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Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: I am interested in cases where, during the asylum process, it is identified that someone has either committed a crime or has somehow escaped a jurisdiction to try to evade justice. Are the numbers in that regard small?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: Does Ms McPhillips know what they might be?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: That is my next question. If someone has presented false documents and has a conviction or is the subject of an open warrant, they can be refused. I just wanted to parse that out, because this is one of the biggest concerns.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: It is well known that if somebody is seeking asylum, they are less likely to commit a crime because they will be brought to the attention of the police. If I was making an application for asylum, I would be the most law-abiding citizen I could be because I would not want to attract the attention of the police. There is a question regarding the airlines. Regardless of whether someone...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: I may come back to that in a later round of questions. On the previous occasion our guests were before the committee, I pushed very heavily on the roll-out of the north inner city drug and alcohol task force. I welcome the announcement this week that John Costello is going to chair the implementation board in Ballymun. The witnesses will know that my next question is going to be about...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: Does Ms McPhillips believe that there are sufficient financial resources available to roll that out?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: Apologies. I have one final thing I wish to mention. I acknowledge the work of Ben Ryan, as well as that of Elizabeth Canavan and Barry Vaughan. All of them pushed very hard on this matter and I want to thank-----

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: -----them for the work that they did. Sometimes we give witnesses a great deal of criticism. It is important to give them the compliments when they are due.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: In the context of catching criminals who are trying to use Ireland as some sort of refuge, they can be caught as a result of their fingerprints as opposed to the travel documents they have destroyed.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: I am not doing so; I am only saying that in the case of - I will put my comments in context - the people to whom I refer. I am trying to debunk some of the concerns regarding a person who committed a crime and is being sought by the police in another country and who destroys his or her passport on arrival here. When that person presents, he or she will be fingerprinted and his or her...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: I wonder if we can ask the clerk to the committee to circulate confirmation of attendance for next week's meeting on 22 February. It is merely to confirm which bodies have accepted our invitation.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: Excellent. That is great. I thank the Chair.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Television Licence Fee (15 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: 28. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on the plans to reform the licence fee and future funding of RTÉ. [7025/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (15 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: 93. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the tenant in-situ-scheme; and a breakdown of the number of purchases by of the four Dublin local authorities. [7021/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Gaeltacht Scholarships (15 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: 213. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of Gaeltacht scholarships available to post primary level students in DEIS schools; her plans to increase this number; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7226/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Television Licence Fee (15 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: 214. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total revenue collected by the TV licence in the past four years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7227/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Television Licence Fee (15 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: 215. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total number of households who paid for a TV licence in the past four years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7228/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Television Licence Fee (15 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: 216. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total number of prosecutions for not having a TV licence in the past four years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7229/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Key Issues Affecting Youth: North South Youth Forum (15 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: It is great to hear young people's voices from across the island in Leinster House. When I was a young person involved in youth work we did North-South discussions. There were people at that time who would not sit in the room together or shake hands. These were not politicians but young people. We are now operating in an entirely different environment. As adults we must realise there are...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: I move amendment No. 29: In page 35, line 32, after “water” to insert “and wastewater services”. My amendment is similar to Deputy Flaherty's. I will withdraw it.