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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Waiver of Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of Residential Tenancies Bill 2021 (16 Mar 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: As Vice Chairman of the committee, I second the Chairman's proposal to waive pre-legislative scrutiny. I do that from the same perspective that he has outlined here. There is a hard stop where a group of people needs protection. It is a decision for us now whether we maximise the amount of time which this committee has to scrutinise the Bill and, therefore, risk the amount of time the...

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (11 Mar 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I welcome the Government's announcement in recent days regarding its attempts to secure a supply of vaccinations. I made a rough calculation. The WHO says 315 million people on the planet have been vaccinated out of an available population of 5.2 billion. This means that 4.8 billion individuals have yet to be vaccinated. In the early phases of the pandemic, we saw a great deal of amateur...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Vehicle Registration Tax (11 Mar 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 20. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if assistance will be provided in relation to the case of a missing log book of a person (details supplied). [13573/21]

Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Statements (10 Mar 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank the Minister for the announcement he made this week on further education and apprenticeships and on how they will be managed. Perhaps the term "further education" itself adds to the perception that there is a difference between higher education provided in universities and that provided through the education and training boards, ETBs, or apprenticeships. We have some concerns in...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Efficiency (10 Mar 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 76. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the availability of SEAI grants for private home owners to retrofit and insulate their homes; if these schemes will be expanded to cater for more persons; the current waiting time for a person that may wish to avail of same; if funding will be increased for these schemes; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Illegal Dumping (10 Mar 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 111. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to reduce illegal dumping nationwide; if he is satisfied that current measures to prevent dumping are sufficient; the role of CCTV in any prevention measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13088/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Efficiency (10 Mar 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 180. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress to date on the national retrofitting programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1580/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Local Authority Staff (10 Mar 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 181. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress made in ensuring that all local authorities have a sufficient number of biodiversity and heritage officers among their staff complement as outlined in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1581/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Traffic (10 Mar 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 230. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average number of haulage trucks that arrive into Irish ports on a weekly basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12803/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (10 Mar 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 258. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to extend the ten-year rule for taxi drivers with vehicles first registered in 2012 given the severe impact of Covid-19 on the industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13417/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (10 Mar 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 397. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding provided to Dublin City Council for retrofitting council properties in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13069/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (10 Mar 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 528. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a special needs assistant (details supplied) who is due to retire will be allowed to extend their working life; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13070/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (10 Mar 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 760. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the planned new ambulance station in Ardee, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12569/21]

Public Accounts Committee: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland: Financial Statements 2019 (9 Mar 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank the witnesses for being with us today. On the process of invoice discounting, does Mr. Black believe that is where SBCI should be in terms of providing additional liquidity to the Irish market or are the loans offered by the pillar banks a better option? Was there consideration of why invoice discounting should be supported?

Public Accounts Committee: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland: Financial Statements 2019 (9 Mar 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: In establishing it, I presume SBCI had a mechanism where it sought that partner. Did it have criteria for those partners and how did it advertise or tender for it?

Public Accounts Committee: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland: Financial Statements 2019 (9 Mar 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: We are also trying to protect the taxpayer.

Public Accounts Committee: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland: Financial Statements 2019 (9 Mar 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Was the existence of a special purpose vehicle, SPV, for this type of partnership with an invoice discounter considered and what sort of equity was it considered that it must be able to present to SBCI?

Public Accounts Committee: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland: Financial Statements 2019 (9 Mar 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Therefore, an SPV or an equity stake was not a requirement to partner with SBCI in regard to this service.

Public Accounts Committee: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland: Financial Statements 2019 (9 Mar 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: SBCI is in a very difficult area. It is trying to ensure that risk is minimal but, at the same time, it is trying to make credit available, and I accept that is a difficult situation. Mr. Black said there are ongoing reviews and we have spoken a lot about Bibby today. Is he concerned that the net value of the Bibby line group has dropped between 2013 and 2019? Does that pose a risk to the...

Public Accounts Committee: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland: Financial Statements 2019 (9 Mar 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Whether it is these invoice discounters or the pillar banks, is there a concern that while SBCI money sits in the banks, they are effectively leveraging that so that it frees them up in other areas? In other words, the money may not be used for anything other than small businesses but the benefit of having access to that is that it allows them to leverage and make other financial changes to...