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I previously asked Mr. Kelly about his knowledge of the assets account. He consistently said in his evidence that he was not aware of the assets account at the time. The witnesses have provided us with evidence about an additional invoice from CMS for the Chernobyl lunch. It should be noted that the invoice was made in January 2023, whereas the "at the time" reference of Mr. Kelly was in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Infrastructure (8 Nov 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire. I welcome the clarification about the temporary emergency power generation at that location. That will bring the total power generation on the site up to almost 800 MW. I was surprised to hear that 20% of the total generation on the island is generated at the Huntstown plant. There is also a bioenergy anaerobic digestion power station separate to the...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank our guests. I have many questions to ask, which is always an indication of the wide range of work that a Department carries out. To follow on from the point Deputy Dillon was probing, our guests indicated that Dublin Airport was the principal point at which international protection is requested. Do our guests have a percentage of cases where international protection was requested...

Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: That is great. That is important to get on the table. The difficult with that is that many of Mr. Tubridy's colleagues would have taken reductions and they would perceive this additional arrangement facilitated or arranged by RTÉ to be not in the spirit of what was happening at the time. I suppose Mr. Tubridy wanted at some point to go back into RTÉ, go into the canteen and be...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Bus Services (12 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Deputy Devlin provided a litany of buses that have been cancelled. Thankfully, Go-Ahead only operates one bus in our area, the N6, although many would say that one is enough. It does not seem to be able to fulfil the contract that has been given to it. That is significant. When a person is standing at a bus stop at 7.50 a.m., has to be in work for 9 a.m. and the first time a bus arrives...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (28 Apr 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an application for funding has been received from Dublin City Council or Fingal County Council for the pedestrian crossing or flyover at the roundabout located at the M1-R104 intersection in Santry, Dublin 9. [21175/21]

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I presume the board is disappointed when the claims reach High Court level. I understand there are four claims outstanding at that level. Do we know at this point the total value of those claims?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (19 May 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I have a question about a statistic the Minister gave. I said that 14% of teachers at primary level were men. Then the Minister gave a figure that showed that at leadership level 33% were men and approximately 66% were women.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (22 Sep 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 57. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for a pedestrian crossing or flyover at the roundabout at the M1-R104 intersection located in Santry, Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46281/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: In the context of the affordable housing fund, certainly for affordable purchase, it is basically cost minus the amount that can be drawn down from the affordable purchase. If, therefore, a house is brought in at €350,000 or €400,000, do you get €50,000 at the moment off the local authority-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Resumed) (16 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: To help us understand that, traditionally, people claimed asylum at a port or airport. What percentage of applicants are making claims at ports and airports versus those who do not?