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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Feb 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: In reading the Bill there are a number of measures I am very pleased with, principally the resurrection of the 2011 affordable housing measures that were retired by the Government in 2011. I would see one of the key measures of the Bill being a supply side instrument, which is the shared equity, local authority-led affordable housing scheme. I imagine that this is one of the principal areas...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Feb 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I welcome that. I believe that the local authority-led shared equity scheme is a huge positive. It sometimes gets lost because of the shared equity loan. It would also be the cornerstone to building public housing on public land, which is a significant departure for the new Government. It is a really important measure. There has been some focus on the shared equity scheme, but would Dr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Feb 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Senator Fitzpatrick and I will share it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Feb 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Regarding my second question, we have been critical of the ESRI in some ways today. Economists can only put forward the views they hold and I accept that the contribution that was made was limited to one area, but it was right for us to consider the broader issues as well. I would be interested in hearing about scaling up cost rental. It was right to say that the current supply was...

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

Paul McAuliffe: I will take four minutes and leave some time at the end for the Minister's answer. Although I have raised many of these issues with him privately, I will do so here, on record. I put up a post today welcoming the Helix centre in DCU being used as one of the community vaccination hubs in my area. I was inundated by requests from people asking when they might be vaccinated. It is worth...

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

Paul McAuliffe: It is.

Covid-19 (Transport and Travel): Statements (10 Feb 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I will only use 60 seconds and leave 60 seconds for the Minister to respond, if he can. We all know that during Covid-19 public spaces have proved invaluable, yet some of them remain very unsafe as a result of illegally driven scrambler bikes. I thank the Minister and the other leaders for securing a commitment on this matter in the programme for Government. I thank the Taoiseach for the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Feb 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 154. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the requirements regarding PPE for driving instructors when providing driver lessons, in particular face masks and hand sanitisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6994/21]

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

Paul McAuliffe: 405. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been made regarding SNA allocations for September 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6440/21]

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

Paul McAuliffe: 445. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a list of schools in Dublin 9 and 11 with ASD units at primary and post-primary level will be provided; her views on whether this is sufficient; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6965/21]

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

Paul McAuliffe: 446. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if schools in Dublin 9 or 11 have contacted her Department in the past year about opening up a new ASD unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6966/21]

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

Paul McAuliffe: 447. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts her Department and the NCSE are making to forecast the required number of ASD places needed in Dublin 9 and 11; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6967/21]

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

Paul McAuliffe: 478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when children in mainstream primary school classes who are accessing the highest level of continuum support, that is, with Down syndrome will be returning to school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7422/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Feb 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 765. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for introducing rapid antigen testing at hospitals for outpatients. [6583/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (10 Feb 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 787. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the fact that Dublin Fire Brigade paramedics have not yet received their vaccination (details supplied); the reason for the delay in the vaccinations; and the governance arrangements under which Dublin Fire Brigade receives vaccinations. [6694/21]

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (9 Feb 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: We have learned today that the new date of completion in May 2024. What we have not really nailed down is what the additional costs associated with that delay is so let me ask that question directly.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (9 Feb 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Does Mr. Gunning have parameters for us on the minimum or maximum amount that that might cost?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (9 Feb 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I appreciate the process that the board is in at the moment. It is well known that construction companies often tender for a job and make their money on their claims so I appreciate the robust response that the board is taking to claims. It does have an impact on the legal costs of that process too. Mr. Gunning has just discussed the following issue. Can he outline what measures have been...

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (9 Feb 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Of those claims, 466 have been dealt with and 234 remain. Does Mr. Gunning believe that the contractors are operating in good faith? In terms of the claims that are being put forward, can he talk to us about those that are reasonable that have been dealt with so far? There is the possibility that almost in a process of attrition there is an attempt to wear down resistance to claims. Can...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (9 Feb 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: As I am coming in so late in the debate, many of my questions have been answered. In some ways, that gives me an opportunity to reflect on some of the suggestions being made, in particular members of the committee who are in opposition. Effectively, what the affordable housing Bill and the Land Development Agency Bill are doing is giving tools to local authorities to develop mixed-income...