Results 61-80 of 4,791 for speaker:Paul McAuliffe
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)
Paul McAuliffe: On the basis of the Minister's response, I am happy to withdraw my amendment, on the understanding that I may come back to it on Report Stage. Of particular concern to me are those projects at the very end of their life, where their life span has, in reality, extended beyond what was predicted but would not necessarily justify the investment required for a new planning application. The...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)
Paul McAuliffe: Will that be returning at 5.10 p.m.?
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)
Paul McAuliffe: Then 5 p.m.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)
Paul McAuliffe: On the two amendments, it probably reflects how our perspective has changed on onshore wind farms. Granting significant pieces of infrastructure planning permission on a time basis would be like in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s us considering motorways on a time basis. I think we now realise how important onshore infrastructure is. There is a significant strategic risk for Ireland in that,...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024) Paul McAuliffe: I thank all of the witnesses for being here. A visit to the Committee of Public Accounts is never at the top of anyone's agenda. I know it involves a great deal of preparation. As much as anybody who comes before us, I know the witnesses have an incredible amount of work to do. On his appointment, the Commissioner said that crime is not like rain and does not fall equally everywhere. in...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024) Paul McAuliffe: I accept the Commissioner's acknowledgement of this issue. When I was Lord Mayor of Dublin, we commissioned the Ballymun - A Brighter Future report. It was drafted by former Lord Mayor Andrew Montague. The Commissioner was very good to make Chief Superintendent Mark Curran available in that regard. The Commissioner probably noted that in December the Cabinet appointed John Costello as the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024) Paul McAuliffe: I would love to see a methodology. Population is a factor, as is the level of crime. It should not be based on historic numbers in a station. The report states that between 2011 and 2020 the number of drugs offences doubled. This means gardaí on the ground have to do double the work and double the processing but they do not have double the numbers.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024) Paul McAuliffe: Divisional drugs teams are contained in the overall number of gardaí in a division. Is that true?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024) Paul McAuliffe: I come back to the point as to how a division with one of the highest murder and serious crime rates has one of the lowest number of gardaí per 1,000 people? I could make the same case about the Blanchardstown and Finglas areas.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024) Paul McAuliffe: I am not advocating for any other part of the country to have fewer gardaí. My colleagues have their job to do and I have my job to do.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024) Paul McAuliffe: My constituency has one of the highest levels of crime, one of the highest murder rates and the fourth lowest number of gardaí per 1,000 people. How do I defend this? The only person in the country who can change it is the Commissioner.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024) Paul McAuliffe: I hear what the Commissioner is saying. Perhaps the way to proceed, because I am about the work to be done to improve something, and the key for John Costello's group, is that senior decision-makers are committed to the process of implementation on the ground. This would involve the HSE, Tusla and other State agencies that often leave gardaí on the front line on their own without the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024) Paul McAuliffe: Statistics can say many things, but there is very clear evidence that we do not have the Garda numbers that we should. On another point, the Commissioner also helped support the working group we had in 2019 in respect of scrambler bikes. That working group has followed through and we now have the new Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023. It has been fantastic to see a problem that was in some...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024) Paul McAuliffe: The Road Traffic and Roads Act is in place. It is legal to use e-scooters on roads but not on footpaths. Maybe the public is not aware of that. What the Chair, myself and others are saying to the Commissioner is that maybe a bit of communication and a high-profile operation are needed to help communicate that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024) Paul McAuliffe: I believe it has.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024) Paul McAuliffe: Yes, the same provisions are in place for scrambler bikes. The e-scooters might have more complicating factors.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2024)
Paul McAuliffe: I move amendment No. 396: In page 107, between lines 29 and 30, to insert the following: “(h) the zoning of sufficient and suitable lands for renewable and low-carbon energy deployment consistent with the achievement of Ireland’s national climate targets.”
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2024)
Paul McAuliffe: The proposal was to extend the meeting; I disagree. I think we should conclude the meeting.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2024)
Paul McAuliffe: With respect, Deputy, I have something to attend at 4 o'clock.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2024)
Paul McAuliffe: I have been here since 9 a.m. I did not have any issue with the Deputy's contribution.