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

Paul McAuliffe: I accept that. It is a trap the State has been involved in for the best part of 30 years of having a temporary support measure while also having a need for capital spending. I take the figures of €134 million for RAS and €382 million for HAP. I take the point that, on average, it provides a home for in the region of €10,000 per year. Mr. Doyle is correct that the...

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

Paul McAuliffe: Does Mr. Doyle agree with the ESRI's summation that we need to double our spending in capital?

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

Paul McAuliffe: To continue that line of questioning on the transition from short-term to longer-term supports, I will focus on the move from RAS to HAP. In many ways, it is an unfair comparison because, in many cases, it was a move from rent supplement, which was with the Department with responsibility for social welfare, towards HAP. Can Mr. Doyle compare the transition from RAS to HAP and talk about why...

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

Paul McAuliffe: Would Ms Mason accept that the reason it is not a replacement is that, in many ways, RAS has far better security of tenure than HAP?

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

Paul McAuliffe: The best part of €500 million is spent each year on these two supports. If it was any other portion of public procurement, senior public procurement experts would manage that €500 million. Instead, the policy allows for thousands of people without any public procurement knowledge spending public money in a market where it inevitably has an inflationary impact. Does Ms Mason...

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

Paul McAuliffe: Both politically and physically distanced, but I appreciate the Chairman's courtesy this morning. I am present because we are voting on the Land Development Agency Bill next door. Implicit in the debate during the previous general election and in subsequent reports, including as late as this morning in the ESRI's report on the need for a capital building programme, is a criticism that we...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (3 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 223. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the accuracy of the tagging scheme for wild salmon and sea trout (details supplied) on the River Maine. [30290/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Expenditure (3 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 283. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount spent on Expo 2020 Dubai; the breakdown of costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30382/21]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I have to forgive Deputy Boyd Barrett because he was not present for the entire debate on this Bill and the pre-legislative scrutiny of the Affordable Housing Bill. However, I am not sure what part of those two Bills he does not understand. The core direction of both is to ensure there is a legislative basis for significant delivery of public housing by the State on land that we own. The...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: It is not.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Vote for the Bill then.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: To be helpful, I was chairing the committee when the amendments grouped with No. 93 were discussed. Deputy O'Callaghan attempted to move Deputy Pringle's amendment at that time because Deputy Pringle was not here. We agreed that the amendment would not be moved at that time but that, when it came time for No. 93 to be debated, a member of Deputy Pringle's group could move his amendment. I...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Well that answers that question.

National Recovery and Resilience Plan: Statements (2 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I welcome the national recovery plan announced yesterday and the massive supports we will continue to give regarding the employment of people through the employment wage subsidy scheme, EWSS. In February, almost 500,000 people were supported under the scheme. While there will be reductions in the pandemic unemployment payment from September, there will be no cliff edge for employees...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (First-Time Buyers) Bill 2021: First Stage (2 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Planning and Development Act 2000 to provide for a specific percentage of lands in a private development to be limited for purchase by first-time buyers and to provide for related matters. I was disappointed not to be able to avail of my scheduled spot during Questions on Promised Legislation. I remind...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (First-Time Buyers) Bill 2021: First Stage (2 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (2 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 103. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to extend supports to bed and breakfasts in 2021 in view of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and the lack of international tourists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29882/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cybersecurity Policy (1 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank the Minister of State. It is an incredibly difficult time for all those in the HSE. They managed to continue to provide services during what can be only described as an unimaginably difficult 12 months and then faced the difficulties of the cyberattack. My heart goes out to everybody in the HSE who has had to deal with that situation. We are lucky. I pay tribute to the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cybersecurity Policy (1 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I acknowledge the work that is being done. In particular, the review will be important because it will ask question whether the NCSC is fit for purpose and what we need to do to ensure it is. In many ways, the cyberattack gives the Minister of State the opportunity to engage with other Ministers on the need for investment in this area. I would support the Minister of State in that regard....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cybersecurity Policy (1 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 67. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is satisfied that Ireland has the ability to prevent and overcome another cyber-attack given that Ireland currently ranks 26th on the 2017 GCI global cyber security index and ranks a medium to high 17th in the EU in a recent cybercrime vulnerability score; and his plans to improve cyber security. [29460/21]