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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (28 Mar 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 339. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on a passport application by a person (details supplied). [14907/23]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: With regard to Beaumont Hospital, it might be worthwhile to have the Comptroller and Auditor General look at the matter again, having regard to the purchase of the site adjoining the hospital and the value. That is something that the Comptroller and Auditor General might examine. If he feels it is appropriate, it is something we could explore at a future date.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: There was some newspaper coverage.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I would support that. That would also be my experience. The capital has to be spent in a certain way and often within a very specific geographic distance.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Yes. My only worry is that this relates to local authorities, which do not necessarily fall within our remit. Also, it is probably a policy issue for the Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage. Deputy Catherine Murphy's point is very valid because I have seen it for myself in Dublin City Council.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Some of it was to ensure that local authorities did not get hooked on development either. There was an effort to ensure they were not giving development that might otherwise not be appropriate on the basis that they were getting income from it. I think some of the restrictions were there for a good reason as well.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: As the board reaches the point where it tries to buy out responsibility, that process might be rushed. Will value for money be obtained in the rush to get that security? There is a great deal of pressure to get the hospital delivered on time. I am concerned that, in this final period, value for money issues could arise due to seeking to buy out options, inflation and other matters. We...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Exactly.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: While I will not be as specific as Deputy Carthy was in explaining, it is about who and why.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: It would be interesting to know if barristers' fees related solely to the inquiry or the costs of people who participated in the inquiry.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: It would be interesting for us to see all of the correspondence together. By making these inquiries, I wanted to help build a case for my fellow committee members that there was an area of public spending we needed to examine as a committee and to clarify who would be best to come before the committee for that purpose. The site is Whitehall College of Further Education on the Swords Road....

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: There is and the frustration is that it precludes any sort of accountability for this.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: That case could go on for a significant period. What mechanism is available to the committee to achieve accountability, even just for the legal process and the legal strategy alone?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: What are we asking the Minister?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I am not sure. I heard the Cathaoirleach's response but are we asking the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, if he is aware that other countries may be taking more or fewer people than Ireland?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (23 Mar 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the minor works grants for 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13840/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Northern Ireland (21 Mar 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 79. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his response to the recent Council of Europe decision on Northern Ireland legacy issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13508/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (21 Mar 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 83. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his attendance at a Good Friday Agreement 25 event with the National Committee on American Foreign Policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13509/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (21 Mar 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 977. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the redress that is open to the children who received assessments from an unqualified psychologist (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13594/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (21 Mar 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 1442. To ask the Minister for Health if an update will be provided on the fair deal application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13521/23]