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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Monuments and Archaeological Heritage Bill: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Open-ended questions are always bad, are they not?

Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces: Statements (16 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: First, I want to welcome the publication of the commission’s report. Fianna Fáil welcomes this report. We called for it to be established by a motion before the Dáil in 2019, when we were in opposition. It was a key component of our input into the programme for Government, which was agreed by all three parties. It has the commitment of the Minister and of all of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (16 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 213. To ask the Minister for Health when the general practitioner visit card will be extended to children under eight years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8475/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (15 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 86. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the new Finglas primary health care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7928/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (15 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 143. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on his efforts to reduce the waiting list for early intervention in speech and language therapy in north western areas of Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7929/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (15 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 217. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to amend the better energy warmer homes grants scheme to allow second-time applicants to apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8064/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (15 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 218. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the breakdown of successful better energy warmer home applicants by local authority in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8065/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Company Law (10 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 49. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has received the Company Law Reform Group report on the splitting of assets. [6806/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (10 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 78. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the Dublin Regional Enterprise Plan. [6805/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Act (Exempted Development) Regulations 2022: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (10 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: With Deputy Ó Broin's permission, as I cannot access my folder due to Wi-Fi issues, I ask that he goes first.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Act (Exempted Development) Regulations 2022: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (10 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I might want to ask about town centres and how it will help with rural villages. On the regulations, I hear what the Minister is saying about the removal of the 250 sq. m restriction. My fear was that by having the limit and the number of units, we might end up going for smaller units of lower quality while those making the conversion might want to have larger units. There is a benefit in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Act (Exempted Development) Regulations 2022: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (10 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: If I could make one point-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Act (Exempted Development) Regulations 2022: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (10 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I know many people think this is a rural issue, but slap bang in the middle of Finglas village there is a pub that has been empty for 15 years, which would benefit from this.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Revised) (10 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: It is great to have the Minister and Minister of State with us to discuss the realities of Housing for All. When we first saw it, we saw a plan. We also saw a multi-annual budget, which is crucial to the delivery of many of these housing solutions. When Housing for All is broken down programme by programme, with a funding stream assigned to each, phrases like "Croí Cónaithe",...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Revised) (10 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: The start of that will be programmes like the affordable housing fund, to which almost €60 million has been allocated. When can local authorities start drawing down that funding? There are already some plans in place for various sites. Is the architecture in place for local authorities and AHBs to start benefiting from the fund?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Revised) (10 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I am conscious of those two programmes because my community in Ballymun is halfway through a master plan that started nearly 20 years ago. We want to ensure that we have affordable purchase and affordable rental in the area. Local authorities did not have those tools before the legislation was passed in the past two years. We could not deliver mixed-income housing with that legislation....

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Revised) (10 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I ask the Minister to expand on the issue of electoral reform and spending on that. The citizens' assembly on Dublin is very welcome. Does the cost of that come from the Department's budget or the budget of the Department of the Taoiseach? I inquire also about the establishment of the electoral commission. There is a lot in that.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (9 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank the Taoiseach for the commitment he has shown in dealing with some of the difficult issues in the community of Ballymun that arose further to the recommendations from the Ballymun - A Brighter Future report. I know he has more work to do on that and he is due to visit the constituency and meet public representatives. A key element of that is the delivery of housing. We have 19...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (9 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the housing and infrastructure unit of his Department. [6343/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (9 Feb 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 112. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the next recruitment for the Garda band will commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6944/22]