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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I was reflecting on last week's performance. The question is, what purpose is there in bringing people in here? What do we get from it? Ultimately, it is about ensuring that there is accountability with regard to public money, and that is done in an open way. Our first engagement with the University of Limerick, or its first engagement with this committee anyway and not previous...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Yes, but it appeared to me that the University of Limerick was unhappy with the way information was presented to them, and it had a process to try to discover that. I would have thought that what we were doing was helpful to them in exposing what had happened. I thought what happened last week was incredibly unsatisfactory from our side, but it was also incredibly unsatisfactory from the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: That is the point I was going to make. From last week's meeting, it is clear to me that the review is a governance review and does not deal with value for money or the financial elements, including whether the university paid the correct rate.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: As a committee, we need to reflect on what happened last week and decide on what areas we think are important. I agree that we should ask the Comptroller and Auditor General to bring forward proposals as to how the committee might deal with the issue and to suggest what additional information or format might prove useful.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: We are still not clear on whether the university paid the correct value or whether it paid below or above the market value. That is the problem.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I do not understand what "hold fire" means.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: It is good to see the officials again. I have worked with them in different guises. I would not worry about using the wrong titles. There are often occasions when local authority officials are in here and we revert back to calling them managers. We can always get it wrong and it says more about my age than anything the chief executive said. I want to discuss two points of complexity...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: We would not want to see it get in the way of attracting investment to an area that needed regeneration, for example.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Zoning is a blunt instrument. It often encompasses a wide area. Whether a council decides to zone or not to zone is one of the difficulties. If the potential benefit is never realised, the whole process is a waste of the council's time if it does not actually result in any development in the long run.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I suppose there are sites that are entirely in local authority ownership. I am thinking of site 31 which sits north of Ballymun. It is identified in part for Ballymun Kickhams GAA Club, and part for the National Transport Authority, NTA. It is owned by Dublin City Council but it is in Fingal County Council. As a result, a lot of interaction is required there between different councils for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I use that as an example because it is one that I am familiar with. Two local authorities have an involvement. One as the landowner and the other as the planning regulator.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: That brings our session to a close. I thank our witnesses for being with us today.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (25 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 36. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to establish a dedicated public transport section of An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25299/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (25 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 42. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to implement a new domestic violence register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25298/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Payments (23 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 84. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in reforming the jobseeker’s allowance payment to link it to a person’s previous most recent employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24657/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Payments (23 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I read an interesting report, published last December, on linking jobseeker's allowance to a person's most recent income. I would appreciate it if the Minister would make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Payments (23 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Many people who pay PRSI contributions feel that while they contribute to the overall support of the State and people in need, they themselves may get very little in return. It was always pay related social insurance. The idea of this model is that we reflect the actual reality of the shock that happens when somebody loses their job and his or her income drops very significantly. The...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (23 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank the Minister for the answer. It is a fairly detailed response and it is costed. As for the response the Government has made in terms of the cost-of-living crisis, despite the criticisms across the House we did take measures that were both targeted and more general. The genesis of this question comes from many queries to our offices from people who would not have been receipt of any...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (23 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: The way the Government has responded has been creative. It has looked for measures that can be rolled out quite quickly. In many cases, that can mean that it is perhaps not as targeted. I accept the Minister's point that there is a strong case for people who are over 18 and are in second-level schooling. However, I know that will require a strong case to be made to the Minister for...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Employment Schemes (23 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: That is what she did last year.