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Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (11 May 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 851. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a roadmap for weddings over the next few months in line with the level of vaccinations and proposed number of attendees at weddings. [24352/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill: Discussion (11 May 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: My thanks to Councillors Sheahan, Fennelly, Colgan, Hoade and Anglim for being with us today. As my party spokesperson on local government, I value the engagement. I am not speaking on behalf of my colleagues but I believe there is an open invitation to the witnesses to participate in any of the tranches of legislation this committee is dealing with. We are dealing with the electoral...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Anti-Social Behaviour (6 May 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: As Covid forced many people in society to withdraw from our public spaces, unfortunately, levels of antisocial behaviour crept in. As we head into a period when, hopefully, things will begin to open again and we will make greater use of our outdoor spaces, I and many other Members of this House want to make sure that they are safe places to be. Unfortunately, over recent weeks and months,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Anti-Social Behaviour (6 May 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I welcome the Minister of State’s comprehensive response to the issue I raised. It is fair to say that while the numbers are lower, the visibility of those incidents is much greater. We must ask ourselves why they are more visible during Covid time. With less international and national news, the stories of these individuals are coming to the fore, but in many ways those stories were...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Appointments to State Boards (6 May 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 32. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of his efforts to reform of the Taxi Advisory Committee. [23462/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Appointments to State Boards (6 May 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 33. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the membership of the Taxi Advisory Committee; and the organisations they represent. [23463/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Appointments to State Boards (6 May 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 34. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether taxi drivers are fairly represented on the Taxi Advisory Committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23464/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Appointments to State Boards (6 May 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 35. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the remit of the Taxi Advisory Committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23465/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Appointments to State Boards (6 May 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 36. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of times the Taxi Advisory Committee has met in the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23466/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Appointments to State Boards (6 May 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 37. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the process for appointment to the Taxi Advisory Committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23467/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (5 May 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 79. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the measures being introduced to escalate the scale of housing being built in 2021 following the construction sector shutdown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23009/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (5 May 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 58. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the social, affordable and cost rental housing projects funded by his Department in Dublin 9 and 11; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23010/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (5 May 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 193. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider the proposal by a group (details supplied) to have a separate section of Metro North extended to Santry village; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23124/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (5 May 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address the shortage of substitute teachers; and if she will consider amending the five-day rule in which newly qualified teachers who are not yet registered with the Teaching Council can only teach for five consecutive days on a temporary basis. [23118/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Procurement Contracts (5 May 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 421. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of her plans to publicly tender on a cost bid model for the local employment services and jobs clubs here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23152/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Procurement Contracts (5 May 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 422. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider the delivery of the employment service initially as a two- or three-year pilot delivered by local development companies therefore eradicating the need to tender; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23153/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (5 May 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 444. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the shortfall of funding for a project (details supplied) as a result of the move from community childcare subvention to the new national childcare scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23105/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Engagement with the Office of the Planning Regulator (4 May 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I will take the first slot and the second slot will be taken by Senator Byrne, as Senator Fitzpatrick is attending another committee meeting. I welcome Mr. Cussen and Ms O'Connor to the meeting. The comments from the Chair outline the importance of the OPR. It is about balancing that with accountability and the element of local democracy held by officials and elected members. I will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Engagement with the Office of the Planning Regulator (4 May 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: My second question relates to height. The previous Government's decision to allow height strategies to be set aside has had an impact. I will outline an example. Santry and Ballymun sit very close to each other. One will benefit from a metro scheme but the other will not. However, all of the large-scale development over the past 12 to 24 months has been in Santry. That is because the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Engagement with the Office of the Planning Regulator (4 May 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: What about the height issue?