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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: I am conscious of the Comptroller and Auditor General's contribution. I agree with Deputy Carroll MacNeill that it is worth testing the issue, but based on the Comptroller and Auditor General's response, are we laying down the beginnings of a precedent? By seeking permission, are we laying a precedent that we must seek permission on all occasions? Perhaps I am wrong, but the Comptroller...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: We should proceed with our job in that regard.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 107. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for changes in legislation to ensure better enforcement and adherence to Covid-19 guidelines. [31134/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug and Alcohol Task Forces (3 Nov 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 139. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase funding to local drugs and alcohol taskforces to support local projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33472/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 350. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to legislate to make masks and face coverings compulsory for passengers in a taxi. [33573/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Designation (3 Nov 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 715. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to expand and prioritise the transfer of viable schools to community national schools, as outlined in the programme for Government. [32477/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 716. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that have closed again since schools reopened due to Covid-19 clusters; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32478/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (3 Nov 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 815. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to improve pay and conditions for school secretaries and caretakers; when such improvements will be introduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33620/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (3 Nov 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 929. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter in relation applications for the pandemic unemployment payment (details supplied). [33571/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 1239. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase contact tracing for Covid-19; and if he has considered asking volunteers to carry out the process. [32751/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 1240. To ask the Minister for Health if he will categorise teachers as front-line workers for the purpose of Covid-19 testing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32752/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 1241. To ask the Minister for Health if he will carry out a review of contact tracing in schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32753/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 1247. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for expert school public health teams to deal with outbreaks in a school setting. [32769/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (3 Nov 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 1398. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the most recent CAMHS waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33448/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (3 Nov 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 1399. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for orthodontic procedures in CHO9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33449/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Referendum on Right to Housing: Discussion (3 Nov 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank the witnesses for attending the committee today. First, I wish to state my clear commitment to the right to housing and I am appreciative that it is included in the programme for Government. I am a little disappointed that we have had arguments perhaps being rehearsed here that were made by the previous Government about why this would not happen. This is a Government commitment and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Referendum on Right to Housing: Discussion (3 Nov 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: Will Ms Keatinge accept that the right is assigned to the citizen but not to the Government, and that we need to empower the Oireachtas to intervene?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Referendum on Right to Housing: Discussion (3 Nov 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: I do not see the Attorney General giving us different advice on, for example, an eviction ban, a rent ban or a more ambitious Part V based on this amendment.

Residential Tenancies Bill 2020: Second Stage (22 Oct 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: I welcome the Bill that is before the House. I note the comments of Deputies Ó Broin and Cian O'Callaghan in particular because many of the arguments they made about the housing crisis echo comments the Minister made when he was in opposition. Those comments reflect the grave error we in this country made of not building more public housing on public land. In the 120 days since the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Legislative Programme (22 Oct 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 9. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to criminalise adults who groom children to commit crimes, as outlined in the programme for Government. [31241/20]