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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (15 Dec 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 56. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to increase grants and funding to community centres and halls to help them transition to more sustainable energy methods and help pay for increased energy costs. [62331/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (15 Dec 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 260. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if any potential funding streams are available to a centre (details supplied) for the targeted youth employability support initiative, which was previously funded under the Dormant Accounts Fund by the Department of Children, Equality; Disability, Integration and Youth but has not been renewed as a multi-annual...

Confidence in Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Motion (13 Dec 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: We have disagreed on a lot but I think we can all agree that for many, house prices are unaffordable, rents are too high and an unacceptable number of people are in temporary accommodation. However, I rise to my feet to support the Minister because I believe he is leading the charge to address the housing crisis. As Vice Chairman of the Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and...

Confidence in Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Motion (13 Dec 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: The mask slips now.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 19 - Exchequer receipts from National Lottery ticket sales (8 Dec 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: What type of pound?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 19 - Exchequer receipts from National Lottery ticket sales (8 Dec 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I do not want to rake over what we have just discussed, but this is simple. The reason an advertisement is taken out is to try to promote or to create a positive feeling towards an organisation, and it is clear that this advertisement has not done that. Does Mr. Algeo believe that the advertisement has been destructive to the image and reputation of the national lottery?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 19 - Exchequer receipts from National Lottery ticket sales (8 Dec 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Mr. Algeo is returning to the issues of allocation. That was not the question.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 19 - Exchequer receipts from National Lottery ticket sales (8 Dec 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: That is a separate question. I imagine that the thinking behind including the line that 90% went back to communities was to ensure that people felt that the national lottery was a positive thing. Clearly, however, that advertisement has backfired in a massive way, given the level of speculation and the fact that the witnesses are before the Committee of Public Accounts discussing it. It is...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 19 - Exchequer receipts from National Lottery ticket sales (8 Dec 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: How does Mr. Algeo account then for being before this committee debating the nature of a claim in an advertisement, rather than being here to discuss the positive work being done?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 19 - Exchequer receipts from National Lottery ticket sales (8 Dec 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Absolutely, I accept that. Many people, though, who participate in the national lottery see the positive work being done in this regard. Many people also question it as just being another form of gambling and are sceptical about it. As a basic marketing analysis of what happened, surely putting together a radio advertisement that results in Deputies and Senators in these Houses questioning...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 19 - Exchequer receipts from National Lottery ticket sales (8 Dec 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: The very fact that Mr. Algeo is here is a big-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 19 - Exchequer receipts from National Lottery ticket sales (8 Dec 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Perhaps that was a better line to use than the one about 90%. I thank the Chair.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 19 - Exchequer receipts from National Lottery ticket sales (8 Dec 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I was contacted on two occasions.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 19 - Exchequer receipts from National Lottery ticket sales (8 Dec 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: The Chair does not play the lotto.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (8 Dec 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 12. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend the children's disability network team for the Finglas area in CHO 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61101/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (8 Dec 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 87. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve the wait time for speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and physiotherapy assessments in CHO 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61102/22]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Select Committee
Local Government (Maternity Protection and Other Measures for Members of Local Authorities) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Dec 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I wish to convey the apologies of the Chairman as he, unfortunately, had to speak in the Dáil at the exact moment this meeting started. No other apologies have been received. We are joined by the Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke, and his officials. This meeting has been convened to consider Committee Stage of the Local Government (Maternity Protection and Other Measures for...