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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Recent Trends in the Private Rental Sector: Residential Tenancies Board (29 Nov 2022)
Paul McAuliffe: Does she have the number or percentage of dropped calls?
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (24 Nov 2022)
Paul McAuliffe: 104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that she has made to date in bringing school completion officers back under the remit of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57489/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (24 Nov 2022)
Paul McAuliffe: 131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the permanent new school build for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57488/22]
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Paul McAuliffe: Apologies have been received from the Chairperson, Deputy Matthews. I welcome the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, and his officials to the meeting. I thank them for the briefing material which was provided in advance and has been circulated to committee members. The meeting has been convened to consider the Supplementary Estimates for Vote 34 -...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Paul McAuliffe: We will start with questions from members. Given the small number on this select committee, I propose we have ten-minute speaking slots. I call Deputy Flaherty.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Paul McAuliffe: I am conscious the Minister must be allowed time to answer the questions as well.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Paul McAuliffe: No, not at all.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Paul McAuliffe: He was looking like he was itching to answer some of the questions the Deputy was posing.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Paul McAuliffe: In the course of our discussions with local authorities, Cork City Council identified a site it has. It indicated that if it did not have to carry that debt over, the units would be more affordable. Is that-----
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Paul McAuliffe: That is good news.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Paul McAuliffe: The list suggested by Deputy Ó Broin would be useful.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Paul McAuliffe: We are over time.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Paul McAuliffe: We are over time. We might come back to it.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Paul McAuliffe: To the other capital, I call Deputy Gould.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Paul McAuliffe: We will move on to my slot. I thank the Minister for attending. Our debate on the Estimates is an important opportunity for us to ask the Minister about the way resources are allocated and discuss the priorities, etc. of the Department. If he viewed the work of this committee over the past six weeks he will have seen our discussions with numerous local authorities on the implementation...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Paul McAuliffe: Do local authorities have a role to play in promoting the scheme? I ask because often it is the local authorities that are the first to hear complaints that a property is derelict or receive requests for a property to be listed as derelict in accordance with the Derelict Sites Act. Does the Minister think it would be helpful if local authorities conducted a publicity campaign to promote the...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Paul McAuliffe: I referenced cost rental. The Minister was in my constituency. On that occasion we visited different sites in Finglas and Ballymun. I know of 25 publicly-owned sites that have public projects on them, either a small infill or right up to larger sites. While all of them include things like senior citizens, for example, there is affordable purchase by Ó Cualann and Dublin City...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Paul McAuliffe: I am sure the Minister is familiar with the location of the Ballymun shopping centre site right on the Metro line. It is an attractive site in terms of potential to add to the community. Dublin City Council currently has that out for expressions of interest to see if a retail-led project can be delivered on that site. My view is it will also have to include housing. With interest rates...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Paul McAuliffe: That is certainly welcome. We need to keep working on those derelict and potential sites in all parts of the city. We cannot leave it to local authorities to identify these sites. There is great pressure from communities to have positive developments, and that is the case in Ballymun. I will return to the issue of local authority finance. This week, I met Kathy Quinn, Dublin City...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Paul McAuliffe: I must keep the Minister to time as that was my contribution. I call Deputy Higgins.