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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I move amendment No. 204: In page 46, line 7, to delete “50 per cent” and substitute “80 per cent”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I move amendment No. 209: In page 46, line 11, to delete “50 per cent” and substitute “80 per cent”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I move amendment No. 222: In page 48, line 7, to delete “may” and substitute “shall”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I move amendment No. 223: In page 48, line 25, after “housing” to insert the following: “, including the affordable land value of relevant public lands in the geographic or administrative area”.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (16 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 183. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider funding multisystemic therapy for an organisation (details supplied). [32310/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (16 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 184. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider funding additional posts (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32311/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Legislative Measures (16 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider an amendment to the Technological Universities Act 2018 for section 12(j) to be amended to increase the number of education and training board nominees onto each technological university’s governing body from one to three nominees. [32312/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Juvenile Offenders (16 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 223. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider additional resources to allow an expansion of the Strive programme in Ballymun to allow more offenders to be included; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32308/21]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank the Minister for bringing forward his amendment, which agrees with my own. It was the intention to cover elected members in this case, and both the Minister's commitment here, and our amendment, state that. Therefore, I welcome the Minister's amendment today.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I will move amendment No. 188 which relates to section 183 of the Local Government Act and provides that disposals would be approved by local authority members. There is a view that local authorities are delaying the delivery of social and affordable housing. Prior to the publication of the Affordable Housing Bill and this Bill, it could have been argued that it was not possible for local...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank the Minister for taking on board my views, those of Deputy Higgins and other members of the committee who have raised this issue, and those of members of our party who are not members of the committee. Everyone is trying to approach this matter from the positive perspective of building homes. It is about finding the balance we spoke about. I will not pursue my amendment on the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I am sorry Chairman, but I had my hand raised.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I return to Deputy Cian O'Callaghan's point. I ask the Minister to specifically clarify it in his reply because the Deputy made a statement of what he believed to be in the Bill and then a conclusion. His belief is that when land is transferred to a private owner that it will then be sold for open-market sale or for speculation and so on. It is very clear in this Bill that regardless of...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I wish to speak on the amendments that seek to remove the term "market value". I can understand the desire to do this if the reason it is included in the Bill is not understood. We go back to the discussion we had in the first session. Effectively, the LDA is a mechanism that allows for the transfer of land at a nominal cost, so that when homes are built they do not include a significant...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: In many ways, we are having an academic discussion on what might happen in future. We know that the Valuation Office will be involved in pricing this land. Perhaps, in advance of Report Stage, that office could make clear the basis of the valuation, which would show Deputies Ó Broin and Cian O'Callaghan, me and other members of the committee what is likely to happen. We will not then...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I am very conscious that I want to ask Mr. Joyce a question. I apologise for cutting Mr. Doorley off. Mr Joyce may not have time to answer all of my questions. In my area, I see a dysfunctional postal service, in particular on halting sites, as one of the issues that affects voting cards, election literature and so on. Is that something on which the Irish Traveller Movement has engaged...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I apologise.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank the representatives of the three organisations for being with us here today. We were anxious to ensure that groups such as those represented today with a long track record of representing people who are under-represented within the political system had a voice in this Bill. Our guests are right in saying it is something that has long been campaigned for. I certainly appreciate the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: That is good to hear. The National Youth Council made a suggestion around head 104 and the electoral register. I do not disagree. It is an area of increasing concern. Will Mr. Doorley talk about how the preregistration system might work? What user experience does he want for that system in order to encourage as many young people as possible to register?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Any member of the public who is not eligible for HAP and who has attended rent viewings would argue greatly with Ms Mason that HAP does not have a distorting impact on the market. It is a temporary, short-term, necessary support. Nobody disagrees with that. The question is: how long do we accept it as a short-term, necessary support? Has the Department set a target for when an eighth of...