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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 idea of low demand strikes me as a complete lack of ambition by many local authorities to solve the housing crisis. If it is not possible to do it in this decade when numbers were so difficult and if it was not possible to do it in the in the past decade for the same reason, I cannot imagine a time when they would be ambitious. I accept that the authority is effectively dealing with the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: EU Issues (26 Nov 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank the Minister.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: EU Issues (26 Nov 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 9. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on Poland and Hungary blocking coronavirus recovery funding due to it being linked to the rule of law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38266/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: EU Issues (26 Nov 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank the Minister for his comments. There has been debate on this issue already and I will not extend it. A sum of €2 trillion is an eye-watering amount of money, but even that amount is not enough to entice Europe to deviate from its values. Many in the UK argued for a long time that the EU is a Common Market rather than a Union. That is an important aspect in respect of how we...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Israeli Settlements (26 Nov 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 21. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on new illegal settlements on the West Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38265/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (26 Nov 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 193. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for amendments to the spend and save scheme in view of the current level 3 status of the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29974/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Motor Insurance (26 Nov 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 120. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to implement the recommendations made in the report by the working group on reducing the cost of motor insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39117/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Rates (26 Nov 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 139. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to reduce mortgage interest rates; his views on whether interest rates being charged here are reasonable compared to the rest of Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39118/20]

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government.
Local Government Fund
Chapter 2 – Central Government Funding of Local Authorities. (25 Nov 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: There will be more time for questions tomorrow, but in the meantime I would like as short an answer as possible while still addressing the issue. I know it is an impossible task. It is probably not surprising that in considering Vote 34 I was drawn to the money spent on the O'Devaney Gardens development in 2018 and 2019. The figures were €1.7 million for 2018 and €3.79...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government.
Local Government Fund
Chapter 2 – Central Government Funding of Local Authorities. (25 Nov 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: As such, some elements relate to the larger project.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government.
Local Government Fund
Chapter 2 – Central Government Funding of Local Authorities. (25 Nov 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: In July 2019, a new council was elected. It has a different approach to housing and seeks to build more public housing on public land. In November 2019, the council voted to approve the HLI deal and made a parallel agreement with Bartra Capital Property to purchase 30% of the stock for cost-rental accommodation. I know the new Government is committed to a cost-rental approach. At this...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government.
Local Government Fund
Chapter 2 – Central Government Funding of Local Authorities. (25 Nov 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: I really appreciate the Department's support, which was key to securing agreement on that site. That bears comparison with what happened just a week ago at the Oscar Traynor Road site. A full year passed between the decision on O'Devaney Gardens in November 2019 and the vote on the Oscar Traynor Road site in November 2020. It was known that the proposal for O'Devaney Gardens was barely...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government.
Local Government Fund
Chapter 2 – Central Government Funding of Local Authorities. (25 Nov 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: An earlier speaker described a mix of incomes. The main reason for the failure of this project was uncertainty around the prospect of 50% private ownership. These units could easily become private rental housing through the housing assistance payment, HAP, or a real estate Investment trust, REIT. Providing models of funding which allow certainty around the outcome will be the secret to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Data (25 Nov 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 31. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of renewable energy in kWh and the corresponding retail value of this renewable energy that was dispatched down due to constraints and curtailment on the energy network in each of the past four years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38941/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (25 Nov 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the refusal by a school of an application for assistive technology by a student (details supplied) will be reviewed. [38940/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (25 Nov 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the payment for the special transport grant for a person (details supplied) will be released in view of the fact it is overdue. [39031/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (25 Nov 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the stage 1-2a application by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39115/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (25 Nov 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 143. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of vacancies in community employment schemes; her plans to fill these vacancies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39112/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (25 Nov 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 144. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the recent changes in community employment rules (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39113/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (25 Nov 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 179. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce the Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017 or similar legislation to deal with the issue of revenge porn; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39114/20]