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Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (18 Sep 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: Has the Chairman been informed of when the Joint Committee on Health will convene? The reason I ask is that circumstances in Dublin are changing and I would not like there to be a hiatus between this committee concluding and the health committee convening.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (18 Sep 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: Perhaps the clerk to the committee will get some clarification on that for us before we conclude our work. I too am anxious to conclude it, but I think that when the lockdowns in Kildare, Laois and Offaly occurred, this forum provided a valuable platform for us to discuss that. As we head into more restrictions in Dublin, I would not like to see us not have that same type of forum.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (18 Sep 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: The clerk might confirm that for the committee before we conclude.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Team Sport in Ireland (18 Sep 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: Ten.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Team Sport in Ireland (18 Sep 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: Yes. I thank each of the organisations for being with us today. There are very few people in this House who needed a pandemic to outline to them the importance of sport to society, our mental health and many other aspects. It would be wrong of us, however, not to acknowledge formally the huge level of contribution sport, particularly the structure of sport, played during the early stages...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Team Sport in Ireland (18 Sep 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: The figures are stark. I imagine if the risk at local level is included, those figures are compounded. I have dealt locally with one soccer club, Tolka Rovers, which I would say is at the point of closing its gates. It is dealing with banks. Some clubs will have an events facility or a pub on the site; others do not. How has each organisation assisted those local clubs? Has it been in...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Team Sport in Ireland (18 Sep 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: The initiative Mr. Horan mentioned about dealing with the banks is a really crucial one. Given that much of the land, sports clubs are is State-owned or leased through the local authority, liens on any mortgages would often be against that. There is not the same capacity to realise a debt if a club runs into trouble. I am happy to try to facilitate this with the Minister with...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Team Sport in Ireland (18 Sep 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: I should have prefaced my remarks by specifying at level 3.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Team Sport in Ireland (18 Sep 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: Chairman, could I have a short answer from the FAI as well?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Team Sport in Ireland (18 Sep 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: There is only one rugby club in my area, but I would not like not to hear from the IRFU.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Sport in Ireland (18 Sep 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: I welcome the representatives from the Department and Sport Ireland. Earlier, I outlined the benefits of sport and acknowledged the huge contribution that organised sporting bodies played locally in the early days of the pandemic. They demonstrated the substantial community resource that they are. I echo John Treacy's comments on the availability of sports outside the traditional ones. I...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Sport in Ireland (18 Sep 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: Will Mr. Kelly comment regarding ensuring the highest percentage possible goes to local organisations, rather than being eaten up by national bodies?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Sport in Ireland (18 Sep 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: I appreciate that reply because there is the possibility of a bank foreclosing on a club that then has to put a lock on the gate. It does not matter what level Dublin or any other county is at. No one can use that facility or that pitch and the bank is not realising any money. We need to look at the financial model of each club and perhaps ask the national bodies to put in place financial...

Ban on Rent Increases Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Sep 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: I always welcome the opportunity to speak about the unforgivable shortage of housing in this city and the rest of the country, and in turn, the unenviable and unacceptable position of renters. I welcome the opportunity provided by the Opposition to highlight again the real experience of renters, the lack of security of tenure, the uncertainty, the disproportionate percentage of rental cost...

Protecting Jobs and Supporting Business: Statements (16 Sep 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: As we saw in the July stimulus package, this new Government is investing in key projects and supporting workers and businesses at an unprecedented level at an unprecedented time. The massive scale of the response underlines our commitment to protecting jobs and communities. With the July stimulus package, the State is spending approximately €87 billion in 2020. There is one category...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Final Report of Nursing Homes Expert Panel (Resumed) (16 Sep 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: Deputy O'Dowd would like to contribute first.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Final Report of Nursing Homes Expert Panel (Resumed) (16 Sep 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: I am happy to yield three to the Chair. There is a huge array of recommendations here and I will focus on those on visiting nursing homes. The first recommendation in that section refers to balancing personal freedoms and public health measures. However, in the plan published yesterday, it seems clear that at a particular point in the scale, there will be suspension of nursing home...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Final Report of Nursing Homes Expert Panel (Resumed) (16 Sep 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: To be more specific, the report talks about additional facilities and such facilities would need to be funded. What model and level of funding would be applied?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Final Report of Nursing Homes Expert Panel (Resumed) (16 Sep 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: It would be incredibly important. I know from my own family and from many other families that visiting other people with PPE and protective gear makes the visit almost more traumatic than the absence of a visit. We need to make sure that whatever facilities there are ease some of these concerns or make PPE less necessary by having physical barriers. We want to make sure any facility put in...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Final Report of Nursing Homes Expert Panel (Resumed) (16 Sep 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: I am surprised that visitors are not necessarily a source of infection but as part of the Government's plan published yesterday, it is very clear that under level 3, visits, aside from critical or compassionate circumstances, would be suspended. My worry is that if we were to be in level 3 for a long time it would have a significant impact on people in nursing homes. I have run out of time...