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- 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]
- 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?