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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homelessness Issues: Discussion (30 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: As practitioners, Ms Hayes was indicating that she might have a figure. She was being general in her comments in stating that it might be 10% to 20% of landlords who were not be proceeding with the scheme. Is that the experience of Simon and Threshold? My second question is on the roadblocks which were flagged at the beginning, such as domestic violence cases where people have an interest...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homelessness Issues: Discussion (30 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: In some cases, it involves elected members doing a bit of hand-holding or case management on some of these. That should not be the case and there probably should be better systems to prevent interventions for those more complicated cases. From Threshold’s perspective, does it have worries about people falling between the gaps? Is a structural change needed for those cases? Second,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homelessness Issues: Discussion (30 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I ask our witnesses to help us the square the circle because I believe it is a very fair point. Clearly, for somebody in an eviction scenario, the tenantin situscheme is the single biggest intervention that can be made to prevent them needing to require emergency accommodation, yet Mr. McCafferty is correct in that the completion rates or the level of interest rates for the scheme are not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homelessness Issues: Discussion (30 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I want to ask about the issue of tenant rejection. I might ask the Chair to let me know if I am going over my time as I cannot see the clock. He might let me know-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homelessness Issues: Discussion (30 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: On the tenant rejection issue, the alternative in those scenarios is that the tenant would be forced to seek emergency accommodation. Obviously, from the State’s perspective, it would be far more beneficial to purchase the property. Does the tenant have the veto on the application of the tenant in situ scheme?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homelessness Issues: Discussion (30 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Could Ms Hayes provide answers at this stage to the mismatch between the numbers of people who are being evicted as a result of a sale and those coming forward for the tenantin situ scheme or is it still too early for that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homelessness Issues: Discussion (30 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank Ms Hayes.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (30 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 56. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to further reduce childcare costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25995/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services Waiting Lists (30 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 66. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children in CHO 9, Dublin currently awaiting an appointment for treatment and therapies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25994/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (30 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 365. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the plans for infill housing at locations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25636/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (30 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 734. To ask the Minister for Health the budget allocated to each hospital in the RCSI Hospital Group in each of the years 2019 to 2023, in tabular form. [26076/23]

Biodiversity Action: Statements (25 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I have been surprised by the running order of speakers, particularly as some people ahead of me on the list did not contribute. Regarding the issue of biodiversity, certainly from my experience, it is a process of education. Some of the best ambassadors I have seen for the issue of biodiversity are the local Tidy Towns groups around the country. These also demonstrate how, when we...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Shocking.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I am aware that the Government is committed to increasing the capacity of existing special schools and providing new ones. In that vein, I ask the Tánaiste to do what he can to ensure the Department of Education will press ahead with the accelerated delivery of architectural planning and tendering, ADAPT, application for Scoil Chiaráin, which is at stage 2B at present. In asking...

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

Paul McAuliffe: If I recall correctly, the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, or certainly the international protection accommodation service, IPAS, through briefings with different members, have indicated that the figure for those who apply for international protection at locations other than ports and airports could be as high as 40%, 50% or 60%.

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

Paul McAuliffe: That would mean that a significant number of people seeking international protection are not seeking it through airports or ports.

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

Paul McAuliffe: If somebody does not seek international protection at an airport or port, it is likely he or she has entered the State by a means other than an airport or port.

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

Paul McAuliffe: Thankfully, we do not see our shores teeming with people who are washing up on this island, as we did see on some Mediterranean islands. The next potential entry point is the jurisdictional border with the United Kingdom. It is obviously an open border and nobody in this House would even suggest it should be anything other than that. The UK's policy has a significant impact on the way we...

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

Paul McAuliffe: Is there any evidence that the UK's decision to change the way it wishes to treat international protection has created an internal flow within the common travel area?