Results 5,201-5,220 of 5,583 for speaker:Paul McAuliffe
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (13 Oct 2020)
Paul McAuliffe: 106. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax reliefs available to persons who are working from home; and if he is considering further tax credits to support workers in this regard. [30075/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Value Added Tax (13 Oct 2020)
Paul McAuliffe: 107. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to lower the VAT rate for the hospitality sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30076/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (13 Oct 2020)
Paul McAuliffe: 205. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when will the commission on the Defence Forces be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30047/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Representative Organisations (13 Oct 2020)
Paul McAuliffe: 206. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will consider permitting an association (details supplied) to associate with a representative body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30048/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (13 Oct 2020)
Paul McAuliffe: 510. To ask the Minister for Health the quantity of the winter 'flu vaccination purchased; his plans for additional quantities to be purchased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30071/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (13 Oct 2020)
Paul McAuliffe: 511. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to incentivise pharmacists to carry out off-site vaccination clinics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30072/20]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)
Paul McAuliffe: We could put that with Government funding and other issues.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)
Paul McAuliffe: The Chairman may feel I am broadening this too far, but in designing buildings, we are also designing communities. If we are going to build large-scale public housing projects, in particular, we have to ensure that we do not repeat the mistakes of previous projects of this type. Many of us represent a good number of these areas and have spent decades advocating for additional facilities and...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)
Paul McAuliffe: That can be both physical and infrastructural.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)
Paul McAuliffe: Could I ask Deputy Cian O'Callaghan to expand on his point on the need to have two meetings? Maybe I am coming from the perspective of the city, where pretty much everything is zoned at this stage. When talking about affordability and land use management, is the Deputy effectively talking about land in private ownership? Regarding the other schemes pertaining to lands in State ownership,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)
Paul McAuliffe: I think both of mine can be dealt with with Senator Fitzpatrick's and I am happy to leave them until then.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)
Paul McAuliffe: We have accidentally stumbled across an area that is of importance, namely, how local authorities maintain housing stock and over time how they upgrade it. This touches on the issue of voids versus casual voids and the way the State is funding both. There is no category this issue could be easily slotted into and, therefore, it deserves a stand-alone hearing. It is important that we...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)
Paul McAuliffe: Maintenance and management of public housing. It also leads to the false decision by the Department that AHBs are a better place to manage our stock because somehow they can maintain it better than local authorities. The main reason for that is local authorities often do not have the funding to manage and maintain housing.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)
Paul McAuliffe: I think it should be "management and maintenance of public housing stock".
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)
Paul McAuliffe: Can I make a proposal? The approval process links neatly with the value for money of the different schemes, in that each of the schemes has an approval process and they all differ. The approval process would either fall into that category or the category with the Minister which I think is already too full.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)
Paul McAuliffe: Agreed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)
Paul McAuliffe: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)
Paul McAuliffe: New build, regeneration and refurbishments.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)
Paul McAuliffe: Anything that has planning.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)
Paul McAuliffe: The people in the farthest points are an important part of our debate.