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Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons
Chapter 7 – Catering and Ancillary Services in Prisons (10 Dec 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: I saw the extra spending on that.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (10 Dec 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 24. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress in tackling the issue of catalytic converter thefts from cars; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42330/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Anti-Social Behaviour (10 Dec 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 39. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in setting up a special expert forum on antisocial behaviour to consider the effectiveness of existing legislation and propose new ways forward including new powers for An Garda Síochána and additional interventions to support parenting of offenders as outlined in the programme for Government....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Dec 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 110. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date and the sectors involved in the planning of the distribution of a Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42336/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Education (10 Dec 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 114. To ask the Minister for Health the supports available to student nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42431/20]

Social Welfare Bill 2020: Second Stage (9 Dec 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: I believe I am sharing with Deputy Carroll MacNeill, although I cannot see her in the Chamber. She may be on the upper deck.

Social Welfare Bill 2020: Second Stage (9 Dec 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill. Having been a Member of this House only since February, I am aware that a vast amount of the time in this Chamber is spent on the Opposition misleading many people that this Government does not protect the most vulnerable in our society. From the first days during which the programme for Government was being put together, that has been a core...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Dec 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 236. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the Covid-19 guidance that has been given on children's dance classes during level 3; if one-to-one classes are allowed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41423/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (8 Dec 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 275. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress made in providing seed capital to local authorities to provide serviced sites at cost in towns and villages to allow persons and families build homes as outlined in the Programme for Government. [41446/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (8 Dec 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 276. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress to date in expanding the role of vacant homes officers in local authorities and support local authorities to bring vacant stock into productive use as outlined in the Programme for Government. [41447/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (8 Dec 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 277. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress to date in examining the creation of a system of holding rental deposits informed by international experience as outlined in the Programme for Government. [41448/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Compulsory Purchase Orders (8 Dec 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 278. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress to date in reforming and consolidating compulsory purchase order laws as outlined in the Programme for Government. [41449/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (8 Dec 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the required pupil teacher ratio for a junior co-educational school with nine teachers. [41873/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (8 Dec 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 366. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in the tender and construction of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42028/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit (8 Dec 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 407. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) against the removal of their illness benefit payment. [41872/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: General Practitioner Services (8 Dec 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 605. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the lack of general practitioners taking on new patients in Santry, Dublin 9;and his plans for a primary healthcare centre in the area. [41319/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2020: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Dec 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: I will concentrate on the new amendments to the Bill that relate to the tenancy protections. On the dates, it refers to tenants who at any stage between 1 August and 12 April 2021 were on pandemic unemployment payment, PUP, and so on. Why was 1 August chosen rather than 1 April? People might have been in receipt of the PUP between April and August and built up arrears but are not now...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2020: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Dec 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: That is a very profound comment to make. Is that the view of the Department?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2020: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Dec 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: Does Mr. Lemass realise we exited level 5 restrictions two weeks ago?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2020: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Dec 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: As soon as the landlord makes that claim and the counter application the protection from eviction is lifted but the case might only be resolved at dispute stage.