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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consideration of the Citizens' Assembly Report on a Directly Elected Mayor of Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: If either a Dublin section of the NTA or a directly elected mayor in conjunction with a Dublin section of the NTA had a ring-fenced public transport budget for Dublin, with a huge degree of flexibility in terms of how it can be spent without having to resort to the Minister, would that lead to greater delivery? Does sending it to the Minister and waiting for the Department of Public...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consideration of the Citizens' Assembly Report on a Directly Elected Mayor of Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Thank you. That is useful.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consideration of the Citizens' Assembly Report on a Directly Elected Mayor of Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: That is dealt with in the Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023, which was passed in June.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consideration of the Citizens' Assembly Report on a Directly Elected Mayor of Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I have one last point, and it is coming back to what Deputy O'Callaghan said. It is the democratic thing. In some ways, the purpose of a directly elected mayor would be to get national agencies like the NTA to do things that it may not want to do, or that it may have good reasons for not doing. The NTA might have a national focus, and a Dublin mayor would say, "Yes, that is your national...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consideration of the Citizens' Assembly Report on a Directly Elected Mayor of Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: In a Department, the Minister will often set the priorities, and then between Governments, the Secretary General will make sure of consistency and so on. The problem for the NTA is that there are people out there who believe that we should not have any more cycle lanes. I am not one of them but there are people who believe that. They believe that they have no democratic way of expressing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consideration of the Citizens' Assembly Report on a Directly Elected Mayor of Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: We are straying out of Ms Graham's expertise but that is the frustration. They are national Government priorities and decisions, and not Dublin decisions. That is the accountability element, and that is the real challenge. I thank our witnesses for being with us today. We have concluded all of our questions, and I will adjourn the meeting.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Probation and Welfare Service (19 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I acknowledge that the Minister, Deputy McEntee, is unable to take this issue but I thank the Minister of State for being here to facilitate the matter being raised. Over several months I have raised, by way of parliamentary question, the issue of historical sexual abuse in the Probation Service. In May, in a written reply from the Minister, she confirmed that two allegations of child...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Probation and Welfare Service (19 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I welcome the Minister of State's putting those points on the record. I join him in encouraging anybody who was the victim of sexual abuse, in a historical context or otherwise, in the Probation Service to come forward. A probation officer has a sense of huge trust. The reports which came to me involved not the person themselves being the subject of probation but actually a family member....

Capital Support for Sports Facilities: Statements (19 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank Deputy Farrell and I thank him for his assistance in temporarily taking the Chair while I needed to speak as well.

Capital Support for Sports Facilities: Statements (19 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank the Deputy. I think that by the end of the debate, we will have named every sports club in Ireland.

Capital Support for Sports Facilities: Statements (19 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I invite Deputy Gannon to continue the trend.

Capital Support for Sports Facilities: Statements (19 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Every club deserves a mention. That is the least we can do in here.

Capital Support for Sports Facilities: Statements (19 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I begin by responding to a really useful point made by Deputy Ó Ríordáin. I welcome the changes that have been made to promote gender equality and how sports capital funding might be aligned to that goal by using real tools within the process. Deputy Ó Ríordáin also referred to the idea of sports clubs coming together. We all know that any groups coming...

Capital Support for Sports Facilities: Statements (19 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: In his report to the Dublin county board, the outgoing secretary cited the lack of facilities in the city. This site is 15 minutes from the city and right in the heart of the local community. It would be fantastic for Ballymun Kickhams GAA Club to be located back in the community we represent instead of being out near the airport in Páirc Ciceam, even though that is a great facility. ...

Capital Support for Sports Facilities: Statements (19 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: As the chair, I should remain independent, but I will call on Deputy Ó Ríordáin to conclude.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Facilities (19 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I join with other Deputies in calling for the details for the large-scale sports capital grants to be made available and to allow projects to make applications. I have spoken to the Minister of State many times about Bohemians Football Club in Dalymount stadium, a stadium with a huge history but also great potential. The partnership between the FAI, Dublin City Council and Bohs has the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Facilities (19 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 26. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the large-scale sports infrastructure fund will open for applications. [45220/23]

Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Yes, that would be very useful. There are many issues around the word "compliance". I will raise a different type of compliance. The Comptroller and Auditor General has drawn our attention to a settlement of almost €1 million between the board and the Revenue Commissioners in regard to relevant contract tax. I want to explore how that occurred. Will Mr. Gunning clarify the figures...

Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Is Mr. Gunning saying there was no penalty attached?

Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: What was the amount of that penalty?