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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Bank Charges (1 Dec 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 225. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on changes to bank charges at banks (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this may lead to substantial increases for some customers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40185/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (1 Dec 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 281. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if allegations raised regarding balcony defects in an estate (details supplied) in Dublin 24 will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39593/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (1 Dec 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 380. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review salaries of communication supports who are assigned to children in both primary and secondary school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39599/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Local Employment Service (1 Dec 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 483. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the regions which will be prioritised for funding in relation to additional funding for new services in local employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39937/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Local Employment Service (1 Dec 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 484. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the timeframe for the establishment for the recently announced new local employment services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39938/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Local Employment Service (1 Dec 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 485. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the process for choosing the providers of the recently announced new local employment services. [39939/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Local Employment Service (1 Dec 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 486. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the four new additional local employment services to be established will have the same operational basis as the existing community-led local employment services providers across the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39940/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Youth Unemployment (1 Dec 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 492. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the policy measures being taken by her Department to help young people secure employment particularly in areas of high unemployment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35105/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Dec 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 630. To ask the Minister for Health if HSE staff in Kenmare Community Hospital and other locations in County Kerry who are dealing with Covid-19 cases will only be rostered to assist with these patients and will not be rostered to work on other wards or with other patients who have not contracted Covid-19, as per the guidelines of the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39587/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Construction Defects: Discussion with Construction Defects Alliance (1 Dec 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank the witnesses for joining us. In many ways, it is poignant that they are joining us from their homes, which are the subject of today's meeting. Many of those who have spoken have said they were not in a management company at a particular time. That is partly because the group of people which has been asked to take on many of these issues comprises those who voluntarily contributed...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Construction Defects: Discussion with Construction Defects Alliance (1 Dec 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: I do not think we will get a third round. Senator Dooley was due to contribute on this and wanted to raise the issue of pyrite and mica in Clare. I just want to put it on the record. Obviously, we will not be able to get to that third slot.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed)
Chapter 11 - Social Housing
Chapter 12 - Land Aggregation Scheme.
Chapter 13 - Pyrite Remediation Scheme. (26 Nov 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: I welcome our guests, Mr. Doyle, Mr. O'Connor and Ms Ryan in the room, and all those who are joining us via Teams. I hope to keep my questions short and hope the witnesses can keep their responses short so that we can cover as much territory as possible. I hope to cover Chapters 11, measuring performance for Exchequer spending on social housing; Chapter 12, progress under the land...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed)
Chapter 11 - Social Housing
Chapter 12 - Land Aggregation Scheme.
Chapter 13 - Pyrite Remediation Scheme. (26 Nov 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: While the indicators measure the output, in some cases there was a failure to understand the economic element and the value-for-money element. Let me take two examples. A housing assistance payment, HAP, tenancy has an indicator. Many of us in the room would have dealt with a family who might have become homeless, availed of emergency accommodation, exited emergency accommodation, taken up...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed)
Chapter 11 - Social Housing
Chapter 12 - Land Aggregation Scheme.
Chapter 13 - Pyrite Remediation Scheme. (26 Nov 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: I do not want to delve too deeply into the policy area. In highlighting those issues, we are highlighting that the policies were revenue intensive and, in many ways, they were short-term because of the immediate shortage. Their value for money and efficiency, and the more holistic aspect in terms of being more than just a home were not considered by the policy. The accounting is really...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed)
Chapter 11 - Social Housing
Chapter 12 - Land Aggregation Scheme.
Chapter 13 - Pyrite Remediation Scheme. (26 Nov 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: I am sure many people in the political space would agree that HAP is a total waste of taxpayers' money over a long period. Our failure to wean ourselves off HAP over the past ten or more years has been a failure of policy. Mr. Doyle spoke about the supply of housing. I ask about the land aggregation and Mr. O'Connor might like to answer some of these questions. Let us cast our minds...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed)
Chapter 11 - Social Housing
Chapter 12 - Land Aggregation Scheme.
Chapter 13 - Pyrite Remediation Scheme. (26 Nov 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: Even with 900, that is still less than one third of the total potential of those sites.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed)
Chapter 11 - Social Housing
Chapter 12 - Land Aggregation Scheme.
Chapter 13 - Pyrite Remediation Scheme. (26 Nov 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: The point about the mix echoes a point I previously raised regarding the range of policy measures. As a former local authority member, I have some experience of how it can be really difficult delivering a mix on big sites. Can Mr. O'Connor answer the criticism of why it has not proved possible to deliver on so many of the sites transferred to the Housing Agency? I think 37 were categorised...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed)
Chapter 11 - Social Housing
Chapter 12 - Land Aggregation Scheme.
Chapter 13 - Pyrite Remediation Scheme. (26 Nov 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: Is Mr. O'Connor saying that the figure of 37 sites, with 25 having low demand, is not correct?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed)
Chapter 11 - Social Housing
Chapter 12 - Land Aggregation Scheme.
Chapter 13 - Pyrite Remediation Scheme. (26 Nov 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: Let us focus on those other sites, because I have asked that question twice. I appreciate that the Housing Agency is dealing with issues decided outside its remit. Is it the case that there were sites bought by a local authority, because it wished to develop them, which had the potential to deliver 50% of the total estimate, that the Housing Agency asked was it interested and the local...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed)
Chapter 11 - Social Housing
Chapter 12 - Land Aggregation Scheme.
Chapter 13 - Pyrite Remediation Scheme. (26 Nov 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: How can any local authority suggest that it either has low demand or no need in the midst of the current housing crisis? It seems an amazing assessment.