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Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jan 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I intend to speak for only one minute. While I very much welcome the Bill because I believe we need reform in higher education, I in fact was a member of a higher education governing body and never attended a meeting. You might ask why would I be proud of that. I did it because I was an automatic member as the Lord Mayor. It is a terrible way of governance of any institution to have...

Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority: Financial Statements 2020 (27 Jan 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I apologise to the Chair for missing my slot. I advised the clerk that I had an alternative committee. I presume that I am too late to come back in at this point, am I? Perhaps to assist the Chair, many of my questions are for the TII, who will be with us next week. Perhaps I will reserve my questions for next week. Having worked with Ms Graham in the past, that if there are other issues...

Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority: Financial Statements 2020 (27 Jan 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I was solving gender balance, Chair, which only takes an hour or two. Unfortunately, it does not.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (27 Jan 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 109. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the progress made in relation to the High-Level Implementation Plan for Strengthening our Defence Forces; when the completed project reports will be shared with Defence Forces representative associations in line with the request from the chairperson of the Defence Forces Conciliation Council; and if he will make a...

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 (27 Jan 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I welcome the Minister of State. Sometimes the committee is dominated by the housing issues that are crucial for many people. It is fantastic to have time to dedicate to the heritage part of the portfolio, particularly in the context of new legislation being proposed. I will use two sites as examples. The Minister of State might explain how the proposed legislation may benefit the...

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 (27 Jan 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Is there an update on the specific proposals for the opening of an interpretive centre at the national monument on Moore Street?

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 (27 Jan 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I am probably reaching the end of my time slot. Perhaps we might reserve for private discussion a specific proposal on this particular national monument. It probably does not fall within the scope of this pre-legislative scrutiny session. I appreciate the witnesses providing us with additional information. We might return to it in a different format.

Youth Mental Health: Statements (26 Jan 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Like the previous speaker, I welcome the Minister of State's leadership in the area of mental health. I know it is something she understands and has championed while making changes within the Department. Looking at the figure of €1.1 billion, one might think it a huge amount but this is a huge and challenging problem. There is a commitment in the programme for Government to have...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (26 Jan 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter in relation to school transport for a child (details supplied) [3666/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (26 Jan 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 197. To ask the Minister for Health when speech and language therapy will be provided for a person (details supplied). [3943/22]

Ceisteanna Eile – Other Questions: Housing Provision (25 Jan 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 72. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress between his Department, Dublin City Council and approved housing bodies to deliver social and affordable public housing in north-west Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3355/22]

Ceisteanna Eile – Other Questions: Housing Provision (25 Jan 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Last year the Oireachtas housing committee spent our time ensuring the Affordable Housing Bill and the Land Development Agency Bill were passed. This year we will focus on the delivery, particularly the role of local authorities, approved housing bodies and the Department in ensuring the legislation all of the Deputies on this side of the House passed starts to turn into action. Will the...

Ceisteanna Eile – Other Questions: Housing Provision (25 Jan 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank the Minister. Until we passed the legislation last year local authorities were not in a position to deliver mixed tenure and mixed income housing and this will assist Dublin City Council in bringing forward projects. We all know the importance of this. Having represented Finglas and Ballymun for more than a decade I know the importance of it. It is very clear that local...

Ceisteanna Eile – Other Questions: Housing Provision (25 Jan 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank the Minister. I emphasise the importance of ensuring we put pressure on local authorities and approved housing bodies to deliver. They have been out of practice for some time. We are back in the business now of local authorities leading. I get the impression from the Opposition, particularly Sinn Féin as it criticises us, that it no longer criticises us on policy but on the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (25 Jan 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 144. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of his plans to implement the shared equity home loan scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3354/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: During the general election campaign, the overwhelming majority of members of the committee committed to try to increase the supply of housing. A large majority of the committee believe that we should do that by increasing the supply of public housing using AHBs and local authorities. If we answer that question in 2021 with the publication of Housing for All and the multi-annual budget, the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: In the case of those 25 sites, therefore, the funding and policy instruments are available. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: There is an estimate that those 25 greenfield sites could accommodate 2,000 units. That would represent a significant supply with all of them on public land owned by Dublin City Council, with no other ownership and so on. Is the Department ensuring that the council follows through on the obligations to deliver that given that it is probably one of the largest opportunities to allow urban...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: The question that many local representatives have is whether it is a priority. We know the tools are there but are we waiting on Dublin City Council to have the ambition for this or is the Department monitoring that ambition?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I have published an update on each of those 25 sites. I appreciate that Dublin City Council is being monitored. If it fails to live up to the ambition of the Department and the members of this committee, how will the Department react? Are there sanctions it may put in place?