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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Programmes (8 May 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: 21. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the work of the child poverty and well-being programme office. [17997/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 May 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: 11. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children, education and disability will meet next. [17996/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 May 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: I also raise the issue of ASD classes. In our area, thanks to principals and a really good SENO, we have managed to open 19 ASD classes at primary school level over the last number of years. We need to do more to predict what will happen at second level as well. There is one school that has been waiting for nearly two years to open two ASD classes. It wants to do that. It is Sacred Heart...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (1 May 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: The 100,000 homes delivered in the lifetime of the Government have been welcome. In areas where viability is an issue, it is important that we have public housing on public land, in particular in cities. It is welcome that there are almost 2,500 houses in design and construction on many sites in my constituency alone. I am worried about one site in particular, which is the old Ballymun...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (1 May 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: 19. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will meet next. [17995/24]

Anniversary of the Introduction of the Smoking Ban: Statements (11 Apr 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: I acknowledge the Minister of State, Deputy Colm Burke, who was a colleague on the Committee of Public Accounts. He added greatly to the body and, in fact, we missed him this morning. I wish him well in his role, in particularly with regard to public health and considering the recommendations of the citizens' assembly on drugs, which I will come back to. It is interesting that Deputy...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects (6 Mar 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: I would very much appreciate that. I know the planning and building unit is a bit of a black box. I think all TDs would love to have more access to the decisions that are made there. If the Minister of State could pass on those concerns, I hope we could get a positive response. It is really important the Minister of State acknowledges what has happened in our area in recent years,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects (6 Mar 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: One of the positive things we have seen under this Government has been investment in education. As the Minister of State outlined in response to the previous matter, we have seen new special schools. In my own area, there have been investments in new schools such as St. Aidan's secondary school and the Dominican secondary school. However, with education there is always a list of asks, and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 Mar 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: I am also very familiar with the work of Debra Ireland. The HTA process is not just protracted, as Deputy O'Sullivan points out. In 2011, I authored the Irish Platform for Patients Organisations report, which referred to a black hole in decision-making at the end of the process. We have to find a way of striking a balance between value for the taxpayer, which we should pursue without...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 Mar 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: 19. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [9023/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 Mar 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: Cuirim ceist inniu faoi na rothair scrambler, and I am sure the Taoiseach welcomes the news that across north Dublin, 32 scrambler bikes have been seized following the recent changes in legislation, and the additional powers which that gives to gardaí. Along with the additional powers, it also places an onus to provide additional resources. I ask that the Taoiseach would ensure that...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 Mar 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: 5. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on social affairs and public services will meet next. [9022/24]

Child and Youth Mental Health: Statements (29 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: I acknowledge the motivation of Deputy Ward in bringing forward the Bill earlier in the week. I commend the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, on making this time available to discuss this issue. At the core of both of those things is a recognition that we know the people coming to our clinics need a better service. That is where we have to start. If we get into the game of second-guessing...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: Two commitments in the programme for Government were welcome, those being, addressing the issue of apartment defects and reviewing the Multi-Unit Developments Act, or MUD Act, which governs management companies, sinking funds and management fees. In the coming months, we will see owners’ management companies, OMCs, receiving millions, if not billions, of euro in Government support....

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: It lies with the Minister for Justice, Deputy McEntee.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: Yes, but not the review of the MUD Act. This is not a conversation, though, and I do not want the Ceann Comhairle to have to tell me that.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (22 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank the Minister of State and appreciate the additional information he has provided to the House. As with everything, we have to rely on experts. On the issue of gender, the evidence clearly shows that is not an appropriate ground to consider. Unfortunately, the defence the Department is relying on for the second factor, relating to complex needs, is that the data being returned by the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (22 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: I am very happy to raise this issue because many schools and parents have been in touch with me about their concerns regarding the recent circular on special education teaching, SET, hours. As the Minister of State knows, five criteria are currently considered, namely, enrolment, gender, the profile of the school, the degree of complex needs and the level of deprivation in the area. The...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cross-Border Co-operation (21 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the third shared island forum; and the priorities under the shared island initiative in 2024. [7800/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Meals Programme (20 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: Never mind the mouldy bread, we often get mouldy answers here but the Deputy is correct that it was a good answer. That is because it is a good policy and it is welcome. I have seen it in practice in schools, as have many Deputies present. It is transformative. I also like the universality element because disadvantaged children do not always go to DEIS schools. It is important to roll...