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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Waste Management (13 Dec 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Like all my colleagues, I call for the remunicipalisation of bin services in our city because this is one of the issues raised most regularly with us on the doorsteps. While I might disagree with some of the narrative about how we got here, I do not disagree that the way forward is certainly not clear. The Taoiseach has indicated that this is within the power of the local authorities. With...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Waste Management (13 Dec 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: The Minister of State has crystallised the argument. He said there is nothing to stop Dublin City Council or any other local authority from re-entering the market. Then, he produced a litany of reasons it should not happen. The officials in all our local authorities hear this. They hear the Custom House saying why this cannot happen rather than why it can. We should have more devolved...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Licences (13 Dec 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 25. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to review the SPSV licence renewal case of a person (details supplied). [55491/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Change Negotiations (12 Dec 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I call Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan. I ask Members to keep to one minute.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (12 Dec 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 2. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Social Affairs and Public Service will next meet. [53903/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (12 Dec 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 443. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new/additional social housing units provided, by county, in each of the past ten years; the number of persons accommodated in same, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55223/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (12 Dec 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 444. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons who have exited emergency accommodation in each year since his Department commenced publishing homelessness reports, in tabular from; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55224/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (12 Dec 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 468. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when child benefit will be reinstated for a child (details supplied). [54663/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Dec 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: From the very earliest days of this Dáil I have been pushing for the establishment of the Finglas primary care centre which is part of the Sláintecare plank of improving healthcare through primary care. We have received an update on the very slow process of transferring land from the diocese to Dublin City Council and then on to the HSE. We have been promised that a planning...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Dec 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Regarding our meeting with GSOC, please clarify if the officials from the Department of Justice will be in attendance at the same time.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Dec 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Yes. It is matter of how we approach this as a committee. My recollection of the last time the GSOC representatives were with us is that one of the significant areas of concern was the delays in terms of finalising complaints, particularly regarding persons under the age of 18. There was a very key, albeit a diplomatic answer, that the funding of GSOC was a key factor in that. I wonder...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Dec 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Dec 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Given the debate around the use of force and how free gardaí feel to be able to use that discretionary power, etc., delays in GSOC are a key factor and we should press the matter, if we can, at the meeting.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (7 Dec 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 23. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the delivery of housing on public owned sites in Dublin 9 and Dublin 11. [54216/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (7 Dec 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 31. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government To ask the Minister for Housing for an update on the number of successful applications for the First Home Scheme, and a breakdown on a county-by-county basis. [54215/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (7 Dec 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 131. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are plans to make provision for pension contributions for foster carers where they are unable to take-up other employment due to their role as a foster carer. [54218/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (7 Dec 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 150. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on the number of successful applicants for fuel allowance in 2023, and how this compares to the previous five years. [54217/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: There is an interaction between the notice periods, the restriction which we put on where a landlord can sell and this right. I suppose that is where the interactions we have just had are useful in this phase of the process. I wonder if FAQs might be developed, even at a draft stage, that would help us to understand some of the implications of the legislation. The previous round of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: There is nothing in the Bill that stops the landlord from achieving the full market value. There is nothing in it that forces them to wait until the other end of the notice period. In fact, we are providing a period before. That is really important. I think it was the Chair that indicated the last time that there was a perception being sent out that this was another burden on landlords....