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Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Chapter 14 - Assessment and Collection of Insurance Compensation Fund Levies (Resumed)
Report on Administration and Movement of the Insurance Compensation Fund for the year ended 31 December 2021 (Resumed)
Comptroller and Auditor General Section 2 Report on Unauthorised release of funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (Resumed) (20 Apr 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: -----the decision. How much was that a factor in the Department's decision to be persuaded that it was something to pursue? Do not forget that it was already sort of accepted that the State was on the hook here by way of the ICF.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Chapter 14 - Assessment and Collection of Insurance Compensation Fund Levies (Resumed)
Report on Administration and Movement of the Insurance Compensation Fund for the year ended 31 December 2021 (Resumed)
Comptroller and Auditor General Section 2 Report on Unauthorised release of funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (Resumed) (20 Apr 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: The Department was in a very difficult position because, by virtue of the Act, it was likely that it was going to be able to secure the funds from the ICF in any case. Therefore, the idea of offering the letter of comfort was really an attempt to try to mitigate the risk.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Chapter 14 - Assessment and Collection of Insurance Compensation Fund Levies (Resumed)
Report on Administration and Movement of the Insurance Compensation Fund for the year ended 31 December 2021 (Resumed)
Comptroller and Auditor General Section 2 Report on Unauthorised release of funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (Resumed) (20 Apr 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I accept all that. My question, though, was that prior to the 2018 amendments, the Department would not have been in that bind. Would it be fair to say that prior to 2018, when the amendment was introduced by the Department, it would not have had that Hobson's choice or Solomon's choice of knowing that the State was already on the hook?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Chapter 14 - Assessment and Collection of Insurance Compensation Fund Levies (Resumed)
Report on Administration and Movement of the Insurance Compensation Fund for the year ended 31 December 2021 (Resumed)
Comptroller and Auditor General Section 2 Report on Unauthorised release of funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (Resumed) (20 Apr 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: To clarify my question, I am really trying to interrogate why that 2018 amendment was brought forward.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Chapter 14 - Assessment and Collection of Insurance Compensation Fund Levies (Resumed)
Report on Administration and Movement of the Insurance Compensation Fund for the year ended 31 December 2021 (Resumed)
Comptroller and Auditor General Section 2 Report on Unauthorised release of funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (Resumed) (20 Apr 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Okay. I have one brief final question. Does Mr. McGrath believe it would have been possible for the administrator to apply for funds to pursue for securities of costs prior to the 2018 amendments?

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on Lil Reds Legacy Sepsis Awareness Campaign: Engagement with the HSE (20 Apr 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I will start by saying a few "thank-you's" to the committee, because Karen and Joe made the petition directly. I was not aware of the Committee on Public Petitions and the Ombudsmen until they made the petition directly. The committee has been really strong in taking this up and pursuing it. I thank the witnesses for being here. For people at such a senior level to be here acknowledges...

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on Lil Reds Legacy Sepsis Awareness Campaign: Engagement with the HSE (20 Apr 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I have a final question. I thank the Cathaoirleach for his discretion. What the witnesses said is really useful. Every time we say the word "sepsis" in here it is a few hundred more times than it was said before. It is great to just be having the conversation and to hear the witnesses' insights. It is interesting in terms of research. There are communities where sepsis has become more...

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on Lil Reds Legacy Sepsis Awareness Campaign: Engagement with the HSE (20 Apr 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Before Senator Murphy comes in, I have a short question to Dr. Henry to follow on from Deputy Higgins's comments. What I am hearing is that if too many people are asking if something could be sepsis, they could also be asking for antibiotics in a case where it would not be appropriate and then we could have a situation where those antibiotics would not be effective on the people who would...

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on Lil Reds Legacy Sepsis Awareness Campaign: Engagement with the HSE (20 Apr 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I saw Dr. Henry do it with Covid so he is up to the challenge.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (20 Apr 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 46. To ask the Minister for Health to provide and update on the new primary healthcare centre for Finglas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17947/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (20 Apr 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 50. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to raise awareness of sepsis with an emphasis on the patient experience; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17946/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (20 Apr 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 203. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the vacant home tax; the number of properties qualifying for the tax; the anticipated revenue from the tax in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18816/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (20 Apr 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 300. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for international protection currently being processed; the countries of origin of the applicants and the number of applicants from each country, in tabular form. [18839/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (20 Apr 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 314. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for citizenship currently being processed; the countries of origin of the applicants; and the number of applicants from each country, in tabular form. [18840/23]

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (18 Apr 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: It is amazing how much recent statements on European Council meetings have been dominated by the war in Ukraine. It shows how there has been such a significant shift and the impact that war has had. The key issues with respect to the inflation crisis and the war are increased interest rates from the ECB and a very significant increase in fuel costs. Both those issues are having a real...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (18 Apr 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank Ms Timmons, Mr. Ó Coighligh and Ms Stapleton. When witnesses come before us, we often struggle to find their names on the page in front of us when we are welcoming them. Unfortunately, we know the names all of those before us inside out and they know ours. I thank them for being with us today. I will continue with the issues raised by Deputy Ó Broin. The first 18 months...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (18 Apr 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: There is three years of a construction period for that after the Part 8 was passed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (18 Apr 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I know we are under time pressure and perhaps, when my next slot comes around in 20 minutes, we can answer some of those. That Novas site is an example of something not functioning. There was to be six three-bedroom houses to try to stop antisocial behaviour and two years later, following two planning applications, nothing has been built.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (18 Apr 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: But that will be the third planning application even though there is a live planning application right there, right now, for six three-bedroom homes. Can it just not be approved and built?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (18 Apr 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I was not going to ask questions. I wanted to allow Ms Timmons-----