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Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection - Social Insurance Fund 2021
Chapter 10: Regularity of social welfare payments
Chapter 11: The recovery of benefit and assistance payments following compensation awards
Chapter 14: Classification of workers for PRSI purposes (1 Dec 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: But boards in large numbers of CE schemes comprise a small number of people, and the Department knows this governance issue is there.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection - Social Insurance Fund 2021
Chapter 10: Regularity of social welfare payments
Chapter 11: The recovery of benefit and assistance payments following compensation awards
Chapter 14: Classification of workers for PRSI purposes (1 Dec 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: The Department used the law to absolve itself of responsibility.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection - Social Insurance Fund 2021
Chapter 10: Regularity of social welfare payments
Chapter 11: The recovery of benefit and assistance payments following compensation awards
Chapter 14: Classification of workers for PRSI purposes (1 Dec 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I accept that, but for many schemes, such as meals on wheels, which is a very simple one, the Department should not provide the funding. It should be provided by the HSE. It is a resource for people that we often employ to keep them out of hospital. Why are we directly funding meals on wheels services through a job activation measure? Why is it not provided by the HSE? Why is Mr. McKeon...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection - Social Insurance Fund 2021
Chapter 10: Regularity of social welfare payments
Chapter 11: The recovery of benefit and assistance payments following compensation awards
Chapter 14: Classification of workers for PRSI purposes (1 Dec 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: It is to do with funding from this Department.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection - Social Insurance Fund 2021
Chapter 10: Regularity of social welfare payments
Chapter 11: The recovery of benefit and assistance payments following compensation awards
Chapter 14: Classification of workers for PRSI purposes (1 Dec 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Catering staff in hospitals are not on CE schemes.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection - Social Insurance Fund 2021
Chapter 10: Regularity of social welfare payments
Chapter 11: The recovery of benefit and assistance payments following compensation awards
Chapter 14: Classification of workers for PRSI purposes (1 Dec 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: There are different sides to the CE schemes. I appreciate that too. They do not all have those governance issue.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (1 Dec 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 82. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to provide cost rental accommodation in Dublin 9 and 11; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59833/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (1 Dec 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase the number of apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59696/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (1 Dec 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase on-campus accommodation for students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59697/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (1 Dec 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 238. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport will be expedited given that the issue date is three days after the applicant (details supplied) is due to travel to a European football tournament with their team. [59909/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Payments (29 Nov 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 72. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to reform illness benefit entitlements for self-employed persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58968/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Nov 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 79. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current wait time for a supplementary welfare allowance to be decided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59201/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (29 Nov 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 305. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on a foreign birth register application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58815/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Recent Trends in the Private Rental Sector: Residential Tenancies Board (29 Nov 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: The points Deputy Ó Broin made regarding data and facts are important. There is a frustration among policymakers in these Houses that we do not have access to them. Various people appearing before the committee have talked about trends in the rental sector but much of it comes down to anecdotal stories and individual descriptions of how difficult or tricky it might be to provide...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Recent Trends in the Private Rental Sector: Residential Tenancies Board (29 Nov 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Mr. Byrne is saying he does not expect the increase in the registration fee to result in any significant increase in funding available to the board.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Recent Trends in the Private Rental Sector: Residential Tenancies Board (29 Nov 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Is Mr. Byrne saying the board has carried out no analysis or projection of that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Recent Trends in the Private Rental Sector: Residential Tenancies Board (29 Nov 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I will put the question again. Does Mr. Byrne believe that the increase in registration fees will result in an increase in income to the RTB?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Recent Trends in the Private Rental Sector: Residential Tenancies Board (29 Nov 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Anybody paying an increased fee often expects the organisation they pay it to to have more resources and, therefore, that service levels will improve. Mr. Byrne is not telling me he expects additional income or that additional services will be provided to respond to the genuine examples Senator Cummins has given. He does not believe there will be a windfall of income to allow the RTB to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Recent Trends in the Private Rental Sector: Residential Tenancies Board (29 Nov 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Has the RTB done projections which it is not sharing with the committee or does Mr. Byrne genuinely feel there will be no extra income?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Recent Trends in the Private Rental Sector: Residential Tenancies Board (29 Nov 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I will move on to the service side. One of the most significant findings, not surprisingly perhaps, is the large-scale confusion in the regulatory environment for landlords and tenants. I think that is a fair assessment. Landlords and tenants were unsure of the regulatory environment and changes and how they might impact them. Does the RTB accept the inability to pick up the phone and...