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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Autism Support Services (9 Sep 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. In the immediate aftermath of the election, the Taoiseach, Deputy Micheál Martin, said that there was an urgent need to provide the country with a functioning government. In outlining the many reasons why that was needed, he spoke very passionately about how parents of children with a disability must fight to secure a place each September for their...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Autism Support Services (9 Sep 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank the Minister of State. At the heart of her reply, as well as the experience of any parents who sit before us at a clinic explaining their real urgency and frustration, is the issue of transparency. Many of those parents do not feel part of the process but feel they are subject to the process. Many do not believe there is transparency about how a school or ASD unit is established,...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Human Rights and Civil Liberty Considerations (9 Sep 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: I appreciate the witnesses attending the committee today. Dr. Ronan Glynn, on RTÉ on Friday night, talked about us closing chapter one and moving into chapter two, where chapter one was about us suppressing a huge outbreak of a disease that we we were very unfamiliar with, and chapter two is about us learning to live with this virus. The actions that were taken in the first chapter may...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Human Rights and Civil Liberty Considerations (9 Sep 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: While I share the witness's concerns on the broader point, I must say that I have not met, in my clinic, anybody who said that they have been removed from the payment on the ground of genuinely seeking work, nor have I heard tell of this from any of my colleagues. So, the questions is, is it a current and legitimate concern, or a broader concern regarding the overall legislation in the...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Human Rights and Civil Liberty Considerations (9 Sep 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: I accept that, but at present, I am not aware of any people who have been removed on the grounds of genuinely seeking work, and the Minister has been clear about the two-week holiday requirement. Are the organisations aware of such people, other than those contacting Mr. Bowes with a concern?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Human Rights and Civil Liberty Considerations (9 Sep 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: It would be good if Mr. Bowes could provide the committee with some of the numbers around that because we could include that in our report, that is, how many people have been removed on that basis. On the second point about those who were removed for permanently leaving the State, and there is a lot of debate around this, I certainly believe that many ordinary people would feel that it...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Human Rights and Civil Liberty Considerations (9 Sep 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: On leaving the State, or being on a flight during a period when the Government was advising people they should not leave the State – that was a guideline, obviously – the question is whether that was enough. Was that a reasonable ground to assume people were leaving the State permanently? I agree with Mr. Bowes. I do not believe fair procedures were used here and that all the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (8 Sep 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 708. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) and the rate of pandemic unemployment payment paid to them will be reviewed. [21888/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid Service (8 Sep 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 915. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans for the Legal Aid Board in Finglas, Dublin 11; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21596/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (8 Sep 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 1320. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card application by a person (details supplied) will be examined. [22114/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (8 Sep 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 1389. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a medical card for a person (details supplied). [22541/20]

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (26 Aug 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: I will take five minutes and give the remaining five minutes to Deputy Lawless. The Chairman might assist me in indicating when the five minutes is up.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (26 Aug 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: I appreciate Mr. Reid and his team coming to us again today. I will take us back to the first days in March when there was an outbreak in a local school in my constituency. Some of the communications around the early stages were possible because there was a small number of incidents. Given the reopening of schools taking place, has the HSE looked at the communication strategy for what will...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (26 Aug 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: Chairman-----

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (26 Aug 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: To be clear, I had ten minutes on this slot. Fianna Fáil has not-----

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (26 Aug 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: Yes, but the Chairman might remember that at the beginning, Fine Gael-----

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (26 Aug 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: Sorry, Chairman. Fine Gael and Sinn Féin each had ten minutes at the beginning. Fianna Fáil has not had a ten-minute block for the entire session.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (26 Aug 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: This is incredibly unfair.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (26 Aug 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: We have not had a block of ten minutes.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (26 Aug 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: I thought I cleared that with you earlier. Obviously, I was wrong.