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Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Home Building Finance Ireland - Financial Statements 2020 (3 Mar 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: The HBFI has not done any research on what the reasons might be for the applications in front of it-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Home Building Finance Ireland - Financial Statements 2020 (3 Mar 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: -----or categorised them.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Home Building Finance Ireland - Financial Statements 2020 (3 Mar 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Does Ms Deering see that drawdown increasing? She mentioned the figure of 57%. From the perspective of value for money for the taxpayer, I am looking at a cost base in 2020 of €5.7 million and drawdowns of €37 million. Those numbers do not make for a good ratio. I want to see a pipeline of more rapid draw down.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Home Building Finance Ireland - Financial Statements 2020 (3 Mar 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I absolutely hear that, but let me give an analogy. There is a fisherman on a lake and it is very hard getting the fish. He has to cover his costs. He is there all day and is not getting the rewards he wants so he develops a new tool called the momentum fund that lets him fish in a barrel. My worry about the momentum fund is that is a huge allocation - 40% of the overall fund, if I am...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Home Building Finance Ireland - Financial Statements 2020 (3 Mar 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Were there any indications in the market at that time that large-scale developers would have a restriction on credit because of Covid?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Home Building Finance Ireland - Financial Statements 2020 (3 Mar 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Did the predictions of that market research come to pass? Was there a restriction on credit in the market?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Home Building Finance Ireland - Financial Statements 2020 (3 Mar 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Was the HBFI's rate more preferential than the ones they could get in the market?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Home Building Finance Ireland - Financial Statements 2020 (3 Mar 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I still think 40% was a huge allocation for a temporary measure. That seems to go beyond the initial idea of identifying small to medium-sized projects. We are short on time but I want to get to the issue of performance-related pay. I am sure it is a matter that the HBFI wants to address too. There have not been allocations in these accounts. Is that something Ms Deering envisages...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Home Building Finance Ireland - Financial Statements 2020 (3 Mar 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Who are the decision-makers in that governance structure?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Home Building Finance Ireland - Financial Statements 2020 (3 Mar 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I fully accept that people should be rewarded or remunerated. It is very important that we do not stifle creativity and so on. However, to go back to the fish-in-a-barrel analogy I made earlier, I would not like that quick fix to release 40% of the funds and get them out there to meet targets to be used as a basis of performance-related pay when the real goal is to support small and...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Home Building Finance Ireland - Financial Statements 2020 (3 Mar 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: We need all types of housing. I agree with that.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (3 Mar 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 50. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Finglas roundabout scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12080/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (3 Mar 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 182. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for affordable housing in Dublin 9 and 11; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12090/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Asylum Seekers (2 Mar 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 141. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a list of the migrant reception centres in Dublin 9 and 11 will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11814/22]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Environmental Schemes (1 Mar 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: There is no doubt the better energy warmer homes scheme is an important support for many eligible homeowners. It is one of the key tools that will help to reduce the use of carbon in our economy and help us reach our climate action goals. Since 2000, more than 143,000 homes have availed of the scheme and, in some ways, it has been a victim of its own success. When it was first promoted...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Environmental Schemes (1 Mar 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I particularly welcome the Minister of State's confirmation regarding the particular criteria I outlined, when he stated: For the first time, applications will be accepted from qualifying homeowners who previously received supports under the scheme but who could still benefit from even deeper measures. This means that applicants will now be able to have a second visit under the scheme. ...

Support for the Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity of Ukraine: Motion (1 Mar 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I strongly support today's motion. I want to express solidarity with the Ukrainian people following an outrageous breach of international law by the Russian Federation. The images of refugees pouring into neighbouring EU countries, families separating at borders and civilians being targeted by cluster bombs are all stark, and reminiscent of images we hoped Europe would not see again....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (1 Mar 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 809. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a child (details supplied). [11749/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Provision of Community Growing Spaces in Ireland: Community Gardens Ireland (1 Mar 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: There seem to be two challenges here. One is to tell the witnesses how supportive we are of it and the other is to name all the community gardens in each of our constituencies. I will try to live up to the challenge previous colleagues have set. I think everyone in the room agrees with this because of how important it is and because of practical experience. I do not think that is a new,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Provision of Community Growing Spaces in Ireland: Community Gardens Ireland (1 Mar 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I am worried that it might have a chilling effect on local authorities transforming informal space into formal space if we over-regulate it. It is a balance about which we need to be careful.