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Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: University of Limerick
Special Report No. 117 of the Comptroller Auditor General: University of Limerick Property Acquisitions in Limerick City (3 Oct 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: There is no contingency plan in place at this moment.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: University of Limerick
Special Report No. 117 of the Comptroller Auditor General: University of Limerick Property Acquisitions in Limerick City (3 Oct 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: I argue that hoping you will be successful is not a contingency plan.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: University of Limerick
Special Report No. 117 of the Comptroller Auditor General: University of Limerick Property Acquisitions in Limerick City (3 Oct 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: The witnesses have to accept that if the planning process in its entirety is exhausted and if permission is not granted, there will be a significant threat to an asset of the university. I was impressed by Mr. Kelly's presentation on risk. I am highlighting a current risk that the witnesses do not appear to have taken on board. I ask them to do that.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: University of Limerick
Special Report No. 117 of the Comptroller Auditor General: University of Limerick Property Acquisitions in Limerick City (3 Oct 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: There is huge reliance on trust in the information put forward, because to manage what is essentially a chamber of 90 people is different to a board discussion involving a smaller number. The Dunnes Stores site was put on the agenda of the authority with some haste. What was proposed was approved and assurances were given. There was a belief that a valuation existed. I asked the previous...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (3 Oct 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: 113. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the domiciliary care allowance of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed. [39474/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (26 Sep 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: 293. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the hip replacement operation for a person (details supplied). [38284/24]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank the Chair for considering the correspondence that I and other members put forward in terms of seeking clarity on this. There is no Member of the House who could not say that over the past number of weeks this issue has been raised with them on multiple occasions. Rightly or wrongly, the public believe that when works take place in Leinster House there is some political oversight of...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: Of all the accounts before us, the HSE's is the one that jumps out. It is not necessarily because of any one of the details but more the scale of the points as well as the figure of €27 billion that falls within its remit. The total State spending this year might be €110 billion. The HSE makes up almost a quarter of that, yet it does not make up a quarter of our activities...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: If the Chair could list that item for discussion at our next private meeting so we can return to it.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (19 Sep 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: 208. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of providing an increased child benefit for the third child and above by €10, €15, €20, €25, €30 and €35. [37174/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (19 Sep 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: 209. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost to the Exchequer of reforming the means test for the State pension (non-contributory) in order that the self-employed are treated the same as all other employees. [37175/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (19 Sep 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: 211. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost to the Exchequer of treating all self-employed people the same as regular employees on means-tested social protection schemes. [37177/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (19 Sep 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: 210. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost to the Exchequer of increasing the cap on credits of 20 years in the assessment of pension eligibility under the total contributions approach system by one year, three years, five years and ten years. [37176/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (19 Sep 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: 212. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost to the Exchequer annually of increasing all social welfare payments by €10 per week, €20 per week, €25 per week and €30 per week, in tabular form. [37178/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (19 Sep 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: 213. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost to the Exchequer annually of additional increases of €10, €12, €15, €20 and €25 per week to payments of disability allowance, domiciliary care allowance and carer's allowance, in tabular form. [37179/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (19 Sep 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: 214. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost to the Exchequer of increasing the weekly income disregards of the carer's allowance to €500, €625 and €700 per single person; and the estimated cost to the Exchequer of increasing the weekly income disregards of the carer's allowance to €1,000, €1,250 and €1,400...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (19 Sep 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: 215. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rationale for paying a full rate of domiciliary care allowance for every child that qualifies, when the same logic is not applied to the carer's allowance if a person is caring for more than one adult; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37181/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (19 Sep 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: 216. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost to the Exchequer annually of extending the full rate of the carer's allowance to people who care for two or more people; the estimated annual cost of increasing the half-rate carer's allowance to 75% for people who care for two or more people; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37182/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (19 Sep 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: 217. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the annual cost to the Exchequer of expanding the eligibility of the carer's benefit to include self-employed people; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37183/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (19 Sep 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: 218. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the annual cost to the Exchequer of extending the 18.5-hour ceiling for people in receipt of the carer's allowance who want to undertake training or education while providing full-time care by 1.5 hours, by 3 hours, by 4.5 hours, by 6 hours, by 7.5 hours, and by 9 hours, in tabular form. [37184/24]