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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....

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: Sometimes though, we deal with the unreasonable and the extreme.

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 should be some obligation on the tenant, whether that is dealt with in legislation or elsewhere, to ensure that viewings are appropriately dealt with and that there is not an attempt to frustrate a process. We are extending a right to a tenant here, and in those cases it is not unreasonable that we might also extend an obligation. The Department should reflect on that to see how it...

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: That is currently a voluntary process between the owner, the tenant and the city council. The right to purchase is now being extended to being more a voluntary arrangement, in that there is an option to purchase.

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: Can the local authority exercise the first option in exchange of or on behalf of the tenant?

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Dec 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I have some sympathy with Deputy McNamara in trying to get to grips with a Bill that could be a small brick in a house, with considerable length and detail. As the Vice Chair of the Oireachtas housing committee, both I and other members, including Deputies Higgins and Matthews, have had the opportunity to consider this legislation at pre-legislative scrutiny for some time. Even with that,...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Dec 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: That is unfair.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (6 Dec 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 2. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [53190/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (6 Dec 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 57. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the expected date of the implementation of the F spine as part of the BusConnects programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54152/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (6 Dec 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 58. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the expected date of the implementation of the E spine as part of the BusConnects programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54153/23]