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Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (27 May 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I welcome everybody here today, especially Mr. Spratt, who comes from the same parish as me. On B6 in the Vote, the smarter travel carbon reduction, particularly as it relates to small public service vehicles, SPSVs, there was an €8.9 million budgeted amount and a €5.6 million outturn. Will Mr. Spratt talk through the reasons for that shortfall?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (27 May 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I accept that, but there was a reduced spend and, obviously, there are structural issues. We all want to see a decarbonisation of the fleet, but there are clearly issues other than the grants which are being made available, especially to taxi drivers. As Mr. Spratt knows, taxi drivers will gather in Merrion Square today and many will say, in terms the end-of-life vehicle changes, they are...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (27 May 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I appreciate that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (27 May 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: We will need to do more, for that very reason of reaching the targets in the climate action plan, but it points to a broader problem as well. The NTA regulates taxi licences, but we do not have anybody looking at the taxi industry. What has been spent in terms of research on the taxi industry, the impact Covid-19 has had on it and how we can assist thousands of operators within a sector to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (26 May 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 73. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the grants available to sports clubs, resorts and golf clubs that would like to transition into carbon negative destinations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28638/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (26 May 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 97. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when driver theory tests will recommence; and his plans to deal with the backlog. [28757/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Insurance Industry (26 May 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 131. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to address borrowers availing of the Rebuilding Ireland home loan paying over the odds for mortgage protection insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28560/21]

International Travel and Aviation: Statements (25 May 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: As we have this debate on the digital green certificate, there are airport workers listening who have lost income or their jobs and who are seeking a roadmap forward. I hope that the Government will give them that roadmap on Friday. I worked in Dublin Airport and, as I said in this Chamber last September and again in January, morale there has never been as low. In managing the pandemic,...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Policies (25 May 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 33. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she is considering extending the provisions in the status of the Our Rural Future - Rural Development Policy 2021-2025 with regard to revitalising rural towns and villages; the measures that have been implemented to cover urban villages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27990/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Local Community Development Committees (25 May 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 40. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to expand the funding for local community development committees based on population; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27989/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (25 May 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 579. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her views on the Ballymun a Brighter Future Report (details supplied) published in March 2021; and if she will meet stakeholders involved in the report. [17151/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (25 May 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 580. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her progress to date on the commitment on page 85 of the Programme for Government to Expand the Dublin North East Inner City Model to other comparative areas experiencing disadvantage; and if the Ballymun - A Brighter Future report can be included in this model. [18419/21]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (25 May 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: It is interesting, and as we go through these amendments, we have to make some progress in the debate. Some of the discussion we have had for the past ten minutes relates to developments that are up and running or are not based on the legislation which we are passing here. There is an assumption that the way things have been done for the past ten years is the way the Minister intends to do...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (25 May 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I will address the legislation before us because we have spent much of the morning debating council decisions, which relate to previous policies. This Bill is about a new Government putting in place new policies to set a new direction in housing. There are two elements to those policies - the Minister rightly spoke about the Affordable Housing Bill, and the second is this Bill. Deputy...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (25 May 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I appreciate the bona fides of Deputy Boyd Barret's contribution but I wish to clarify what I just said because the Deputy is conflating the term "affordability" in two different Bills. Affordability is set out in the Affordable Housing Bill to allow councils to build homes on public land and the LDA will do the same. That is dealt with in the Affordable Housing Bill. In this Bill, the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Mental Health Services (20 May 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase the funding for mental health supports for third-level students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26982/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (20 May 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase the rate of students in areas of high deprivation going onto third-level education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26983/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (20 May 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the demand for the skills to advance the programme for the hospitality sector; his plans to advance a similar project for those in the retail sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26962/21]