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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment: Discussion (15 Dec 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank all the guests, particularly for their day-to-way work, but then to have the bandwidth to be able to consider a policy review of an overall instrument that is really important in the work they do is really useful. I also acknowledge how difficult it is to balance those two things. There is a commitment in the programme for Government to reduce the reliance on HAP but, equally, we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment: Discussion (15 Dec 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: Certainly, the main difference between RAS and HAP, from my perspective, is that the latter left local authorities off the hook in having to secure the tenancy.

Central Mental Hospital (Relocation) Bill 2020: Second Stage (10 Dec 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: I think the bulb blew but the best referee in Croke Park might not see me, I am so far back. I welcome the publication of the Bill. Previous speakers described it as technical legislation, and in some ways it is, but it underpins the vision for the relocation of the facility. I acknowledge the improvement in services and facilities it will bring about. I also acknowledge the provisions...

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

Paul McAuliffe: I welcome Ms McPhillips, Ms McCaffrey and all those who are joining us from another room. As a new member of the committee I look forward to working with the witnesses over the course of the Dáil term and being fair and frank when both characteristics are required. A number of matters are in the Comptroller and Auditor General's report. The history of the Thornton Hall site is well...

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

Paul McAuliffe: The accommodation issues in Mountjoy were one reason for the development at Thornton Hall. What has changed or could a smaller prison be accommodated on the site?

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

Paul McAuliffe: The witnesses mentioned contact with the Land Development Agency but have they indicated what percentage of the site should be retained? How many units or homes could be developed on the other portion of the site? Has any work been done on that?

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

Paul McAuliffe: Certainly 112 acres is a very significant development. It would also would have a significant impact on the surrounding areas. We saw many disputes in respect of the original idea, and I imagine it is something that would have to be handled sensitively. Given the issues around affordability, however, there is huge potential for the Land Development Agency, LDA to develop that portion of...

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

Paul McAuliffe: As a representative for the Finglas area, while I am a great fan of the work done by Fingal County Council, I often think that its attention is not drawn to the housing needs in its border area, so I might contradict it on that point. I want to concentrate on some of the positive work that is going on in within the Prison Service. Last year, with Bohemian Foundation I had the great...

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

Paul McAuliffe: I would like to finish with a comment rather than a question on an issue we can perhaps explore on another occasion, which is the safety and security of prison officers and their families, particularly in respect the impact of gangland crime. While spending is always an important issue, I urge the witnesses to do everything they can and to continue to do everything they are doing to ensure...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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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]