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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Policy (17 Nov 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of additional funding Dublin Airport has received to date in 2020, further to funding announced for airports in November 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36493/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Tolls (17 Nov 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 249. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to tolls for taxis on a motorway (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37082/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (17 Nov 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 272. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for changes to the stay and spend scheme given the level 5 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36761/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (17 Nov 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 654. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a naturalisation application by a person (details supplied). [36164/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (17 Nov 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 711. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that general practitioners in Finglas, Dublin 11, are not accepting new medical card patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36260/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (17 Nov 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 712. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a national shortage of the flu vaccine for adults; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36261/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Nov 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 713. To ask the Minister for Health when the results of the SCOPI: COVID-19 antibody research study will be finalised and published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36262/20]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (12 Nov 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: The programme for Government contains a clear commitment to finally solve the issue of the illegal use of scrambler bikes. This week, Deputy Lahart and I submitted a Private Members' Bill to the Ceann Comhairle's office to deal with some of those legislative changes. This matter involves a number of Ministers and Departments. I ask the Tánaiste not only to look at that Bill but also...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 – Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Chapter 4 – Control over Welfare Payments (12 Nov 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: I refer to the issue of supplementary welfare allowances and the controls that are in place. Anecdotally, I receive many different queries from the public about how they are treated differently. Obviously, a huge element of discretion is needed, but that also implies that a huge level of control is also needed within the Department. I wonder if the witnesses can talk about how that is...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 – Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Chapter 4 – Control over Welfare Payments (12 Nov 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: In terms of training and criteria for those staff, is that something that is provided that could be provided to the committee?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 – Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Chapter 4 – Control over Welfare Payments (12 Nov 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: I know that for citizens with bereavement costs or costs associated with a burial, for example, it can be difficult for some families where estrangement is a factor. The welfare officer requires that person, often the person who is left caring for the older relative, to act almost as liaison with all siblings in the entire family, regardless of whether there is estrangement in place. That...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 – Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Chapter 4 – Control over Welfare Payments (12 Nov 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: Like all the Deputies, I acknowledge the huge effort and work that was done. However, I received assurances a number of weeks ago that those payments would be made in a number of weeks. I ask, therefore, that everything be done in order for that to be done, particularly before Christmas. What is the average wait time for PUP claims to be processed under the new level 5 restrictions? How...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 – Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Chapter 4 – Control over Welfare Payments (12 Nov 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: I have had some anecdotal evidence of people who were in receipt of PUP earlier in the year, and when the new level 5 restrictions came in, on this occasion they were declined for PUP because of PRSI contributions. There seems to be some difference there between the two, and I wonder if the Department is keeping an eye on that. Is it something that is a live issue for it? What the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (12 Nov 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 40. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether public transport providers can cope with demand in the remaining weeks of level 5 restrictions at only 25% capacity; his plans to provide extra services on Dublin Bus or BusConnects routes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34823/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Light Rail Projects (12 Nov 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 46. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of metro north; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35427/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Light Rail Projects (12 Nov 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 119. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider bringing forward the construction of the Luas to Finglas route in the national development plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26667/20]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (12 Nov 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: I propose that I take two minutes, Deputy Murnane O'Connor takes two minutes and we give the Minister one minute. The Chair might give him a bit of leeway on it.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (12 Nov 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: To return to the issue of local authorities, the €900 million commercial rates waiver has been very significant at a time when local authorities have been hugely impacted by Covid, both in terms of spend and reduced income. In some local authorities, rates are not the same percentage of income that they might be in smaller counties. I name Dublin County Council. I hope the Minister...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (12 Nov 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: The Estimates reference €520 million from the local property tax fund. I am unsure whether it is the method I would have use to raise the local property tax, but many properties are paying no local property tax and there is unfairness to that. When will the review come? The issue is around the rebalancing or redistribution of rates outside the larger local authorities, outside...

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Second Stage (11 Nov 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: We are 50 days away from when the UK may leave the Single Market and customs union and the end of the transition period. I echo the Minister’s comments where he hopes the provisions of this Bill are never required. Ultimately, an agreement is in the best interests of all of these islands and the peoples on them. One reads the provisions of the Bill more in sadness than in anger....