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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Local Government (Directly Elected Mayor with Executive Functions in Limerick City and County) Bill 2021 (18 May 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I will come back to my observations on head 45. We have had a good discussion on the role of the director general. I can understand why staffing is not included within the mayor's remit, but we must look at introducing an element of control because much of the budget and strategic decisions in the council are based on staffing. While I do not expect the mayor to deal with individual...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Local Government (Directly Elected Mayor with Executive Functions in Limerick City and County) Bill 2021 (18 May 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: The only point I would make in that respect is that the objective may not be to unseat the mayor but to cause as much distraction and dismay as possible during his term. That is the worry. While the Minister will ultimately have the power and may choose not to remove the person, we could be locked in a procedure which frustrates the work of both the mayor and the council. We need to be...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (13 May 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I greatly welcome the Minister’s clarification that the commission will deal with pay structures and allowances. Allowances are at the heart of some of the key grievances that many of the Defence Forces personnel have. It was unfortunate that the comments were made in the Oireachtas that appeared to say the commission would not deal with HR issues. Members of the Defence Forces...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (13 May 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 12. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress to date on the commission on the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24889/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (13 May 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: This is perhaps the first opportunity for the Minister to address in the House the comments made by Mr. O'Driscoll before the Oireachtas committee. One of the main reasons I persuaded many people within my party to vote for the programme for Government was that it was clear the commission would deal with the issue of pay and conditions. It appears, however, that Mr. O'Driscoll's comments...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (13 May 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I confirm that I am in the convention centre, on the precincts of the campus. I will declare my hand early. While the Committee of Public Accounts does not deal with policy, my intention in my line of questioning is to demonstrate that the SHD process was a poor policy decision. I believe that to be the case from a housing perspective, in terms of how it has provided housing, but my...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (13 May 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Would they have been of the order of one sixth?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (13 May 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: It is fair to say the introduction of the SHD process has resulted in increased legal action in the planning system.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (13 May 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I apologise for having interrupted Mr. Walsh but I am short on time. I appreciate his confirming that and that it is a newly-introduced process but I welcome the Government's decision not to extend it. What will happen to the infrastructure constructed during these accounting periods? How will it be redeployed once SHDs are not renewed?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (13 May 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: The board is not making provision for any continuation of the SHD process post February next year.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (13 May 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 23. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to recruit and improve retention within the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24890/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (13 May 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her progress to date in increasing the number school places available to second-level boys in the Dublin 9 and 11 region due to a shortage of places for the next academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24887/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (13 May 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in completing the new DEIS identification model and in providing further support to schools already identified as DEIS at primary level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24888/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (13 May 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the Programme for Government commitment to commence a free schoolbooks scheme pilot in September 2020 and pending a successful review of the pilot, expand the scheme to schools nationwide as resources allow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25070/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Health Services (13 May 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status and details of the public health supports available to schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25071/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (12 May 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 282. To ask the Minister for Health the wait time in primary healthcare for a speech and language therapist in CHO9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25032/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (12 May 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 283. To ask the Minister for Health the wait time in primary healthcare for an occupational therapist in CHO9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25033/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (12 May 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 284. To ask the Minister for Health the wait time in primary healthcare for a psychologist in CHO9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25034/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (12 May 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 285. To ask the Minister for Health the wait time in primary healthcare for a physiotherapist in CHO9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25035/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (12 May 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 286. To ask the Minister for Health the wait time in disability care for a speech and language therapist in CHO9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25036/21]