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

Paul McAuliffe: It was interesting when Ms Foreman talked about her own situation. She said there was already a waiting list for it and that if that had happened, her group would have been locked out of that space. It would not, therefore, have had the same ownership of that space. An idea or solution Ms Foreman suggested, for example, a standardised waiting list or some sort of waiting list, could in...

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

Paul McAuliffe: Some of these proposals should form part of the work of the Citizens' Assembly on Biodiversity Loss, and there might be a good pipeline in that regard for policy as well.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Provision (24 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke, for being here for this Topical Issue debate because I know that he, the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, and the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, treat this matter with the utmost seriousness. We have had nearly two days of housing meetings with chief executives and housing directors of local authorities across the country with the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Provision (24 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I welcome the Minister of State outlining some of the many things contained in Housing for All, the Affordable Housing Act 2021, the Land Development Agency Act 2021 and the many other measures that he mentioned. We need to go further and start to make sure that every local authority knows the breadth and depth of this housing plan, that every local authority knows how much is in here and...

Town Centre First Policy: Statements (24 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Town Centre First is yet another tool with which the Government can tackle the housing crisis. It aims to tackle vacancy, combat dereliction and breathe new life into town centres. People have reconnected with their communities throughout the pandemic, underlining the importance of high-quality public streets, parks and other amenities in towns that provide space for communities to...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Can the Tánaiste outline to the House the legislation we have passed that empowers local authorities to build public housing on public land?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Will the Tánaiste outline to the House the legislation we as a Government have passed that empowers local authorities to build public housing on public land? Does he reject what happened yesterday in the Chamber when several terms like "sweetheart deal" and "blackmail attempts" were used deliberately to misrepresent what is happening with O'Devaney Gardens? This was a democratic...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Residential Tenancies Board - Financial Statements 2020 (24 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I begin with the comments from the Comptroller and Auditor General regarding the discrepancy in the documents laid before the House and the removal of the clarifying line about the outcome or expected timeline of the project. I apologise if I missed a comment on it during the witnesses' opening statement while coming from my office to here. Why was that sentence removed?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Residential Tenancies Board - Financial Statements 2020 (24 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: For the record of the House, will Mr. Byrne describe the details of that sentence?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Residential Tenancies Board - Financial Statements 2020 (24 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I can only take Mr. Byrne at his word on the evidence he has put before us. I would not detract from his good name in any way by saying that he is misleading us. Many sceptical people may view the removal of this line as not being accidental but as an attempt not to outline the direction of the project as clearly as it was done in 2020. To help Mr. Byrne to address that, what should I say...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Residential Tenancies Board - Financial Statements 2020 (24 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: It is important for Mr. Byrne to outline that here. That is not in any way to take from his good name. It is important for the record of the House for that to be reflected, because the work of the Comptroller and Auditor General is so important both for the RTB and the House.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Residential Tenancies Board - Financial Statements 2020 (24 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I refer to the data collected by the system. What kind of analysis is conducted by the RTB to identify landlords who have unregistered tenancies?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Residential Tenancies Board - Financial Statements 2020 (24 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I apologise for interrupting Mr. Byrne but having used up some of my time addressing the omission of a sentence, I want to move on. I apologise if that butchers Mr. Byrne's answers. I want to turn to the issue of those tenants who may be the subject of a licence rather than a tenancy. As Mr. Byrne knows, most licence arrangements do not come under the remit of the RTB, which means that...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Residential Tenancies Board - Financial Statements 2020 (24 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: To conclude, we have traditionally seen licences used in the commercial sector for the avoidance of the accrual of tenancy rights for commercial tenants. As we have increased the rights of tenants in the residential sector, this will increasingly become an issue. I ask the RTB to do everything in its power, from an education perspective, to inform people that licences are not an appropriate...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (23 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to increase the provision of primary and secondary education in Whitehall and Santry, Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10421/22]

Citizens' Assemblies: Motion (22 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I welcome the Government's decision to establish two citizens' assemblies, one on biodiversity and one on a particular priority for me, local government in Dublin. I served for ten years as a member of Dublin City Council and had the great honour of chairing that body. On many occasions during my time in this House I have missed the fantastic opportunity that being a local councillor gives...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Management (22 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Finglas roundabouts scheme; the funding streams for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9995/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Funding (22 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 339. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown of Urban Regeneration and Development Fund funding for each Dublin local authority for the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9192/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (22 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 509. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a review of the pension for a person (details supplied) can be carried out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9095/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (22 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 565. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the grants that are available for persons looking to set up a childcare, breakfast club or after-school facility in the community as either a community group or a private operator; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9090/22]