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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?

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

Paul McAuliffe: The question is about whether the Irish international protection services are considering applications that previously might have been registered for international protection in the United Kingdom outside the EU.

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

Paul McAuliffe: Would Ms McPhillips think that is a significant number?

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

Paul McAuliffe: On that point, for those who present without documents, do we see a higher proportion in the non-important ports? In other words, is there a possibility that somebody would make an application under international protection in the UK system and then make an application under the Irish system without documentation?

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

Paul McAuliffe: That is an important point. Anybody who makes an application under the Irish system, their fingerprints are taken-----

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

Paul McAuliffe: -----and those fingerprints can be compared with previous applications made in the UK.

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

Paul McAuliffe: Okay. That is a very important point. I had not intended to spend so much time on that-----

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

Paul McAuliffe: -----but it is important to say that. When we question the system, I do not think anybody is suggesting that Ireland should not live up to its international protection obligations or that we should not support people who are fleeing conflict and discrimination around the world. I will turn to the area-based interventions. Ms McPhillips spoke about the north-east inner city model, which...