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- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Legislative Programme (22 Oct 2020)
Paul McAuliffe: There is undoubtedly sufficient social distance between the Ministers and me. Sitting back here gives a whole new meaning to the term "backbencher". I ask for an outline of the Government's plans to criminalise adults who groom children to commit crimes, as outlined in the programme for Government.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Legislative Programme (22 Oct 2020)
Paul McAuliffe: I thank the Minister of State. He spoke of the damage being done to children. I acknowledge the work done by the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, in this area before her appointment. She visited Ballymun and Finglas in my constituency several years ago to talk to us about "Fagin's law", her Bill on the recruitment of children to engage in criminal activity. While she had been inspired...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Legislative Programme (22 Oct 2020)
Paul McAuliffe: I look forward to working with that review. I once chaired a youth justice project, not in my local area but in Kilmore. Many of the services put in place by the State, whether youth justice or issues such as those I was talking to the Minister about last night, including the national childcare scheme, after-school programmes and similar matters, are working to ensure that children do not...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Scheme (22 Oct 2020)
Paul McAuliffe: 108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if vertical DEIS 1 schools will benefit from a reduction in the pupil teacher ratio announced in Budget 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32252/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Scheme (22 Oct 2020)
Paul McAuliffe: 109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if junior DEIS 1 schools will benefit from a reduction in the pupil teacher ratio announced in Budget 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32253/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (22 Oct 2020)
Paul McAuliffe: 120. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the date at which self-employed persons receiving the PUP payment can earn up to €480 will be operational. [32115/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Enterprise Support Services (22 Oct 2020)
Paul McAuliffe: 119. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the criteria that has changed in relation to the enterprise support grant of up to €1,000 for the self-employed following Budget 2021. [32114/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (22 Oct 2020)
Paul McAuliffe: 121. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the pandemic unemployment payment of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed using their 2019 returns. [32118/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (22 Oct 2020)
Paul McAuliffe: 124. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the social welfare entitlements of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed [32187/20]
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (21 Oct 2020) Paul McAuliffe: Grants to education bodies working in the primary and post-primary sectors increased by €10 million in the 2019 accounts. Additional costs arose specifically in respect of the State Exams Commission, SEC, with regard to reforms to the leaving certificate appeals system and the accelerated implementation of the online marking system. Was the procurement of services from external...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (21 Oct 2020) Paul McAuliffe: Yes, and the online marking system.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (21 Oct 2020) Paul McAuliffe: Perhaps I could be more direct in my questioning. The question related to whether the procurement of services from external companies was involved in that increase in spending. To be more direct, there has been much discussion about a company called Polymetrika. In 2019, and in the accounts that are before the committee today, were services procured from Polymetrika?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (21 Oct 2020) Paul McAuliffe: So, there were no services in the 2019 period relating to that company?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (21 Oct 2020) Paul McAuliffe: In the accounts before the committee, Mr. Ó Foghlú has a broader responsibility. Was there a relationship with Polymetrika in 2019?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (21 Oct 2020) Paul McAuliffe: Can Mr. Ó Foghlú outline the nature of the services that were provided in 2019?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (21 Oct 2020) Paul McAuliffe: I am a little surprised that that information is not available to the Secretary General, given that this might have been an expected question.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (21 Oct 2020) Paul McAuliffe: Of course.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (21 Oct 2020) Paul McAuliffe: My question is this: did the Department procure services from Polymetrika in the 2019 period?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (21 Oct 2020) Paul McAuliffe: Will Mr. Ó Foghlú tell us the basis on which those services were procured and the skills Polymetrika brought which clearly were not within the Department's current resources?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (21 Oct 2020) Paul McAuliffe: It was related to the international PISA rankings rather than the accelerated implementation of any new online marking system.