Results 281-300 of 4,972 for speaker:Paul McAuliffe

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Mar 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: For public confidence, the DAA notes that it has had a PFAS-free alternative since 2013. I think that puts it in context.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Mar 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: My understanding is that PFAS have not been used since 2013. This is a legacy issue.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Mar 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: I agree with Deputy Murphy. What is also concerning is the timing of key decisions, as they seem to be made immediately prior to meetings of the Committee of Public Accounts, which are well scheduled and flagged. That is not satisfactory. I hope that on the next occasion we do not have significant changes at the very last minute again. The committee has been left in no position.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Mar 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: Could the Comptroller and Auditor General talk about the payroll overpayments and highlight whether, with breaches of payroll controls of an organisation of that size, he believes the numbers he has highlighted, €288,000 and €640,000, are something we should be concerned about as a committee?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Mar 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: A small number of people over an extended period. Is it likely, given the numbers involved, that they would be people at a very senior level?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Mar 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: That is a matter we should examine further.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Mar 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: Is that information or detail that Mr. McCarthy already has?

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Illegal Dumping (7 Mar 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: 101. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide an update on the implementation of the LGMA guidelines on the use of CCTV to tackle illegal dumping and litter. [7022/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (7 Mar 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: 219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on a new school building (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11277/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (7 Mar 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: 314. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of funding given to the Finglas Youth Resource Centre for the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11284/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (7 Mar 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: 315. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of funding given to the Den Youth project, Finglas, Dublin 11 for the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11285/24]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: When a development is close to other developments, a planner will often apply a stepping-up or stepping-down principle to try to match adjoining building heights or to ensure that there is consistency. I am hearing two different perspectives. Is there anything in what is proposed in the Bill that would prevent a planner from making a decision when it comes to stepping up or stepping down?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: Will we be discussing amendment No. 212?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: I will speak briefly to my two amendments, which are both self-explanatory. They are very simple. Amendment No. 210 is about promoting infrastructure and so on. I wish to respond to the debate though because it is important. The proposal Deputy O’Callaghan spoke about is, in some ways, contradictory. I think back to my days in development plan discussions. With many of the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: I was speaking against the amendment for the reason I outlined.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: I am happy to hear the Minister's response on the amendment.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: The Deputy is misunderstanding my point. I will make it very simply. I was just saying that there is a conflict between adding an aspiration for affordability and adding an aspiration for additional costs. There is a challenge there. If we add more bells and whistles, it will cost more and be less affordable. My point is that the two things can be contradictory.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: I was not talking about the viability or ideals.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: The Deputy was not even in the room when I said it so I do not know how he even heard me.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: Yes.