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Situation in the Middle East and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Statements (18 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I express my condolences to all those who have died in recent weeks in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories. I join in the growing chorus of Irish voices inside and outside this House who cherish the principle that attacks intentionally directed against a civilian population or against individual civilians who are not taking part in hostilities are wrong. They are unacceptable....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Taxi Regulations (18 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank the Minister of State. I welcome his clarification that the anomaly exists that those cars under section 31(2) will be older and yet we will be asking newer cars to come off the road. It is an anomaly. It is a very significant purchase for many taxi drivers. The Minister of State finished his contribution by saying that it was done for the uncertainty that exists in the market....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Taxi Regulations (18 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank the Minister of State for being here. The last question dealt with stakeholder engagement and this topic touches on it too. I refer to the representative groups who represent taxi drivers. The Minister of State will have met many of them in his constituency, as have I, Deputy Troy and many others, in regard to many issues. One issue that has seemed to come to the fore, mostly...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Information and Communications Technology (18 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the ICT grant will be paid to both primary and post-primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45660/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (17 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 300. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is considering allowing disability allowance to be disregarded for the purposes of the housing adaptation grant for people with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44633/23]

Sustainability of Stability of Services Provided by Section 39 and Section 56 Organisations on behalf of the HSE and Tusla: Statements (12 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: That is shocking.

Sustainability of Stability of Services Provided by Section 39 and Section 56 Organisations on behalf of the HSE and Tusla: Statements (12 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Is this about scoring points or supporting people?

Sustainability of Stability of Services Provided by Section 39 and Section 56 Organisations on behalf of the HSE and Tusla: Statements (12 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Is this about scoring points or supporting people?

Sustainability of Stability of Services Provided by Section 39 and Section 56 Organisations on behalf of the HSE and Tusla: Statements (12 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: He should tell the truth.

Sustainability of Stability of Services Provided by Section 39 and Section 56 Organisations on behalf of the HSE and Tusla: Statements (12 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank the Minister and Minister of State for being here today. I will preface this by saying I would not normally speak on this kind of industrial relations issue. I believe that industrial relations matters are best dealt with in a negotiation room. They are often best dealt with in advance of strike action, although I fully accept that the right to strike and use of strike action is an...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: That must explain why the Deputy went into my time, but anyway. The budget was a really important step in the journey. If you think the last time a Fianna Fáil Finance Minister made a budget speech, it was the late Brian Lenihan, and he was in many of our minds when Deputy Michael McGrath stood to propose the finance element of the budget. One of the main reasons was that, as the...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank the witnesses for being here. Many people might be asking if we are going over old ground and if we do not know this already. I have said previously that the Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media has a separate remit and function to us. We have a specific remit from the Dáil to draft a report, document what happened and make recommendations on procedures....

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Solely responsible?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Given that we have discovered that the raising of the credit note created the cost-neutral element of it, does Mr. Fives accept that a single person signing off on a credit note is not a robust procedure?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Has RTÉ made any changes to those procedures?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: How many people sign off on it and how is that done?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: That was my next question.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Let me get to that. The first issue is the raising of the credit note. The second question is the issue of RTÉ providing indemnity, and I imagine that providing an indemnity always comes with a cost. Who signs off on an indemnity within RTÉ? Was there a procedure for doing that at the time?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: The business division is, therefore, empowered to provide an indemnity on behalf of RTÉ.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Does Ms Mullooly believe that is a robust enough procedure, given that in this case the business division provided the indemnity and other people should have known about what happened?