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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (28 Sep 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: We have seen a big debate in recent weeks on the funding of childcare places. There is a realisation that a one-size-fits-all solution does not fit for every circumstance. One area that is of real concern to me is childcare services that operate in disadvantaged areas and have a very high number of sponsored places. Some 30%, 40% or 50% of their places could be on the sponsored place...

Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statements 2022 and Special Report 116 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (28 Sep 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank our witnesses for being here today. Looking back on the body of work that NAMA has done, you would have to say that, by and large, it has completed the job. We could have arguments about whether at times sales were done with too much expediency and the taxpayer may not have gained a long-term benefit given property values and everything else. Over time, perhaps there were...

Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statements 2022 and Special Report 116 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (28 Sep 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: By an approved housing agency.

Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statements 2022 and Special Report 116 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (28 Sep 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I accept that the site had what is now identified in a new Government scheme around defective issues in apartment blocks. Perhaps Prospect Hill was a sign that that was a more widespread issue. Again, that is something that was well known back in 2013. My point was that, the works aside, this was still a ten-year period, albeit with legal issues and so on, and whether it was NAMA or Dublin...

Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statements 2022 and Special Report 116 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (28 Sep 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I do accept that. It is important to say that all those works were done and all those units are back up to full scratch. In many ways, the residents were in a better situation when dealing with NAMA than if they had dealt with a developer that was not in NAMA, had gone defunct and did not have to deal with it. I accept all of that. However, my broader question was about the narrative...

Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statements 2022 and Special Report 116 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (28 Sep 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: However, was it not the case that the issue of delivery of supply was also an issue for NAMA?

Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statements 2022 and Special Report 116 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (28 Sep 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: It is still the case now.

Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statements 2022 and Special Report 116 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (28 Sep 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I appreciate that this is with the benefit of hindsight and so on, but it is part of the reason we are now are we are. It is disappointing that when we had so much control, more emphasis on a policy level was not placed on turning that around. I will make one last point, which is that both the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage and the Construction Industry Federation,...

Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statements 2022 and Special Report 116 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (28 Sep 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: It has not yet been transferred to the Land Development Agency, LDA, for example.

Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statements 2022 and Special Report 116 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (28 Sep 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Yes, I know of it.

Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statements 2022 and Special Report 116 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (28 Sep 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I am over time.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (28 Sep 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 24. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he expects to receive legal advice in relation to the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41857/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (28 Sep 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 65. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his attendance at the British-Irish Association 2023 Conference; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41856/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Policies (28 Sep 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 107. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to prohibit the sale and distribution of single use disposable vapes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41795/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (26 Sep 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 3. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on social affairs and public services will meet next. [37778/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (26 Sep 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport can be made available for a person (details supplied). [41463/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (26 Sep 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an update is available on the urgent repairs required to the roof at a school (details supplied).; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41468/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (26 Sep 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 395. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the critical skills employment visa application of (details supplied). [40974/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (26 Sep 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 467. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if, under the child poverty unit, he plans to address the financial challenges being experienced by community childcare providers in disadvantaged areas which have a very high level of sponsored places and have no additional parental income associated with these places and therefore are operating each place...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (26 Sep 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 497. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to address the financial challenges being experienced by community childcare providers in disadvantaged areas who have a very high level of sponsored places and have no additional parental income associated with these places and therefore are operating each place below the cost of provision (details...