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Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 9 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 10 - Management of Social Welfare Appeals
Chapter 11 - Controls Over the Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (9 Dec 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank Mr. McKeon and Deputy Munster. We move now to Deputy Hourigan.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 9 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 10 - Management of Social Welfare Appeals
Chapter 11 - Controls Over the Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (9 Dec 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I did notify the Deputy when she had one minute left, although it was in the middle of an exchange between her and Mr. McKeon.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 9 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 10 - Management of Social Welfare Appeals
Chapter 11 - Controls Over the Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (9 Dec 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I might interrupt Mr. McKeon. Deputy Hourigan should note that we have one minute remaining.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 9 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 10 - Management of Social Welfare Appeals
Chapter 11 - Controls Over the Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (9 Dec 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank the Deputy.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 9 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 10 - Management of Social Welfare Appeals
Chapter 11 - Controls Over the Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (9 Dec 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: We are out of time, Mr. McKeon.

Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Ceann Comhairle, apart from that being a disgraceful slur on many public servants, I ask Deputy Ring to correct the record of the House. The State was not founded 100 years ago. The State was founded when the Republic was declared by the first Dáil.

Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: In speaking to the amendment, I have great sympathy with the point that we want planning decisions to by made in local authorities. That is why I said in the previous amendment that I particularly welcome this Bill. It is a fundamental delivery of our commitment in the programme for Government to restore the two-stage planning process. I do not want to rehearse the comments I gave in an...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I am anxious to allow the Minister to continue, because he was going in a certain direction. He said something important that I had not taken into account. While the amendment is very important for all of the reasons we discussed earlier, if it were to be accepted, I imagine the Bill would have to go back to the Seanad, which may stretch out the Bill and cause us to miss the timeline. As...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Like Deputy Pringle, I also rushed over - so much so that I forgot my jacket - and I am glad that the House has agreed to take the amendment at this point. Something very fundamental is happening in this Bill. We are restoring to the local authority level the first opportunity for decisions on planning applications and that is really crucial. There have been lots of issues with...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Dec 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 168. To ask the Minister for Health if he can arrange respite care and funding for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60762/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Joint Committee
Update from Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (7 Dec 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank Senator Fitzpatrick for allowing me some of her time. I thank the Minister of State for the commitment he has shown to community historical projects. We have seen the benefit of that in my constituency through the funding he awarded to St. Canice's monastery and graveyard. That nearly €30,000 has already been put to good use by Dublin City Council. We will see the benefit...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Joint Committee
Update from Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (7 Dec 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I was at another meeting, so I apologise if I repeat a question. We have just concluded our pre-legislative scrutiny report on the local government (directly elected mayor with executive functions in Limerick city and county) Bill 2021. To be fair, the pre-legislative scrutiny report included a wide range of suggestions. However, it was very clear that the changes that were needed, even to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Joint Committee
Update from Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (7 Dec 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: If there is time, I would like to turn to the issue of the Electoral Reform Bill 2020. The committee's pre-legislative scrutiny report is with the Minister of State. One of the issues we did not really have time to develop, due the time pressures of the pre-legislative scrutiny process, was a belief by many members of the committee that social media is fundamentally changing our electoral...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Dec 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: At yesterday's meeting of the Fianna Fáil Parliamentary Party, the Minister, Deputy Michael McGrath, informed us that more than 90% of people who had initially claimed the pandemic unemployment payment, PUP, have now signed off that payment. There was also a great deal of discussion around the reduction in the employment wage subsidy scheme, EWSS, in particular for the hospitality...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (2 Dec 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 41. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for affordable purchase, cost rental and social housing on the Kildonan lands, Finglas, Dublin 11; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59573/21]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Deputy O'Callaghan has asked many of my questions with regard to those experiencing homelessness. I know we have made significant progress. There has been a more than 30% reduction in homelessness, but as we head into winter we are starting to see the number rising again. We need to ensure we keep on top of it. The Minister is doing that, but it would be interesting to hear a little more...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (1 Dec 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 59. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the SEAI National Energy Research Development and Demonstration Funding Programme will be awarded. [59486/21]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank the Minister for his response. I agree with him that residents want to have a say at the planning stage and the Bill grants them that. Being aware of proposed developments at the pre-planning stage give residents more of an opportunity to be prepared for that process. In particular, I ask the Minister to consider those sections that provide information at the pre-planning stage...