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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (20 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 222. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the level of service provision at the National Orthopaedic Hospital, Cappagh; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51410/21]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: The programme for Government contains a range of commitments on education, not least the recent reduction in the pupil-teacher ratio. However, to do that, we first need a teacher, and I know many principals across north Dublin are struggling to recruit teachers at the moment. They are also struggling to find substitute teachers. There was an arrangement in place previously where special...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I will be happy to withdraw the amendment.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I hear exactly what the Deputies are saying. This gets to the crux of how we are going to reach our climate targets because, to do that, we need to work with industry, yet we know that when we work with industry, there are occasions when the public interest needs to be asserted over the interests of industry. My only fear with doing it in this ad hocway is that, should there be further...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (19 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 143. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he has taken to allow partners to attend maternity services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50798/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (19 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 146. To ask the Minister for Health his progress to date in lowering the waiting times for assessment of needs in Dublin 9 and 11;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50797/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (19 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 332. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to restart the Nitelink service in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50850/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (19 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 382. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51282/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites (19 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 462. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of the vacant site levy that was collected in 2020 compared to demands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50931/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites (19 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 463. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of the vacant site levy that was collected in 2020, by local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50932/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (19 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 779. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of the type 2 diabetes cycle of care programme since its inception; the number of persons that currently avail of the programme; the number of general practitioners that provide the programme; if the programme has been evaluated; if an audit of the programme has been completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50674/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (19 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 780. To ask the Minister for Health if he will extend the type 2 diabetes cycle of care programme to all persons with type 2 diabetes; his views on whether it is equitable that persons with type 2 diabetes without a GMS or GP visit card but who otherwise meet the HSE criteria for uncomplicated type 2 diabetes to be managed in primary care, are excluded from the programme; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (19 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 835. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to deal with the long delays for scoliosis surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51011/21]

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I always make the mistake of responding to the debate instead of just reading what I have prepared. Yet I find myself compelled to respond to the debate again.

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: On one side of the House we have the Opposition talking about the problem of inflation and spending more in order to tackle the it. Does the Opposition not realise that one of the principal causes of inflation is injecting more money into the economy? The more the Government injects more money into the economy, the more inflation increases. It is about striking a balance between Government...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure: Environmental Protection Agency (14 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Our witnesses today are from the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA. They are: Dr. Tom Ryan, director of the office of environmental enforcement; Dr. Michelle Minihan, senior inspector; Mr. Noel Byrne, programme manager at the office of environmental enforcement; and Ms Mary Gurrie, programme manager at the office of evidence and assessment. Members have been circulated with the opening...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure: Environmental Protection Agency (14 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank Dr. Ryan. The first speaking slot is for Fianna Fáil. With the committee's indulgence, I will take that first five-minute slot. If I continue for too long, I hope somebody will cut me off. The two incidents that have been outlined and the audit that has been completed demonstrate circumstances in which there was a really significant risk to public health. With regard to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure: Environmental Protection Agency (14 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Key to this seems to have been the seven-day delay in Gorey, and I think the delay was 12 days in Ballymore Eustace. What has Irish Water done to explain the delay in that notification and the processes and procedures it has in the service level agreement which should have prevented that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure: Environmental Protection Agency (14 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Dr. Ryan spoke about "a failure to escalate". I return to the point that Irish Water has strategic responsibility. As for the service level agreements, SLAs, in place between Irish Water and the local authorities, what does the SLA say about when such a notification should be given and the timelines for it? It is not clear at all that Irish Water had in place any notification periods that...